hi folks! lets go :)

dude you played a soul shakedown party remix at outside lands 2009 after the speakers blew...PLEASE PUT THAT ON THE INTERNET - it was the dopest remix ever..... how come you dont play that anymore

wow GOOD CALL! :) i rarely play that anymore :) ill bring it back

OMG I NEED TO HEAR THIS. PLEASE BRING THE IRIE REGGAE VIBES TO ATL FOR NEW YEARS!!!

bring back Here We Go!! I haven't seen you play in about a year, but last time I saw you (at a Bass Center in SF) you didn't play it & that's my favorite track of all time. =/

if you play it in San Jose on Sept. 21... I don't know what I would do honestly. Do backflips, maybe?

gettreadyyy cause here we goooo

here we go :)

hey basspapa

If you had to choose, what would be your spirit animal?

haha i just answered this in another post

uuuuhm so The Golden Compass is one of my favorite movies everrrrr!

Hmmph, my question didn't get answered, so now im going to go cry and pout like a small child :D lol
Thanks lorin for doing this. Maybe my Q will get A'd next time eh ;)
Lots of love from colorado
-Bryson F

For NYE the actual night... Are there any plans being made for a different setup, something as dope as the 360 stage? Vague answers are extremely welcome. :D SO much love.

My question is way at the bottom, I will repost if that's okay...

yah man u can repost :)

so tauhf!

lez do it!

are you ready? cus hereee weee gooo!

Lorin, if you were to teach a workshop at any Transformational festival. What would your topic be and what would you try to teach us? Also have you ever thought about doing this?

hey Phillip! i think if i was gonna teach something, i would do it in another context...maybe at a school. or maybe like i do in everyday life, trying to get people to think critically, trying to prioritize health and communication and clarity and creativity. I have a LOT to say/share, but would need to find a good context to do that in.

right off the bat, read "A People's History Of The United States"

some topics i would discuss would be

Optimizing Your Personality from a Self-Critical Perspective

Managing Empathy in a Society of Self Preservation

Using Stress/Worry as a Motivator

Balancing One's Passion VS One's Career

those are just off the top of my head :)

Ted Talk?!

Yes Lorin, you need to get on a TED Talk for sure!

Could you elaborate further on "Optimizing your Personality from a Self-Critical Perspective"? That seems so interesting

Last year I read a lot of Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" because of my U.S. history teacher! He's a lot like what you described your characteristics as a teacher would be like! He's REAL with his students; he truly tries to prepare us for the real world and inspire us everyday. And he reads us the number of deaths in Afghanistan everyday as well! Anyway, my point is that I'd imagine you being the type of highly educate U.S. history teacher he is :)

Educated* :)

:) thats whats up! deff wud attend this class

:) thats whats up! deff wud attend this class

i don't know if anyone asked, but i have been wanting to say: i think it is annoying when people (esp young/new fans) make over-riding claims to an artist about "their roots"...i saw people whining to Excision the other day, and people do it to me all the time. It's frustrating because nobody knows my roots better than me, and I am always sticking to them, because thats reflex. if it looks like im not, then it simply means YOU DONT UNDERSTAND MY ROOTS YET. at least not fully :) and that's fine, but when you assume i have somehow strayed from my roots, and that YOU need to tell me to come back to my true path or something, can you see how that would make me feel weird?

like i said before, i am well aware that i have made a very wide spectrum of music in the past, and my natural wish is to continue just making whatever i want. i also hope to make more death metal soon, i actually have been trying to develop a live band for almost ten years, i just never have the time. and downtempo or sparkling/magical/ethereal stuff; I LOVE IT...basically all electronic music from the 1990's....i love that stuff. there is a vast universe to explore, and that's what artists do: we stay true to our roots, and constantly develop new ideas, and mix old ideas together, and remix our ideas, and keep pushing our ideas further and further...but we do what we want....

that goes for musical style, but also philosophy. i definitely have not "lost my way" even if i appear to change, or to take a different course than you expected :)

Back sometime in 08 you were working on a new album. You had asked what we wanted to hear. I had told you to play what you like. Because in that end that is what matters most. Don't let it bother you that people are going to be judgmental. You are not going to make everyone happy. That should never be your goal. Just enjoy life and do what is right for you.

freeeeeeestyyyyyle muuuuuuuusssiiiiiiiic

"...downtempo or sparkling/magical/ethereal stuff; I LOVE IT..." All I wanted to hear :) You answered my question, and sorry it was annoying. Looking forward to seeing you next week!

i've got bongos for your death metal live band and i'm ready, lol

damn rigfht

Well spoken. Thanks for letting us be in part of your journey.

Never doubted you man, never stop doing what you do

this is why we love you

I'll play the bass for a change of pace...

I'm glad you said this, and I assume it's in response to a comment I saw. It's not fair to tell a musician, or in fact ANYONE, that they're not following the right path. Every human has the right to change something about themselves or what they produce. Just because it's not what YOU like, doesnt make it right to tell someone they're doing it wrong.

What's your plans for NYE??

New Years Eve is always a massive affair, and annually it is one of our biggest events of the year. This year we have 4 events in a row, spread out across the country, and on the actual NYE i cannot officially say where, but i bet you could guess ;)

nnnnnasssshhhvilllee!!!!!

nashville!!! Cant wait to make it 3 years in a row!!! Hopefully I'll get to work it.

COLORADO?!

coloradooooo!

SEATTLE?!?!?!

Nashville!

NNNNNNNAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHVILLLLLLLEEEE.
Its a public service to society to take over country musics capitol and drop that dirty BASSSSS

yessssss nashville fsho

What would a photographer have to do to get a press pass to your NYE show? My site is JLovePhotographyNWA.com please let me know! It's been a dream of mine to shoot one of your shows for several years, but I never get a response.

CALI!?!?