"It is important to be forged and refined by the flames of adversity. People will betray you and as the old saying goes, 'what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger' echoes that truth, and 'Refine Me' acts as a reminder to remember that. “We need to take inspiration from those that try to bring us down," says Dave Smalley while explaining the inspiration behind the new song. "Either through work, or family, or sadly in music-we get hurt in life, we all feel pain. Today, we're treated to the premiere of the music video for "Refine Me," a track from the forthcoming record. Featuring vocalist Dave Smalley (DYS, Dag Nasty, ALL, Down By Law), bassist Garrett Rothman (Junction), drummer Jim Bedorf, and guitarists Tom McGrath (Very Americans) and Tony Bavaria (The Commercials, Very Americans), the band creates the kind of melodic hardcore that is immune to any stupid era-related trends.Īfter issuing two EPs- Don't Sleep in 2017 and Bring the Light in 2018-the group will be releasing a full-length album, Turn the Tide, in September. Instead of running way from the big, awesome, terrifying idea that pops into my head, I run towards it.Ever since they first appeared on the scene back a few years back, No Echo has been singing the praises of Don't Sleep. For the past five years, I’ve been leaping into the void on a regular basis, so I guess that’s how I recognize it. You can’t change your life by doing the same things that got you where you presently are, so you have to change it up and leap into the void. I’m a big believer that if you say you want to change your life and you aren’t a little bit scared by what you’re about to do, you’re doing something wrong. I got over my money issues and started making six figures coaching people, which is something I love doing, I started traveling the world on a regular basis, moved to the beach, started hanging out with other people who are kicking ass too, understood that I could really do anything I set my mind to. But as far as stepping it up to a place where I constantly face my fears and blast past them to new levels of reality, I’d say the past five years have been really rocking. I may have been broke-ass or dating someone who lived in his car, but I always made art, always wrote, made music, had great friends, was kind to animals, was generally happy, said thank you a lot, etc. If I may be so bold, I will say I think I’ve always led an awesome life. When did you start living an awesome life? How did you recognize that it had arrived? I knew I could be doing waaaaaaay better, I just couldn’t get out of my own way to make it happen. I existed on about $20K a year for more years than I care to think about, scraping by, living in fairly crappy, tiny places, driving rickety cars, always worrying about how I was going to make enough to survive, that kind of thing. What things or incidents would you cite as some of your loser-est moments?Īs far as my loseriest moments go, I guess it would have to be the large chunk of time I was so losery about making money. ![]() She’ll be at Book Soup on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Jen Sincero may have written the sassiest self-help book of 2013: “ You Are a Badass - How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life.” Sincero is a former Angeleno, rock musician and sex advice columnist whose previous books are “Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer” and “The Straight Girl’s Guide to Sleeping With Chicks.” She’s frank, funny and sometimes outrageous, and admits that she went through a period of being a loser before finding her inner you-know-what.
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