My Era in ERRA - How ERRA got signed
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2022
- In this video I talk about how I joined ERRA back in 2008. I get in depth and very vulnerable to share some insight on my perspective in how it all started.
There is much more to share on this topic but we will save that for another video. Thanks for watching!
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Augment is my favorite album of all time. I've listened to it hundreds of times. It's borderline life changing
I appreciate you listening and sharing that sentiment Daniel! 💙
Same. Shame there will never be anything like it ever again. No Garrison no Alan
Drift was better
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@@maJastoLno, it’s not even close tbh
Man I still listen to Augment every day. What you guys were doing as kids basically, comparing it to the ‘top’ metalcore albums of that time, was utterly ridiculous. The crushing heaviness and the beautiful melodies fused together in spectacular fashion. Just brilliant.
Thank you bud! We all definitely learned a lot along the way. Heavy + melody will always be my favorite way to write. Thanks for watching!
I can actually provide some backstory to even before this. Just on how the band formed. I found Garrison Lee while recording his local band , god prob in 2006. He actually played guitar and just by chance, did backing vocals on one song. I was blown away and recruited him to join our band Even Idols Die. Over a year or two we played shows with a band called By Blood and Iron, who had Jesse, Alex and Adam as well. Once EID was winding down jesse ( i think ) hit me up one day about starting a side project with them and Gary in the vein of misery signals and we went for it. Wrote a few songs ( towers, i remember) but by that point i was already kind of burned out with the scene and driving an hour to practice so i bowed out a couple months in and a little down the road they brought in Alan. Took off from there. I was always so happy to see where it went because i remember Jesse even as a young guy probably 15-16 having this crazy fire in him and just an itch to get better. Hell, i remember one night we played a show at the fish and he was freaking out because he didnt know how to restring his ibanez floyd rose and we put strings on that bad boy, tuned it up quick fast and he was so pumped. That might have even been with his first band "take this and aim" if anyone remenbers them. Now the dude is repping Ibanez. Crazy shit. Just proof if you have that fire and stick with it, everything comes together eventually.
That’s amazing dude! Yeah, I only heard about you through Jesse and Alex and always considered you a foundational member. If it wasn’t for you quitting, I would have never joined Erra so thank you bud! Haha! For real, it is so amazing to see where they are now even without me. Thanks for sharing!
To this day, Impulse is one of my favorite albums. Those tracks were so far ahead of their time and still hit so hard today. Thanks for creating something that has influenced my life so much!
Best band ever seen them live in Sydney of this year and I have so many song to love 😊but rev what a great song
Thanks for sharing Alan. Old ERRA vibe is very unique and special, love your work!
Thank you Ryan! 👊🏽🤘🏽
Erra is the most important band in the world to me dude this video was so good. I found Erra through a "best breakdowns" video back in 2010 that had Of Rare Reform, and I immediately fell in love with the band. Augment and Impulse are my favorite albums ever made, and I can't thank you and everybody else in the band enough for everything Erra made from beginning to Augment.
Thank you Brendan! I appreciate you and I’m sure the rest of the guys do as well! 🤘🏽
Wow dude. I found ERRA in 2012 and fell in love. I still listen to the augment and everything before nonstop. This music has been there for me through the best and worst times in my life. Good to see someone else that feels the same.
It makes me upset that i didnt know who ERRA was back in my highschool days... i discovered ERRA 3 years ago and i love every album, my Metalcore days would have been alot better and different if i discovered ERRA during the Augment Era in 2013.. i felt like i re-discovered what Metalcore was when i learned who ERRA was 3 years ago.
I never knew Alan got kicked out of ERRA and that’s tragic. I always wondered why he left and still love the band, but no music will ever compare to impulse and augment. I think the majority of fans feel as though the band hasn’t been the same since he left, it it brought him to the place he’s at now, which seems like a good one and that makes me happy. Alan seems like such a great guy and he’s a great musician
Thank you Mcmuff! It’s been a wild journey so far but I’m super happy and thankful to be where I’m at now! Thanks for watching!
The band will never be the same after Garrison and Alan left. Augment is a masterpiece. There will never be any sound like it ever again
Sad truth
I was a freshman in high school. I was in a band so while I had any class that involved computer work I was on Spotify the whole time. And one day in December of 2011 I came across a band named ERRA. The album artwork looked gorgeous and I was like alright let’s do this. I hit play on their new album “Impulse” and I hear this melodic build up into this amazing break down pattern with a melodic lead over it and immediately I was in love. From that day on I was a die hard ERRA fan and still am today. When Alan and Garrison left it was definitely a hard transition to become comfortable with. Ian was a giant difference in vibe and feel but the instrumentation and song writing was still very much Jesse and ERRA. When Drift came it started a new era for ERRA that I love just as much as Impulse and Augment. But I have vinyls of Impulse and Augment hanging in frames in my studio because those two albums built me into the guitarist AND person I am today. Thank you Alan for what you did with this band. It wouldn’t have happened without you and I think your talent is second to none. I subbed to your channel hope to see more content in the future
Thank you so much for the support bud!
I’m honored to have been part of the reason why so many people enjoyed those records. I’m still speechless to this day and vey thankful for it. I appreciate that sub too! 🤘🏽
I don't know how practical this is. But I'd LOVE Alan to be back with Erra again. Alan added so much to the sound and I'd love to hear modern Erra with his influence.
Thank you, the most practical outcome is the current one and I couldn’t be happier!
Such a good watch. Both SEA and MIS SIGS are my favorite bands so this hit home right from the start. Thanks for sharing dude
White Noise, Seven, Heart,
Impulse opened my eyes, ears, heart and soul.
Augment evolved everything from there ...
Cannot wait to see what else is to come, amazing to see you in 2022 with this new arc
Thank you Aaron! I’m glad to have made an impact on you through music! Def have a lot of music releasing this year!
@@AlanRigdon Impact? Game Changer more like!
Those 21st century breakdown compilations showed me what things could be like ...
2:43 in Heart and 1:53 in the Architect are 2 of my favourite riffs of all time. Yours or Jesse's, eternal gratitude xx
Never thought I'd hear this story but holy crap am I glad it's here.
Augment and Impulse are the best Erra albums. Probably 2 of my all times favorite albums ever! The albums that followed after are good but honestly just don’t hit the same. Especially without Garrisons vocals. Glad you are doing good brotha! Love what you do with the Artificials!
Alan, your music have reached the islands of the Philippines. That's how awesome you are as a musician. A lot of guitarists here treat you as one of their main influences.
That’s so awesome to hear man! I’m honored to be an influence there! Send everyone my appreciation and love! 🤘🏽
BRUH. I live in the Visayan area in the PH. Me and my friends listen to ERRA when we are in the rehearsal studio. 😅
I love Erra since when Alan stay at Andromeda, Impulses until Augment. My influence with Alan Melodic
You've probably heard this a million times but Augment is my favorite album of all time for SO many reasons. It is a masterpiece. Thank you for your contribution Alan, you should be proud seriously.
Wow dude the concept of “purpose” really resonates with what I’m going through with my creativity right now.
Once you find it, it’s hard to lose it. Good luck!
Birmingham native, that damn carvin is definitely in my top 10 favorite guitars I’ve ever seen lol. Took a couple lessons from Jesse back in the day. Pretty sure there is a tabit file he loaded up on my old laptop of isolation blue. Got to hear it in 8 bit form about 3 months before andromeda came out lol.
My favorite Erra song is Rebirth. Thank you so much for changing my life through your music. I can't even describe it.
You never fell off, you only gained a better perspective of life. Great work with Erra but great job at keeping your happiness and peace of mind. Keep it up man 🤘🤘🤘
Been a fan of erra and the artificials for over a decade. Met you about 5 times over the years. Getting this inside scoop makes me giddy. Love hearing about the history!
Sean just left ERRA 🫢 come backkkkkk 🥺
Augment is my favourite metalcore album. You are a great musician and person
Thank you so much 🧡
Alan, Impulse and Augment will be forever top albums in my heart. Thank you and other guys from ERRA for all these amazing tracks, they seem to be perfect in all senses - beatutiful sound, sweet riffs, great vocals, unique song structure. Actually both Artificials and Erra perform great nowadays too - I am very happy with every release and very glad you keep up with music. Your music and playing has great influence on me as listener, guitar player and song writer as well. Here in Russia listeners of prog metal have lots of respect to ERRA.
Thank you! It was a staple in my career but definitely not the end of it, so I appreciate your support! 💙
I discovered ERRA about a year ago from a youtube video from Nik Nocturnal. I was searching for some nice drop A# songs to learn outside of a band called Miss May I that I really like. Funny enough, they have a song called "The Artificial". One of my favorites from them. I was searching for something like heaviest or coolest drop A# riffs. I was keeping tabs open on the riffs I liked until he played that tapping lick from Rebirth. I was like damn, that sounds so techy and tight. I immediately paused the video to search for this song and low and behold. I was greeted with a nice warm melodic piano intro and what would become the best band to pleasure my ears. ERRA is one of the very few bands that I have connected with on a deep emotional level. There has never been another band that I have resonated better emotionally an musically. They have transformed my own guitar playing tremendously. The synergy y'all must've had back then was godly and I don't think it can be topped. Impulse and Augment are my personal top albums of all time. The newer stuff is nothing short of top notch especially the self titled album but I feel my soul warmly touched from the intense passion of Andromeda --> Augment. These were albums that I had to listen to one song at a time several times each because they take time to really break down and feel. The melodies go really deep and the dissonant chords done right just bring out so much emotion. Same song, something new on every listen. IMO Impulse and Augment were far ahead of their time. Every one of those songs are bangers. You know they are when people online cant agree what the best songs are. I Just wanted to say thank you to you and the other band members for guiding me through a difficult period in my life and helping me to transform.
Glad you found our music and how it helped you get through difficult times! Erra is definitely a different beast now, but I appreciate it for what it is.
Dude the artificial was a killer song. Honestly that whole album was incredible.
Great talk
Agreed. Seriously underrated band/album.
@@AlanRigdon I remember watching Travis Orbin play some of those song on UA-cam and being blown away
We love you Alan.
Awesome video brother! I sure do miss those years, the golden years at least for me XD
Thanks bro! Now you’re on to your platinum years, even better!
Dude I didn't even know you were the guitarist for The Artificials but I can definitely see the similarity in playing styles to old Erra. And even though I still love everything the Erra puts out, Augment just hits different and I regularly listen to that album. Im even more hype now for the new Artificials now, good luck and keep shredding.
Thank you! Erra is still killing it. Appreciate you listening to my story 💙🤘🏽
Really really great insights!!🤘
Impulse and augment are perfect. I love playing those songs on guitar. So good.
Good stuff dude, thanks for sharing your story
Maaan, discovering all theses stuffs is amazing for me, you can't imagine, i always wondered and now i have sure that you was the main mind behind the writing for ERRA, the era gold of ERRA for sure, i always be a great fan, i have a huge love for Andromeda, Impulse and Augment... Omega Children was my ringtone for much long on my phone in the past, Alan, you're amazing and i wish you the best on your life, can't wait to meet you personally!!!
Thank you so much Cauã! I definitely wasn’t the only factor in Erra sounding the way they did but I appreciate the kind words! Much love brother!
Thanks so much for sharing your story, Alan. I also try to follow my intuition and that gut feeling that what I'm doing is good but it can be tough.
I've had friends tell me it's just a matter of time. I've gotten kind words from some pretty big names in the scene but I just haven't hit that inflection point yet. Sometimes I get discouraged but eventually the urge to write comes back and I guess, at the end of the day, maybe that's enough.
Anyway, I've subscribed and look forward to future music and videos from you. Cheers.
Thank you for watching and subscribing!
I know it gets tough and the ones that give you the hardest time about it, are the ones closest to you. Find like minded friends and colleagues that you can feed energy off of. Hope that helps! Keep going bud! 🤘🏽
Awesome stuff !!
Thanks Andrew! 👊🏽
Absolutely love all your music with ERRA. I regularly watch the impulse sessions and i love listening to Augment from start to finish. I probably have half the views on "Love always" haha good stuff! Exited for whats to come
Thanks for your support Nick! Glad you’re still jamming the classics. 🤘🏽
Proud of you bro! Growth! 👊🏽
Thanks bro 🧡
So glad I found your channel!! I still enjoy today's Erra, but miss your influence (as well as Garrison) for sure.. looking forward to all your uploads!
Thanks for watching and definitely stick around! 🤘🏽
I'll just echo what everyone is saying. Augment is personally the best album ever made. Crazy I found Erra through Jesse dropping Elixir of Life as his single and it popped up on my YT frontpage with 500 views, and I was left wanting, nay, needing more. So I found Hybrid Earth and rest is history. Impulse is also crazy good, but Augment is just such a complete album. I consider myself lucky to be one of the elected to have Augment as my guiding light, hehe!
Definitely gunna check those books out.
Definitely do. Game changers!
You were offered the world and turned it down. Love that song
YO I didn't realize that you had a second channel (apart from your main one where you post Artificials stuff). I found ERRA in 2016 during the Drift album, but I've learned to appreciate both eras of the band. It seems like some fans are divided between the two, and it's really unfortunate. It's nice to finally hear this perspective, because even though you ultimately left the band, I can only hope that fans will stop tearing each other apart over which lineup of the band is better. That's not how it should be.
You played such a monumental part in the band's early releases, and it's always nice to go back and listen to the 2009-2013 catalog. Thank you for everything. :)
People will always be divided on the music because it’s essentially two different bands at this point. I’m glad people can appreciate both for what they are. I’m just thankful to have been a part of it. Thanks for watching and I appreciate you!
Awesome!
Augment is still one of the best albums I've ever heard
This was such an incredible watch/listen really cool to hear how everything came to fruition
Thanks for watching! There’s obviously a lot more to the topic but I’ll save that for another time.
Impulse and Augment are ERRA’s best albums.
How did you write spirits away? That song is so amazing. Thanks for sharing this story
Thank you! I hate to sound vague but I simply just tried to write the best version of a heavy/melodic song I could in a short amount of time. It was like two days before we had to record Augment and the song was still being written essentially writing the song in two days. I put every creative spark I had in me to finish it and make sure it didn’t sound like a song that was written in two days, haha. It’s one of my favorite songs that I’ve written to date. The main riff after the first break was a riff I wrote years before for The Artificials but ended up using it for Spirits Away.
This is so much motivating for a noob musician (like me), hence proved hardwork and determination is what it takes to nail ur goals. Btw how much time did it take for u to get recognition since the time u started guitar and music??? I teared out while listening to ur story... thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching! It definitely takes a while to get noticed but if you sharpen your skills and be sure to nurture your relationships with everyone, it will be easier for you.
btw would be insane if you tell the whole story until you left the band including epic moments and worse moments and so on!
wow man incredible to hear things got started. This makes your departure even worse. Quality of Augment will never be reached again by this band, though their selftitled is pretty dope.
Man I just moved to Birmingham from Phoenix. I used to tour warped tour in various bands but I got my start touring with bands like Sky Eats Airplane back when one of their listed members was a laptop on myspace lmao.
I went on to start a band produced by Matt Good who records Asking Alexandria, Veil of Maya, ect with Ben Anderson of
Nothing More on drums/Ronnie Radke(quite the asshole lmao) and when I moved here 6 months ago I have been looking to connect with some like minded people. If there's ever anything I can do I'd love to connect with you brother. I'm back and forth from Birmingham-ATL but seriously if there's ever anything I can do I'd love to assist in exchange to just hang out with some people from my world.
Cheers mate!
Hey! Nice to meet you Garett! That’s an awesome history you have. I love SEA. Their OG guitarist, “Zack Ordway”, is actually one of my guitar heroes.
Would love to link up sometime!
Since Sean left you should rejoin the band
Once you got kicked out (which I didn’t realize that was the case), I realized how much I enjoyed your riffs compared to Jesse’s. Augment is definitely one of my favorite metalcore albums of all time
I love u
What do yall know about Sonitum Intransit tho
The waaaay back OG 🤣
And they've never been the same since you left. You can hear from the later stuff that the earlier work is clearly more influenced by your style of playing. Always preferred it to their new stuff (although the self titled one was their best so far without the original lineup). It was more technical sounding back then. Every ones loving Augment (which is great don't get me wrong) but where's the the love for Impulse? Every song on that album is gold. Didn't they lose their guitarist recently? Hint hint wink wink
Erra will NEVER be the same. Impulse and Augment have a special place in my heart. White Noise still remains in my Top 5 songs. Always listening to it in the gym. Garrisons pure, raw vocals and Alan's serene melodic guitar play is what made Erra, Erra.
No offense to the boys now but I can't stand the current Erra. Their music is catering to mainstream and they are losing their touch. Thats what made Erra unique they evolved Metalcore with their distinct sound but I feel as if they no longer carry that distinct sound.
Really hoping that Alan, Garrison, Alex, Adam and Jesse can play as Erra again.
Thank you for sharing and being vulnerable with us Alan. We'll always support you and The Artificials.
Erra had someone’s daddy funding their rise.
Not the case at all. We worked hard playing local shows for years, but what really got our foot in the door was connections within my previous band Broadcast The Nightmare.