■ All vocals and instruments (electric/acoustic guitars, bass guitar, keyboard/synth, and drums) - including all engineering (recording, mixing, and mastering) are done by myself - Erik Diaz of Lifelong Lesson

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"The Grip of Night" consists only of my original material - which is the second part of a double (possibly quadruple) album.

Both album names are taken from one of my most favorite original songs, which is titled "The Light and the Grip of Night". Needless to say, this song is the title track and part of a theme I've decided to implement into both albums.

I've long ago decided to make the song "The Light and the Grip of Night" the last and final song to be recorded. I'm saving the best for last. In the meantime, I will have the first demo version of that song available here on BandCamp. Just please understand that the demo was recorded in 2012. My singing, engineering skills, and even my playing of instruments has improved dramatically since that time (especially my singing - by far). This is all my personal opinion, of course, but I'm sure that anyone else will agree once they listen to the song and compare it to my newer recordings (which is basically every other song that I've uploaded here to BandCamp - especially the cover songs on "The Light"). I can only imagine what the title track will sound like once it's finally recorded and complete.

To hear the many cover songs that I've performed and recorded, please check out the first half of this album: "The Light":

lifelonglesson.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-cover-songs


***Please note: I've been putting most of my time and energy into "The Light", with the intention of switching my focus to my original material once the album of cover songs was complete. However, I never set a limit regarding the amount of covers. I seem to have gotten caught in a loop and remained hyper-focused on recording cover song after cover to the point of not knowing when to stop.

With that said, I can't guarantee that the quality of my original material will hold a candle to the quality of the cover songs I've worked on.

Also to note - there are still a dozen or more original songs that need to be completed. These remaining songs have already been written and even recorded, but they still need some more work before I feel comfortable with releasing them. On another note (...), there are also a dozen or more cover songs as well that are in the same situation (mapped out and recorded - but just not yet up to my quality standards to be released). There should be 53 songs in total - 26 cover songs and 27 originals.

I think I've worked on enough covers (as of 5/14/2018) . It's time to get back to my original songs. Easier said that done for me... But it has to be done.

Thank you so much for listening to my work. :)