Andy Deane

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My debut solo album THE RAIN WITHIN – PAIN MANAGEMENT is now available on iTunes.
Get it here… THE RAIN WITHIN on iTunes

If you want the album on CD, you can get it here…

I’ll be accepting pre-orders for my debut album “The Rain Within – Pain Management” through Tuesday @ midnight. Pre-orders will be autographed and include a free button.

I did a recent interview and photoshoot with Auxiliary Magazine… Check it out starting on page 37 at the link below, and be on the lookout for Godzilla.

Auxiliary Magazine

It’s finally here. My debut solo album took many months of long nights to complete, but I’m proud to have finished it and happy to unleash it on the world. I did everything on my own, from the writing to the recording, so it’s a very personal release, very close to my heart.

The name of the project, The Rain Within, has origins that will be pretty clear to most Bella Morte fans. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it comes from the Bella Morte song “The Rain Within Her Hands” from the album “Where Shadows Lie.” The music on the new album has a similar feel to that song, and is synth driven, so it just seemed right.

There’s no big promotional push behind this album, no big record label dumping tons of dollars into magazine ads and tour support… it’s just me and you, the people who like what I’ve done and want to get behind it. I appreciate the hell out of every sale, and there are several other ways you can help make this album a success without spending a penny, so please spread the word through social networks like twitter, facebook, vampirefreaks, myspace, etc…

Pre-order the debut CD, “Pain Management,” now by clicking below!

-The first 100 copies will be autographed and will include a free TRW pin!
-If you would like the autograph made out to yourself or a friend, click the “add special instructions to merchant” link before paying to let me know!

I’ve said enough for now, so without further ado, here it is, the first track from The Rain Within…

You can download this track for FREE at ReverbNation!

Here are a few links you should check out…
TRW website
TRW @ ReverbNation
TRW @ VampireFreaks
TRW @ Myspace

Also, if you are a radio or club DJ and would like promo tracks, please contact me directly at intothefar-at-gmail-dot-com.

Now, back to the studio to get the next Bella Morte CD finished! There’s just no rest for the wicked…

~Andy, July 2010

We began our first collaboration with Lloyd Kaufman and the crew at Troma Films at DragonCon last fall and wrapped up shooting at Connooga in February. Well, they just finished editing the video, and I couldn’t be more psyched about how things turned out! I would have never thought having my brains stomped out of my head by the Toxic Avenger could be so much damn fun! Here you go, the world premier of “In the Dirt!” Spread the word!

In The Dirt – Directed by LLoyd Kaufman

I just did an interview with author and all around good guy D. A. Adams;

D. A. Adams:  How old were you when you first got involved with music?  Can you remember what the original allure was?

Andy Deane:  Well, if you want to go all the way back to me doing a shitty job of applying make-up to try and look like my favorite guy in KISS, Gene Simmons, I’ll say five or six.  My mom sang all the time when I was a kid as did the rest of the family on her side. So, I was just surrounded by it from the time I understood what music was.  Singing was natural to me, something I assumed everyone did.

DA:  Can you describe your creative process for music?

Andy:  A melody will jump into my head for no reason at all at the oddest times.  Like, an idea for a ballad will strike me while I’m walking down the frozen food aisle at the grocery store. I don’t know why the hell it happens, but I guess I’m glad it does.  Once I get back to my studio I often start by laying down some simple chords set to a loop and build on that foundation until I finish the song.  I write most of my vocal melodies by singing nonsense in a stream of conscience fashion, then apply words to what I come up with.

Read the rest by clicking here!

I’m looking for a great author photo for my upcoming novel “All the Darkness in the World” and want to give you a shot at taking it! Here’s what you’ll need to do to participate:

1. Come out to a show on the upcoming Bella Morte tour this May.
2. Snap a hi-res photo of me on stage.
3. Email the pic to intothefar@gmail.com

What’s in it for you?
1. A photo credit in the book!
2. An autographed copy of the book (to be released fall, 2010)
3. A button set including art from both my novels
4. A free pass to the next Bella Morte show in your area

See you at the shows!

I wanted to drop in last night with a note but was too exhausted to make it happen. I ended up asleep on the couch with a cat on my head within fifteen minutes of coming through the door.  But I wanted to thank all our fans for making Connooga such an amazing experience!  I’ll be posting photos from the event shortly.

For those who don’t know, we’ve been working on a video for our song “In the Dirt” with Troma Films.  There’s a scene where the Toxic Avenger and Leslie (one fine Tromette!) chase the band into a classroom and eventually stomps my head into a fine red paste.  This was done using a cantaloupe filled with crushed beets.  Two perfectly good, white button-up shirts were ruined in the process, requiring a morning jaunt to Target so I’d have one for the show.  We shot the rest of the footage at the show, where Toxie and Leslie chased me off the stage.  The fans were featured heavily in this part, and Lloyd had them screaming and jumping up and down until their legs ached and their voices were sore and faint… it’s awesome to know that you guys will endure this kind of torture for us, and we love you for it!  Troma will likely finish editing the video in a month or so. If you haven’t already, sign up to our mailing list (in the left column) so I can let you know when it’s is done. It’s going to be epic! I miss Toxie already.

Tony and I performed an “unplugged” set in the exhibitor’s hall.  When we arrived we noticed there was no PA system for us to hook up to, which meant we couldn’t mic Tony’s guitar or either of our vocals… At first we thought we might not be able to do the set, but figuring we had nothing to lose decided to give it a go.  And it ended up being a truly great time.  People gathered around us like we were playing songs over a camp fire.  No microphones at all, just a guitar and a couple of voices.  It was the most naked performance we’ve ever done, and I’m left feeling like I want to do it again.  It’s amazing what can come from a seemingly negative situation if you go in with a decent attitude.

I met some fellow authors at the author panels… Dan Jolley, D.A. Adams, Stephen Zimmer (whose identity I briefly stole), Shane Berryhill, Mary Kowal, Robert Freese, and a few others I’m sure to be forgetting at the moment due to the fact that I consider 11am to be early.  Check these guys out, and if you ever run into any of them, remind them that they owe me lunch… and dessert. The panels were a lot of fun, even if my tendency to goof off sent us flying off course every ten minutes or so.

Tony and I were on a band panel with Ricky from Radio Cult that had no agenda whatsoever… We ended up telling our funniest and most repulsive road stories and having a blast! Sometimes chaos is the right way to go.

Huge thanks to Lloyd Kaufman, Leslie, Raven, Opal, the A NEW LOW crew, and Todd!  See you next year, Connooga!

~Andy

I’ll  be heading for  Chattanooga this weekend for Connooga for a couple of Bella Morte performances and a few author panels where I’ll be discussing The Sticks and two new books I have slated to be released this year through Thunderstorm Books.  Here’s a schedule of events;

6:00 PM Friday – 7:00 PM Friday: Andy reading from “The Sticks”
3:00 PM Saturday – 4:00 PM Saturday  : Authors Round Table with Andy
4:00 PM Saturday  -  5:00 PM Saturday  : From the Band’s POV
5:00 PM Saturday – 6:00 PM Saturday  : Bella Morte (acoustic performance)
11:30 PM Saturday  -  1:00 AM Sunday    : concert: Bella Morte
1:00 PM Sunday – 2:00 PM Sunday    : Self-Publishing vs. Traditional Publishing with Andy

I fully expect this weekend to kick some serious ass!  See you down south, away from the snow, in a couple days!

~Andy