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TONIGHT!!!

JIm Wilcox — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:30:37 +0000

Come down to the show I’ll be DJ’ing all night!

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Taking on the World

JIm Wilcox — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:08:38 +0000

Here is this week’s video of Taking on the World… ENJOY!!!
JIM
P.s. Jason is officially in the studio doing vocals…

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Authority on the move!

JIm Wilcox — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:54:43 +0000

Man its been crazy…. So I finished up my drums in 3 days and I’m SUPER stoked on how everything turned out! Zach went in after the weekend to start guitars and nailed out all of his rhythm tracks in 3 days as well! Killer job Zach, sounds amazing! Jeremy on the other hand had to go raise the bar on all of us… He did 9 tracks in 9 hours! I must say its an absolute honor to play with such a talented Bassist I couldn’t ask for anyone better to play music with! Now we are wrapping up on overdub guitars and leads then its up to Jason to put the final coat of wax on this thing so we can release it to the world! Hope you all are as excited as I am!

The other day i was skimming through some old Authority files and i found some video I took of me playing on the PW tour! I’ve been going through it all and i’m in the process of editing a few songs to post up. I’ll be doing my best to have a new song up every week if not more often so make sure you check back for an updated video!
For now here is “everyday”

thanks for following!
JIM

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Studio Update!

JIm Wilcox — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:32:06 +0000

Click the title of the post to check out the video!

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2010, new year, new beginnings.

JIm Wilcox — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:35:39 +0000

I’d like to start by saying welcome to my new website! This site is the new 1 stop shop for everything I do. Ransom, Blue Collar Prophet, Graphic design, Dj’ing and of course updates on Authority Zero. Make sure you bookmark the site, and subscribe using the mailing list to your right! Thanks for stopping by!

I’m honestly happy to say that 09 is over…. I’m really looking forward to a new year and a fresh start! I think I’m gonna use this post as just an overall update…

Authority Zero is officially in the studio starting next week. we spent last week with Ryan Greene doing pre-production, i have 2 more days of that this week then its off to do drums! I was talking to a friend last night saying how much i love working with Ryan in the studio cause he pushes my abilities above and beyond and i always end up being a better drummer and learning so many new things even though during the process I’m likely to get really frustrated hahah!! Well either way I’m stoked to get started, I think this record is going to be really great and I’m stoked to show the rest of the world what we’ve put together in the past months.
p.s. If anyone reading this doesn’t know who Ryan is here is a link ..::Ryan Greene::..
On an AZ side note we are playing a Rhythm and Booze show at Dirty Pretty in Scottsdale on the 14th of this month so don’t forget to come check it out!!

Blue Collar Prophet stuff is still coming along good but my focus hasn’t been so much on that as much as it’s been on a project I have with my boy Keith called Translator. Some of you may know this project or heard me talk a bit about it but I’m sure most haven’t. This I can honestly say is the only thing that is I’m super proud of coming from 2009…. I won’t go into detail about it right now but keep your eyes peeled for Translator. I promise you’re gonna love it!

Designing has been slow through the holiday’s but I’m hoping it will pick up now that the new year has started. I’m working on a few logos and such for a some bands right now but other than that i don’t have much on my plate so I’ve just been painting a bit more. If anyone needs any graphic work done feel free to contact me and get a quote!
I’m working on a new painting right now that I’m super stoked on. I’ve posted a couple photos on twitter and facebook of the progress of it if you would like to see.

Ransom is getting some new designs right now that will be posted up for vote when they are done. My idea is to go exclusive with it. I want to start letting everyone vote for there favorite design and then only make 36 or so shirts to be sold. Keep watch right here for more updates on that or follow me on twitter for more minute to minute updates.

Well I think that’s it for the first post of 2010. Again I’m happy to say that 09 is over and I’m really looking forward to all the opportunities of 2010! Cheers, JIM

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Graphics

JIm Wilcox — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:33:29 +0000

One thing I must say is that my favorite thing about doing graphic design is working with bands. Most of the bands i’ve had the pleasure of working with have been super cool and really had an awesome vision for me to base a design from. Recently I designed a logo for a local band called Rain-a-Fire and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Those guys are super cool and were really stoked on the concepts I came up with for there logo. Next I’ll be doing a few T-shirts for them so I’m excite about that.

Another band i worked with in the last month was Westcott Avenue. They had me do their album artwork for their new CD “Life 101″ and it was awesome! I came up with the concept to have the album look like a binder that you would buy for school, you know the ones with all the rings in em…. It took a bit of extra work but i managed to accomplish exactly what i was set out to do!

This week I’m starting a logo/brand for a reggae band out of Florida and I’m stoked to work with these guys! I’ll keep you all updated on the progress!

Cheers!

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A little Salt Lake with a dash of Rancid

JIm Wilcox — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:33:21 +0000

So you know those days when your excited about doing something but you don’t really realise your doing it until it happens? Ya i had one of those days a few days ago when we played with Rancid in SLC Utah. The whole ride up there (12 hours) i was excited to play with one of my favorite punk bands but it never really hit me. That night we totally killed it and I was super stoked on the show over all (minus the few tech difficulties). I think i played harder than i’ve played in a long time but was stil on point and consistant so that was really cool. I’m notorius for getting caught up in the moment of excitement on stage and then have a few messups cause i’m no paying attention so to speak haha! Well after we got off stage i sat outside for a bit and killed half a large pizza while i was catching my breath

Rancid went on and after the first few songs i went inside and watched them play, thats when it hit me… WOW we just got off stage and now RANCID is playing!!! Needless to say i was super stoked to have shared stage with them. They put on a great show and sang every word right along with them. Good times in SLC!! Thanks to everyone who came out to support us and we’ll be seeing you again soon! Now its back to writing and getting the new record done.

CHEERS!

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Secret Show…

JIm Wilcox — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:19:46 +0000

So Melis and I had the pleasure of catching the secret Myspace show on monday and I must say it was AMAZING!!! I’ve been a fan of Thrice for a few years now but Melis is and has been a fan for a LOOOONG time. She’s had the please of seeing them down in Florida at small clubs quite a bit and she’s taken me to see them a few times now but it was always a bigger show with all the production and stuff. Now don’t get me wrong those shows were amazing and i loved every minute of them but to see them in a venue like the club house was an absolute pleasure. No bells and whistles, no big light show, just Thrice in there raw simple form. The best part of the whole thing is that even striped of everything they would normally have they sounded just as good as i expected them to! So cheers to Thrice and thanks to melis for turning me on to them years ago!

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New Authority Sounds

JIm Wilcox — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:22:36 +0000

So I’m sure a few of you out there know that D.J. (former bassist of Authority Zero) quit the band a few months back. I just wanted to update you all and say that we found a replacement for him The “new” guy couldn’t be a more perfect fit! We’ve got him all dialed in on all the recordings and have continued on our mission to write the new record!

Last nights practice was awesome! We came up with quite a great Reggae song that is what i like to call “Colorful”. By this i mean we really spiced it up. Instead of just doing the normal dub style song all the way through we’ve really sat back and added some great flare to this tune. Im super stoked on the direction the song is going and can’t wait to work on it some more!
Were headed out to Florida the first week of September and then off to japan in November but other than that we are just writing writing writing! I can’t honestly wait to get this new record out to all of you! I really believe its going to be our absolute best record to date and i’m very proud of what we’ve done so far!

On another note I’ve been higher-ed to fill in on drums for my buddy Harper’s project, Sunset Rider and the Skeleton Army. This project is very different for me and at times has been quite challenging but I’m really excited to be a part of it and can’t thank Harper enough for giving me the chance. The record is a concept record that will eventually include a movie and comic book to go along with it. He’s really done a great job at at putting the whole package together so make sure you check it out!
Here is a link: Sunset Rider and The Skeleton Army

Sunset rider’s Cd release party is this coming Saturday (8/22) at The Clubhouse in Tempe. Come out and check out the show it will be a good time!

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Updates…

JIm Wilcox — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:16:08 +0000

So its now 12 a.m. and i think my eyes are going to pop out of my head cause I’ve been staring at this damn screen ALL DAY! I took a few breaks here and there for a smoke or some food but all in all its been one thing to another.

My day started with Sister Cities (a local AZ band). These guys higher-ed me to do the poster/flyer for there CD release party coming up on September 11th. I had allot of fun with this today cause it was a bit out of my relm as far as style is concerned and i got to really play with fun colors instead of the normal “Do it like black, red, and white” haha. NOT that i don’t like those colors cause trust me i do but there are only SO MANY versions of that combination i think i can come up with these days ha! So far the flyer/poster has turned out super sick and i’m just waiting on approval from the band and then i’ll post it. Keep your eyes peeled!

From there I led into a recording session with my boy Keith. We are tracking a new song that i wrote and he helped me finish last week. I’m stoked on this song and so far it’s really sounding nice. Its a ballad style acoustic song for someone special Maybe someday i’ll post the few i’m writing/recording as a bonus for all of you who follow me (all 10 of you hahah!)

After that I proceeded to make dinner and then it was back to the grind stone updating my portfolio! Although i’m not completely done I’ve finally got a proper gallery up with nice thumbnails and such so make sure you check out my design page and see what I’ve been up to lately! There are quite a few new things up now and there are more to come here shortly.

Well i think that’s about it for today. Tomorrow its back to working on the few projects i have at the moment. OH REMEMBER! If you know anyone that needs graphic design work please send em my way I’m always looking for new clients!

Thanks for the continued support!!!

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