I am the Icarus

The Father, The Heretic and The Son - Available 03/13/2012

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:30:45 -0800

I Am The Icarus - Destinations

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:20:00 -0700

Secret Origins EP Available Now!

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:59:39 -0800

The Secret Origins EP is available NOW for $3 USD on http://iamtheicarus.bandcamp.com in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, FLAC and AAC. When you buy the Secret Origins EP, you’re helping to create and distribute the next I Am The Icarus record: every dollar earned goes toward that end. The first 1000 people to buy Secret Origins will get The Father, The Heretic And The Sonabsolutely FREE.

I Am The Icarus - Secret Origins EP Available 02/22/2011

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:56:00 -0800

The Secret Origins EP will be available 02/22/2011 for $3 USD on http://www.bandcamp.com in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, Apple Lossless, FLAC and AAC. When you buy the Secret Origins EP, you’re helping to create and distribute the next I Am The Icarus record: every dollar earned goes toward that end. The first 1000 people to buy Secret Origins will get The Father, The Heretic And The Sonabsolutely FREE.

IATI Mission Statement 2011

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800

For years much like a poor and dusty kid outside a diner in winter, nose pressed against the glass, I’ve viewed the music industry from the outside. Over the past few years I’ve had my foot in the door (and had said door closed on it) of the business of entertainment. I’ve witnessed an industry that is still so painfully out of touch in the age of social media and unabashed in its ignorance.

There are still old-school dinosaurs attempting to apply old world media solutions to a model that’s evolved past it. The next I Am The Icarus release is an experiment (that could fail miserably) in using the Trent Reznor/Kevin Smith model of using a word of mouth/viral campaign to raise awareness and funds, albeit on a much smaller scale.

It’s with this spirit in mind that I’m releasing the Secret Origins EP.

The title appeals to the comic book nerd in me and the fact that I’m indeed selling the past to pay for the future of the band. The four songs on the Secret Origins EP are previously unavailable songs recorded in 2007. The origins of IATI are literally in every nook and cranny of these songs, you can see where it’s going. It’s Punk Rock in its raw, imperfect, purity and written/recorded on the heels of forming IATI.

Every dollar earned goes towards finishing the NEXT IATI record - The Father, The Heretic And The Son - and releasing it to you independently.

True independence is releasing your music on your OWN terms and deciding how it should and WILL be used. It occurred to me that servicing your art to major media companies and NOT the fans makes absolutely ZERO sense to my sensibilities. It’s a calculated risk and I’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. I’ve been inspired by Kevin Smith over the past year to in his words - “Keep your head up and never chase the puck; go where the puck’s gonna be.” – And that’s what I intend on doing.

When you buy the Secret Origins EP, you’re helping to create and distribute the next IATI record: every dollar earned goes toward that end. As an added incentive not only do you get to be a part of the making of the next record but the first 1000 people to buy Secret Origins will get The Father, The Heretic And The Sonabsolutely FREE. Not only free but in ANY format you want, MP3, FLAC, WAV etc.

I need YOUR help. Spread the word on facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc. Blog about it, send texts - Be apart of something exciting and truly progressive.

Let’s show the rest of the world where the industry is heading - Truly independent and willing to take a chance.

I Am The Icarus

Daniel Godfrey

Behold! The King Of Gloom sketch by Ron Oades

Music Industry Dinosaurs Should Take Note.

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:24:00 -0800

RED STATE, U.S.A. Tour

The Harvey Boys have witnessed first hand the vagaries of “studio math” - the byzantine numbers game that sees an uneducated media and public celebrating “huge” openings at the box office while ignoring the obscene marketing costs attached to reach those figures. We believe it’s a pyrrhic victory to simply “buy” an opening weekend by pouring millions of dollars into TV spots, billboards and print ads. As storytellers, why not instead use our creative abilities that resulted in a film in the first place to also creatively SELL that film directly to our public?

We believe the state of film marketing has become ridiculously expensive and exclusionary to the average filmmaker longing simply to tell their story. When the costs of marketing and releasing a movie are four times that film’s budget, it’s apparent the traditional distribution mechanism is woefully out of touch with not only the current global economy, but also the age of social media.

Therefore, The Harvey Boys will not spend a dime on old world media buys (such as TV/Print/Outdoor) as we self-distribute our film, Red State, in an admittedly unconventional, yet extremely cost effective, word of mouth/viral campaign.

Knowledge is power, and we believe in empowering the filmmaker - so the Harvey Boys vow to make the financials of Red State open and transparent from which anybody hoping to follow suit can learn. We will do what no studio has dared: open up our books for the world to see so anyone interested in pursuing a similar independent release strategy has a better understanding of the BUSINESS of Red State.

And if we’re successful - or even merely effective - at producing a film distribution apparatus that can stand apart from the cost-prohibitive studio model currently viewed as the only way to get a movie into a theater? It is our intent to use the groundwork we lay with Red State to aid other filmmakers in releasing THEIR films, via our newly launched SModcast Pictures.

Don’t hate the studio; BECOME the studio. Anybody can make a movie; what we aim to prove is anyone can release a movie as well

The Harvey Boys

Jon Gordon & Kevin Smith

Get RED STATE Shirts and Posters. When you buy Red State merchandise, you’re helping to distribute the movie: every penny made from all Red State merchandise goes into the print-making budget. The per-print cost is roughly $2500, so for a 1000-print run, we’ll need approximately $2.5 million dollars.

Protest the protest. Counter-protest Motherfuckers!!

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:53:42 -0800

Brian Sage Poplin: Solution 2011

Sat, 01 Jan 2011 14:35:24 -0800

Brian Sage Poplin: Solution 2011:

briansagepoplin:

Here’s my contribution for our minds, our lives, our reality and our world. Instead of a “resolution” let’s collectively solve a problem that has been growing between us and our existence, or better, our experience. The problem is that we’ve willingly given up our power by actively denying it….

10/16/2010

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:44:06 -0700

I sincerely apologize for the lack of updates concerning the next IATI release. I’ve been dealing with some health issues among other setbacks. Initial tracking was completed and mixed but I ran into a few issues. I’m planning on doing a bit of re-recording and mixing and hope to release The Father, The Heretic and The Son early next year. Artwork for the EP is finished and I might give you a bit of a tease soon. In the meantime you can expect a new video (my directorial debut!) and a couple of B-sides in the nearer future. Thank you for your continued support of this little fantasy world I sometimes live in.

-Daniel Godfrey

Video

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:54:57 -0700

SModcastle opening night!

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:06:13 -0700

SModcastle opening night!

IATI 2010

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:03:08 -0700

I Am The Icarus will be hitting the studio with producer Z Rokk (Deftones, Far, Third Eye Blind) from June 28th-July 2nd to finish up tracking a yet to be titled new album.

Stream the entire debut EP on myspace. myspace.com/iamtheicarus

New Far record AT NIGHT WE LIVE out TODAY!

Tue, 25 May 2010 10:52:33 -0700

New Far record AT NIGHT WE LIVE out TODAY!

Podcast# 10 Daniel from IATI and Brian from lxxi.net discuss...

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 23:58:00 -0700

Podcast# 10 Daniel from IATI and Brian from lxxi.net discuss Nazi Anal Sex with Sandra Bullock, cheaters, underselling the cock, pubic hair, pussy as money, consumerism and materialism, and mental problems. Podcast 10 can’t drive you home tonight, but will call you a cab after you hit play.

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Indefinite Hiatus.

For 10 podcasts, Daniel and Brian have cussed, postulated and brought the non-stop awesome all while trying to balance other creative projects. To that end, Daniel and Brian decided to go on an indefinite hiatus to spend some time focusing creative energy on other outlets. While there is no set plan for Daniel and Brian to begin podcasting together again, no one knows what tomorrow may bring.

Goodbye.

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:04:11 -0700

No one was ever quite as beautiful to me as you.

Now I’m left to say goodbye every night.

It’s in every line of every song I’m cursed to write.

This is me reaching out to you one last time.

This is goodbye.

i am the icarus live 2010.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:58:04 -0800

i am the icarus live 2010.

i am the icarus live 2010.

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:56:35 -0800

i am the icarus live 2010.

There are no monsters under your bed.

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:20:00 -0800

I think we can agree that we all share one sphere of reality that we try to represent in our thoughts. That being said, I’m finding it difficult to reconcile intelligent people who continue to believe in superstitious and dogmatic bullshit. Thinking about religion and the absurd and fallacious reasons given in the name of it, I don’t understand how one can defend it anymore. We see people flying planes into buildings based on these same principles and yet nothing is learned. Religious moderates are to blame for much of the problems we continue to face. Unless we get to a point of realizing it’s merely a case of good ideas vs. bad ideas we will continue to pay the price. What I’m saying shouldn’t be considered provocative or divisive. What’s provocative is someone believing that the devil exists and if you don’t accept Jesus as you savior you’ll burn in hell for eternity. Divisive is sectarian disputes that go on everyday in the Middle East. If we continue to cling to dogmatism and fail to see humans for humans and not ideology, then we can throw any idea of a global civilization into the ditch. I believe transforming the way people think about this existence and changing the expectations have of our neighbors is important.

Many of my friends have been asking me to leave the issue alone and to stop being so confrontational lest I burn any bridges. I could worry about burning bridges if I call out Scientology for instance, but someone has to call it like it is. We need to be able to call a spade a spade and not handle religion with kid gloves anymore. I believe it’s intellectually dishonest to not acknowledge the causal reasons between what people believe and certain actions especially when those actions have become dangerous. If we were allowed to really look at religion critically we can continue to evolve our ideas and move forward more quickly. If we taught the bible the same way we teach the Iliad or the Odyssey and not as an inerrant prophecy then this would all break down within a generation. Because face facts, the bible cannot sustain a true critical look or read. There’s a place for the profound in our lives but we don’t need to lie to ourselves about it. At a certain age we stop believing there are monsters under our beds. The next logical thought would be that there is no supreme being in the sky either.

Official video for The Secret To Living Is Dying Well directed...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:23:47 -0800

Official video for The Secret To Living Is Dying Well directed by Shawn Butcher.

State of intellectual emergency.

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:40:00 -0700

It’s often times difficult to have an intellectual conversation about atheism without my argument being dismissed as merely seditious or even elitist. Unfortunately we live in a world where it is still taboo to explicitly challenge a persons religious beliefs. I believe the dangerous absurdities perpetuated by organized religion need to be challenged if we are to survive as a species. It’s irrational to believe that religious people are above reproach and get a free pass from criticism. We are in a state of intellectual emergency where misguided beliefs that presuppose superstition and rationalize violence inform our world. Religious irrationality poses serious obstacles to human betterment and evolution of ideas.

People often cry “Faith!” in defense of their belief in a god, I say faith is deaf, blind and dumb, unreasoned thinking. There is a misconception by some that as an atheist I’m merely being anti-Christian in my criticism of religion. I’m very non-discriminatory in my criticism of religion, it’s all numinous and superstitious bullshit to me, from Christianity to Scientology. People often perpetuate the idea that an atheist is to be pitied for their empty and godless existence. I am aware that there are things beyond human life and understanding. I would argue that the world can still be a beautiful place and life can be amazing and full of wonder, even through the eyes of a skeptic. My point is simply that we need to advocate free-thinking, intellectual honesty and reason if we are to survive.

-Daniel