Farewell, from The Vulpine

The date was May 1st, 2006. I am young and naive, posting 'drummer wanted' ads on the internet and auditioning whatever weirdo turned up on our doorstep. I had just put an new ad out in the morning, and was enjoying my lunch when this email hit my inbox:

I can honestly say, with complete conviction, this email changed my life. This really set the tone for me what this band has always been about. Small moments that create life altering change. I am surrounded by the most amazing people, loving caring friends who have supported us through so much, all because I luckily chucked up an ad while eating breakfast, and the right person happened to answer.

I chucked his details in my diary, and rented a bass cab for my brother, who volunteered to temp on bass until we found a permanent member. After a few rehearsals, Jay became our bass player. After a year, we found another member:

We got some residencies, played some pretty cool gigs.

After a while, Tom left us. That this happened, I will forever feel sadness and regret.

The thing about all this is that no matter what we all went through, from good to bad, being in this band has been a major part of my life. I've grown closer to my brother, I've made more friends than I can count, and I've done some amazing things I wouldn't have dreamed possible.

Through all this sad nostalgia, I need to tell you all that forever, I will have Jay, Luke and Sarah as my closest friends. These people are my pillars that have brought me to where I am today, and I'll never forget a single moment of what we achieved together.

We made the decision to finish up because we're all in different parts of our lives now. The most important thing is that I don't think any of us would be in the same places had we not spent this time together, doing these amazing things. What we achieved is not in the music, it's in the people around us, and the things we've experienced.

I can only really write this from my inflated point of view, because I have all the passwords for the webserver mwhahahaha. But I hope that I speak for all the guys when I say that what we've earned from our time as The Vulpine is our friendship together, which will remain for the rest of our lives.

Music for me will always be my obsession, and I'm sure it will consume my life forever, like some sort of musical Emperor Palpatine. I just wanted to let every single one of you out there know, that no matter if you stopped by, had a listen, dropped past a gig, left us a nice comment or just gave us the tiniest encouragement, thank you. We owe everything to everybody who even paid us the slightest attention, from our closest friends to random strangers who said nice things.

Thank you all, you have made our lives amazing, and we will live with this memory forever.

- Jam :)

ps. you can download our crowning achievement, our CD 'Overload' for free, here:
Download overload.zip here [32.01 meg]

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