This is a very uneasy time for me.  A lot of musicians never even push themselves to the point in their career where they are ready to release an album.  There’s all kinds of reasons why.  One reason is because they are waiting around for someone else to give them a “record deal”, as if [...]

It’s a brand new year here at Swollen Thumb Entertainment.  I started this site almost one year ago today, and I decided that I would start a tradition for this company, which is to announce the plans for the year at the beginning of each year.
2009 was always intended to be the set-up year for [...]

Dashing through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh.  O’er the fields we go, laughing all the way.  Bells on bobtail ring, making spirits bright.  What fun it is to laugh and sing a sleighing song tonight.  Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, jingle all the way.  Oh!  what fun it is to ride in a one-horse [...]

Dragons live through the stories of many different cultures and peoples, handed down through the many generations of humanity.  Some people would have you believe that the legendary, fire breathing dragon never existed, but how can that be when so many myths and stories pertain to these majestic creatures?  Whether the dragon is noble or [...]

Evil exists in this world.  How can you say it doesn’t?  Very few people would argue that there is such a thing as a good person, so why would they argue that evil people don’t exist?  Some people seem to get satisfaction from causing pain and misery to other people.  Call them sociopaths, or masochists, [...]

I can’t take it anymore! It’s like the whole world is laughing at me and I’m the only person who’s not in on the joke.  What do they know that I don’t?  Why do groups of people suddenly stop talking as soon as I walk into a room?  I just know that they were talking [...]

When you leave for work each day, do you ever wonder if you are make it back home alive?  Of course, we all know that life can end at any given moment and that it is precious, but what is it really like to live each day in a constant battlefield?  For the people of [...]

When people die, they go away forever, right?  Maybe some of them do, but not all of them.  It seems that some people aren’t quite ready to leave this dimension once they pass on.  Maybe they are lost?  Maybe they have unfinished business?  Maybe they just want to stick around and torment the living.  For [...]

*Warning: I set out to create a scary song, and I think I might have gone too far with this one.  This is definitely an unnerving track, and if you are easily disturbed, then I would recommend not listening to it.*
We all love to travel, don’t we?  Of course we do.  It’s fun to take [...]

There’s nothing that can make people as uneasy as the unfamiliar.  While October and Halloween may seem like a fun little time for a lot of us, there remains a large group of people who celebrate it as an integral part of their lifestyle, much like how a lot of us celebrate Christmas.  To a [...]