Oct 4, 2022
Be kind to animals or I’ll kill you 😤
Christopher Murray of Illuminate Me
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Be kind to animals or I’ll kill you 😤
Christopher Murray of Illuminate Me
This past weekend run was absolute insanity. Some of the best/most cursed shows I've ever played. Thank you to @giltfl for having us for these shows. Can't wait to do it again!! . . . . . @illuminatemeband #IlluminateMe #Gilt #GiltFL #FloridaMusic #FloridaHardcore #PostHardcore #Emo #JazzBass #AmpegSVT #OrangeAD200 #MarcusMillerJazzBass https://www.instagram.com/p/CpeRnFNN8N7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Prompt: Illuminate Me
Echoes of you
Dot the sky
Like stars staring down
Coldly at me
.
I keep a shard
Of you in my pocket
Stolen from the sky
Because where I am
Pure darkness
You are
Pure light.
.
The single shard
Of you
Shines brighter
Than all of me
So sometimes I think
What if I could
Just borrow some
Of that light that refuses
To die
Just to brighten myself
.
There's no need to cry, love
I'm not making use
Of you
I'm just allowing myself
To shine a little
Brighter
With the shard of you
That I promised
To keep safe
.
In a dog eat dog world
How could you grace
The world with light
And refuse to share?
So just let me keep
This single shard of you
After all
There are many more
Dotting the sky.
@poetselixir
Illuminate me in the darkest corners
Exposing the secrets of my fractured soul
Shine light in all of my darkest places...
But beware, for you may find
The external me, is but a mask I hide behind
A defensive mechanism to protect myself
From having my cover blown
From having my true colors shown
I am vulnerable, I am weak
Although I put on the facade of being strong
If you really got to know me
You would have known that
But all along I’ve been a sensitive boy,
Trapped in the body of a man
If you shine the light through the cracks
Illuminate me from within
You can get to know the real me
Reignite the spark inside
So I can reveal myself again
Back home after another run of shows with Illuminte Me and the first Spider Inside Her show. Happy to call these people some of my closest friends. Thanks to @kyleconvicted for the amazing photos! For this run of shows I finally put together a proper pedalboard, swapped the HM-2 for the Big Muff, swapped the PilyTune for an TU-2, and added a DM-2. Running out of the splitter into the SVT and Orange rigs. I also used the sonic blue P Bass I built last year in drop A for the SIH set. . . . . . #IlluminateMe #SpiderInsideHer #Bass #Bassist #MarcusMillerJazzBass #Fender #Ampeg #OrangeAmps #AmpegSVT #BassRig #BassPedalboard #FenderPBass #SonicBlue #FenderJazzBass #PrecisionBass #PostHardcore #Metalcore #CultLeader #ThirstFL #RussianBigMuff #Sansamp #ProCoRat #Pedalboard #Sunn #5150 https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHkoWtJcPD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Back home after another run of shows with Illuminte Me and the first Spider Inside Her show. Happy to call these people some of my closest friends. Thanks to @kyleconvicted for the amazing photos! For this run of shows I finally put together a proper pedalboard, swapped the HM-2 for the Big Muff, swapped the PilyTune for an TU-2, and added a DM-2. Running out of the splitter into the SVT and Orange rigs. I also used the sonic blue P Bass I built last year in drop A for the SIH set. . . . . . #IlluminateMe #SpiderInsideHer #Bass #Bassist #MarcusMillerJazzBass #Fender #Ampeg #OrangeAmps #AmpegSVT #BassRig #BassPedalboard #FenderPBass #SonicBlue #FenderJazzBass #PrecisionBass #PostHardcore #Metalcore #CultLeader #ThirstFL #RussianBigMuff #Sansamp #ProCoRat #Pedalboard #Sunn #5150 https://www.instagram.com/p/CmHkoWtJcPD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Had an absolute blast on this run of @illuminatemeband shows! Thankful to call these people some of my close friends and excited to do it again in a few weeks! Thank you to @kyleconvicted for the live shots! The rig I was using on this run sounded amazing. Ampeg SVT and an Orange AD200 in stereo, but running into matching 8x10 cabs. . . . . . . #IlluminateMe #Bass #Ampeg #Orange #AmpegSVT #OrangeAD200 #Ampeg810 #Orange810 #FenderJazzBass #MarcusMillerJazzBass #ChaoticHardcore #PostHardcore #FloridaMusic https://www.instagram.com/p/ClSFYJnJLjA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
First show on bass with @illuminatemeband was a success! Feels good to have an excuse to take the bass rig out of the studio for once, although I still hate moving it. Still absolutely in love with my @fender Marcus Miller Jazz Bass. Used the opportunity to re-build the bass pedalboard too. Pretty straightforward with the HM-2, Rat, and Sansamp all in the loop of the NS-2. Wired with the Boss solderless cables and the Lava solderless DC power cables. Thankful to all the other bands who played, everyone at @theslamhousefl for putting on this show, and most of all to @_crimmie_ for asking me to be a part of this band with him. Next show is Friday 9/2 at @cagebrewing St. Pete! LET'S GO!!! . . . . . . #IlluminateMe #FloridaBands #LiveMusic #AmpegSVT #IPlayBassNow #Fender #FenderMarcusMillerJazzBass #MarcusMiller #BossHM2 #ProCoRat #Pedalboard #BassPedalboard #JazzBass #TheSlamHouse #HM2 #HM2Cult #LoudAmpsSaveLives #RigsOfDoom @rigsofdoom (at The Slam House) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChyEi4op2bj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=