Today is Day 1 of what will probably be my most rigidly structured (and complicated) production to date. It might suck, and it might be awesome. Or both. Either way, it's the first time this year that I've been so excited to get started on a new project.

Right now the overall idea is to do a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Only" (With Teeth, 2005), and have the music video done and posted by the end of July. The music will be recreated from scratch in my studio. I'll stay close to Reznor's classic industrial vibe, but with a bit more of the crunchy guitar work that characterizes my own songs. Thematically, it's going to explore two main themes: the Changeling queen's obsessive hive-mind bent, and some of its eerie parallels with locusts and even humans.

The video is going to be almost entirely live action. The visual themes will aim for the beautifully grotesque (think: Marilyn Manson): icky changeling "births", lots of plant/insect/society time lapse shots and some other fun stuff. Still, it will be entirely "Safe for Work", or at least as much as a mainstream music video, anyways.

I look forward to making more progress in the days and weeks to come, and I'll keep you guys posted.