After nearly a decade of performing and releasing music under the moniker The Vision of a Dying World, I am putting the project to rest once and for all. I can’t believe it’s been almost a decade since Keith and I started recording strange demos in our parent’s house in Las Vegas, NV. So much has happened since then.
I have had the pleasure of watching Keith and Jeremy grow from awkward pre-teens into the incredibly talented, driven, and creative men that they are today. Along the way we made 6 records that I am extremely proud of. For most of the project’s existence we were just kids who had very little idea what we were doing, but we always played from the heart and that is all that really matters to me.
So many wonderful people have been brought into my life because of the path this endeavor has led me down. Jona Tellez-Giron is one of the finest drummers I have ever played with and has become one of the best friends I have in this world. Very few musicians can hold a candle to Mat “Doc” Davidson and it was an honor having him play beside me. Emily Sully and Hermon Farahi believed in us before we believed in ourselves and are much of the reason we ever got this thing off the ground.
To everyone else on the long list of people who have helped, inspired, encouraged, and supported this band I am eternally grateful. I have to specifically thank Donna and Mitchell Milgaten, Brian Miller, David Scott, Travis Wayne Cochran, Jane Weibel, Joshua “Rabbit” Richards, Andrew Jackson Jihad, jalipaz, Adam Grill, The Johnston Center, and the fine people of San Diego, CA and Las Vegas, NV. Without them, all would have been lost.
Lastly, love and respect to the people who came to our shows, played those shows with us, booked us at their club, and made us at home in their homes.
Sincerely,
Jackson Nathan Milgaten
*I will be playing one final show to say goodbye this Friday at The Luce Loft in the east village of downtown San Diego. This will be a solo show and I’m opening up for the LA based band NO. Here is the facebook event page and the poster:
