Dimension Of The Abandoned interview
Hello Rick! The press release makes it clear that Dimension Of The Abandoned was born directly from your departure from Niviane. Let’s start there: looking back now, was leaving the band an act of necessity, frustration, or liberation? I THINK IT WAS A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE. I WAS FRUSTRATED WITH THE CREATIVE DIRECTION OF THE BAND, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE BUSINESS DECISIONS THAT WERE BEING MADE. SO OUT OF NECESSITY FOR MY OWN HAPPINESS AND WELL-BEING I FELT IT BEST THAT I LEAVE THE BAND. I DIDN’T COME TO THIS DECISION LIGHTLY. I CONTEMPLATED ALL MY OPTIONS AND WHETHER I REALLY WANTED TO LEAVE THE BAND THAT HAD TOOK UP THE MAJORITY OF MY FREE TIME FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. THE BAND I HAD PUT ALL MY CREATIVE EFFORT AND BELIEF IN. THERE WAS A TRANSITION PHASE WHERE IT WAS ODD NOT BEING INVOLVED WITH THE BAND ANYMORE, BUT ONCE THAT HAD PASSED, I FELT A SENSE OF LIBERATION, KNOWING THAT I COULD PURSUE MY OWN CREATIVE INTERESTS IN THE WAY I WANTED. You openly state that some of these songs...
