Evanescence cut up with guitarist Jen Majura in 2022, leaving Majura to pursue her personal solo efforts and a brand new band referred to as How We Finish. Majura has now introduced that as an alternative of engaged on a post-Evanescence profession in music, she’s hanging it up for a short while.
Majura‘s reasoning is miserable but it surely is smart – AI is on the market fully ruining the music panorama, and she or he needs no a part of it. Majura additionally cites “change in society” as one more reason, but in addition notes she’s open to coming again sooner or later.
“Expensive associates, I am gonna make this as temporary as I can: After cautious consideration, observing what is going on on within the music trade, AI associated developments and alter in society I’ve come to the conclusion to step away,” wrote Majura.
“A few of you’ve heard me discuss this fairly some time in the past. As an alternative of losing one other yr of my life always hoping for brand new power, drive and creativity, I’ve reached some extent in my life the place I can confidentially lean again in peace. Whereas time allowed me, I used to be capable of accumulate an incredible quantity of gorgeous experiences, excursions, exhibits, travels and moments! I’m grateful for each little bit of that, however the world has modified. I can confidently make up my thoughts to cease.
“I’m not saying that I’ll by no means create any music once more, whether or not recorded or stay — however for now I really feel there are more healthy and higher issues to fill my life with good vibes and never cope with the overwhelming quantity of ridiculousness that comes with the music trade these days. I simply cannot establish with in the present day’s angle and values anymore.
“I wholeheartedly wish to want all of the bold and remaining ‘creators’, younger and outdated, all the most effective. With time, the that means will change into clearer.
“To you, the followers, I wanna offer you an enormous digital hug and say THANK YOU for all of your help, love and religion all through these years of me being an energetic touring musician, I’m grateful. As a last musical endeavor I wanna share 4 tracks with you. Songs that had been written over a decade in the past along with the good guitarist Dennis Hormes. I discovered these outdated demo recordings whereas cleansing out stuff from my pc and thought they’re too good to not be shared. So in case you made it this far and skim the entire put up, I assume you really ARE somebody that really cares and these 4 singles are for you!”
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