Evanescence cut up with guitarist Jen Majura in 2022, leaving Majura to pursue her personal solo efforts and a brand new band known 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 nevertheless it is smart – AI is on the market utterly ruining the music panorama, and she or he needs no a part of it. Majura additionally cites “change in society” as another excuse, but additionally notes she’s open to coming again sooner or later.
“Pricey mates, 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 12 months of my life continuously hoping for brand new power, drive and creativity, I’ve reached a degree in my life the place I can confidentially lean again in peace. Whereas time allowed me, I used to be in a position to accumulate a tremendous quantity of lovely experiences, excursions, reveals, 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 dwell — however for now I really feel there are more healthy and higher issues to fill my life with good vibes and never take care of the overwhelming quantity of ridiculousness that comes with the music trade these days. I simply cannot determine with at present’s angle and values anymore.
“I wholeheartedly need to want all of the formidable and remaining ‘creators’, younger and outdated, all one of the best. With time, the which means will develop 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 ultimate musical endeavor I wanna share 4 tracks with you. Songs that have been written over a decade in the past along with the nice 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 I discovered these outdated demo recordings whereas cleansing out stuff from my pc and thought they’re too good to not be shared.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 for those who made it this far and skim the entire publish, I assume you truly ARE somebody that actually cares and these 4 singles are for you!”
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