Hello Blog World.

Hello Blog World. It's been a while.

Letting you know that I am writing again. More musical theatre solo types of pieces. Also, I might go back to school and take some theatre courses.

If anyone is interesting in collaborating with me on material to write, let me know. I'll also be looking for singers to help compile different pieces together. Not too many musical theatre composers in the Denver area, so it should be exciting once this gets going.

Enjoyable.

My new favorite hobby is getting lost in a park while getting lost in a book. When you walk to this location, I would recommend something by Sigur Rós, Brand New, Jimmy Eat World or your own soundtrack of your life. If you longboard to this location, I would recommend the original cast recording of Rent or the cast from The Last Five Years.

Currently reading 'Peace Like a River' by Leif Enger. Thank you for the recommendation Bryce.

Album Idea.

Hello to the internet. I have this idea that sort of plopped into my head. We shall see where it takes us.

I've always wanted to write with themes and I finally have an idea. Colors. Blue. Red. Yellow. Etc. Yes, Colors. And there will be fictional stories/songs about these colors. I will include an example of Blue. It is just free writing right now of ideas, no specific lyrics quite yet, just randomness.

BLUE:

She was a single mother now. Her eyes were as bright as the sky. The soothing voice she carried on traveled by the ocean. Her past was so alone, her calm voice covered her bruises. But she knows that her baby boy needs a better life than this. She believes that the waterfall is the only way to go home. Though death was not just a fall, but a way to the end. The breath of the man who hit her was long gone. A drop of liquor made the rain from her eyes start. Don't worry now, she never worries, she is calmed by the sand beneath her toes and the crushing of waves. The waterfall made her calm once more.

That is her story of Blue.

Thank you.

Improv and Improve.

I recorded another song and put it up on the space. Recorded it yesterday instead of cleaning my room. I did it all in one try with each track. I also made up the lyrics as well. Kinda fun. It's not the greatest, but it is fun fun fun. Enjoy?

Insert Noise.

For some odd reason I feel motivated to write more music. Be on the look out for more avant-garde weirdness.

Footsteps Echo.

Through the darkness we travel over a thousand miles
Our legs are getting weak with every step into this cave
One more step makes the pain feel like a phantom leg
It is just there making each step with no thought of why
You try to stop, but you carry on through
No Going back
We can't go back
We will walk on



-Found this yesterday while searching through some piano repertoire. I think I must have written this back in January. I don't remember writing it though. I also wrote some chord progressions for it back then. We will see what it sounds like. Interesting.

Starting.

This is what I do when I can't sleep.



A duet from the musical. It's finally coming together slowly. Now that I have started, it is going to be hard to sleep.

iMovie.

IXAb


Messing around with iMovie and the guitar.

Yearn for Silence.

Sometimes when I sit in class I hear everything. I will do what I can to explain it the best. This reality of sounds happening around me puts me in a superficial state of mind. I hear everything. The teacher is speaking in rhythm, pencils scratch paper, shuffle of feet, squeaks of chairs, sniffling of the nose, typing on computers, erasing a thought, folding paper, chewing of gum, sip of coffee, knuckles cracking, backpacks zipping and even scratching of the head. This is just in class.

But when I go outside it has much more bigger and unexpected sounds. An ambulance goes rushing by and I feel like I can hear the worry of someone else's heart. I hear the wind in the trees as I feel the depth of their roots in the soil. I hear people yell across the campus and picture their story in my mind.

Sometimes on a rare occasion when I walk home really late at night, I don't hear anything. It feels that without sound my life might be lost, but the silence brings peace and dreams to a reality as I look up at the stars. It is in this moment where I can fly away and be the person I am meant to be.

Fun.

Good news. Nate Reuss, the singer of 'The Format', has started a new band with the guitarist of 'Steel Train', Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost of 'Anathallo'. They will be recording their debut album in September and it will be expected to be released in February of 09'. They currently have one demo track up on their MySpace. Check it out! http://www.myspace.com/fun

C-Minor.

New piano piece up on the space in C-minor. It is an improvisation and I felt like recording something with new effects. I was in a creative mood this evening and wanted to mess around with the piano, so, enjoy? I even printed out some staff paper and started to write another piece with some possible melody ideas. We shall see where it heads.

Un Nuovo Mese.

One more month exactly till classes start up at Whitworth. I'm actually excited to get focused and start school. Due to the high enrollment rate at school, there was no room for me to live on campus, so they asked me to find a place off campus. Thankfully Katie Petitt was able to put a good word in for me to the house she is in for the summer. I'll be living in a seven person house one block away from school. It will be really convenient because I won't have a car and that my skateboard will only go so far. I also think that the music building is really close by, which will be extremely beneficial because it will basically be my second home while at school. It will be interesting adjusting to Whitworth's standards and seeing in full what is expected of me. I have to prepare 30 minutes of memorized music this spring for my Junior recital. So I'm sure that four hours of practicing a day will be expected, but I'm excited and ready to dive into more repertoire. I'm also going to take a look at the theatre department and see what they are all about. I would like to get more experience on stage and it will help with the performance aspect of the piano. It seems that being away from home and the busyness of work, I'll have more of a focus to write more music and lyrics this fall. My mind has been in so many places the summer with the whole transferring process and with work. It has been extremely difficult to focus on music that I want to create but lack the motivation to compose. All I have left to say is that I am ready for this new place. I honestly can't wait.



Goods (All In Your Head) by Mates Of State

Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust.

Sigur Rós' new album was released last Tuesday. Everything they do seems to put a smile on my face. Amazing what they can do musically. If I ever had the opportunity to create music the way they do, I don't know what else I would rather be doing. It is difficult to get ideas out there when I am busy with work and the whole school situation. If music is my work, that would be the best thing ever. That means I would have time to concentrate, compose, practice, create and enjoy. Maybe someday. Will that come soon? I'll let you know when that day comes. If it ever comes.

Quiet, Until it is Time.

Silence is best. This silence is needed in order to grow. This silence is needed for understanding of what needs to be accomplished. Silence is needed to be accomplished through thought, through lyrics, through melodies and through discoveries. Please, just give me some silence. With this silence, I will show you much more. Silence is best.

More Added.

I added a little bit more to the new track that I have been working on this past week. The beginning is the same, but added another 3 minutes or so to the song. I am not to sure what I think about the middle section. I haven't fully comprehend what that section should interpret. Let me know what you think of the conclusion of the piece. It seems like it will work, but I'll add more voicing harmonies when the time comes. I just uploaded it onto myspace and it should be on there in a couple of hours. Check it out! Grazie i miei amici.

Demo up.

I just uploaded a demo track that I started yesterday up on the space and it should appear on there rather soon. It still has a lot more to go and has more lyrics to it also. I just wanted to get some opinions and suggestions of the new style/ideas that I have. If you could, please check it out and let me know your thoughts. The link is found on the right side of this very blog. Thanks.



UPDATE: Now it is finally up. Enjoy?

New Track.

Hello to everyone that views this blog whomever you may be. I just recorded a song today and posted it up on the one and only MySpace. I used LogicPro and my MacBook and hit record a couple of times. The quality isn't the greatest, but it is too much fun to pass up. The link is found to the right of my blog. Enjoy?

Dear Spokane,

Thank you for being a city. A city that lets me grow. Hopefully I will see you soon.

Walk is to Run, While Jump is to Fall.

I close my eyes tonight
But my dreams seems so far away

I want to fly away
But I am not ready to leave
the ground
I have known
for so long

And I will sleep till sunlight falls on my face
But waking up is the hardest part of dreaming

Don't.
Don't wake me up.

IXAb

New instrumental piece up.

Key of A-flat.

Recorded it in one try.

Enjoy?