April 2011
Answering some questions about my goals:
I am a bassist. Currently studying the Jazz idiom at UCF in Orlando. Also a composer, at the moment.
As for death this summer, metaphors are strong. ;-)
“The”
– Forbidden
Door
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Albums/Shape/Life:
Frances the Mute- The Mars Volta I would be absolutely nothing as a listener and as a Musician without this album. From the time I heard it six years ago to now, I still find something new and ineffable to listen to, to think about. Whether it is screaming guitar, running bass, funky drums, melodic strings, or the insanity of Cedric’s vocals, this album has kept me practicing and opening...
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“You haven’t met yourself yet, but the advantage of meeting others in the...”
– Waking Life (via faithfulbastard)
“Music is the language of the Universe. By creating good and harmonious...”
– Swami Nirmalananda, A Garland of Forest Flowers
via The Importance of Music (Wordpress blog)
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Summer Goals
Bass.
Bass
Basssss
BASSSSSSS
Bass
bass
baSS
Bass
bASS
Yen-Yaw in full bloom. Compositions out the nut-sack.
Gig.
Jam sessions.
Practice every fucking day.
Yoga.
Read.
Write.
Live.
Love.
Die.
Rebirth.
Funky.
Watchturtlenipntoxicshock:
More of Kathryn Schulz on Being Wrong.
I really want to read her book now.
If I live through this week
I will be enlightened.
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Attempting a double major.
Jazz Studies and Music Composition. Minor in English. Whew. Busy. Busy… Busy……
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Watchturtlenipntoxicshock:
Kathryn Schulz: On Being Wrong
This is seriously worth watching.
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It was about the time that I realized that life, specifically mine, is meaningless that my death would mean absolutely nothing and everything I do would be absolutely permanent, I don’t remember my birth and I won’t remember the moment my soul leaves my body or when I come back to the great void that enraptures us all and it becomes apparent that this reality is not real and that this...
“I think music is an instrument that can create the initial thought patterns that...”
– John Coltrane
(Ras G - Sun Behind The Clouds)
Everyone is always asking me if I know...
And I am.
annadoes asked: Thank you for your blog
& for giving me a new batch of good blogs to follow.
& for giving me a new batch of good blogs to follow.
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12 Colors - Yen-Yaw
For Two Pianos.
This piece...
wecan-onlydream asked: Newcastle Uni! I'm home in Hull at the minute for easter but go back in a couple of weeks for exams, which should be interesting!
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Music
John McLaughlin (Particularly Shakti and The Mahavishnu Orchestra)
Matt Garrison
John Coltrane
The Mars Volta
Coheed and Cambria
Pat Metheny
Brad Mehldau
Foals
Kaki King
Maurice Ravel
Radiohead
Frank Zappa
Q-Tip
Dapp Theory
Battles
The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group
Bonobo
Wayne Shorter
Chick Corea
Nels Cline
Solaseria
Philip Glass
Steve Reich
Peter Garland
Marvin Gaye
Victor...
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wecan-onlydream asked: ahhh, i see :) yeah well i'm studying maths at university so i guess thats what you could call me!
“Laugh, killer.
The actor pulls the curtain himself.
You never know what fate...”
– Benjamin Keane.
-Killer7.
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All this talk about physical beauty...
When is the last time you listened to yourself talk?
They say society brainwashes us into believing what beauty is. I think they’ve brainwashed us into believing what a human being is.
sweet sunshine: just finished →
sunshineandcitylights:
Me Talk Pretty One Day
By: David Sedaris
I couldn’t even finish it. David Sedaris’ sarcasm and “wit” is as entertaining and amusing as mud. I wish I could remember who recommended this book so I’d know not to trust them with future recommendations..
Me Talk Pretty One Day is a pity party for…
When You Are Engulfed in Flames is much better.
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Hand in Killer7 →
The complete text analysis of Killer7. 56 pages of wisdom on a video game. For that, I have to say this may have been the first and singular ground-breaking game in terms of story based on the reality of politics.
wecan-onlydream asked: are you a fellow mathematician?
I may not remember where I came from.
But I don’t ever want to remember how I forgot.
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Yen-Yaw: Purpose
We find ourselves in trying times as Musicians. Scrapping for gigs, moments to perform, time to practice, etc. We try to develop in a world that’s simultaneously way ahead of us and ages behind us. There is a constant power struggle between traditionalists and the contemporary evolutionists puts a lot of the Artistic perspective at a standstill. “That’s not Music.”...
“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and...”
– Buddha (via tomorrowneverhappensman)
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