June 10, 2008
It’s funny how you don’t understand what you have in your hands.
When I put together my music, I knew that there was a theme to it. I hesitate to call it a “story” but I am seeing a few roles and a sense of progression — something happens to them over the course of [...]
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June 4, 2008
I feel so happy.
Why?
Because my life is full of engaging challenges. Difficult problems to solve. They are so big and scary, that I have to call up all my resources to tackle them.
But that is life at its best. Not all stress is bad. I feel so blessed, that I am [...]
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May 31, 2008
This is something I do concern myself with, quite seriously.
And also that’s the reason why so many musicians hate the words like ‘promotion’ and ‘marketing.’
It seems that so much of marketing or promotion is focused on manipulation. The ads on TV, or newspaper. They all try very hard to make you want [...]
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May 29, 2008
I just learned that happiness doesn’t necessarily mean feeling happy.
Don’t get me wrong, if you’re feeling happy, then you are happy. Be happy! Celebrate!
But you may be experiencing other types of emotions, and still feel “happy.” Perhaps the word “happiness” is problematic here. You can be “joyful,” “content,” or “satisfied” without [...]
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May 7, 2008
I have this annoying habit of crossing my legs.
Tightly.
I also have a habit of not straightening my back. My back is always curled. I am afraid that it’s going to be stuck that way, when I’m old and my body is no longer flexible.
Neither of those things are comfortable for me to do. Well, [...]
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April 29, 2008
I just learned that Tom Araya, the bassist and vocalist of the seminal Slayer, is a Christian. Catholic, to be precise, and still believes strongly in that faith.
Apparently, all the anti-religion and anti-deity lyrics in that band’s catalog does not bother or shake his beliefs one bit. For exact quotes taken [...]
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April 26, 2008
I read a post on big budget porn over at Music Marketing dot com blog. In it, Derek Sivers made this comment:
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April 25, 2008
From CNN.com:
“Japan’s government has long battled to contain the country’s alarmingly high suicide rate. A total of 32,155 people killed themselves in 2006, giving the country the ninth highest rate in the world, according to the government.
Suicides first passed the 30,000 mark in 1998, near the height of an economic slump that left many bankrupt, [...]
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April 18, 2008
I’ve been going through some old CDs, and I’ve gotten rid of quite a few. But I came across one album that surprised me.
It’s The Alarm’s Eye of the Hurricane.
The Alarm, for those of you not old enough, was a British band from 80’s that were colleagues of early U2.
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April 17, 2008
Yesterday was one year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting.
It’s my theory that these incidents are perpetuating itself. The more media coverage there is (and I’m not advocating that media NOT cover it), the more we think that this CAN happen. The idea gets incubated in mentally unstable people, and those two elements [...]
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