June 19, 2008
Rhythm is the foundation of the music. It’s the ground upon which everything else stands upon.
Rhythm is everywhere in life, in the nature. From the speed at which butterflies flap their wings to our heart beats, rhythm is built into the world.
No wonder it forms the core of music. Rhythm is like the connection between [...]
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June 12, 2008
This is the ideal that I strive to with my songwriting/composition:
Something for everyone.
Now, that doesn’t mean that I’m trying to write songs that appeal to everyone who listens to it. Not in the least. I write songs that I fall in love with.
But the kind of music I fall in love with, often [...]
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June 12, 2008
If you haven’t checked out amiestreet.com, you should.
It has a great system for distributing and selling music.
The basic deal is that all music, when they are first added, are free.
And as people download them, the price goes up — to the max of whopping 98 cents per song.
Mine was recently added, so it’s still free. [...]
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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 recently launched a new blog site. It’s called OurBestVersion.com.
It’s sort of an experiment. You know that I like writing about life — many of my posts about rich lessons that my life has offered me. I’m a musician, but my blogs aren’t always about music.
Well, that side of me is going [...]
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May 9, 2008
I don’t plan to do this with every song, but with Aries9, I’m making it a general policy to avoid titling a song based on a line in the song’s chorus.
Why?
Because that’s too easy.
I have this habit of noticing and questioning these assumptions. I’d say 99% of all songwriters just whip a song title [...]
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May 8, 2008
Last week one night, I sat down to work on my upcoming album. I was going to do some writing, so I picked up my guitar — but it wasn’t happening there. So I turned my attention to the lyrics to one of my unfinished songs. I had bits and pieces but [...]
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April 30, 2008
Just a heads up — the first of the monthly free CD drawing will be on May 1st.
If you’re interested in winning a free CD (autographed if you’d like) of Aries9’s first album, sign up to our newsletter mailing list, right here on Aries9.com.
If you don’t win this month, you’re automatically [...]
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April 24, 2008
Lyrical Excerpt:
Perfect blue
That’s my color
Perfect peace
That’s my policy
Don’t disturb my noisy slumber
I want more
I have more
Give me more
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The lyrics to this song is rather crude and primal. There’s really nothing profound, mysterious or mature about them. They don’t rhyme, either.
But for this song, I really feel that this is OK. Its brute [...]
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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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