Thank you dear friend, Zo Zo...

Today, is a most Momentous of Days............................

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....................ive basically, been counting down to this day, since 'we have sound' came out...............................................it still hasn't hit me............................................

song 'dilemma'........

what's becoming more and more the dilemma is-------the other day, i wrote a 'song'. well, melody---i was watching some thing on joan jett--n got a melody in my head---it came back--like, 3 times---before i got a chance to 'get it down'---it left---and hasnt returned since:( (i dont think)----such is becoming my dilemma----i dont like this n need to find a way to stop/combat this problem---i need to clear some space off my dictaphone for starters............

WHOA!......................new TOM VEK!?!!?!!???

............did a random fb search...........n this came up.............never heard this before...........................................WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

'Radical ideas'---'Music Mantra'

when it comes to music.............that is the only time i have 'radical ideas'. ..like for example, i believe it should be a requirement, to have music education til, well, all the way up through highschool-i do. when it comes to music-is the only time i become 'radical', or 'extreme'. i believe there is a musician in all of us.......and i believe with the 'progressing' technology, as it unfolds....it will make that idea/that 'fantasy', a reality......the idea of, that anyone can be a musician (w/out necessarily been trained). i believe in the power of apps, and their ability to enable us to create music. for example, tonight, i had a melody in my head, (as i often do)--my dilemma has become (and has always been)--how do i get it down? the race to get down/record. will it slip away......something else, thats also interesting is---i often come up with melody first.......and, usually (no) words. just melodies. i dont know what that is. anyway. i see the future as being one where/in which, anyone can create music, at the click of a.........app. or whatever. that is a future that i see/that i envision/that i hope. were i running for anything in office (which i won't/my lack of interest in politics)---but if i were---as i see music something worth fighting for--bringing it to the political arena---i'd vote for/be a candidate, who, funded all things music. -making music as accessible and, ubiquitous as possible. where, music was right along with math/science in the educational 'line-up' of things. it'd be a 'core subject'. it would not be an elective. people would think as 'sub-consciously' in music-as they do in english-or whatever their language is-and be able to put it down. i believe in music as a fundamental subject. i believe in centralizing music-to almost everything else. making it as accessible as possible. democratizing music i suppose-in the most 'viral' of ways. i want it everywhere. that is my 'music mantra' for the night.

some 'Outward' blogging............

been keeping stuff 'in my head' lately..............anyway, first, i cant believe theres (JUST) now, a comedy awards show..............saw it on the other night.............on comedy central.................so sad (so overdue). next,..................in a dreamworld, there'd be a software/'app', whereby, you could sample an artist's voice, (any artist), and make a 'song' out of it...............using a 'word bank' of instruments...............sort of, compose a song, and use their voice (sample, as u would a beat, or short fragmented amount of sound)--but this would be the 'long-form' version of that..................was just thinking this in the car tonight...................in a dreamworld, i'd be a 'director'-and i'd direct/'conduct' these 'musical experiments', whereby i'd cast certain individuals, certain voices, to create 'project' or experimental songs................i'd call it the 'Voice Project'...............just realizing tonight (just how) obsessed, i am, with voices....................(interesting sounding) voices...................lena meyer-landrut etc.........................i'm so obsessed. even just, 'cross-hybrid' accents............'chinese/irish' etc..............i could go on, but i could definitely see making this a 'life-project' of mine.............going around recording/archiving these sounds..................i'm too obsessed NOT to do something about it.............i believe interesting sounds/voices lie everywhere, all around...............some people just don't know it yet

today was a day that only happens in dreams..............

and this had something to do with it............

i really wanna see this...

King Lear

FINALLY found this song....

we do this song in zumba.........(a remix of it).........horrible video.........good song (the remix anyway.....in class)


........also, learning about the djembe drum........african tribal percussion in general...............somebody stop me...........i am addicted to 'percussion' education

i heard this tonight on a volvo commercial.....

..at first, i thought it was joanna newsom (for a second)--very 'joanna-ish'........it's from 06!

this is pretty amazing.........

...just learning about this