Jim Morrison predicts where music is going 40 years ago

2 basic types of music in America in the future, re-emerging
-Blues
-Folk music from europe
-Country music

A convergence of these 2 types.
-Black Keys
-Mumford and Sons

-Adele, blues/soulful approach
-pop radio being flooded with 3-4 part harmony
bands, a cross breed of these 2 styles.
-Country Music as a genre
-Country stars becoming more pop influenced

Electronics, tapes
“I can envision one person with a lot of machines, singing or speaking.”
IPOD, Apple products, DJ sets, emergence of this genre
over the last 10-15 years in America.

Harrison in the digital age

Review: Guayaki Yerba Mate flavored drinks

I’m an everyday coffee drinker and definitely will get the headache warning signals, after about 3 hours of going without. But it’s easy to get burnt out on anything; be it food, drink, or social networking site. I go to Starbucks most everyday, because no matter how hard I try, I can never make my own coffee and enjoy the taste of it. Even if I’m using coffee grounds that are much tastier than Starbucks, my ratio of grounds to water always seems to be off, or it’s all just psychological and the idea of someone else making it for you just affects my brain’s pleasure zone? Who knows.

Enter Yerba Mate as a tea. Yerba Mate is a herb that is native to South America and contains a wide range of vitamins and minerals. (Vitamin B/C, manganese, potassium, zinc, and minerals include quercetin, theobromine, and theophylline.)

The 16 ounce cans I buy from Stop and Shop are 1.99 and pack a pretty solid caffeinated punch. (150 mg) There’s “Lemon Elation” and “Revel Berry” that I’ve tried so far. You definitely get the attentiveness and general alertness you get from coffee, but minus the jitters. Ingredients include: organic brewed guayaki roasted yerba mate, organic elder flowers, organic cane sugar, organic ginger juice, organic lemon juice concentrate, and cirtric acid.

“Miranda” my band. Recording and questions on releasing anything new.

Band Web Log (Miranda)

My band is in the process of recording our first CD, in the basement, with a Mac Mini, and a few cheap mics. We’re recording all of the music live, in one take, in hopes of avoiding too much of a layered sound – which I think can sound thin without the right soundboard and equipment at your disposal.

With thousands of bands seemingly forming every day, how does a band go about convincing new ears to listen? How do you pitch your music, when there are really only several popular formats to use? How do you blend into the white noise of new sounds, retro sounds, remixed sounds, and dubstep sounds? I don’t know, that’s why I’m throwing these rhetorical’s your way, “avid anonymous blog reader.” (Comment below with suggestions) This is a kind of call, because right now there’s a kind of wild west, DIY mentality a foot, which I think can be beneficial to those that are truly creative and willing to format/present their sound uniquely.

I suppose the most creative froth has always found its way up, however this froth is metaphorically multiplying, in many different directions, as I speak. We’ll play shows at local bars/clubs, but the crowds are mostly made up of other bands in similar situations. So how do you get people from off the street to come and listen? Especially when you’re 30, not in college, and have no real college base to draw from; I don’t know. You just keep writing, producing, playing, recording, and promoting through facebook/word of mouth. This isn’t a race. This isn’t a race to get on the radio, a radio that is dying or has been looping the same playlists for the last 20 years. This isn’t a race to get a 3 record deal, that don’t exist anymore, and mostly  big labels are probably always picking out their new acts 10 years in advance.

Even the act of writing about music, always strikes me as funny, but I’m bored and feel like typing something. If you feel compelled in anyway after reading this, check out our live videos. It’s what we enjoy doing, so we do it, anything that results after the fact should always be viewed as spontaneous, fleeting, but appreciated too.

http://www.youtube.com/mirandasongs

Trader Joe’s Super Green Food: Most viewed post?

My most viewed post on this blog, by far has been the one I did on the ingredients in “Trader Joe’s Super Green Powder.” I find this kind of funny, considering most of this blog has been about my life in music and opinions on music in general.

I figure there’s so much interest because this basic information is hard to find online. For whatever reason, Trader Joe’s website does not post this information. It was a great product and it did give me a kind of burst of energy, but I got sick of having to mix it with juice or water everyday. Recently I picked up a bottle of “Garden of Life: Perfect Food Raw Green Super Food.” 240 capsules in one bottle and the recommended serving size is 8 capsules. I’ve found that 4 is plenty to get somewhat of an overall boost in mental clarity, energy, and improved digestion. It’s also good to know that I’m getting a majority of greens that I’d hardly ever get on a regular basis.

*And I assure you, I’m receiving no compensation for the endorsement of these products.

http://www.gardenoflife.com/Products-for-Life/Foundational-Nutrition/Perfect-Food-RAW.aspx

Band situation meets job prospect

I’ve invested over 3 years of my time, energy, money, and ears to play in an original band. Being in any band, you realize that there will be a series of lulls and series of thrills. Lulls, as “real-life” intervenes and doesn’t allow you to rehearse or write as frequently as you’d like. And then the thrills happen when a series of new songs seemingly come out of nowhere and you realize you have a few months ahead of you, to fine tune them and make them stage ready. These mini projects are the things that get you through long work days. These small unique packets of new, get you out of bed.

Recently I turned down a job offer, that would have paid more than my current job, but the hours would have interfered with playing in this band. So for a few more dollars an hour I would essentially be forfeiting the 3 plus years I had put into music with two other individuals and I couldn’t justify doing that. This band is my theoretical baby, my theoretical 2nd baby, and my theoretical mortgage rolled into one. It’s the only thing outside of the humdrum that is work, I want to invest my time in. Or I should generally say, the pursuit of being a formidable musician is as important to me, as kids/mortgage/marriage is to the majority. To sit back and imagine where we could be in just another 2 years, excites me and makes me want to do whatever I can to keep things go accordingly as they’ve been and not throw a huge curve ball into the situation via a new job.

The Beatles Cross or 4 paths

Also found this sketched into a notebook, about 3 years old