I gave lists of covers to do, wanna try to get them up here. but ive been sick.......

Olympia: This Beats Happenin!

well, i always had a hard time with music in Washington, i mean in late elementary and middle school Nirvana was like huge and important, it had a huge effect on me. but like other than like random stuff or just a song from a certain group, i had a hard time identifying with music hear. and still do. i just felt so out of place or like cant relate, especially nowa days, but this band was always very important, and interesting, to me. just stumbled upon some stuff again, this group is The Beat Happening from Olympia.

Temperature Drops

"the few days after the holiday, that ends the month, the bike ride escaping his lack of sleep thought and feeling. the temperature drops, frozen specs of frozed water lay at the end of the street, not able to tell where the end of the sidewalk is, from the frozen pile of leaves that  invite you in. he is still hovering from his high, passed the hospital where he was born, almost home now he pedals faster but cant feel his joints bend, ice cold. two men pass him as the dont give a shit or show no concern to leave room on the sidewalk, the man exhales from his cigarette blowing smoke in my face, it hits his lung harshly. panicked riding away from the scenes. the garage door opens, off the bike. garage door closes. bike drops off the kick stand. the light goes out.

highschool October watchings

Vincent Price.

I always watch this every year around this time. i just really love Mr. Price. hes so inspiring, warm, gentle, charming, and genuinely funny!

Cemetery Rock

This is a little song i did over the summer. It is just a Loop that is a reoccurring fantasy of mine every summer. Something that still hasn't happened. inspired by a dream, a picture, a feeling. i dont feel the need to explain myself but the title comes from a memory of climbing this rock at the center of a funeral scene, and it symbolizes the grave stones, i also though it was a cramps esque title. anyways here it is:

Cemetery,
Wait for all your friends,
Obituary, matched the stones,
Here he rests his bones. 


Download:Cemetery Rock

New Theater In Seattle

its pretty exciting news, even though its old news, but i am just catching onto it. but anyways, the theater in Seattle's U-district the Neptune, was a historic theater known for playing movies new and old. they decided to shut it down and restore it and reopen it as a music performance theater! it will also have special movie nights and play productions. pretty exciting news.

read for yourself:

http://stgpresents.org/neptune/

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013552510_neptune30m.html

I. WANT. A. BLACK. CAT. NAMED. BINX.

Clark Parks history. not to far from home.

Alot of people see negativity in the park now days, it definitely used to be very mysterious and creepy on walks at night, or just in general, it started becoming a somewhat special and calming place to me my last year of high school.

wish i could have found a better picture to go with this, a more historical one, but this is the only one that i could find, its still sad that the gazebo got fenced off, i read they were restoring it soon and getting a new sign which is a positive thing. but anyone who has lived around here will understand and will hopefully enjoy this video in some way.

Link to the video is below:


http://vimeo.com/22957721

Insomnia post #1

Im still having difficulties with music hosting sites, it will be a little while longer, also finding places to work, to earn money to put towards music and new flooring.. i havent been sleeping at all, the days are dead, nothing except the sunlight burning my eyes and the hazey cloud of atmospheric nothing surrounding my head. listen to these songs, :-)

i am better now.

bye :-)

IT IS HAWT AS FUK

Appreciation for Music in Africa!

The Last day of graduation rehearsals we had a staff talent show, where many of our EHS staff shared talents that they had through music and performing arts, thank you to miss Hansen for the beautifully played and sang song on the piano, another piece of music that kinda of got stuck in my mind was this piece performed by two teachers, Mr. Friend and Miss Smith. It is a song that originates from Africa, it was played on a Mbira, the song is very primitive, repetitive, and some what stream of consciously, from what i understand after talking to Mr. Friend. thus being very hypnotic and beautiful to me.

Hi Ryile,

Thank you for asking and thank you for the compliment.  It was a pleasure to play for you guys.  Sorry I haven’t responded sooner—I was out yesterday.

The instrument is called an mbira.  It is a type of instrument (which Americans often call a “thumb piano’) which is found in many different parts of Africa with different names depending on which country or region the specific instrument is found.  These instruments can vary a lot in size, range, pitch, and number of keys.  The one I play is from the country of Zimbabwe and the music I play is from the Shona people, ne of the ethnic groups in Zimbabwe.

The song I played is called “Chemutengure”.  The song dates from a time in the early 1900’s when white European people were moving into areas of Southern Africa.  My teacher used to say that this song represents the acknowledgement on the part of the African people, that due to this European immigration, life would never be the same as it was before for the African people—for better or worse their cultures were going to mix and something new would be born, but there would be no going back to the past.

There is some improvisation, but it is limited within a certain song structure.  Also it is common for singers to improvise lyrics to mbira songs, taking a traditional theme and adapting it to some current event.  My improvisation was limited to singing syllables that don’t have a specific meaning, because I don’t really speak Shona language.

Thanks for asking.  I hope you find more of this music in the future.  Actually you can find many mbira players both from Zimbabwe and from the US on You-Tube & you can hear their pieces.  Enjoy!

Mark Friend

Spanish 1 & 2

EHS, LT-104

sick yet again, songs to share;

both of these songs remind me of Elementary school.

The Bunnymen song also reminds me of summer nights, as does the whole album, these have kind of been what have been playing alot lately.

On My Walk Earlier;

A Bat Swooshed Past My Head, and flew around in a circular motion,
swooping down every now and again.
there are bats that live in my neighbors tree during the summer,
my dad told me!
Maybe i can learn there language, i can get them to sit on my windowsill

and we can tell each other stories, and they can sing to me, just maybe.

 My dad thought it might be nice..

spring is here! ALL THINGS SPRING!!

Something about the dead trees in early spring appeals, especially on my stree.

Also the jonquils, that last only a few weeks into spring!

Film camera/first day of spring

I am fully bloomed, ill leave you with a few songs that really capture the spring feeling, and atmosphere for me. 

 

pretty much the whole Donnie Darko soundtrack, let me add that Tears for fears was like my first cassette tape EVER. also i just made a music sharing account, so expect some tracks starting to come up hear. im just talking to myself.. i am addicted to three color surprise desert..... summer is coming soon, stress levels rise, im doing whatever i can to stay calm and relax.



 goodnight!
-Ryile

The summer is coming, ive been dead. this made me come alive

Whammy!

Hey bo, dontcha know?

dont you hate it when people think they know you sooooooooooooooooooooooooo well,
anyways. ive been obsessed with bo diddley lately. i got some music from my grandma and there was a bunch of bo diddley. it is nice.

Grandmas Gospels

snow.

Songs to share

I like the Eric Dolphy Version the best, i found the cd of my dads long ago.

Also Happy New Year Everyone!

i heard its supposed to be damn cold during January. i hope everyone's resolutions come try and dont give up and keep working hard, mine is to become happy within myself, and make my family happy with everything i do.