Saturday, August 1, 2009

Living Dolls

I don't know why I like this, but I do. especially the music.

http://www.something.net.au/something_special/living_dolls.html

Saturday, May 9, 2009

The future

OK, so I am way behind on doing something productive on here. I graduated last Sunday, and I have finished my Just a Scientist parts, but I haven't recorded anything new for Emerald Elk.

My excuse is that I have changed my mind about the approach I will take for these recordings. Crystalline was the first song I did, and that had two parts (the acoustic and the fuzzy electric). Those were pretty easy, but I want to continue to do more complex songs with several instruments and parts, unlike the bro song. I should have a couple songs done soon, as in within the month. It'll be worth the wait.

Love>>Ryan

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

To anyone who cares...

I am currently avoiding the final surges of work left to me before college graduation. Once I finish this, what's next?
What I really want to say is that I promise I will be posting at least two new songs very soon. Once I finish all this paper writing and test taking. Let's say by May 2nd. That's also a deadline I have to finish some Just a Scientist recordings, so I hope I can get it all done. I'll let you know. Promise.
Happy Earth Day to you

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Bro McBroski Fratastic on Youtube

By popular demand, I finally posted Bro McBroski Fratastic on youtube. This is both my first youtube post ever and my first (somewhat) comedic song. It figures that the first song I don't take seriously is what everyone seems to like--C'est la vie.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Thanks Friends

I held a private debut of some of my newest songs (plus some covers).

Set List: Paranoid Android (radiohead), Crystalline (new), Bro Mcbroski Fratastic (new), How to Propose Intimacy (new), Rocky Raccoon (beatles), Autobiograffiti (old), Do You Realize? (flaming lips), Green Sea-sun (new)

Special thanks to all attendees: Jack, Liz, Marie, Chelsea, Caitlyn, Corey, Jen, Marley, and Kaila. Thank you so much!!!

The live recording has a lot of glitches, so I'm not sure if I will put it up. But I plan to post recordings of all my new stuff as soon as possible. Keep your eyes peeled and your minds sharp.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Power to the People

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7968721.stm

"Until now, it's the rich who have always been rewarded when things are going well and poor people who have been punished when there are crises like the one we are going through right now."

Thursday, March 26, 2009

New Song - Crystalline

Crystalline - Click for Myspace



Feeling crystalline
Fractures along my skin,
Brittle, spread too thin,
Midnight she’s whispering

I think you’re losing touch.
I wish you would wake up.
It hurts me so much.

Begging me to sleep.
Worries worked in deep.
Too many promises to keep.
Shut eyes still see me cheat.

I think I’m losing touch.
I wish I could wake up.
It hurts me so much.

Why can’t I change into liquid?
Why can’t I go back to being a kid?
I’d like to be that flexible again,
When I could do front flips and back bends.

Morning, I’m such a fake.
Caffeine keeps me awake.
Loving just for her sake.
Waiting…just to wait.

I just can’t stand her touch.
This love’s a dead end drug.
I guess I want too much.

Why can’t I change into liquid?
Why can’t I go back to being a kid?
I’d like to be that flexible again,
When I could do front flips and back bends.
The world seemed so big back then.
But now I’m too connected, I’m locked in.
I’d like to be that flexible again,
When I could do front flips and back bends.
When I could do cartwheels and handstands.
When I could do front flips and back bends.
Now my bones are hard crystalline.
When they break, they’ll never mend.

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This song was inspired by many things. Getting older and feeling nostalgia about youth is part of it. Also, the story "Soldier's Joy" by Antonya Nelson that I recently read includes a justification for adultery as bringing back memories from younger days. In the bigger picture, though, I often feel like I've lost something in knowing. Although learning is one of life's greatest pleasures, if we become too content with knowledge that is presented to us, we will lose the sensation of curiosity and the desire to know more. When I explain something like I know it--solidly, correctly--it feels wrong. No matter what science says, or my dad says, or my friends say, or my teachers say, or my senses say, things aren't so simple.

Entering the Blogosphere

Clearly, I am in a green mood right now. This has to do with my love of trees, the fact that it is springtime, and the current "grassroots" efforts that will hopefully develop into an environmental revolution to sustain our planet past the current pessimistic forecasts. Also, I wanted to get away from the Moody Blues that has been plaguing me as of late, because being down is so yesterday. It's time to cheer up, and when I awake the leaves outside my window will be a soothing green.