Yanni HIMSELF!!!
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Yanni himself complimented a video that I composed from scratch, with my brother performing! He said this to me on Twitter:
“Wow – you both sound great! Thank you for sharing that video.”
Here’s a screenshot to prove it!
Coming from the man himself, this is a HUGE confidence booster. I truly hope to collaborate with Yanni as soon as he is able to, as this proves to me, AND my brother, that we are capable of making great music!
Man, still can’t believe it! Yanni is like our musical teacher, our influence. To have him say that, means a lot!
Thanks Yanni!
P.S. This is the video that I was talking about. You can also find it in the Media section of the site.
Twitter is great!
This is probably the first time I’ve ever spoken to a “celebrity”, so understand my excitement. Yanni actually responded to my request to see if we can hook up on a collaboration! It wasn’t the response I wanted, though, because he did say he had his hands full at the moment, but I don’t blame him; he is in fact very busy.
I guess that’s good sign for me, because I can now reach out to real artists and see if my material is good enough for us to a collab. Next up, Ronald Jenkees and Ryan Tedder (One Republic).
Man I hate being sick!!!!
I don’t want to sound like I’m a complainy whiny b****, but I’m really sick and tired of being sick!
On top of the massive back pain that I had, I got the flu (or something like that). Talk about pain on top of pain! And I could really take no meds because I was ALREADY on meds for the back pain. Ugh! It was like pure hell!
Silver lining? I made a new song, going to mix and master, probably tonight. Very mellow, yet catchy and asserting altogether.
The sad thing about this all is that ever since I went down the sick/pain route again, I’ve been so limited. Previously, I used to be able to make an entire song in 3 days. Now, that’s up to half a month. That’s a drastic slowdown to my workflow, and I don’t like it a bit. But I have to manage; nothing else I can do.
The saga continues! Maybe I’ll have enough material so that I can promote “A Million Tears” along with the new album at the same time, who knows! 
Making music is like
Making music is a strange thing indeed. It’s a love affair, a project, a task, a deadline, torture, happiness, pain, and pleasure all rolled up into one. There, I think I included it all. It goes something like that. Once you latch onto a certain feeling or theme for a song, it’s very hard to control your imagination and relegate it specifically to that one piece of music you are creating. From one song can come hundreds of others; from just 3 notes can inspire an entire song (this is one of my methods of making music).
Having said all that, I’m halfway done on my new project, guilty of not even having promoted A Million Tears. It’s been very unfortunate, since I’m being held back by my health, which, if it were in class, I’d give it a grade D. Nevertheless, this does nothing to stop my imagination, so the work goes on.
The response to A Million Tears has been gratifying. I love to hear from anyone and everyone what they think about my music and how it affects them. I even had a gentleman tell me that my music “has a soothing effect that put my children, whom I couldn’t quiet all day, right to sleep!”
That’s what I work towards. I want my music to be able to touch as many people as possible and help them get through their everyday lives, to help them emotionally, to tell them a story of mine that they can translate into their own understanding.
Done right, music is joy, and music is pain. Any true artist will tell you this.
Thanks for being so supportive of me and my project. There are good things to come, and I’m glad you all love A Million Tears so much.
Good night for now!
So I just cut a new track…
So, last night, in the midst of all the pain and no medication to take (or lack thereof, I didn’t want it to cloud my abilities), I finished a track for my new album. This track is in the same vein as One Republic’s “Apologize”. Instrumental only, ladies and gentlemen. Every artist loves the work they do, every song they make. But there are some songs which just have that feel, that vibe, where you just know that this is something hot. That’s the way I feel about this song I just made.
I have great respect for artists such as One Republic, and guys like Ronald Jenkees, who, I should mention, is exactly the same as me. We do the same stuff. We work with computers. We are self taught musicians.
Last post, I surmised about loving to do an instrumental collaboration with Ryan Tedder of One Republic, Ronald Jenkees, or even Timbaland for that matter, who I must say has had a great effect on One Republic’s musical style, and music in general. I want to take instrumentals to a new level, and I think working with these great artists will afford me the ability to do that.
I’m going to try and reach out to them and see what they have to say.
Now we’re cooking…
So I linked up my site with Twitter. But that’s not the primary reason for this post.
I’ve been thinking a lot about collabs for my new album. You can find those who I’ve followed on my Twitter page as possibilities for collaboration. I’d love to do it. Seriously.
So I’m on Twitter right now. Join up if you like…
Sorry for the lack of updates
I so wanted to start promotion, but a health issue flared up. The worst type possible in terms of pain: back pain.
This back pain started from an accident I had in November of 2006. The sad thing is that it limits me so much that I can’t do anything except bed rest.
Thankfully, I am still working on new music as best I can, in between the bouts of delirium and pain. Formal promotion for the new CD “A Million Tears” will begin soon, with a music video coming up.
Stay tuned, and hang with me guys!
A Million Tears on iTunes and AmazonMP3 stores now!!!
Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present to you my first full studio album, performed, produced, arranged, and mastered on the Yamaha Motif XS 8.
I’d like to thank the Lord for making this possible, as well as Yamaha for such an outstanding instrument capable of letting me express my feelings. Also, thanks to my family and all you guys for believing in me. Also, this is one is for the essence and beginning of all my inspiration.
Progress, new media player, and finally new artwork
Finally, I have a media player on my website, with links to purchase to follow. Please check it out on the right hand side to hear clips from the album. Included in the tracklist are 4 tracks that are fully downloadable at the format of your choice, from HQ MP3, HQ AAC, or even Apple lossless. Please click on the media player picture for the download page.
In addition, I finally finished making the artwork for “A Million Tears”. Here is the artwork for the CD cover.
"A Million Tears" CD cover
On another note, I understand that this day and age is all about free software and music, and I get that. Music is what we love to do, no doubt, but we artists work and toil hard at this craft. The best way you can support us is by buying our music and/or passing on the word about us. This way we can continue making tunes that you love.
More to come!
A Million Tears @ iTunes / AmazonMP3 / Bandcamp
A Million Tears is now on iTunes!
A Million Tears is now on AmazonMP3!
A Million Tears is now at Bandcamp!
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