The+Independent+Project+of+Jack+Rowland

=As a goodbye to HIP, I present another song, done on a snow day spent trapped inside by ice and lack of electricity, and done with a little help from my sister. Hope you like it! It's called "Morning's Over" and it's for the moment "when the mourning's done". It's still not done. I miss you all, but I promise I will never stop adding to the sum of light.= media type="file" key="Morning's Over (feat. Sophie Rowland).mp3"

Goodbye HIP, it's been fun. You leave me with a want to create that I know will never fade. Thank you so much, to all of you.

=//Here it is....// my HIP Independent Project: "Current EP" by Jack Rowland= =Download it here: __http://www.mediafire.com/?uzv6ijanddhrnkh__= Or just listen to it here Please give me feedback! Hope you enjoy HIPpies!

Here's some feedback about the EP:

" FiRsT cOmMeNt LOLOLOLOL"

"Downloaded and listened to your album as soon as I saw the post. My first impression is that it sounds like lo-fi psychedelic folk. A couple tracks seem to be really heavily Animal Collective influenced, as I'm sure you know. I have no comment on those tracks. My favorite tracks were the ones where you followed and developed the melody a little further, and trusted yourself as a songwriter more. I thought "Aren't You" and "Surprise Cold Eyes" were the strongest. Each had a very defined and unique sense; they were complete songs (in every aspect). The arrangements were well-suited to the writing. In those pieces more than the others, your confidence and potential as a songwriter showed through. I'm glad you're writing. After all, that's the only way to improve."

" Loved every minute listening to your music. So very very proud!"

"great job with the album artwork. somethin' about those colors" (album artwork... forgot to mention that)

"I love 'Surprise Cold Eyes'. Such a good song... I would like this song regardless if you made it or not. It's so catchy. I played it again...WHAT THE FUCK THIS IS GOOD.... ['Aren't You'] is beautiful... ['Don't Make Me Leave'] embarrasses me slightly. But it's soooooo good... I loved the Emily one. Your voice sounded beautiful."

"So, your EP is like, my new favorite thing. No joke... I'm glad I like it cause it rules"

"So, I just listened to the Current EP, and I can't even think of a funny comment to put alongside this post. It was just...brilliant. If you're not famous in like, ten years, I'm going to be really pissed off at the world."

"I dig this. Interesting structures."

"I would definitely recommend downloading Jack Rowland's EP. It's really, really good!"

Don't take their word for it! Go listen to it yourself! (it's not bad, really, I hope you like it)


 * Hello, Hipzoneunited peeps! This is Jack Rowland and this is my project. It really is quite simple: experiment with the equipment at my disposal to create a small album of sorts (the equipment being Garage Band). At this point in the project, I have read numerous articles on artists and songs that I like or wish to learn more about, using pitchfork.com (wert, I swear I'm not a hipster), allmusic.com, and an early Christmas present, the book "Listen to This" by Alex Ross. I have also completed two songs (both under 2 minutes). The first being a classic blues progression ("Weight on Her"), and the other being a more reverb, Animal Collective based work ("Sky"). Both involved use of multiple layers, including vocals, backing vocals, maraca (and other percussion), piano, and guitar. I also have lyrics posted on this page to songs still not created (one of which being a sincere love song/possible Christmas present). Anywho, I still have a long way to go, but I'm happy you're here to see how far I've come. Oh and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!**

First Day - 12/10/10

On the first day of my project, I set forth on my music project and painted. Why did I paint? Well, for one thing, it reconnected me with the studio art boy I used to be in my younger years, but on top of that I put into visual what my mind wished to create. What I painted is messy to say the least (Keri commented, "It's so abstract!" Thank you Keri!), but it does show some of the madness of my mind. What I painted is, from one corner to the next, a description of what I want to make music about and what music is to me. The top left corner shows a sun blazing red, orange, and yellow, sending waves of black into the earth. It streaks a dark yellow past a boy sitting on a roof, his figure blown back by the sun. His house sits on a streak of orange, with an eye holding on to its end. Below this there is the main object of the painting. A girl with blonde hair around and in her face, with eyes orange like the streak of the house. She cries black from her right eye, which solidifies into a musical note. And from her other eye cries purple which seems to fly across her visage and around the painting until pooling upon the streak of black that becomes the musical note. Perhaps this purple is the emotional backing of the written music. And in the lower, right-hand corner, there is a pool with lilies which seems to fly upwards into sky where an ear is perched to hear the workings below. From this painting, perhaps the madness is at bay to a level that I can work fluently and ceaselessly. In fact, when I came home that day, I recorded numerous pieces of songs for fun and to test out how to properly use my equipment. They turned out not too shabby but I still have much work to do. In other news, Christmas is a-coming, and I have a song for someone.

Second Day - 12/13/10

Today I read not "Welcome to the Monkey House" but a book on Bob Dylan. I had recently seen Mr. Dylan at a concert in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (mostly from a stroke of extremely dumb luck), but I had still much to learn about this prolific artist. From the few pages I have read so far, it is interesting to me that Bob comes off to me, at least in his younger years, as a poser. He loved Little Richard, in fact, even wrote in his year book how he wished to "join Lil Richard." He also read Woody Guthrie semi-autobiographical novel "Bound for Glory" and turned it into the secrets of life. He made numerous bands trying to emulate Little Richard, he tried desperately to learn piano to be like Little Richard, and then he proceeded to dress like Woody Guthrie. Perhaps what this all tells in the end is that, I still have a lot to learn from the work already done by musicians, and that perhaps the best course of action is to absorb their workings so that I may get my own workings running. In other words, it's time to break out some covers!

Third Day - 12/14/10

On this day, I researched music. Music I like, music that moves, music that I wish to recreate for my own. I listened to "Carolina" by Girls, and read on music of today. Perhaps listening to music like this will inspire me to create both something playing off of it but also something very much mine. I still have a lot of work to do on my project. After tinkering with my equipment, I realize I must truly write out the music. Free-form is great, but I must box the madness in a nice little package for a listener to open on Christmas day. I hope I'm maturing in the matters of songwriting, especially as I venture to college next year to hopefully continue my connection with music. If this project achieves only a fraction of my original goal, I will at least be comforted by the fact I have grown in music writing abilities.

Fourth Day 12/15/10

Today, I wrote lyrics. I came, I saw, I WROTE, YOU HEAR ME? I WROTE! But honestly, I didn't write that much. After re-listening to the album "IRM" by Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of the illustrious Serge Gainsbourg, I decided to include a little bit of breathy, passionate French in my first piece. Now, I can't tell a lie, this piece in particular will double as both a part of my project and a Christmas present (so, to be blunt, this one HAS to be good! REAL good!). This song revolves around a verse/chorus form. The verse goes e minor, B Major, C Major, G Major, C Major, G Major, D Major, and the chorus goes C Major, G Major, D Major. But after this form, the idea will be to jam on a F Major G Major structure. I already have certain moods and tastes in mind. (I'm doing this mostly cause I want to jam and I know the person who I'm giving this too as a Christmas gift loves when I jam). So anyway, here are some of my lyrics:

Bonjour, J'adore toi ma petite belle fleure, mais pourqoi tu m'aime "Je ne sais pas"

Together, I feel it all slipe and slide away as I fall in love each new day

My favorite words are I and love and you and I just don't know what to do

For people in steeples are who we wish to be as we see the altar near sea

Love has shown me endless blue Found my heart that's born anew I could live every day in every same way and be happy as ever you'll see

So yeah, kind of cheesy, but that's what I did today. And yeah, I'm in love yo.

Fifth Day - 12/16/10

Today I have been reading more on modern artists, to understand the trends of music as we know it today. In fact, recently I asked my cousin-in-law, a brilliant and hypercool professor at Temple University, what he makes of music trends. He, being a member of a band himself (the electronic group Candy Whales... or is it Kandy Whales?), knows a lot of the music world, and I have discussed with him to no end about the proper recording techniques, sampling, and what music should mean to both the listener and the performer. I have decided that I do not want to make music like John Mayer; soft pop music with a sentimental side. There's nothing wrong with that kind of music, to be honest, it's the music I tend to make. But I don't want to make that. I don't feel satisfied with music like that. I want to make something brash, something both strange and beautiful. Sure I could write a rock song for fun, but in the end, the music that's hardest for me to make is the music I wish to truly make. Something crazy like Can or Boredoms, or something that puts a twist on lovable sound like Animal Collective or Wilco ("Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"), or something that's completely original and breaks ground chasing a new sound like My Bloody Valentine or Sonic Youth. But in the end, my ultimate goal is to make something very simple, slightly strange and enticingly beautiful (Yo La Tengo!). I have a long way to go, but my goal now is that this project pushes me just a little forward.

Oh and here are lyrics I made up last night. I had a melody stuck in my head all day yesterday, I had to make something. It;s poppy, but sadly in a sentimental way. I might very well change the lyrics. But here they are: Verse: G Major - C Major Chorus: D Major - C Major - B Flat Major - C Major D Major - C Major - F Major - C Major

(possible vocal sample from audio manjournal) All is Understanding the life that you have led And understanding all the still lifes in your head

So I call your name Pray your voice be the same

Because it's understanding the love that you can't win And it's understanding the places you have been

Please Recall the beauty of Summer before you Fall You still call as it rains and in her house it sings "A-ring-a-ding-a-ding-a"

Get understanding the words that just don't work And understanding the heart inside this jerk

I called and I called and I called your name And I called and I called but you never came So I called and I called and I called your name And I called and I called but you were never the same

Please Recall the beauty of Summer before you Fall You still call as it rains and in her house it sings "A-ring-a-ding-a-ding-a"

So yeah, that was the melody stuck in my head turned into song. Po(o)ppy but wonderful! I still have a lot of work to do

OH and as my inspiration I just watched all of these vids of Brian Eno and Co. improvising with an extreme load of electronic musical paraphernalia! Although I do not have the money to afford such items, the dream lives on. And it shows how music can be very simple, both acoustically and electronically. Check it out! []

Fifth Day - 12/17/10

I have much work to do, and music to make. That is all. See you all Monday

Sixth Day - 12/20/10

Today I read "Listen to This", an early X-Mas present from my best bud, written by Alex Ross. In it there are multiple short articles on the music industry, the importance of music, and the story behind famous artists (and personal favorites) such as Bjork, Sonic Youth, and Radiohead, whose article I read today. It was interesting to read about what the members, Colin and Johnny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Thom Yorke, and Phil Selway, are like personally, and what their music means to them. There were many funny anecdotes, one being when they all collectively forgot the last chord for "The Tourist" during a sound check, and then decided to just make it a D7 chord. Learning about their humble beginnings and who they are as people, not just artists, was very interesting. And it was interesting to learn how they make their music (starts with a rough sketch from Thom, harmony added by Johnny, and then the rest each listen and add their part). Overall, this is a great read and I cannot wait to learn more.

ALSO, as I had mentioned, I spent the weekend experimenting with my equipment (aka Garage Band), and this is the culmination of that experimentation. It's called "Weight On Her", and it features 8 tracks: (in order) rhythm guitar, vocals, lead guitar, piano, bass (piano), maraca, backing vocal 1, backing vocal 2. I still wish to add more layers, especially in piano, in order to create a surrounding, full sound for the listener. But, as it is for now, this is "Weight on Her". media type="file" key="Weight on Her.mp3" width="240" height="20"

Seventh Day - 12/21/10

"And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done." ..... JUST KIDDING! I experimented once again today, and it culminated in another short-but-sweet song (derived from a melody made up just today that I painstakingly kept in my head). But to describe what happened, I'll use the email I sent to a bud for approval:

Hey yo, sorry ahead of time that you're basically my diary when it comes to my musical exploits, but I have taken the idea of adding more layers and have gone further with adding plenty of reverb and echo. Now I know (I KNOW) this one may (definitely) have too much reverb and echo, but that's what this experiment was about. I started off with a simple melody (which is the lead vocal for the entire song), but first recorded the guitar track. I then duplicated it three times, but altered the position of the duplicates to create a dizzying effect. Then I did the same thing with a piano track (triplicated it and altered position). After that, I added maraca (FUCK YEAH!) and then vocals, then backing vocals (which I had wanted to sound like chimes), and then (pat on the back for Jackroll on this one), to recreate a snare hit, I used a more organic sound by clapping and reverb-ing it to the Max. (btw, the whole thing is extremely AC wannabe haha) Finally, I added a bass part (barely audible) and another percussion (goc block? wert haha). But anyway, let me know what you think, especially when it comes to mix (vocals are still low at points, thats just me not being consistent in volume and not breathing correctly haha), and about the reverb. I feel like too much reverb is like wearing an adult diaper, in the sense that it's really cool and convenient, but in the end you just feel really lame and soggy. But anywho, lemme know yo! This one's called "Flavor it Sky" ( <--- So very AC it's not even funny hahaha) And the lyrics could either be "Oh this is favorite sky" or "Oh is this for every sky?"

So anyway, this song will not be posted yet. Because I might add a solo pan flute of some sorts to add a mythic, fantasy feel to it. AND it may be the work I hand in on thursday (in CD form, I think yes!) And I STILL need to make my love song (perhaps it shall be made after christmas OR better yet, performed live hehe)

HAPPY SABBATH DAY! (in terms of the project)

Eighth Day - 12/22/10

Today, I joined HIPZONEUNITED! WOOOOOOOOOYEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! (nude streak) ........ (awkwardly put clothes back on) Sorry I got excited... But celebration aside, tonight I will be posting my two songs on this new page AND I will try to work on my Christmas present song. Peace out y'all, glad we're united! :)

Ninth Day - 12/23/10

Well, in anticipation of Christmas in two days, I have decided to post my latest song and my proudest achievement. But before I do, these are the emails I received back from my bud:

WOWZA! SUPER COOL!

I like it yo :) The major complaint is that it's like probably //wayyyyyy// too much like Animal Collective haha and the title is so much like AC it's basically a rip off hahaha. Call it "Sky" yo, get over yourself ;)

Anyway it was neat! Mix wise, I might actually take down lead vocals (submerge it more in the guitar and things) but honestly I wouldn't really change it!

Explore some of the quirks of your sound (the fact that it doesn't rely on samples and it has live instrumentation, acoustic guitar, the chiming background vocals idea) and it will become less an experiment in sounding like AC and perhaps more ... wait for it ... YOU'RE OWN STYLE!!!! YAHOOOO!!! AND IT'S NOT JOHN MAYER!!!!!!!

Great work, yo.

Actually one last thing, I think the songs need a little more thought structurally. Between this one and the last one, but mostly this one, the songs feel somewhat aimless. Repetition is one thing, but remember you need to guide the listener through the whole 2 minutes. You'd rather have them finish the song every time than love the first 30 seconds but then move on to the next thing in their Recently Added playlist, ya know?

DON'T SLOW DOWN NOW!!!!

JUST THINK, 2-3 OF THOSE TWO MINUTE SONGS AND YOU'VE GOT A RESPECTABLE 7''! 8 OF THOSE, A RESPECTABLE EP! 12-20, A FULL LENGTH!

//And I know I won't stop now. This song is branching off into what I wish to recreate, and I say "recreate" because I feel as if the sound has been in my mind for a while. And while this song was basically a 2 minute long copy of Animal Collective, it's a great start of what I want to do. So Merry Christmas Hip Zone! During the break, while you're not Kwanza-ing or opening presents or napping all day and all night, be sure to look up at the winter "Sky"// media type="file" key="Sky.mp3" width="240" height="20" And as a special surprise, here is the same song with an Audio Journal sample (the journal entry was recorded August 4th, 2009). The sample says "Jack is taking Over" media type="file" key="Sky (_Jack is Taking Over_).mp3" width="240" height="20" I have also given thought to starting a bandcamp.com site under the band name Cuttooth, from the song of the same name by Radiohead. Check out that beautiful deep-cut here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9_ngO76bso

And that's about it! I'll keep you all posted on how the rest of the project turns out, if anything I hope it inspires me to record more and more each day. Thanks for reading everybody! Happy Holidays Sincerely yours, Jack XOXOXOXO

Tenth Day - CHRISTMAS DAY!

Merry Christmas, Hipzone United! Hope you all are having a wonderful break! This Christmas, I received INCREDIBLE literature: books of philosophy (the beginners books on philosophy, according to Mr. Chappe) such as "The Dialogues of Plato" and "The Upanishads", as well as other great works of literary literature such as "The Stranger" by Albert Camus and "Pale Fire" by Vladimir Nabokov, and, most importantly, I got "Life according to Charlie Brown". At this point, I can't wait to curl up, put on an amazing record and get reading but I digress...). So after the present opening was done, I decided to mess around on Garage Band again. This time, I was going to try something new

First, I recorded the popping of a Mini M&Ms tube and reverbed it to the max to create a cool organic sound. I then looped this *pop* so as to fill out 2 minutes of space. I proceeded to add other tracks to the mix: karimba, train whistle, bongos, goc block, and looped all of these as well. On top of this rhythmic backing, which gives the song a "tribal" feel, I sang, in harmony, these words:

I am starting to see through it all Splash in leaves in the middle of Fall

But oh these stills that I have seen repeat upon the movie screen of life unkept and yet so clean until the film breaks out into Love

In Love! That's the state I'm in In Love! Life can now begin In Love! This is how I start over

Ma petite fleure, j'adore toi (My little flower, I love you) tu sais (you know) Mais pourquoi tu m'aime (but why you like me) je ne sais pas (I don't know)

But oh these stills that I have seen repeat upon the movie screen of life unkept and yet so clean until the film breaks out into Love

In Love! That's the state I'm in In Love! Life can now begin In Love! And this time, don't make me leave

I just can't wait to walk through your door

So here's "Don't Make me Leave", which I have decided will be the final track on the coming EP "Current EP". I have already talked to Nathalie, our Class Photographer, about possible photoshoots for the cover, and I already know what other tracks I'm going to put on it: "Sky", "Surprise Cold Eyes" (the song I played in class), "Pilgrim", "Car Light in Beach Window", both of the last ones need to be written out. But this is where I am in the project, and I'm happy to say I think this song might just be cute and cool enough to give to the girl who's put me in "The State I'm In". I won't give it to her until the entire project is done (which, at this rate, could be very soon). Well, goodnight everybody, and Happy Xmas! media type="file" key="Don't Make Me Leave.mp3" width="240" height="20"

Eleventh Day (if you skip a few days in between) - 12/29/10

So here's another one as promised. This is a recording of the song you heard in class, "Surprise Cold Eyes". It consists of very loud entrancing and exit chords, maraca, slightly out-of-tune piano (which gives it an interesting "oldie" and extra lo-fi feel), SAXOPHONE SOLO (WOO!), guitar of course, and a cymbal crash for the beginning. Hope you like it, the vocals are more prominent in this mix than in others and have less reverb (I edited them differently to make them sound crisper). And here are the lyrics:

Surprise Surprise Surprise Do you see the cold blue eyes? They are waiting for the sun Hey look now, here He comes Now now

Define Define Define All the words between your lines Do you know the things you've said Lo, the thinking head is good as dead

You're looking for another looking for another way out I've stopped looking looking for another way out

My my my no it's not alright to go drifting in the morning spilling out your light

My my my my my you know it's all too much when my tired hand trembling you no longer clutch

Let's talk about tomorrow Talk about tomorrow Talk about tomorrow But you don't care Talk about tomorrow Don't dream about tomorrow We can make our own tomorrow but you don't care at all!

(sax solo)

Stop! I am breathing too hard I am reduced to shards Come on baby, just bring it back

Stop, slow the waves in my head slowly sinking the bed I said wake up!

Stop looking for another looking for another way out Oh she's looking for another looking for another way out Come on, let's stay together You don't have to find that way out Stop looking for that other I can be your other way out

Surprise Surprise Where's your disguise? Surprise Surprise A dip in cool eyes

Surprise Surprise I never asked why Surprise Surprise I once heard blue skies

So, without further ado, here's "Surprise Cold Eyes" media type="file" key="Surprise Cold Eyes.mp3" width="240" height="20" Hope you are all having an amazing break! And here's another version, let me know which one you like more media type="file" key="Surprise Cold Eyes (PERC1).mp3" width="240" height="20" And in other news, I might rename "Don't Make me Leave", "Always Stay" GIVE ME YO OP!

So it is the twelfth? fourteenth? twentieth day? Here's the date - 1/5/11


 * Hello everybody! With only a few weeks left in the project, I wanted to give another update on where I am as of now. I have recorded two new songs, "Always Stay" and "Surprise Cold Eyes", both of which are more organized and interesting than my previous songs. (Check them out above!) They involved well-defined sections and a strong idea of what sound I wanted. While "Surprise Cold Eyes" is probably the most well-organized and defined piece, "Always Stay" is my personal favorite, because that is the kind of music I wish to make: simple, sparse, and beautiful. At this point, I am hoping to experiment more with Garage Band. Sadly, life has gotten busier, meaning there is even less time to brainstorm and record. However, the goal remains: complete an EP by the end of the month. Wish me luck, Hipzoners! And good luck to you too!**

Last Goal:


 * The last thing I need to do now is record two more songs: a piano jam / sound fiasco that I will call "Inner Moon" and a cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buMH_tAu2Zg&feature=related ). Once these two are done, I shall be done with my project, not the EP exactly, but certainly the project. This is my Final Goal in the Final Hour. Goodbye and Goodluck, Hipzonians**

Here is the latest song, a piano/vocal jam called "Inner Moon" (still needs samples to make it crazy/weird, and it's a little messy but hey, let me know what you think yo! Btw, sorry for the length...) Hope you like it everybody! Now only one song to go... media type="file" key="Inner Moon.mp3" width="240" height="20"

This weekend I'll be editing this track due to a very messy bongo track. One that's rerecorded and samples are added, I think it'll be complete. Here are the lyrics (most were made up on the spot and were not written down... so it goes.)

I don't need those inner stars And I don't need those inner cars I just need that inner moon To lighten up the lonely room that I sit alone and watch them go and I don't need to get up slow but here it comes but I don't call (or "that island call"?) I am ready for this life I am ready to live this life I can't wait to live this life

I can't wait to lose this life And it's right And it's right And it's alright My only

Here I leave you now (And I don't need to see at all) my time has come to go (My baby I will run there) And I will not let it go I never want to leave Please don't take offense I have to go (oh my darling, don't you go away) and I'll always hold you there (I love you)

Well on the day that I was born a flood took out the Mississippi shore (Well I don't see you much anymore) I saw those people on buildings high looking up (Wish I had drowned, I wish I was gone) (I'm just trying to say I love you) And the wind was loud The wind was strong (goodbye) But I stood fast in your throng (I'm just trying to say I love you) And I felt you there in the dark (love ran away into my heart) I don't know why I lived that day I don't know why the flood never came Why I never came to rest on the Mississippi bed and let it all float away

Just think about the time you waste (I don't want to waste time) I'll never change my ways I'll wait for you each day in any time of night (I'll never change... I want to change! Never change! Please let me change!) (come on...) And all the time you waste And all the time you waste (wasting time) And all the time I'll waste Wasting time alone, time alone doing what was meant to be (No no no no no Please don't let me this time) This and this, this is currently me And I say (Come along!) Ooo

Well that's a wrap everybody. Let's go home.

So it wasn't what I expected but the more I listen to it, the happier I become with it. The mash-up of complete desperation in the beginning to the hopeful honesty in the end is just what I wanted, along with the clashing words of the voices at the end (which I tried to differentiate by writing the other voices in parentheses). Hope you like it, everybody! Here's the edited version: media type="file" key="Inner Moon.mp3" width="240" height="20"

As fun as the last song was to do, it has taught me a valuable lesson: be mindful of grandiose yearnings, and trend toward keeping everything at a minimum. In the spirit of this lesson, here's a song I quickly put together just this witching hour. It's only two tracks of guitar, two tracks of vocals (just lead and harmony), and a wave drum. It's very peaceful, and in fact, I'm very proud of it. Howe'er, the lyrics are quite different. Following off the creepiness-hidden-by-beautiful-sound of Jim O'Rourke's "Halfway to a Threeway" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVapqpw_b1M ), the lyrics talk of a man, or a parent, keeping their child with them forever. Most likely, it's a kidnapper who wishes to be a parent and watch over their not-their-own-child for the rest of their days, despite attempts by the child to escape (indicated by the second verse). Unlike "Halfway", where the character is obviously a villain, please decide for yourself if my character is evil.

Aren't you coming don't be scared oh We'll be back before you know it

Trust in me, you will be pure and I'll make sure nobody hurts you

All those lessons only go to show you have too much to see

(chorus) So please Don't go Come stay With me For good

Child you look exhausted don't you move a muscle babe, be careful

It's a too real world for us fantastics who appear in fable

We are but a piece of fiction I'm the author of the novel

(chorus)

So please enjoy, "Aren't You" media type="file" key="Aren't You.mp3" width="240" height="20"

I have also edited "Inner Moon" so that now the very messy first part and silly intro/outro are gone. What's left is my favorite part, which has been renamed "Consider This Time Wasted". Hope you dig it! media type="file" key="Consider This Time Wasted.mp3" width="240" height="20"


 * HERE YE! HERE YE!**

Ladies and Gentlemen of Hipzone United, it has been a long, arduous journey, and by that I mean it's been a lot of fun, but after all this time, I believe I have finally completed my independent project. Yes, that's right, I am DONE. Over the course of this project, I have written and recorded six songs: "Flavor it Sky", "Surprise Cold Eyes", "Aren't You", "Consider This Time Wasted", "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her", and "Don't Make Me Leave". Each song is unique and all take advantage of the technology and musical equipment at my disposal. This culmination of music, which will be called "Current" EP, is done for HIP with the completion of the Simon and Garfunkel cover ("For Emily") which you can hear here (it's a pretty straightforward cover, which also follows the reverb of the other songs). Let me know what you think! media type="file" key="For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her.mp3" width="240" height="20" So, as I said, it seems my journey is complete. I have written, I have recorded, I have created. And the most enduring part of it all is that I will not stop here. I will continue to record when smitten by music coming from inner sirens. I will keep such works simple and beautiful, catchy and interesting, beautiful and my own. I really hope you all have experienced something similar to what I have experienced through my journey. I have not only completed an assignment, I have made something completely my own and wish to never stop. So in the end, here's "Current" EP. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much I enjoyed making it.

Thank you Hipsters.


 * Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day everybody!**


 * Current EP has been uploaded to mediafire and can be downloaded from the link posted on my Facebook. CHECK IT OUT!**


 * YO!**

Done completely for fun, (and with the realization that Elvis deserves the credit he receives) here's a cover of Elvis Presley's "That's All Right" (with whistling solo) media type="file" key="That's All Right.mp3" width="240" height="20"