"Be fearless and pure; never waver in your determination or your dedication to the spiritual life. Give freely. Be self-controlled, sincere, truthful, loving, and full of the desire to serve. Learn to be detached and to take joy in renunciation. Do not get angry or harm any living creature, but be compassionate and gentle; show good will to all. Cultivate vigor, patience, will, purity; avoid malice and pride. Then, you will achieve your destiny."
Every Day Is A New Year (Unfinished)
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Preorder Prints of the Finished Painting
Preorder Prints of the Finished Painting
Click on the picture to get a better look at my anticipatory portrait of 2013, in all of its dragon-UFO-space-buddha glory. (In an homage to Android Jones' 2011 Burning Man ticket art, yes that is a tiny buddha meditating on the brow of the great dragon.) I started this piece at Rootwire Festival back in August and have taken it all over Central Texas since, including Art Outside Festival and shows with Papadosio, Octopus Nebula, The Human Experience, and Kaminanda.
I'm taking preorders now for 11"x17" prints of the completed painting (I want to have it finished in time for the Solstice, wink) – as well as accepting bids for the painting itself, which will be professionally scanned and made available on stretched canvas fine art giclée prints for anyone interested.
(Everyone who preorders it gets a free download of my album, Golden Hour: A Cyberacoustic Summer Daydream, which is indeed about as dreamy as I can make it. Good for writing and yoga, I hear. Enjoy!)
(Everyone who preorders it gets a free download of my album, Golden Hour: A Cyberacoustic Summer Daydream, which is indeed about as dreamy as I can make it. Good for writing and yoga, I hear. Enjoy!)
Click for a closer view of the process:
Visionary Soundscapes:
A Conversation with Electronic Musician Mystical Sun
My latest article for badass culture blog Reality Sandwich is an in-depth conversation with studio electronic music sculptor Mystical Sun. Here's a taste. You can read the entire conversation and album review here...
"The relationship between 'music' and 'noise' is that they're from the same source and everything else is just subtle differences. I don't distinguish between the two. Typical music is about relationships, emotions, stories, opinions, politics, etc. The vision I have for my music is closer to virtual reality: I'm not writing songs about what's happened in my life; I'm attempting to create music that transports listeners out of the day-in/day-out world, like a good science fiction movie might...each second is unique and not repeated."
The Latest Custom Painted Hats
It continues to amaze me that sometime in the last year I acquired a reputation for "straight killin' it with the dope headwear"...as it were. ;) I'm honored and endlessly grateful that you all continue to show your support and offer me these opportunities to bless your heads. If you'd like your own one-of-a-kind custom hat, or want me to make one for someone you love, just email me and we can talk budget and logistics. You can check out the hats so far on my FB art page.
This one was for a friend to wear at his wedding:
This one was a birthday present for a Bassnectar fan, so I worked the logo all subtly into a few places:
Help Me Win 75 Hours of Studio Recording Time!
Thanks to everyone who has voted so far, I'm pulling a 100-vote lead in a competition by The Recording Conservatory of Austin to win 75 hours of studio recording time...this is the break that would finally enable me to record the pro studio album I've been wanting to make for over a decade.
Please take ten seconds to vote for me (you don't have to sign up for anything) and SHARE THIS LINK with your friends: http://a.pgtb.me/cG4D Voting ends December 4th. One vote per IP address and email address. Play fair, now!
And once you've voted, please help yourself to a complimentary copy of Deleted Scenes: Outtakes from Love Scenes & Field Recordings, my latest live EP. Not to mention all of the other music I've made available as a gift to you...
Thank You
That's all for now. Thank you so much for reading! This newsletter is a constant reminder to be grateful for my opportunity to serve and inspire others. Without you, I would never have learned how doing what I love can have a positive impact on people. So let me just express my deep gratitude for you, on the other end of this connection. I wish you a most wonderful day!
