"There are some people who live in a dream
world, and there are some who face reality
– and then there are those who turn
one into the other."
– Douglas Everett
“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”
– Albert Einstein
Thank you all for supporting my efforts to make my life an inspiration and example to others, to help people find a way to bring their work and creativity together. All of us can live a life of passionate and illuminated service. Here's how I'm doing that, for now:
My Talk From Rootwire Festival
Just say yes to evolution! The talk I gave at Rootwire Music & Arts Festival in between awesome offerings by Jamaica Stevens of Tribal Convergence and visionary artist Amanda Sage, and featuring a guest appearance by the awesome electronic producer Evan Skytree Snyder. May it serve you in your continued growth and learning...
"I think there is a great deal of coming out right now, as we admit ourselves to ourselves. As we step forward and identify as children of the planet to the parents who may still be identifying with nationalistic or industrial concerns, with specific ideologies or cultural affiliations. These are things to be celebrated because we no longer rely on them. They're an art form, now, not a technology of survival. Terence McKenna said that culture is not your friend, but that's not entirely true; culture is an art project, now. It can be our friend if we raise it to learn to be our friend, because the choice is ours."
Custom-Painted Hats
Orders for more detailed, time-intensive hats have been coming in, and I've been having a blast with it! Check out my full gallery of 100+ painted hats if you'd like inspiration for your own custom design.
New Live Shows, All Free at Archive.org
I put out a lot of music. A lot. In order to separate studio-produced or deeply-curated live albums from less epic (but still worth-sharing) recordings, I've decided to launch a page at archive.org's etree Live Music Archive. These are all partial shows – some more complete than others – free and fun and full of silly banter and strange sonic experiments.
If you like what I'm doing enough to buy some music, here & here are two great albums worth sharing. I'm about to record a long-overdue studio album and can definitely use your help to bring it into being!
Thanks, and enjoy...
Fifteen minutes of raw, molten basement jams with acoustic & electronic drums.
Twenty minutes of touchstyle guitar etudes & silly banter from my show in Boulder this summer.
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On sacred land in the desert outside of Albuquerque this summer, I let it get as weird as possible....
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A pretty solid sampling of both my acoustic singer-songwriter music and cyberacoustic improvisations.
