Today I was given a great gift. A new friend of mine helped me in ways I never thought anyone could. It just is amazing how quickly people can come into your life and change things with a phone call…
I must say I am feeling very lucky today. I hope I don’t start to become spoiled!
Peace and Love
This is Lisa’a newest song… that I am kind of obsessed with. We video taped our first time playing together and I thought I should share it with you all… whoever you all are. 
Enjoy
Peace and Love
I know it’s not all the time
Maybe it’s just all in my mind
( but) Sometimes it’s as if I’m wide awake in a sleepy world
I try to breath in all the beauty
But fear I’ll always judge
Stopped believing in god but now the universe has my trust
yes it does
Everyday is just so much
Life just seems too long
I keep finding comfort
In the gift of a song
I wake up it’s an hour from noon
An everybodies already rushed too soon
and we fill our days with all these things
And rush home to be Zombies
I know it’s not all the time
Maybe it’s just all in my mind
but sometimes (sometimes) it’s as if I’m wide awake in a sleepy world
ooh ooh ooh
wake up wake up wake up
He plays with so much passion…
I thought this might keep a smile on my face. So far so good… It was the first successful vocal recording I had all day and I also love this song. So together despite the melancholiness of the song I find myself smiling along.
I hope you all enjoy! (The vocal track was take 20 or so due to the recording problems that needed to be ironed out so my voice is a bit tired)
Download Smile
Peace and Love
This is mine and Nathan’s friend Chelsea singing Sarah Mclachlan’s “The Answer”…
The title of this post says it all. Check her out! We also did a song together named “In Your Arms” that for some reason isn’t on my blog but you can find it on Chelsea’s MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/chelsealiannetaylor
Peace and Love
I’ve been around ASL a lot lately. Bonnie is learning it and we have been watching a lot of ASL videos. Nathan also showed us both the website for D-PAN (Deaf Performing Arts Network). I don’t think I would have realized how beautiful sign languages were if it wasn’t for this website (Nathan and Bonnie too). ASL is really beautiful. I feel moved to learn this language because of its efficiency and expressiveness.
Here are a couple of videos that can be found through D-PAN. The first, produced by D-PAN, is the song “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera. The other one is a short film about coming out. Enjoy!
Peace and Love
Tonight I did an improvisation for Bad Habit Production’s upcoming production of The Laramie Project written by Moises Kaufman. They put out a request for origional compositions that were in response to the scrict. I decided to try and make something that I believed to symbolize the play. This improvisation is in memory of Matthew Shephard. It seems like so long ago this tragegy took place, even though only 10 years have passed. Let us all pray that from here on in more and more people are raised with peace in their hearts for all others in the wolrd. Enjoy the recording.
Download The Laramie Project Improvisation
Peace and Love
When I was in high school I participated in a male quartet. While I was wandering the Friends Meeting book sale display I came across some old music I had sung. I have always wanted to mix my own voice for recording purposes so I thought this male quartet would be fun to try out as a starter run. Enjoy!!
Download De Animals a-comin’
Peace and Love
I was given the recording for the song I wrote with Chelsea Taylor. She gave me the words and laid down an a cappella vocal track for me to write the music off of. I thought the piece was a great success for one take on both our parts. enjoy.
Download In My Arms
I have started writing another song. I call it Appreciation. I still need to keep practicing my guitar skills, but in time I may record it again and make a final version. Enjoy.
Download Appreciation
I was trying to record “All My Life” again but because I’m sick I ran out of energy. I will have it recorded again soon. I promise. Keep looking for it.
Peace