| The Only Way |
[22 Nov 2007|09:00pm] |
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sooo since i have some free time perhaps i'll put up some of my newer lyrical writings. actually maybe just one song for now; my newest. perhaps it will even be used and turned into a song by december 20. however, with the melody breaks and all... it's almost weird to put into "written format." to me anyway. it has more flow when sung. here goes:
The Only Way
Do you remember when
we had that water fight
in the park?
or when we took
that long, long drive
through the dark?
when i reached over
and brushed the hair away
from your ear
and i told you
that i am here to stay
you'll never have to fear
you looked at me
with those big brown eyes
smiled and sighed
your hand found mine
and our breathing came in perfect time
oh i just gotta let you know
i gotta let you know that i've got something to say
that first of all, i want a best friend by my side
everday
but most of all, i want that best friend to be you
it's the only way
well it's the only way
yeah it's the only, only way
do you remember when
we climbed that big old tree
right to the top?
in december
just you and me
all bundled up
or when we took
the canoe down the river
and stopped for lunch?
yeah it was such
an adventure
we had so much fun
do you remember when it rained
and we built that fort
right in your house?
or when i brought
chocolate cake to your door
you kissed me on the mouth
(chorus)
well you make me
wanna be so, so strong
for you
and i will give to you
so, so much love
you won't know what to do
and we will be
a reminder
to our God
that what a great
idea
is this thing called love
yeah He'll look down
smile and sigh
as He watches us
and i'm sure He'll laugh
when my face i try to hide
oh when i blush
(chorus)
(end!)
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| ROXIO II HAS A FIRST SHOW! |
[21 Nov 2007|10:33am] |
IT'S OUR FIRST SHOW! WE ARE VERY EXCITED! WE ARE WORKING HARD! YOU CAN DANCE AND LAUGH AND CRY. IT WILL BE FUN! PLEASE COME! HOOORAY!
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| Sister Sister (Tired, Weary River) |
[30 Aug 2007|09:52pm] |
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Cancer Cancer, why'd you grab her?
You should have given her one more chance to breath
Sister Sister, i know ya miss her
Soon you'll see her in heaven and greet her
River river, please don't shiver
Before you know it it will be summer
Oh, Sister sister
Long are the days
How restless the nights
Life, it aint easy when all it becomes
Is a fight
Tired, weary soul
You're beautiful, beautiful
Don't give up now
We'll make it, we'll pull through
Somehow
Don't give up now
We'll make it somehow
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written in 4/4, 5/4 and 6/8.
constantly switches.
it's a rather pretty song i must humbly admit.
can't wait to flesh it out a little more.
though it will remain for the most part acousticesque.
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| Daddy Don't Go |
[18 Jul 2007|10:13pm] |
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Daddy Don't Go
please don't turn on the light
i don't want you to see me tonight
inadequate is what i am
i am a broken man
yet you piece me back together
time and time again
smile at me and say
everything will be ok
oh! if only my tongue
was the pen of a skillful writer
then i could sing the most apologetic words
you've ever heard
but i know you see past all that
you grab my hand, take me where i'm at
no matter how i act
i want you to know
please daddy don't go.
daddy don't go.
there's a lion in the street!
i will be slain tonight!
excuses, excuses
how easy i can recite
tell me where i should go
and i will tell you why i should not
spirit versus flesh
i am both cold and hot
oh! if only my tongue
was the pen of a skillful writer
then i could sing the most apologetic words
you've ever heard
but i know you see past all that
you grab my hand, take me where i'm at
no matter how i act
i want you to know
please daddy don't go.
daddy don't go.
i read through your letters tonight
the ones you wrote some time ago
and i am convinced that
nothing could seperate me from your love
not death or life
angels or demons
my fears for today or worries about tomorrow
or even the powers of hell
can keep your love away
whether high in the sky
or in the deepest ocean
nothing can seperate me from you
daddy don't go
everything will be okay
i think my favorite part about this song - minus the fact that i find the chorus really catchy and the song as a whole personal; duh - but it's written in 5/4 time with some 6/8 thrown in! whoo! haha. and the layering. love layering. can't wait to jam this tune out more.
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| hectic coming out of the wazoo! |
[04 Jun 2007|09:28pm] |
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"Alright everyone. Summer is practically here. It's time to celebrate. What better way than to go to a show featuring two hot bands. That's right. Justin Timberlake is coming soon! Kidding! But true! But expensive! So come to the West End Cultural Center on June 9th to catch Funk Dance Jazz Fusion masters Flying Fox and The Hunter Gatherers and some other band called Blue Sky Addicts. We promise you will be able to dance to at least half of the collective songs from both bands. That translates into a solid hour of dancing!
To summarize. Flying Fox + DANCING + Blue Sky Addicts + DANCING = Flying Blue Dancing Foxes Hunting, Dancing and Gathering ...Sky Addicts.
boom.
JUNE 9th - $10 - Be there!"
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| sometimes you just gotta admit it... |
[07 May 2007|07:46pm] |
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this is just to prove that i am right and boys can sing this high while maintaining stunning tone...(especially for a live show.) oh and that i'm right. and that i knew it was a boy all along.. and i'm humble. but also right.
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| i will follow |
[02 Apr 2007|11:08pm] |
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dreams DO come true!
today i received the most stunning news ever.
i yelled, leaped, and hollered.
wanna hear, wanna hear?
DELIRIOU5?
coming to winnipeg
May 24th 2007 @
Springs Church 595 Lag.
doors at 6 pm.
tix go on sale monday, April 9th @ Springs Church, CHVN and Blessings.
$30 & $35
that's right. my greatest musical influence. inspiration. a band responsible for the development of my worshippers heart. a band who has influenced my Christian walk like no other. my heroes. coming to winnipeg.
YIPPEEE!
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| come back home! |
[21 Mar 2007|03:24pm] |
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Blue Sky Addicts - Sailing on [purevolume.com] |
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i truly do envy the Blue Sky Addicts for their musical ingenuity.
and rich sound.
it's ... well, music to my ears!
i'm just glad that i'll be working with the most creative, "i'll-try-anything" kinda people very, very soon!
Huuurrrry up!
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| My truck lives. He reigns |
[17 Mar 2007|02:04pm] |
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I love being a Nursing Student... Assistant!
Except... i don't think i wanna be a boy anymore....
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The "girls on the bus" said the word "Like" 16 times in the span of 1.5 mins.
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Oh, exciting things are potentially happening ... in my mind. in my life.
More information to follow.
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i'm going to bake cookies with my girl now ... as soon as she comes home from work.
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The End.
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[14 Mar 2007|07:38am] |
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Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle.
Say the following questions aloud, and press play.
Use the song title as the answer to the question.
NO CHEATING.
1. How does the world see me?
Mushaboom [VV Mix]
Feist
(OBVIOUSLY)
2. Will I have a happy life?:
Your Love Makes Me Sing
Vineyard
[suuuure does!]
3. What do my friends really think of me?:
Don't Die on Me Tonight
Ten Second Epic
(well.. i'll TRY not to. no promises)
4. Do people secretly lust after me?:
O Come O Come Emmanuel
Sufjan Stevens
(hey now.. uhh... ok)
5. How can I make myself happy?:
God put a smile upon your face
Coldplay
(true enough!)
6. What should I do with my life?:
Wayward and Parliament
Amy Millan
(go into politics...? yeah right)
7. Will I ever have children?:
Such Great Heights
Iron & Wine
8. What is some good advice for me?:
a conjuction of drones simulating the way in which sufjan stevens has an existential crisis in the great godfrey maze
Sufjan Stevens
(no comment)
9. How will I be remembered?:
Arithmetic
Brooke Fraser
(but i was never one for math...)
10. What is my signature dancing song?:
Pink Bullets
The Shins
11. What do I think my current theme song is?:
"i lost myself in the summer rain...."
U2
12. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?:
Gatekeeper [Do Right Mix][Mix]
Feist
13. What song will play at my funeral?:
Little Man!!
O.C Supertones
(HEY! way to be tongue-in-cheek at my FUNERAL! i like that..)
14. What type of men/women do you like?:
Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing
Sufjan Stevens
(yep! she's a blessing fer sure!)
15. What is my day going to be like?:
Red-eye
The Album Leaf
(hehe. well i didn't wake up THAT early)
16. What is your love life like?:
A Lack of Colour
Deathcab
17. What is sex with you [GOING TO BE] like?:
You are my All in All
Swing Praise
18. What's your life motto?:
Hallelujah 2000
Code of Ethics
(quite fitting)
19.What do your parents think of you?:
Each Other
Skillet
(cause THAT makes sense)
20. What does your best friend really think of you?:
YOU ARE MY PROVIDER
Lounge worship
(HAHAHA! well. HAHAHAHA!)
21.What's your favorite hobby?:
Something on my Mind
Hawk Nelson
22. What's the worst thing about you?:
Chicago (adult contemporary easy listening version)
Sufjan, again
(maybe i have too much of his stuff)
23. Describe your mind.:
I could Sing of your Love forever
Delirious?
24. How will you die?:
In a Win, win situation
Emery
(obvs!)
25. How does your crush/S.O. feel about you?:
Majesty
Delirious?
(now that's more like it! hahahahaaa)
26. What is your wedding going to be like?:
Caskets and Commotion
Scarlet Halo
(oh no...... not good)
27.What about your honeymoon?:
Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Death Cab for Cutie
(but but... i won't WANNA come home!)
28. Describe the last day of your life:
Love in Return
Spoken
(most likely. i always live in love)
29. Why does life suck?:
Tomorrow Morning
Jack Johnson
30. Why does life rule?:
Rescue is Coming
David Crowder Band
(seee. HOPE!)
Boy what fun that was!
now i want cereal.
and anti-fungi pills.
HAH!
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| Apocalyptica |
[12 Mar 2007|06:53pm] |
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as if i didn't have enough of an obsession with cello's.
funny thing is, my accomplished cellist friend Sarah was telling me about this group 24 hours ago and today when i walked into The Source my eye caught the big screen tv that was on display with full home theater surround sound. on this screen were a number of cellos. and skulls. lots of skulls. it took me only moments to realize these cello's were playing metal tunes.. and the musicians were doing full on windmills with their hair whilst playing. and that this was indeed the group that Sarah had been talking about. so, i plopped myself down on the floor in front of the tv and began to watch. a worker came by, cranked up the volume and a crowd of fellows started to gather. ha, it was great. the music was incredable! this is the best video i could find on youtube.
be amazed!
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| 99 Polaroids.acutally it's only 80 at the moment |
[07 Mar 2007|08:13pm] |
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The fray |
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Whoohoo today was neat!
at least my morning. my morning was fantastic!
it all started with an early morning wake up at 4:33. it's almost freakish how exuberant i am in the morning. "Hey! want some cereal?!" [lets play "guess that character!"]
a couple hours later my parents were dropped off at the airport & i had time to kill.
2 hours in fact. two hours until Don's Photo opened up. so i decided i'd get onto Portage and stop at the nearest Tim Hortons. it didn't take me too long to find one.
I got settled in my nice little corner by the window with my cup of medium hot chocolate knowing without a shadow of a doubt this rim was going to win me something!
stuck headphones on my head, set the ipod to Scandenavian music so the lyrics wouldn't interfere with my head and started to read.
read. read. read.
The Saint, by Ted DekKer. i started it this morning. it was enthralling! 50 pages in and i am HOOKED.
boy, when you sit in a coffee shop for 2 hours you sure see alot of people coming and going. and you also get fun thoughts like,
"gee whiz!! III should own and operate one of these things!" haha.
people also like to stare. i love playing the staring game. i usually win. you know, stare right back at them until you make them feel uncomfortable and they look away. but today i met my match. Mr. Eyes wouldn't stop staring at me with his piercing brown..or were they green - eyes. i had to look away for fear i might burst out laughing. i don't know why - that's just the feeling i get when i stare at people.
well, 2 hours came and went at an incredable speed- i was sad it was gone - but on to Don's i went to see what i might be able to spend my money on!
unfortunately, i wasn't willing to lay down $600 on a flash unit so i went to Long and McQuade and bought $4.25 BANJO strings!
YES!
Banjo!
new near-future goal. [aside from wanting to make an offer on a house/yard soon]
learn the banjo! i figured since my grandfather was gracious enough to give it to me through his death, i may as well learn how to play it! and it's so versatile! especially in indie music. ha! and i've always loved the sound.
so we'll see how this works out. only 4 strings - what could go wrong?
that's basically the most exciting parts of my days.
oh, and I love text messaging!
it makes me giddy.
okay the end bye!
PS: and no, i DID NOT win at Tims... yet! i'll admit though i HAVE been sucked in! oh it's a good thing i don't gamble. cause i'm buying medium hot chocolates like a Banshee in hopes of winning! but it's more then just hoping.. it's an investment! 10 dollars in hot chocolate is worth it if you're winning a car! besides, it's yummy!
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| i'm wide awake! |
[01 Mar 2007|04:01pm] |
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i have officially been listening to U2 for 24 hours now.
funny how you just get into those grooves!
WOW has today been fun!
i mean, all this snow Snow SNOW!!!
apparently the city isn't experiencing HALF the fun we have out here in the country!
school's cancelled, all the roads are blown shut and EVERYTHING, i mean EVERYTHING is under alot of snow.
but my pickup! oh man my pickup!
it can do anything! and i mean anything!
it can pull Andy off our driveway. it can pull itself out when it gets burried. it can make it's own roads.
i mean, Janice the Beast is unstoppable!
so the family made me do a run to town to get pizza supplies and do some banking.
and now we get to burry ourselves in our home the rest of the evening and eat pizza and be a family! whoo!
i've some more prints up on my deviantart. check em!
now, to go pick away at that jazz riff on my fish.
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| you don't even have good credit |
[26 Feb 2007|08:58pm] |
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So today i had the urge to bake. it was the first time in about three years i had such an urge to do so - and acted on it.
So basically, there was going to be a story here - but i just got bored with it. Ha. deal with it. suffice it to say, dough is always better then cookie. either that or, my cookies are always great until they get into the oven. it's the whole BAKING thing i always struggle with. but at least i'm good at cleaning up my messes! Switchfoot was beyond amazing. Copeland was beyond beautiful. it was a heart-stopping show all the way around.
heaps of energy and inspiration.
actually, my weekend all around was splendid! Sunday morning Junior and i taught a sunday school in an inner city church that's just starting up downtown. it was a bucket-o-fun! the kids were fantastic and we really clicked well with several boys. i'd love to volunteer there again! the whole morning just flowed so well. saturday was playdate at Meeche's cabin! amazing times! snowshoeing, hot chocolate, movies, man-sandwitches, very chilly cabins, wet dog, breakers that kept tripping, cookies, kid shows on the radio, talking talking talking, good good times.
and tomorrow is Date Night! hurrah! i'm excited! i love those....
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| i am awake and feel the ache |
[26 Feb 2007|08:43pm] |
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Regina Spektor - field below [check her out!] |
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first, a post about some fantastic events coming up that everyone should at least have the chance of hearing about! 1) MARCH 8 & 9.
HAWKSLEY WORKMAN!!!
at that Marlborough centre place. yeah, nice venue. on Gary st. i think. you know where it is.
Obviously the thursday show is the place to be -cause that's where all us cool kids will be.
Tix are $31.50 after all those silly charges
8:00 pm.
2) Camerata Nova.
March 10th and 11th. But the 11th is the Sunday show at 3 pm. obviously you'll wanna be there too cause that's where even more cool kids will be.
St. Mary's Cathedral - 353 St. Mary's Ave.
here's the thing. my buddy keith was telling me about this choir ensemble that sings very odd, talented, sometimes bizzarre, sometimes throaty music. from medievel chants to contemporary tunes. i was very curious, looked em up online, www.cameratanova.com and was QUITE intruiged! so basically, a whole bunch of us are going to their performance on that Sunday. tix are $18 for adults, $8 for students. [$15 if you're a senior....] Check em out. the event we're seeing is called Musica Hispanica. should be a very grand, interesting time!
that is all for events you should attend!
Rach is singing on Saturday! yay! i'm so excited!
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| this is what movies are made of |
[24 Feb 2007|12:35am] |
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NEW BLOC PARTY! |
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pretty much the best story ever.
i'm sure i'm going to wake up as a super hero.
the majority of you will probably never hear this story unless you are around me the next couple of days.
it was pretty much the best adventure ever involving explosions, multiple rescue vehicles, unimaginably bight flashes of light, my buddy, and my pickup truck.
and then we ate a million philipeno spring rolls.
as you can tell i'm just stalling time waiting for terence to come back.
dun dun dun.
tomorrow = playdate at the [frozen] lake!
three cheers!
and he's back!
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| HOT TAMALE! |
[19 Feb 2007|02:31pm] |
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Silence Through Injustice - tear the sky open |
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Man, it's so hard to concentrate on what i want to write when this music just makes me wanna dance!
and golly, where to start?
MEXICO WAS AMAZING TIMES 38723875-75-723-875237706530-235.... hmm... dashes.. that's an.. odd number.
but you get it, right?
life changing, altering, challenging, touching, encouraging.
UGH.
obviously resorting to ape-like vocabulary is the only way to get my point across.
but it's amazing how God can take one week and completely reshape your future and plans.
your future plans.
and not only that - but the peace that comes with it to reassure you.
the peace that comes to reassure your parents.
when God speaks to you and says the same thing to your parents.
when there's unity. all around.
and how utterly excited i am at the thought!
and just how much sense it all makes.
Mmm, i like life.
dream big. never let go of the promises God has given you. be persistent.
if your dreams don't scare you, you're not dreaming big enough.
[you might be a little curious as to what i'm even TALKING about here. but i'll keep it to myself for a little while as i solidify my plans and so forth]
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[15 Feb 2007|09:46pm] |
quick!
i'm in mexico best week of my life amazing times too magnificent to even begin describing life is great God is marvelous prayer is amazing and much more is always needed i love you all i'm terrific and so is mexico adios!
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