musically depicts my general vibe in november 2022 and dedicated to our collective resilience

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Piano Arrangement of I Found You (Neptune) EDX Feat. Jess Ball - Version 1

Piano Arrangement of I Found You | EDX

this is my live performance of my original instrumental piano tone poem on an upright piano at csueb in hayward, california, usa

circa may 2015

indigenous summer 🍂

indigenous summer

Here is my impromptu, improv solo jam at Downtown Blues Coffee's Acoustic Fridays event on Friday, January 19, 2024.  All music from memory.

Solo Piano Jam at Downtown Blues Coffee

Another partially-improvised, stream-of-consciousness cover

Isaac Montellano - Blurry: Puddle of Mudd (Instrumental Acoustic Piano Cover)

Just a little end- of-summer ditty while living near the Redwood Forest in 2016.

Isaac Montellano - County Fai(i)r(e)

just my vocals in this original for 2020 year of plenty heh

imaged is black wall street burning and smoldering; completely decimated in 1921 by the hands and diabolical actions of white supremacists

during the tulsa race massacre, a rabid mob of at least a thousand white supremacists attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly black greenwood neighborhood of tulsa, oklahoma over 18 hours on tuesday, may 31- wednesday, june 1, 1921.

greenwood - an oil boom city - was also known as "black wall street," one of the wealthiest black communities in the united states of america at the time

as a result of this attack, thirty-five blocks were systematically looted and burned, destroying 190 businesses and leaving 10,000 people homeless.  the property loss estimated by the tulsa real estate exchange was the equivalent of $31 million in 2017 - likely an underestimation

the most significant humanitarian relief to the disaster came from the red cross, which was designated the official relief agency by mayor t.d. evans. upon finding out about the situation, the director of relief from the st. louis office, maurice willows, contacted the organization's washington, d.c. headquarters to request an expansion of the mission of the organization from responding to natural disasters to aiding the survivors of this man-made-white-supremacist disaster, which left 10,000 unhoused african americans in camps

the red cross provided critical medical aid by setting up a hospital to care for individuals with a variety of needs from injuries to dysentery, and by vaccinating victims to prevent the further outbreak of infectious disease. there were many individuals and groups who volunteered to assist the displaced - particularly women, including the chicago company of marvin garvey's black cross nurses

funds were collected across the country to aid those who had become unemployed and unhoused, with the omaha monitor reporting on a collection it started, noting the contribution of waiters from the blackstone hotel

the red cross provided temporary tent housing with sides and floors of lumber, and mr. willows -an advocate for rebuilding greenwood - developed a more permanent housing plan and secured funding

the red cross promoted the need for a proper sanitary sewage system to be in place before reconstruction

rebuilding the district was determined to be the responsibility of the city, and the red cross refused to be part of the process as the relief and reconstruction efforts became politicized

the mission of the organization was to provide relief by ensuring that:

~all homeless families were provided with shelter, laundry, and cooking 
  facilities
~families were reunited; destitute women and children were cared for
~and the able-bodied were placed on a self-supporting basis

this tragedy resulted in massive job loss in the community

the red cross documented the violence in reports, which are available through the tulsa historical society and museum. the association surveyed 1,765 families and found that 1,115 homes were burned and 314 homes were looted but not burned

victims were relocated to a variety of areas - from chicago to houston - with approximately 300 mostly women and children leaving tulsa to stay with relatives. in the preface of the 1921 report, mr. willows wrote: "the story of the tragedy enacted on the night of may 31st, 1921, and the morning of june 1st, 1921 has been told and retold, with all sorts of variations in the press of the country

whatever people choose to call it a "race riot"; "massacre"; a "negro uprising;" or whatnot, the word has not yet been coined which can correctly describe the affair

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my description regarding "the affair?"


a straight up white-supremacist-driven ambush of america's affluent black commUNITY and families; and an egregious affront to all black people globALLY

settle down

this is the soundtrack i designed to accompany my minute intro video as an americorps vista in del norte and adjacent tribal lands [dnatl] california


motion pjcture here:
https://youtu.be/XgrSRbZes6Q


design completion: 
march 13, 2016

sound resources:
alesis qs 8.1 synthesizer & peavy 100 amp

genre:
hip hop tribal drop

💗💗

isaac montellano

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