Lion

A: 	Hello helloooo helloohohoh
	Hey Kira whats up?
K: 	uhh not too much what about you aaashley?
A: 	nothing um but anyways this song is going to be known as…
K:	The One We Don't Know Yet
A:	The One We Don't Know Yet and it's gonna be really cool
*Ashley beatboxes*
K:	hey ashley is that what i think it is?
A:	i don't know 
*Ashley returns to beatboxing*
K:	Uuuhh...

*click*

A:	Kira, I… I am so excited for this…  this song were gonna free style
K:	yeah were gonna call it The Song We Don't Know Yet
A:	and we're gonna find some bags in the hall
K:	and we're gonna find some shit at the mall
A:	and we're gonna go find a ball
K:	Uhh yeah, moving on…
A:	do you hear something Kira?
K:	Uhh no i don't.
A:	neither do i. I think we're deaf

K:	uhh Dave
trees are green and very scary
kinda like the guy id wanna marry 
speaking of trees what about Tyler's balls
he goes around and flashes them at malls
i used to live in a shitty trash can
but that was before i messed with a man
it was a mail man
he got banned
he looks like a whale
who the hell is dale?

A:	wow that was mean
damn i hate beans
i ate em in Ensenada every day 
although i wanted to go out and play
with the mexicans, they're my next of kin
does that make any sense?
my dad's car has no dents.

K:	have you ever seen the movie blue streak
it makes me wanna freak
dance all night
that makes me feel all right 
tight
i just might
go to a club thats next to a pub
so yeah, anyways
im in a maze
im feeling kinda hyper
oh well, at least my names not Coach Kuyper
 
A:	oh damn the back of my earring just came off
im kinda sick and i might have to cough
*ahem*
 now that that's done
Steve thinks that he's number one
but that's a lie cuz its really Nelly
fat bastard wants me in his belly

K:	cheers (?) from Jason who flirts all day
comes and says come back to my cabin so we can play
ashley got a letter from the LP underground
it looks like the LP's coming back to town
boom boom boom
where the fuck did the Vengaboys come in?
maybe because i have a double chin
wait no i don't
so don't don't rhyme
but if i thought about it it would take too much time


A:	Every day I pray to God
and say "Look there he goes, down the quad!"
He got a tattoo of a four leaf clover
If i got next to him I'd get all over
Hey.
Get your head outta the gutter
that's not what I meant and I don't stutter
Mutter
Thats what I do when I get scared
I cut my hair but its not layered.

K:	My throat hurts like a frickin bitch
Wait, speaking of bitches
what about francis parker?
my eyeshadow needs to be a lot darker
Ashley's house has no kleenex
Im in love with the guy from FedEx
He's so fine
I think that I might just take my time.

A:	Shit and damn and fuck and crap
cuss words are fun to read just like a map
that was my comedy routine for last year
 Kira and I trick or treat on the highways of fear
Deer tastes pretty crummy
but sprite is really yummy
so are lots of other things
But not your dick
in your dreams

K:	Here he is his name is magma
he looks like the guy i'd want to snag, yeah
Cruz guys always say cute
when they get drunk you want to press mute
I love guys who wear converse
 I guess shit could get a lot worse
Wait, no it couldn't!
because we have no punks at Parker
Im gonna scream and grab a marker
I wanna jump in a beamer and take a road trip
as long as the guy doesn't give a lot of lip.
Oh, c'mon now you know what i meant
we be keeping it real and giving up sex for lent.

A:	The blue moon lucky charms actually do taste good.
its like they're from the hood
not the one on a sweatshirt
at the softball game i finally met dirt
The rhyme is coming along pretty nicely
Dave's hands are always cold and icy.

K: Dude that was cute.
A: Yeah, keep goin'!

The One We Don't Know Yet

This is a song that I wrote for medical school. Click "Read More" above for a description of the piece. 
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For my capstone assignment, I chose to further explore two themes we touched on in our Doctoring course: death and what it means to have a good death. For me, the idea of death could not be explored without also considering life. So the song ended up being a representation of birth, life, and death, from the point of view of an individual, with which I hope each listener will choose to identify.

This song was made using acoustic guitar, electric bass, vocals, and percussion made from beating the hollow of an acoustic guitar, an ibuprofen shaker, a wine glass, a pint glass, and the digital audio workstation Ableton Live.

(0:00 - 1:00) An important moment marking the beginnings of human life is the first heart beat, and so the song begins with an interpretation of a heartbeat, made from beating the hollow of an acoustic guitar with my fist. Two different open strings are then played, representative of the zygote, the initial cell formed from two unique gamete cells. Just as the first divisions of the zygote give rise to a rapidly growing embryo and an increase in complexity, one then hears a new guitar melody which is overlaid by vocals. The guitar melody is created by playing a series of first harmonics. A first harmonic is produced by lightly placing your finger at the halfway point of a string and gently touching and vibrating it. To me, a harmonic evokes a harp-like quality, reminiscent of “heaven” or a place of initial development of the “soul”, that Essence of infinite potential which I believe to be the same as Nature or God, and common to all Life. The etherial vocal harmonies sing the phrase IAO, a gnostic god form and magickal formula whose three letters are together representative of life, death, and rebirth. To me, this triform cyclical nature of life is a true reality of the universe. The complexity of the harmonic and vocal melodies increases during this section, ultimately leading to a climax, when the child is born.

(1:01 - 2:38) The song then moves into a new section representing infancy, childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. There are elements of both joy, playfulness, and tension. This piece of the song representing life increases in complexity over time with the addition of more percussion elements and more complexity in the acoustic guitar line.

(2:39 - 3:53) The next part of the song is representative of midlife and mature adulthood. This part of life may be marked by renewed or deeper contemplation and search for understanding. For this portion of the song, I chose to paraphrase a line from a favorite poem of mine titled “The Stag Beetle” by Aleister Crowley which represents how I feel presently about the nature of birth and death and how I would like to approach my own death. “The birth of individuality is ecstasy; so also is its death.” This part of the song is the most complex musically, transitioning from a section in 6/4 timing to a section of uneven meter. I also feel that this section is the song’s climax and a representation of Enlightenment, True Wisdom and attainment of Insight.

(3:54 - 4:23) The song then transitions into a part very similar to it’s beginning, a reminder of the cyclical nature of birth, life and death. However it also contains a continuation of themes which developed during the third section, a reflection of the uniqueness of the individual life from the impersonal soul which is beyond birth and death.

(4:24 - 5:30) The final part of the song is how I imagine what death will be like. Death is an experience that we only get once. A big worry of mine is that I will be so afraid of death and dying that when I am in its midst, I will not be able to fully experience it. By confronting death by representing it acoustically, I hope that I have made progress in my ability to fearlessly experience death when it comes. I imagine that when I am able to experience death with my full focus, it will be like experiencing the important parts of my life from the current moment back to my birth, sped up in time. This is exactly what I have done in this last minute. I reversed the song and sped it up two times, and kept only the most important parts. The final heartbeats are slowed down, to represent what I think will be my last conscious moments. After my last breath, I will only be able to hear my final heartbeat ringing in my ears.

Sothis

my new song,
thanks goes to evan for helping me record it and to sadness which begets.

Dear John

Back Home

Giving up, Giving in

Call Me Near

Thanks to a fantastic group of musicians for bringing new life to this old song.

Black and White (full band)

Black and White

Found this one tucked away. Recorded the vocals with a better mic.

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