intro to mark whalen 4 liz <3

A Home For Me

Shoutout to rico for them smooth vocals
shoutout chef for the rhymes 
and a big shoutout to Sean Mackillop for mastering this


Text Back [Feat. Rico Sanchez & Chef Malcolm]

Ian Ruhala, better known as HALA, has been writing and recording music for several years now and at the
young age of 18, he is already a singer/songwriter veteran.
 
With several releases already under his belt, even before graduating high school, Ruhala has created some
buzz with his solo, at-home/DIY recording style that relates well with music from artists like M. Ward,
Mac DeMarco and Travis Bretzer.
 
After attending college at Central Michigan University for a semester, Ruhala’s mind was more on lyrics than
on school-work. Writing over sixty songs during this time period, Ian decided to fully immerse himself into his passion to manufacture his first proper debut, Spoonfed.
 
The meaning behind Spoonfed, as Ruhala explains, is about dealing with the things and ideas that people feed you when you are young, and trying to do your best to not repeat the norm. Songs like “Phone Calls,” and
“Not Your Modern Man” discuss topics like marrying young, and society’s fear of face-to-face interaction
with each other, with lyrics that you will be surprised to find out, came from an 18 year old kid from Michigan.
 
Every song on this album tells a story; heart-break is talked about in the ironically upbeat song “Reruns,” and the track “Just Because,” shows HALA’s appreciation for the simple things in life, with the line, “Sunday morning, Dad’s at home, watches football and paints his toes, will I ever be?” One thing is for sure, it is extremely refreshing to see someone so young be able to produce something of this magnitude; Ruhala’s future is bright.
 
Get your bowls, and a spoon, because this Indie singer/songwriter says, "breakfast is served."

What Is Love? Tell Me, Is It Easy?

Vanilla Swirl

'Preoccupied' music video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySeKJT5dauQ

Spotify

Preoccupied

Golden Hour

A single off of upcoming project "The Breakfast Tapes"
Artwork by Niko Bokos.
Mixed by seanymack.

Lyrics:

When I close my eyes
I picture a girl whose heart is kind
and body is sexy and to my surprise
she opens the door and lets me come inside
is it all just wishful thinking
cause bitches only this bad when i'm sleeping
thinking about, a woman like you

Thinking bout what I could of done
to make things alright
oh you shine as bright as the sun
but somethings still not right
only looking at me in dreams, yeah
cause its hard to be the one
yes its hard to be the one

dreamin bout you
thinkin how to
find the words to say
you cant hide it
you cant fight 
your love makes me this way 

lately I been havin dreams 
And lately you've been on my mind 
I don't wanna come clean 
but I'm feelin like it's time 
I've been fighting through my life 
with no role model in sight 
How am I to be a man 
How am I to understand 
yeah I miss you but the issue is 
I'm not sure that you would have been 
supportive of the music and told me I was not a man 
holy heart in heaven lookin down on me I hope you grin 
Your son is quite alright and we will be together in the end 
I know it's not ideal but it really is the right path 
Hope you understand this is the way that i become a man 
momma raised a winner and a quitter that's a double entendres 
stayin up all night because I hate it when the suns out 
sleeping through the day because I'm dreaming bout the past 
Watching superhero cartoons with my momma and and my dad 
wish That I had known it way back then that none of this would never last 
could've saved myself the pain maybe then I'd be a man

dreamin bout you
thinkin how to
find the words to say
you cant hide it
you cant fight 
your love makes me this way (x2)

Dreams [Feat Niko Bokos & Chef Malcolm]

been holding on to this one for a while....Stay tuned for more jams!!!

Take Care

An old track I made with my friend Sean i felt like posting. working on my next full album right at the moment, should be out sometime in September :)

Tell Me You Love Me (feat. Seanymack)

Happen Twice

Hit Or Miss

written and performed by Nolan Garrett
produced by Nolan Garrett
mixed by Nolan Garrett and Joe Wyatt
mastered by Joe Wyatt

No Secrets

Track two of Vinyl Post: Volume Three. Part of the Vinyl Post record club. Hear the full release / buy the record at http://www.vinylpost.co/volume-three-april-2019/

Dreamgirl - Weekend 4 The Girls

YAY! our first single off our upcoming EP "Phasing" to be released October 18th!

feat. Eunghee Cho on cello

Vanilla Swirl

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