From Japan's coast, the sea gifts me gemstones and driftwood, igniting my creativity. I craft these into NFTs, blending visuals and music.

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내 안에 지치고 묘한
마음이 있어

그 안에 의미 없는 내
두려움 있어

누군가 나를 본다면
사라지겠어

누군가 나를 찾으면
날아가겠어

이상한
수상한
허물린
조각난
허무한
따뜻한
시작된
커다란

내 안에 (In me)

Anno August 2023 
The Gilded Tounge Secretly Rots....

Gilded Tounge

this is the first song I've ever released on my own!

it's about daydreaming, the focus one can find when tuning into oneself, the strength that fuels us.
it's also about the excitement of knowing those dreams can come true and the feelings from the other side, once reaching the destination.

but those deserve a song, or an album, of their own.

sung, written and produced by Diana June
strings by Dryden Thomas
mixed by Sam Richards
master by Dario Khademi

It Happened Somewhere

I have often felt disconnected from the world and that feeling has only gotten amplified recently. This song is about letting myself free and wander in the loneliness.

LYRICS:

I feel so damn disconnected
Misery's all I've collected
Yeah

I can't relate to you at all
I guess I'll never belong

I'm disco—
Disconnected

You really need to learn to listen
Put out the fires of your decisions
Yeah

I can't relate to you at all
I guess I'll never belong
Ooh

I'm disco—
Disconnected
Disconnected
Disconnected
There is no safe place for me
The question of betrayal is hunting
Where do you go
To escape the unknown

(Ooh)
Time is way too precious to waste it
Yeah
Why should I hold on to my patience
I try to fight back
But the system is hacked
Yeah
Yeah

Disconnected
There is no safe place for me
The question of betrayal is hunting
Where do you go
To escape the unknown
There is no safe place for me
The question of betrayal is hunting
Where do you go
To escape the unknown

I can't relate to you at all
I guess I'll never belong

Disconnected

Introduction

Nonphenomenal Lineage (Cover)

Red Mirage

Same old story
Same old tears
Rip my that page
Have no fear

Gotta get along now
Gotta get along

Singing all your old song
Singing all your old song

Tell me what you’re feeling baby
Gotta slow down, gotta slow down

Realize, this is the ending
It’s never ending

Gotta get along now
Gotta get along


This is the ending
(Ending)


Written and Produced by Nova Way

Herstory

Sacramento State Symphonic Wind Ensemble; Dr. Robert Halseth, conductor.

Reflections explores different musical meanings of its namesake. Emotional connotations of the word such as meditation, introspection, and reminiscence, as well as more physical ones like brilliance, reverberation, inversion, and retrograde all served as inspiration. The music is held together by the interval of a falling seventh, introduced by solo trombone in the opening and permeating throughout. The orchestration aims for spaciousness and transparency, highlighting tone colors of individual instruments. The texture is also quite fragmentary, like a mosaic, and musical materials are "reflected" across different timbres. Percussion and piano play a special role in simulating resonance and reverberation. Ultimately, all instruments converge in a celebration of fireworks and lights.
 
The piece was commissioned by Dr. Robert Halseth, Director of Bands Emeritus, in appreciation for all the dedicated, courageous musicians in Symphonic Wind Ensemble (1993-2016) on the occasion of his retirement from California State University, Sacramento.

Reflections (2015)

Sacramento-born, Boston-based contemporary/classical composer. 

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Ryan Suleiman was born in California to Lebanese and Mid-Western parents. His music engages with dreaming, the natural world, and the understated beauty of everyday life. His one-act chamber opera, Moon, Bride, Dogs, was described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a gem” with “an aesthetic that is at once so strange and so accessible.” While his artistic interests vary, he seeks ways of conveying the simultaneity of beauty and dread that characterizes our times. In his work, he is exploring the question what is music and what can it do?

Ryan’s musical output consists of numerous works for orchestra, opera, a puppet show, solo and chamber ensemble, singers, and a piano concerto. In addition to working closely with musicians, he loves collaborating with artists across discipline, and has worked with dancers, writers, puppets, and visual artists. He has been featured by numerous ensembles and festivals, including Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, West Edge Opera, the Sacramento State Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Mise-en, June in Buffalo, and the Summer Institute of Contemporary Performance Practice. His piano cycle, Under Moonlight, was recorded by Jai Jeffryes in his solo album, Amethyst, distributed by Naxos. 

Recent projects include an opera called The School for Girls who Lost Everything in the Fire, a work for socially-distanced soprano and ensemble, and several new solo and chamber works. His podcast, Reflections on Music and Nature, explores the intersection of this topic in the activist and philosophical sense through interviews with musicians. 

​Ryan completed his Ph.D. at University of California, Davis, where he wrote his dissertation on Unsuk Chin’s Cello Concerto through the lens of dreams and performance. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music and has held teaching positions at the Sacramento State School of Music and UC Davis. He resides in Boston with his partner and several furry animals. More information available at www.ryansuleiman.com.

Reflections (2015)

Ryan Suleiman

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