Trading Covers with The Cloud Funder

Splendid Isolation

Ghost (Mike J Mann Cover)

I Don’t Want To Die When The Sun Is Out

Make Angelina Smile

Lemonade

Sorry For Apologizing

Mirror

Adore Me (The Way You Know I Adore You)

Make Angelina Smile (The Cloud Funder cover)

On My Team

We Are Free

Good For You, Good For Me (For The Beatles)

But Is It Art? original sparse version(The Cloud Funder cover)

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?

After having not played guitar in 15 years, I picked it up during quarantine and 15 days later had 15 tracks.  Most are deeply personal. Hopefully some are enjoyable. 

-Mike

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