Curtis Music

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The Book of Curtis

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Kool Jamz

push mo yan te

rocks

Hi Everyone.  As it turns out this is my last song on Sound Cloud because I have used up all the space that comes with a free account.  But if anyone is feeling generous enough to upgrade me to a pro account then cool.  I'll keep kicking out some Jams when I get back from Europe this year.

If not, no worries I'm thinking about taking up bandwidth on youtube for a while see if I can create enough content to max out their service too!  :)  

www.youtube.com/thebookofcurtis
www.thebookofcurtis.com
www.vaydenmusic.com

Other then that seriously thank you guys for the follows and the support and the comments and feedback.

Todays song I just woke up and recorded in the kitchen.  It's a lil tune I sing to myself to keep chugging along.  It's raw it's morning time.  But I do hope you enjoy.

Thank you again.

"Keep a Song"
by Curtis


On a lonely night,
When the world aint right,
You can find a light in me,
On your search for rest,
From your lowliness you can always count on me.

To keep a song inside your heart,
To keep a song inside your heart,

Like a good clean breath,
From your loneliness,
You can always count on me.

End Transmission

Keep a Song

Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me

Push mo yan te - Vice Ganda

A few weeks ago, while riding bikes with my brand-newly, officially-asked fiancé (hihihihi) we came across a series of rocks. These rocks weren't just boulders in random formation, it turned out that they were massive stones weighing up to 1 ton, that were moved into place by people, in the year 600 B.C. After reading a bit of info about these rocks, we learned that they were placed in exact reference to the stars in the pre-historical sky. Believed to have been used for worship, protection, and spirtiual preservation, they have stood here for thousands of years, and have been studied and scrutinized ever since their discovery.

My fiancé Petra Kraeutner the crtically praised founder/creator of Pebelle, a Viennese fashion label specializing in the sacred art of rethinking tye dyes, decided to use this setting as the concept for her fashion show. The mysticism of these rock formations, and the "naturally raw" style of Pebelle fit together in perfect harmony, creating a pleasing visual display inspired by prehistorical precision.

After brainstorming for the rest of that afternoon, Petra and I came up with a simple phrase:"walking on a trail, and following the stars." It's this haunting phrase that is repeated over, and over again, in the music I've composed for the show apty called "CLENDY." Named after the street in yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland where the stones are located, it's my pleasure to invite you to have a look/listen to the long lasting impression these rocks and their effortless immortality have made on us.

Immortal

“Hallelujah” (Leonard Cohen interpretation)  

My good friend is pregnant with her first child.  She asked me to learn one of her favorite songs by Leonard Cohen.  I learned it and recorded it really late in the evening over at my friend Michael Kuehli’s house in Marne Germany.  Michael was also the key to making the Maria Magdalena Sessions a reality in Germany too. (Feel free to check that recording session out on the Vayden youtube channel.)  

Seriously thank you to all my friends for giving me another good reason to sing and make music.  Here’s to the health and prosperity of the next generation of music lovers.  

Curtis-

Ps I have had a few friends ask me how they can download the songs From “The Book of Curtis” to keep on their hard drives.  First of all let me say I am super flattered that you want to keep my songs in your memory.  So I was thinking of fun ways to make this a possibility.

If I can get today’s post shared 100 times.  You know like 10 of my good friends sharing it with 10 of their friends then I will make all of the songs on the book of Curtis Downloadable to everyone who wants them for the 2 weeks following that mark being met.   

Thanks for spending time on my cloud and caring enough to share.  Have a great week and don’t forget to Check in with Vayden on Sat-Sun and Monday for the HD Youtube release of “The Maria Magdalena Sessions.”


Hallelujah (cover)

Kisses Down Low

Hello friends thank you so much for the kind messages and thoughts about the Cohen interpretation last week.  If everyone who has already shared "hallelujah" shares it one more time it will reach the 100 shares mark and be unlocked to download. 

So don't be scared, just share.  :)

Ok on to new music...  The final frontier. 

A friend of mine who has been married for 30 plus years chose this song as his wife’s ring tone.  #truereasonsIwrite.

Smile: Written and Performed by Curtis Casey and Armin Peterson
Mixed, Engineered and Produced by Ryan Greene

I hope you enjoy.  See you guys next week!

-Curtis


Smile (acoustic)

"Home."  Free download.  The second single off our new album, Our Bodies.  Out on February 5th, 2013.

Free Download here:
http://dogandpanther.bandcamp.com/track/home

Premiered first at The Wild Honey Pie!   thewildhoneypie.com

Home (Free Download)

In a not too distant alternate universe I make electronic music with some of my good friends out of Atlanta.  Here's a bit of a taste of what we make together in that realm.  

Let me know if you want to know the exact location and co-ordinance of the Stargate that jumps you to that reality and I'll tell you the way.

Curtis-   
(1/4 of the Trouble Makers) 

Criminal

If you'd like the free download, go here:
http://dogandpanther.bandcamp.com/album/giant-hands-ep

.

To see how we made this song, go here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gYe4twqz2Q


Giant Hands (free download)

A little while back the music director of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) hit me up to sing a song that he wrote for one of their characters, Matt Hardy.

The story was, after a long and successful tag team partnership with the "Hardy Brothers" it was time for Matt to break away and do his own thing.

This is the resulting song. "Me"

Jim Johnston is a killer musician and song writer and I was totally honored that he would call me up to have me lend my voice to one of his creations.

Not to mention it's the WWE!

All signs of good creative people to do business with.

I'd encourage anyone who sees the value in public speaking, body mastery, and good ole fashion entertainment to pursue a career in the WWE format.  It's a long way to the top, just like rock n roll.  But if you're reading this you probably already know it's more about the journey then it is the destination.


Lastly I just want to leave you with a thought that my oldest sister Eileen blessed me with.

"If everyone in the world looked out and cared for themselves, then there would be no one in the world that wasn't looked or cared after."

She's so wise.  Remember to take time for yourself and trust that truly doing the best by you is the best thing you can do for your people and environment too.

Thanks for stopping in this week.

Curtis-

"Me"

Written by Jim Johnston
Performed by Curtis Casey
Engineered by Eric Racy

"Me" (Matt Hardy theme song)

This is our 2nd time working with Austrian fashion designer Pebelle. This time exploring the vows of marriage and the limits of time, hence the aptly named "Till Death Do Us Part" performance. 

The song "Manners" was written by Caleb Kylander from The Jamborines, who are due to release their second album in Nov 2013. 

"Till Death Do Us Part" was perfromed live at Kunstahlle, Wien March 15th 2013.

Manners

This song started with an old film camera:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLoT1488bYA

Available on iTunes and Amazon.  Or here:  http://dogandpanther.bandcamp.com/album/our-bodies

The Lake

Man there have been some real roller coasters in life these last couple of years and this song imparticular I keep really close to my heart.  Singing it in my head or out loud gets me through some real thick spots. It was written by his senior dopeness Hagoth Aiono (Long Beach King) and I recorded a quick version at my friend Michael Khueli's house in North Germany.  I truly am blessed to have such talented creators in the Pantheon.  

Thank you for listening.  See you next Tuesday

Curtis

"Everything's Gonna be Alright"

Written by Hagoth Aiono
Performed by Curtis Casey
Recorded by Michael Khueli

Everything's Gonna be Alright

Hi hello!  

Thanks for stopping in.  It was a strange week indeed but isn't it always?  I've noticed lately that we are spending a lot more time in front of these glass monitors.  I don't know if that's good or bad.  I'm thinking moderation is the key.  Make sure you get outside and smell the roses every once in a while...  Ok on to music.    

I wrote and recorded this song about 11 sun cycles ago.  The guitars are a bit hot (which means loud) but that's what happens when you let the guitarist mix the record.  :)  It's still one of my favorite jams to sing to myself when I'm on the acoustic.  It's called without you and I do hope you enjoy.

With out you
Written by Curtis Casey
Performed by Simplfy


I go through a thousand moods in every day
From hot to cold cause thoughts I think of you
It's true

And there's a thousand muscles in my face
They strain in every way cause what you do
And what you put me through.

But I can't fall to sleep
With out thinking about you
I guess it makes me weak
If I gotta be with out you

To bridge the gap of our two states
I'd walk across my pride to get to you
It's true
Everything I do and say
I'd keep it all inside 
Just to prove
What I'd go through

But I can't fall to sleep
With out thinking about you
I guess it makes me weak
If I got to be with out you

The world's so demanding
You're so understanding
I couldn't be half the man
I am today if you won't stay. 

Cause I can't fall to sleep
With out thinking about you
I guess it makes me weak
If I got to be with out you


Thank you for tuning in this week.  Stay up.  See you next Tuesday.

Curtis


Photo by ~andrea-h
Photography / People & Portraits / Emotive Portraits

Without You

So I've never been more pleased with how a recording has turned out as
I am with the latest Vayden record.

Basically for 6 months last year we locked ourselves in a Studio in
Baldwin Park CA. And we screamed and yelled at each other (with our
instruments and sometimes our big boy words) until we learned
something very important in music and in life.  How to listen to what
eachother was saying.

After 6 months of that head banging and bashing we flew out to Bremen
Germany and recorded the album in 12 days.  Then we toured around
Germany for a bit brought the masters back home and had them mixed in
good ol LA.  Now because we live in the day and age we do we just put
the enitre album online for anyone to listen to enjoy and purchase.

(get it now link)
http://vaydenmusic.com/music/04.html

For the next 11 weeks on the BOC I might just drop another track off the
Vayden record until everyone who is familiar with me goes and gets a copy and a
taste of something that I am very blessed to be a part of.  
The Rock Band Vayden.

This song "Alone in the Sky" was one that I wrote the lyric and melody
on an acoustic then the dudes came in and put their voices on it
and it became the epicness that you hear in this recording.

I dropped an unmixed sneak preview of this song a couple of months ago
but now that the album is out mixed and mastered I'm putting it back
in the book.  (Like some of you may know this place is kind of like a musical diary for me)

Please do your ear drums and my landlord a favor and purchase a copy
of it online :)  

http://vaydenmusic.com/music/04.html

Then send it to all your friends and spread the good
word that Vayden is here to stay.

Love you guys thanks for tuning in this Tuesday.

Curtis-

"Alone in the Sky"
Written and Performed by Vayden
Pre-Production Crazy Man Production Studios in Baldwin Park CA
Recorded at Seven Rays Studios in Bremen Germany
Engineered by Henk
Mixed by Mark
Burdesgate Affiliated
BOC art work by yorukiyo

Lyrics

You alone in the Sky?
No you're not
I was there
You forgot
Said you wanted to Fly
No you don't
We all could
But we wont

All for you my love
All for you my love

Was alone in sky
Now I'm not
You were here
I forgot
Said you wanted to die
No you don't
We all could
But we wont

All for you my love
All for you my love

And everything we know
We have been told
In words we may have bought
Or lies we sold
But for every mark you ever missed
For every cheek you never kissed
Keep us here to lighten up your load.

You alone in the sky?
No your not
I am here
Here for God
Said you wanted to try
No you don't
If you did you'd let go.

(Available Now)
http://vaydenmusic.com/music/04.html

End transmission.

Alone in the Sky

Talk A Good Game

Dirty Laundry

Look truth is everyone deserves a rock in their life.  Sometimes you lean on that rock for strength.  Other times that rock weighs you down and at first you might be mad about it but then you realize it's just keeping you grounded and grounded is good.   

Everyone deserves a rock in their life.

Recording this was interesting because we didn't really know how it was going to turn out.  But now it's one of my favorites tracks off the new Album.   

(Click here to listen-love and buy http://vaydenmusic.com/music/04.html)

This one line imparticular came from a good friend of mine Charlie Simpson he said it to me and it rang so true I had to sing it.  "Words live on long after they're said."  I truly do try and draw from everywhere.  Thanks for the inspiration sir Charles.

So here is this weeks entry.  

"Made of Stone"
Written and performed by Vayden (with love from Charlie Simpson)
Engineered by Henk
Mixed by Mark

Lyrics

You better wrap her tight,
So she understands,
Tonight,
She deserves a man,

Made of Stone

Don't say those words,
Let them leave your head,
Cause words live on,
Long after they're said,

Made of Stone 

Life is our choice,
Death is our decision,
I make the noise,
And you all listen,

You don't know us,
What we're thinking of,
Unless you live,
For all that you love,

Made of Stone

END

(Click here to listen and buy http://vaydenmusic.com/music/04.html)

Stone Man art by Sonny Kay

MADE OF STONE

So here's this Tuesday's song.

"Seven"
Written and performed by Vayden
Engineered by Henk
Mixed and Mastered by Mark Jordan

http://www.vaydenmusic.com/music/04.html

Lyrics

Despite the Fall,
We live as Gods,
And where we lie,
We give our lives,

But every letter in her name,
Was a reason to be strong,
Every tear from off her face,
Was a reason to be wrong,
And every time she ever smiled,
It was a reason to let go,
Everything she ever said,
Was a reason to come home,

The fates have lined,
Us all one more time,
We live we breath,
The suffering,

And every letter in her name,
Was a reason to be strong,
Every tear from off her face,
Was a reason to be wrong,
And every time she ever smiled,
It was a reason to let go,
Everything she ever said,
Was a reason to come home,

They were falling,
So they called me,
They asked me if,
I even cared,
But I was playing,
On the day they,
Took away my only,

And every letter in her name,
Was a reason to be strong,
Every tear from off her face,
Was a reason to be wrong,
And every time she ever smiled,
It was a reason to let go,
Everything she ever said,
Was a reason to come home,

End Transmission


http://www.vaydenmusic.com/music/04.html

SEVEN

Curtis Casey is an American Born Singer Songwriter from Phoenix Arizona who was raised all over the United States as well as the country of New Zealand where his Mother was born and raised.  

“We moved around our fair share because my father was a nuclear engineer. Music and song writing with an acoustic guitar became my constant and was my safe place.  To this day whenever I walk into a room and there is a guitar in it I immediately feel welcome.”

As a half Polynesian half Irish American Curtis learned to love and appreciate music and singing of all types at a very young age and still loves the entire process of writing and recording music.  

For 15 years he toured all around Europe and the United States with his Active Rock / Nu Metal band, Vayden.  

“We were lucky we got signed to a subsidiary of Warner Music very young and they sent us all over the place to play.  We ended up recording 3 albums together and 2 EPs.”

Now Curtis enjoys the simple joy of singing nice songs in cool places to appreciative audiences.

Today he lives in Marina Del Rey with his wife, two sons and small daughter.