On March 3rd, The Red Couch Project officially rebooted with an amazing lineup for Season 5!

Featuring:
Isaiah Donley
Elliot "Eli Arbor" Williams
Stanford Mendicants

Executive Producer & Director: Kevin Coelho
Recording, mixing & mastering by: Kevin Coelho
Filmed by: Yuto Watanabe, Eric Thong, various audience members & Isaiah's friend

Elliot Williams - Sail Away

Elliot Williams - Glass House

Elliot Williams - Anthony 1

Stanford Mendicants - Dance With Me Tonight

Stanford Mendicants - Colder Weather

Isaiah Donley - Where Are You Child

Isaiah Donley - Seven Years

Isaiah Donley - Rescue Me

Isaiah Donley - Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Isaiah Donley - Little Bird

Allison Semrad - Hourglass

Allison Semrad - Incandescent

Allison Semrad - Summer Song

iamani i. ameni and his jazzy-nasty-funky-folky-hop-pop-indie-soul sings to the best in us all. We can’t help but sing along. His honesty takes us on a walk through ourselves; his songs, theme music. As producer, emcee, singer/songwriter, and master of ceremonies with a unique amalgamation of musical styles and subjects, he offers something to everyone. i.Ameni has shared stages with the likes of E-40, Krs-one, Goapele, Dead Prez, Hamsa Lila, Brett Dennen, Jonah Matranga and more. His expression, more ceremony than show; is informed by years of grassroots organizing, unraveling the cultures of oppression across the country with renowned local and international organizations, and exploring the dimensions of his very own heart, mind, and spirit. Raised by the social justice and inner evolutionary movements, his music is marinated in calls to justice, love and freedom. A tender vocalist whose heart is heard in every note, a lyrical wizard concocting potions for a new tomorrow, a beaming man who skillfully journeys us to ourselves, i.Ameni makes music for the family of humanity, and it slaps!

Check out his stuff here!

http://www.iammany.us/

Iamani I. Ameni - The Seventh Generation

Armed with a distinctive voice and a compassionate understanding of the world around her, Canadian born, California based singer/songwriter/producer Lila Rose, writes songs whose sweeping musical vision and aesthetic beauty is matched only by the depth of her poetry. Her album, Heart Machine, co-produced with David Earl is a masterpiece of sound, song, craft and technology, bending the genres of electronica, indie pop, and indie rock. Her music has been compared to a merging of sounds including Florence and the Machine, Radiohead, and Fionna Apple, and has been coined as "cinematic indie-pop". Released January 10th out of San Francisco, California, the deep, emotionally driven album has received a plethora of rave reviews from around the globe and is gaining rapid international exposure.

Lila is also back in the studio working on her new album to be released early 2014 (title TBA), with several singles and videos to be released in the coming months.

Lyrics to "Give You My All"

I want to show up with the very best for you 
That means I’m held responsible to bust on through 
Walls are held up tight by ropes 
That have been woven long ago 
And now I’m faced with this new chapter 
And it speaks to me in rather 
A tongue of fear but a glimpse of hope 
It shows me (that) 

(chorus) 
I’m filled with love 
And I want to 
I want to love you 
But I’m afraid to 
But I still want to 
If you let me if you let me 
Cause I would give you my all 

But with my all comes that damn tragedy 
The one that shuts me down and slowly sanity 
It escapes me and I am left here feeling hungry 
For the meaning of why I cant just be good all the time 
Welcome to me I’m not perfect but I’m trying 
To be better and to be there (cause) 

(chorus) 

I’ll warn you now that it might be confusing 
It feels even so to myself like I am choosing 
Between wanting you closer than ever before 
Then pushing you farther and craving you more 
Tell them I’m sorry and I’d regret it if 
I believed in such things it’ll just be my gift 
To them and myself to grow from the past 
Know what were done with I can learn fast 
Hold up the gate quick before it shuts closed 
Don’t let me run now the truth exposed 
Although I want to run away no 
Please don’t let me run away

Lila Rose - Give You My All

Tyler "EAGLEBABEL" Brooks is an interdisciplinary performance artist based in music. A wide variety of styles have influenced him, but jazz, hip-hop, and film / video game score (in that blend) show up most in his approach and feel. In other words, everything from Kendrick Lamar's Section.80 to Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy VII soundtrack is showing up in EAGLEBABEL's imagination. BABEL is also native to Chicago's South Side and affectionately dubs his experience back home that of a "Backpack ChiRaq." One way or another, this perspective always finds its way into his complex storytelling and the way he wrestles with identity in his work. 

EAGLEBABEL is currently an undergrad at Stanford University studying culture and aesthetics.

EAGLEBABEL - "Got Love"

The Red Couch Project provides an intimate space where independent artists can meet, collaborate, share their work, and tell the stories that drive their art. This is the raw music from their sessions. These interactions are captured in an online video series. You can catch the full experience here:

http://www.youtube.com/user/redcouchproject




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