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Jonah Serene

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake

About Me


"Do not fear mistakes, there are none"
"Whatever you think you an do or believe you can do, do it, action has magic grace and power"
"In order to do something right, we must first be willing to do something badly"
"Leap and the net will appear"
"In all things, it is better to hope than to despair"
"I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way" ~ Carl Sandburg
"Above all else to thine own self be true" ~ Shakespeare
"Success is going from failure to failure without the loss of enthusiasm" ~ Winston Churchill
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live a life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours" ~ Henry David Thoreau
"I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to" ~ Luciano Pavarotti
"We are spirits and the whole tension is that we don't know what we are. Yet, music is able to touch this" ~ Jeff Buckley
"Relax - the good thing about music is there is no correct answer... " ~ Edwardia
"Music is expression not perfection" ~ Emma Fox
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/2/2006
Band Website: "myspace.com/jonahserene

Band Members: Patt Foad
Looking for band members:

Bassist
Drummer
Lead Guitarist
Keys
Cello

Influences: I have many influences both vocally and musically that inspired me to follow my dreams:
Predominantly:

Smashing Pumpkins
Billy Corgan
Jeff Buckley
Tool
A Perfect Circle
Martin Grech
Portishead
Nina Simone
Billie Holiday
Bjork
Bush
Freddy Mercury
Petra Jean Philipson
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Nirvana
Genesis
Queens of the Stoneage
Muse
Nick Drake
Radiohead
Jack White
Alice in Chains
The Black Keys
Sunna
Elbow
Toadies
Soundgarden
Ophelia Torah
Human Waste Project
Toadies
Deftones
The Mars Volta
Tom Waits
Nosfell
Devendra Banhart
jj72
Mutemath

Aside musical influences I am influenced by other divine creations and works:

Moths
The Moon
Love
Hate
Fear
Life
Death
Dreams
Nightmares
Jan Svankmajer
The Brother's Quay
Watership Down
Cam De Leon
H R Giger
beksinski
Mike Lomon


Sounds Like: inquietude musings of a bedroom musician aspiring to be something more
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new song and new begining

hey everyone, we have a new demo up, and i say we because i have stumbled across a veritbale goldmine of ideas named matt. he is no essentially the co-founding member of Jonah Serene as him and i are ...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:24:00 PST

hopeless hopefullness with some singing

o god dare i push the boat out? well even if i have i haven't gone very deep, baby steps for my extremely fragile self confidence i think. i have recorded precisely two lines and a bit of singing and ...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:04:00 PST

Beware the beauty of Jonah Serene

after countless hours and days of deliberation 'Jonah Serene' is the name i came up with for the girl riding the moth in the picture Mike Lomon drew for me. A juxtaposition of meanings and connotation...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:16:00 PST

yet two more new tracks!!!

For the mean time the untitled one will be called - the untitled 1and then there is symphony 16:43they are very rough cuts/ shabby first drafts of wht will one days be songsthe untitled one has basic ...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:34:00 PST

New tracks!

yay ive been productive :) in my profile you will see an updated, full and more polished version of lilac whiskey, vocals to follow in the upcoming days :) and hopeless hopefulness with me humming a m...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:21:00 PST

lilac whiskey number 2

i have now nailed a rough version of my lilac whiskey medley. it has no cello parts yet as they are yet to be recorded, but i will record the vocals tonight or tomorrow and re-upload them :) i hope u ...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:57:00 PST

sea of nothing

im lifeless like driftwoodfloating in a sea of nothingmy body brokenfloating upside downmy will crushedin a sea of sadnesshappiness dispersedin a sea of despairmy love diminishedin a sea of doubtsim c...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:44:00 PST

creative haemorrhage

my head is bleeding profusely from a creativity haemorrhage... the bleeding wont stop..i cant heal the wound.. i cant think straight.. i cant focus.. when will the bleeding end?patt x
Posted by Jonah Serene on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:06:00 PST

TASTER Lilac Whiskey TASTER

like the pun? i know i did. anyway the Lilac Whiskey TASTER has been uploaded and ready and waiting to tantalise your ears! please note, ignore the shit shit ass quality, i dont even think my guitar i...
Posted by Jonah Serene on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 03:44:00 PST

two pictures of me at jeff buckley tribute paris

Posted by Jonah Serene on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:46:00 PST