Soulwire is a fusion of a cinematic style of acoustic new age with mellow downtempo electronic grooves. From the strength of finding our calling in life to the lonesome echoes of a broken heart, each song carries a unique story.
It is a musical journal, written from experiences, symbolisms and concepts, reflected in different perspectives. One part of Soulwire is entwined with energizing, pulsing rhythms and dreamy synths for the mind and body. The other part is interlaced with a cinematic, tranquil, and mournful reflections of our past for the mind and soul.
The concept of Soulwire is to artistically interpret the life we live into shades of melancholic and introspective tones. If youre looking to reflect, or to relax then youve come to the right place.
Musical Accomplishments
Gods of Music Hall of Fame
Gods of Music Song of the Month
c0nsensus top 2% ranked songs
The numbers by the songs are the track numbers on the album. Half of the album is on the player. That's why the numbers skip. :)
Rewriting Destiny
1. Dream Empire
It eludes our thoughts with a majestic grace. It coils beyond reach, like a glimmer in the horizon. We capture fragments of it with art and thought, but the scope cannot be contained by any word or notion.
2. Weave the Soul
A flexible, unbreakable wire coils with the movement of every thought and weaves the tapestry of our soul. Weave the Soul parallels the concept of Soulwire, which is the process in which we weave the strands of our experiences and feelings to construct the perception of ourselves and the world around us.
3. The Dawning of Symmetry
She pulls the veil aside and the darkness retracts from the brilliant sparkles of color by the glimpsing sun. This song is about new beginnings which melt through old endings. It represents the dawning of a change in our lives.
4. Sleeping Angel
Night descends an aura of peaceful tranquility in the room as an angel falls softly into sleep. Gently breathing, the air sparkles in a surrealistic glow. Her wings illuminate the walls in a light lavender hue, untouched by the ravages of the world.
5. Emerging Consciousness
He has been here too long. He tears down the walls, battered and cracked, and takes a deep breath for the first time. It is so pure, it sends sharp pains down his lungs. He has never seen such a pristine observation of eternity. He looks at his arm and sees the hardened cracks roughened like the wall. With a tremendous pull, he rips himself free of the shell of himself and emerges into the vast open nothingness.
6. Interpolations
(interpolate) To insert or introduce between other elements or parts. Interpolations is the smooth yet disjointed collection of events occurring all around us.
7. Synergy of One
(synergy) the working together of two or more people, organizations, or things, especially when the result is greater than the sum of their individual effects.
8. Wishless Star
It is colorless, like water. It does not illuminate the night sky like the others. Nobody wishes on it, the eye passes quickly over it. But the radiance is inside, an inner glow that would blind the sun.
9. Lavender Heart Ashes
He can only hear his breathing, wisping in slow motion, as he reaches into his chest and pulls out a handful of grey ash, his heart charred by expectation. He falls to his knees, and like the ash, is blown away by the wind, never again to exist.
10. Ripples of Doubt
Emptiness. Alone with my shadow. The words pulse out in somber waves withering and cracking as far as it can reach. Tears too dry, crumble and fall like sand.
11. Echoes of a Fallen Dream
Standing amidst the turbulent desolation of what was once a gigantic palace, the pinnacle of his old life. He can still hear the weeping of the palace trying to reach out, trying to desperately reconnect and become... He knows nowhere else to go. He closes his eyes and takes aching comfort in the echoes of a voice that has gone.
12. When the Last Leaf Falls
A tree struggles in the middle of desolation. The desert, broken dreams of the past, had destroyed the land. It would have seemed impossible for anything to grow, yet here stands a dying tree. A boy and a girl sit close, leaning back and watching the final leaf separate itself and slowly ascend perilously to the ground. The boy gets up for a moment to catch it, but cannot stop the winds of change. It crashes into the ground.
The boy turns to the girl, but she has vanished. Time speeds to a blurring whirlwind, as the tree withers and decays. The boy sits unmoving, watching it wilt away until it is gone. He lays down where it had once grown and solemnly falls asleep, dreaming of the days of old before it was dying, when it was vibrant and lush. And in the dream, he remembers there were seeds... Many seeds that fell. He opens his eyes, and sees dozens of new plants sprouting between the dry cracks of lifelessness, followed by a gentle rain.
13. Shimmering Wings From Sorrow
The pages had been torn out. Through the darkness came a shimmering light. Wings to soar to the unknown. And we will remember what it is to be alive again. Rip out the prewritten pages. Take hold. Rewrite.
14. Lous eht Evaew
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One of the greatest parts about creating art is knowing when someone else has related to it. Names have been excluded but you can find most of these quotes in my comments below.
Ken I wanted to let you know that its is so soothing when I go to my page after the hubbub of the day here, thank you for your talent, always use it.
I've been sitting and waiting around for a group like yours to come around for a while now. So forgive me when I say, about damn time.. The whole idea of combining various influences in order to create something truly unique, I've been waiting for someone to catch it. Also, you explore some elements of Musique Concrete; or rather, all those more electronic based elements of music. Good for you my friends. I'm excited when I listen to your music and, at the same time, anxiously await more groups like your own.
:) its a beautiful song really... I love listening to piano work (im no expert on music mind you so ill say it the way i understand it)and the way you mixed so many different things into that beautiful detail, its like actually listeing to someone paint a picture... I can imagine so many things listening to it, then i think about my own memories and the music reminds me of what would be the background music to my entire lifes worth of memmories, as if i was watching a slideshow of them...
your music is REALLY awesome, the multiple influences and your own abilities have manages to create true beauty
i'm glad you found me
Guys, I just wanted to say. I love your music. I bought it the otherday off of iTUNES, and I cant stop listening to it. one of absolute favorites it Sleeping Angel. the harmonies between the flute and the piano is amazing. I listened to this song @least 12 times today alone.
Dream Empire...that is an amazing instrumental. The first time i ventured to your page, the song came on and I listened to the emotion depicted inside every break of the track and i was amazed.
That new song is truly amazing! very deep and personal... I almost felt as if I watching my self go through that! That was better then going to the movies!!!! good job yet again my friend.
Your music transcends life, death, and sound itself.
wow, this is amazing. Truly incredible. The first thing I've heard thats combined most of my interests.
The description you used for dream empire is so perfect. i could listen to dream empire over and over and over..... i dont know how you found me on myspace and added me but im so happy you did. with all the crap there is in music today im sooo glad there is music that is being made that can still make me feel this way. Theres only few musicians that have changed my outlook on things..... and your songs are so provoking and emotional i think youre gonna be on that list. Your music is priceless, never let anyone tell you diferently. You have a fan for life.
I don't speak very well english, but I try my best.
I'st that your music???? you make it all alone? because it's very deep and magic, I like a lot. I was very sad and I don't know how, but your songs conect me with my felling, at the same time, they release me from my pain. I don't want to sound, darkie or somenthig like that, I just want to know that I love your music!!!
See you
I just love going to your site and listening. It amazes me how deeply connected you are with your songs. I have not seen many artists elaborate on the meanings and feelings the songs bring out and to be so intune with the whole composition. Never stop creating!
I'm still in awe of your music, I just popped Rewriting Destiny into my big stereo so I could hear it on real speakers and OHMYGOD it's even more AWESOME! Your music has opened up a new dimension for me! Thank you for creating something so wonderful.
Finally I have found an artist that has the talent and the aptitude to communicate and to convey the complex current and forms of emotions into music.
I don't use My Space to converse with people other than my niece, but I just wanted to say that you're music is absolutely divine and I'll be purchasing it as soon as I can get out to iTunes in a few seconds! Thank you so much for sharing your talent.
Hey... omg your music is wonderful.. it's enchanting, Facinateing, brilliant....IT TOTALLY ROCKS... inspireing and breathe takeing. Truely I havnt heard anything quite like it. 'Weave the soul' is so totally awesome, it goes beyond words. I listen to your music while drawing, it's wonderful. I want to buy your CD, going to do that soon. I just wanted to say, thankyou for such wonderful sounds! :D THANKYOUUU! BEAUTIFUL! ((gosh I cant think of the right words)) But really, thankyou, I will always be an avid listener ^_^
had no idea where it was coming from, it was infectious, melodic, and i wanted to know where it was coming from, because i wanted to know who it was, and where i can get it...so i come back to my room, low-and-behold this music is booming from my very own speakers...from your page...so, needless to say, i found the source...you...a genius...i really love your sound, and you have certainly got a fan in me.
If I possessed half the raw talent and drive you do, I could fly.
Oh, I have to tell you this, then I'll let you get back to what you were doing.. I played some of your songs for a friend of mine. She started to get chills, and then she also got tears in her eyes. She said the songs were powerful, and that was the first time in her life that music alone (without lyrics) has touched her so deeply. I just smiled.
hey believe it or not in all this time i never actually HEARD your music till now cuz of my janky computor, but wow i love it! i would LOVE to write to instumentals like yours! just wanted to tell you finally that you rock!
I love "Weave the soul" more then anything else... it reminds me of the process of life.. and growing things... green things you know? p.s. "Holow Trenches of Memory" is so mezmerizeing its amazeing.
You are a talent and this is not only my opinion, but a statement echoed by your supporters and fans. A prodigy like you is well deserving of recognition! I should only hope that you'll pass this to the next generation-- your music speaks volumes from every one of us, from every void of our anatomy.
You're music and talent is amazing. I listened to you 24 hours straight the other day and told all my friends about you and your fantastic music. You put so much emotion into the melodies that it's almost like their alive (in a poetic sense).
as soon as i heard your music i thought to my self wow i would love to have one of these songs at my wedding in 2007 :) i love your music it really touches a special place in my heart when i listen to it... :)
This song moved me to tears! It is so deep and intense and rich with emotion. Thank you first of all for writing it. Secondly, thank you soooo much for sharing it with us!
it is beautiful...and I know this feeling well...too often we find ourselves in situations, devoid of words...and desperately trying to find a way to express how we feel, and come up empty, and speechless.
But then...there are the musicians...the artists that through sound, speak the heart words...so hauntingly intimate and familiar...that words are no longer necessary, for the paint is emotional sound and the canvas is the mind, and the heart.
thank you...
I'm sure you've already been bombarded with this question, but I'd better ask anyway because I think I'm going to have an anxiety attack if I am not able to listen to this while giving massages!!! Would you please please please let me know if there is any way that I could purchase this song? (Ha ha ha, I know, but my clients REEEAAALLLLYYYYY need to hear it!) :) Please let me know what my options are. I would really appreciate it. Absolutely beautiful music. It' like a dream, thoughts, emotions, energy, and your soul touching divinity, all wrapped up into unity through melody. PEACEFUL NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! God Bless you, keep up the good work. Where do i buy it?
Hey, thanks for the add request...sorry it took me a while. I always like to read and listen first. Omigod, I love your tunes, so heart felt and melancholy...awesome to zone out to or relax to...keep up the amazing work!
Ken, just to let you know that since I received your cd, it's been met with nothing but positive feedback from everyone who's had a listen, across all age barriers. It opens a conduit to the place inside where the light never goes completely out, but needs only re-connecting to the Source: The spirit. Thank you for doing what you do, and know that it's appreciated. Peace, in mind and spirit.
Beautiful soul...beautiful song..hauting. Thank you. Please stay in touch!
ur music is really beautiful it really touched my soul. i definately need to buy the CD.
You never cease to amaze me...you are truly a gift. Thank You!
tears coming from my inner part...
thank you so much for letting us share it
The girl who did my massage is also a Reiki master. She was enthralled with your music! She kept saying "This is Reiki music!" So I asked her what defined it as Reiki music. She said that each layer has a different vibration, thus it stimulates different energies and emotions.
So I am wondering, did you know that you did that?
Your music is so beautiful.. I just wanted to stop through and show some love...
When you make a new song, it's kind of like God made a new planet....I don't feel right until I've seen it. Hahaha...
I checked out your site first. You had me at track one. I've been listening for an hour and already have ordred Rewriting Destiny. I sent your url over to a friend and she's listening now.
Thankyou so very much for the add. Your music is absolutely beautiful! I'll be purchasing your cd as soon as I'm able! ^_^
your music is amazing...I just woke up..(it's morning here)....so waking up to this is wonderful.
Your music is the essence of what I've always loved in music, I'm glad there is someone like you who can create such melodies. More people need to listen to your music.
I was stopping by to reinforce the fact that you are amazing! Your music is lovely and gives the spirit room to roam the universe.
I recommend everyone to sit, close your eyes, and take a moment to listen to the beauty that comes from within this sound that Soulwire makes. It makes me feel young, able to do anything, a strong peaceful setting comes over everything within it's sound.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can't wait to own one of your cds! Thanks so much for allowing those of us who are poor right now to listen to your beautiful music! You are AWESOME!
Lavender Heart Ashes is so beautiful... I love your music...
seriously, i love love love your stuff. amazing talent you have my dear, your music is what i hear inside my head on a daily basis, but you can make it known to the world.
I am blown away by your talent, the incredible way your mind works, and how heartbreakingly BEAUTIFUL & emotive your words are! You are a brilliant light in this world, and through your captivating writing, thinking, and music...you will touch MANY in dramatic ways, I have no doubt. (Me being one of them!)
Ken-- irregardless of whether you make a single dollar or a million dollars on your CD. You give other people a glimpse into the universe within you through the medium of your music. It, in turn, enhances and touches the lives of others who listen to it. That, in itself, I believe, is invaluable.
...You mAde...all those intense and soulful compositions?...That's...incredible...
By the way, just to say it again... YOUR MUSIC ROCKS!! It's exactly like what I enjoy listening to. I had given up hope on the music search engine for myspace, I never can find what I like, so thank goodness you found me.
this song has so much feeling that i felt tears in my eyes... this is powerful. not many music today have such deep hidden meanings.
Not too many myspace artists have caught my attention as much as Soulwire. I can come here and listen to the music over and over again, for it puts me in a place I love to be.
I can't wait until you go mainstream. I will buy all of your albums. =]
This music just rolls over, around and through me. So flowing, so fluid. The word that comes to mind is..complete. The music seems complete, and a lot of music doesn't seem complete. This sound calls to the spirit within, and so I think the name Soulwire makes perfect sense.
Amazing, talented...all understatements. No words can be used to describe what you dish out, because they would do no justice. There are only few songs out there that hit me straight to the core and your music definitely did that...everything is filled with such intensity and passion, and brings so much emotion in a person...I truly felt it.
I also wanted to let you know that I often listen to your music. It really is the best I have heard on myspace, and before I go to sleep at night, it puts me in a meditative and relaxed state.
It's thinking music. I close my eyes and it carries me to another world. A world of peace and happiness.
I have been listening to your "Rewriting Destiny" songs all afternoon (nice touch that it loops continuously)...You keep playing, and I'll keep listening :-)
Your music is amazing & is really touching my soul at the moment!
7/2/2006 - Rewriting Destiny is officially released.
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Music Career
My musical career started with a solo New Age project "Soundweave". I gave Soundweave up to join a rock band as a rhythm guitarist for "Spring Loaded". After my son was born, I had decided to quit and collaborated two more New Age albums under the name "Torchlight Creek" which won a few online prestigious awards (see the awards section) such as Song of the Month and Hall of Fame (9.8 out of 10) for Gods of Music. Afterwhich, I decided that I wanted to go solo and have more flexibility in writing different styles of music. A recent review of Dream Empire landed it in the top 3% of songs reviewed (they have reviewed 363 total songs as this is being written).
Songwriting
I've written several songwriting articles that have spanned the net. A matter of fact, if you type "Songwriting Techniques" in google, it will be the first to show up. If you type "Songwriting Tips" it will be the third. All 4 of my articles have gotten fairly popular and I regularly answer songwriting questions.
21 Songwriting Tips
18 More Songwriting Tips
Songwriting Techniques
Songwriting Tips: Writer's Block Blues
About me
The three most important things in my life are friends/family, music and martial arts. I've been in the martial arts throughout my entire life, and creating music for about half of that span. I went to college and studied music composition and classical guitar. I started programming synths on my computer and guitar lessons when I was 16 (28 now, will be 29 in Sept) and have been involved heavily in music since.
Besides that, I really enjoy understanding other people's philosophies on life. For almost a year, I read alot of J. Krishnamurti, and really loved the underlying message. I think many of the philosophies say the same things which is to spread compassion and understanding towards one another no matter what belief. I'm pretty open minded and like meeting new people. One thing is that I'm not just here to promote my music. I have met some really awesome people on myspace. I'm a real person that likes to talk about all kinds of things and meet all kinds of new and interesting people, so feel free to drop me a line. :)
Please note that I delete comments that are just advertisements to visit your site as well as huge banners. I won't advertise in your comment box either, but I might stop by to say "hi"! Sometimes I get bombarded with a lot of messages/comments and I respond to messages first, it's much quicker than comments... Just so you know. :) I've gotten some really cool pic posts for comments, but since I check my myspace from work I have to delete anything that might be inappropriate by those standards, just so you know :).