Music:
Member Since: 21/02/2007
Band Website: www. m i k a e l g k .com
Band Members: ..Me, my alter egos, my angels, my demons, my immaturity, my divinity, my stupidity, my wisdom, my self-deprecation, my self-confidence, my self-awareness, my soul's pure light, my shadows, and all the wars waged and love made.
Special thanks to two friends of mine, both wonderful and talented human beings: Laurel Hauck for her vocals on "I Can Pretend" and Tyler Lewis (of The B Foundation) for producing "Any Stop."
"If there is light in the soul,
There will be beauty in the person.
If there is beauty in the person,
There will be harmony in the house.
If there is harmony in the house,
There will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
There will be peace in the world."
~Chinese Proverb
Influences:
Tracy Chapman:
"No words to say
No words to convey
This feeling inside I have for you
Deep in my heart
Safe from the guards
Of intellect and reason
Leaving me at a loss
For words to express my feelings
Deep in my heart
Deep in my heart
Look at me losing control
Thinking I had a hold
But with feelings this strong
I'm no longer the master
Of my emotions."
Leonard Cohen:
"Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah"
Bob Dylan:
"How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind."
Counting Crows:
"I was down at the New Amsterdam staring
at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation with this
black- haired flamenco dancer
She dances while his father plays guitar
She's suddenly beautiful
We all want something beautiful
Man I wish I was beautiful"
Marc Cohn:
"Yeah I'm coming to see you but I really can't wait
There's just a few things I needed to say
Like why were you hiding so much of yourself?
Why were you living for somebody else?
Well I know that I've always been looking for you
But lately it's not such a hard thing to do
'Cause it seems like inside every woman I know
There's a girl of mysterious sorrow
A girl of mysterious sorrow"
Red Hot Chili Peppers:
"Sometimes I feel
Like I don't have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angels
Lonely as I am
Together we cry"
John Lennon:
"When I was about twelve, I used to think I must be a genius but nobody's noticed. I used to think, either I'm a genius or I'm mad — which is it? I used to think, well, I can't be mad, because nobody's put me away; there-fore, I'm a genius. I mean, genius is a form of madness, and we're all that way. But I used to be a bit coy about it, you know, like me guitar playing. I didn't become something when the Beatles made it or when you heard about me; I've been like this all me life.
But it was obvious to me. Why didn't they put me in art school? Why didn't they train me? Why did they keep forcing me to be a f*ckin' cowboy like the rest of them? I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?
A couple of teachers would encourage me to be something or other, to draw or to paint —to express myself. But most of the time they were trying to beat me into being a f*ckin' dentist or teacher. And then the f*ckin fans tried to beat me into being a f*ckin' Beatle."
Sounds Like: A beggar and a wise man having tea.
The full moon over the trees.
An elephant snoring.
Ugly comfortable shoes.
A freight train in the distance,
the crackle of coals beneath smoke
a rattle snake frozen in its tracks
floor boards creaking.
A fist fight in a silent film
the hum of an oven that heats a pie
a beautiful girl who can't turn heads
chocolate left in the car.
Leonard Cohen
Jack Johnson
Cat Stevens
Tracy Chapman
Nick Drake
James Blunt
Sting
Damien Rice
Ben Harper without his band
Direct quotes from friends and fans:
Lauren Ashlee
"by the way your music is amazing it reminds me of Bright Eyes which is a good thing.
-lauren"
Record Label: 57th St. Records
Type of Label: Indie
