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R.L. Hargis

About Me

Who cares where you've been? Everybody's been somewhere and most folks have been nowhere. Who wants to stay stuck in nowhere? Ya can't go back to visit yesterday, so it really don't matter too much... what matters is where yer goin' and how yer plannin' to do what you gotta do to get from here to there. Somebody once told me that the difference between dreams and reality is prayer and effort. I reckon that's about right.

I ain't got a whole of experience at being no professional musician, but that's not stopping me from trying. I can't sit here and talk about theory or compare gear and discuss the technology of it all, because that ain't what I do. I'm a singer... a songwriter... a performer.

Anybody can sound good in a studio. Look at what they did to Paris Hilton. Almost sounds like she's got some talent, but you know better and I do too...

Talking to the rhythm of a drum machine and some sampled riffs you didn't even play is NOT music. Drummers are human beings, not machines. If no one is playing an instrument... it ain't music.

So what does that mean? Nothin. It just means that I'm not about to be shoved into no corner and put into no box and packaged and sold as "Folk Music" or "Rock 'n' Roll" or "Blues" or "Alternative" or whatever... It's the 21st century, fox!

I'm a relic I reckon. I expect music to move me. I expect the words to MEAN SOMETHING...

Bio? What bio? Wanna know more? Wanna hear more? Check out my stuff at mp3.com/rlhargis

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/07/2005
Band Members: R.L. Hargis - words and music
Influences: Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Hank Williams (Sr.), Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, Elvis Presley and Railroad Spike
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

my bachelor days are through...

so here's what's real...we get these chances in life, and if we fail to take advantage of them, we lose. simple as that. we lose, and there ain't no second chances and there ain't no goin' back. no...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:32:00 GMT

So far, behind...

What would I do without ...? I use ... in practically everything i write. it works well for me, so i reckon i shouldn't complain, huh? So what's going on? Not much more than nothing, and that's no...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 18:58:00 GMT

Dream so big, but live so small...

had a dream last night. can't remember the details. never really can. but there was someone writing messages on the bed, telling me every one of my secrets that I used to have but that i'd forgotte...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 08:11:00 GMT

Miranda Revisited

Hey now!Just a little FYI. I posted a re-recorded version of Miranda today. It's a little different from the one I used to have on the page. This has the same lyrics, but the music is a bit differe...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:41:00 GMT

Long awaited, just updated...

Been workin on new stuff lately, and also been working on reworking some of my material for the Hamilton Two project. Posted a brand new song "Gilded Cage" today, and also a new version of "Don't Loo...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:49:00 GMT

I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line...

Why is it that so many people take such joy in inflicting misery upon others?Why is it that so many people endure such misery tirelessly with a minimum of complaint or resistance?Why is it that I keep...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:13:00 GMT

The Hamilton Two

Well, if ya missed it, YOU MISSED IT!Eva and I made our premier performance as "The Hamilton Two" tonight on the touchtheskyrecordings.com webcast, and it was a great night!Awesome performances by our...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:37:00 GMT

Nekkid

Nekkid: (noun) the state of being undressed and "up to something". Related to "naked", which describes the state of being undressed.Nekkid (unless I change my mind yet again) is the name of the next ...
Posted by on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:20:00 GMT

Check out this video: Bound To Make It Home

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Posted by on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:52:00 GMT

Touch The Sky

Wow now brown cow!If ya missed it last Friday night, ya really missed it, but it ain't yer last chance... Eva and I did a set at Touch The Sky Recording Studios that was webcast live from their site....
Posted by on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:50:00 GMT