soulwire

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Interpolations
"One of the more rewarding aspects of reviewing music is finding that jewel in the rough, an album from an independent and relatively unknown artist which displays an uncommon artistry or vision. Rewriting Destiny by Soulwire (Ken Hill) is one such CD. "
-New Age Reporter
Soulwire is an acoustic/electronic fusion of atmospheric, cinematic, and downtempo electronic grooves from Bellevue, NE. The concept of Soulwire is to artistically interpret the life we live into shades of melancholic and introspective tones. It is a visualistic soundscape that reflects on the tapestry that we have woven from our deepest experiences.
Musical Accomplishments
Hall of Fame - Gods of Music
Song of the Month - Gods of Music
"Dream Empire" - top 3% ranked songs c0nsensus.com
"Dream Empire" - ranked 8 for Electronic, Garageband.com
"Interpolations" - ranked 3 for Electronic, June 2007 - Ourstage.com
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One of the greatest parts about creating art is knowing when someone else has related to it. These are comments/messages that I've received over the last couple of years. I will never know the full impact of what I do, but when people share with me pieces of it, I find it incredibly humbling.
Updated 7-10-2008 WOW WOW WOW....I love your music...and the idea that you have behind it. I love what you said your music is meaning with "artistically interpret the life we live" I have been looking for music like this for awhile so thanks for requesting :D...Do you happen to have a cd out to buy? =)
Ok, thats cool. Just keep up the good work, I wanna see your name involved in something big someday. I've read a little about what drives you from your sites and I'll be damned if you don't achieve that. It's some powerful stuff.
I love all types of music, but I love good music to unwind to. I'm a massage therapist and your type of music is exactly what I look for to play for my clients. Good luck with your new inspiration.
There is also a power in it that reaches the soul that makes one feel understood and connected. I am so so thankful to know you and your music. It is hard to find the correct "big" word to describe it, but really to me you are right up there with Dead Can Dance... What I'm trying to say is that I find much comfort in your music and am ever greatful for your beautiful soul and what you share with the world. You deserve every good thing that comes your way and I hope life blesses you with love unending in all aspects.
Thank YOU for this gift my Friend... we are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unveil and that's exactly what you allow to happen...
Your music I want cranked in my car when I go for a drive. X, Synergy of One, and my fave, dReAm EmPiRe, I can't get enough of that song. I love your work
Digging the music and the vibe, Ken. Continue to musically paint your life as the masterpiece it is ~
Hey Ken. I just wanted to check in with the MASTER of Music. I am eagerly anticipating another cd!
Wow. I was just going through the player after a hard day at work, and I now feel completely relaxed and soothed. Antiquity is definetely my favorite of all the songs on the player, but they all are wonderfully blended and ethereal!
What a wonderful piece! It's so "real." That's the best way I can describe it... REAL. It's without all the bells and whistles of technology. It shows you as a true musician. It proves that you are able to take a single instrument and create something straight from you. Great job, my friend! Great job!
I don't know man, I'm still kickin, but every time I turn around, there's something kickin' me down. I'm not sure how to act, but I wanna kick back. but I feel better when I listen to your melodies, I think better too, lol.
I replied back to your comment man, and once again thank you for reading them. I'm off to purchase both your albums on CD now. As your music is just kick arse.
I just went on a rant for 10 minutes to my girlfriend about how Soulwire is the best music I've EVER found online, and that isn't an exaggeration...Please, I beg you, don't stop making music. Even if I'm the only one to listen to it, trust me, the amount of joy and entertainment I alone receive from your work would make it worth it.
Hey Ken! Sorry I haven't been in touch with you in long time! Don't worry, it doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed your music.I listen to the music from a man with such talent it is beyond words and comprehension. Your music is spiritual beyond faith. It soothes the soul and frees the mind.
...then I heard your music, woah it blew me away, it was the kind of sounds that made me envision a heaven of sorts, its really relaxing.
Okay, Ken. You know that interpolations is absolutely my favorite song that you've done, don't you? (I think I told you once upon a time). You managed to chill my spine again. This version has more to it... LOVE IT!!!!!
Now the music. In a word: Itsthemostamazingrelaxingandunbelievablyinspiringmusicihavee verheard
dude dream empire and weave the soul some of the best stuff ive heard from this genre of music THE BEST ur great man hi hopes for ya in the future!
Really dig the music. A smooth, dark atmosphere - soothing - particularly Struggle From Within and A Radiant Nothing. Very nice.
Still listening, just as much as ever. I left "RWD" in my boyfriend's car, and somebody broke in and stole all his CDs while he was in class. It was a very sad day for me, because your music means so much to me. Thank you for all that you do, even when you're not aware of it all.
When the last leaf falls......is one of the most beautiful and most inspirational pieces you have done yet. As an artist, photographer and pianist myself, your work speaks volumes to me. Beautiful...just beautiful.
Just a quick note that I added "Lonesome Snowflake" to my profile....your music is breathtaking, Soul....you really add new meaning to the name you have... Keep giving us a higher vision, through your music! You're awesome...
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.
I've come to appreciate your music more, now that I've listened to other artists who do the "ambient" thing; some of it's just rubbish, really--you get no particular feeling from it at all, it's just like those white noise machines they sell the imaginatively-challenged. Your pieces are more complex and yet more subtly layered and deftly hued...not easy to do, I shouldn't think. Anyway, I just wanted you to know that I think you're a composer at heart, a natural teller of life stories through the touch of sound.
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!
A Radiant Nothing

It's been nearly one and a half years since the release of "Rewriting Destiny". The next chapter opens..."A Radiant Nothing" takes the downtempo, chilled out grooves of "Rewriting Destiny", and spins off it with greater cinematics, added atmospherics and a wider melodic scope. "A Radiant Nothing" brings forth a freshly innovative, artistic depth to Electronic/New Age music.
The album carries an emotionally driven storyline. If you absorb and immerse yourself into the story and music as you would when watching a movie, you will get an entirely new type of experience. There are hidden meanings and symbols to discover... behind the descriptions and music compositions. This is much more than just a set of songs. It is a deep reflection on life, loss, and the strength of the human spirit -- told in a tale of loss and hope.
"I see the intricate fabric of my soul, woven thread by thread with my most cherished memories, my identity, my life. For one moment, I am whole. Then I see her. She is drifting away from me again. I desperately reach out, as if I can stop the weight of her passing from pulling the entire tapestry apart..."
Rewriting Destiny
Rewriting Destiny is a musical journal, written from experiences, symbolisms and concepts, reflected in different perspectives. Half of the album is entwined with energizing, pulsing rhythms and dreamy synths for the mind and body. The other half is interlaced with a cinematic, tranquil, and mournful reflections of our past for the mind and soul.
The first question you might ask is...what happened to your 16,000 friends? I took a momentary 2-month break from Myspace. I always had my www.soulwire.com website available, and knew that my fans know where to find me :). I needed to step away from Myspace to get some things figured out on my own, but I am back for good. Great to see you all again. Be sure to send a friend invite if you haven't already. Don't worry, I was never disappearing. Soulwire will always be around as long as I am. :)
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 can't stop spinning nunchaku anymore. :) That's my other addiction, it seems. I just recently won first place in the 2008 Advanced Freestyle Nunchaku competition from freestyleforum.net. Nice!
Freestyle Nunchaku Demo
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 (I am 30 now) 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. :)
Anyways... 30 years..hard to summarize my life in 30 years. I've lived in Omaha, NE nearly my entire life... Sometimes I get funny messages about that, heh heh. But yeah, we do have power here, and there are less cows than you think. heh heh. If you have any questions, ask. Take care!
Eyes wearily hardened,
all the times I've begun,
to be blinded,
to be fooled,
to touch the sun.
I know something real,
something I cannot find,
like the image burned in my mind,
that I've chased countless times.
But nothing aligned,
to this perfection defined,
not even the one,
who made this design.
And I found...
clearly traced in the vibrant colors,
of the stormiest of days,
in the depths of a shadow,
sheltered from the sun's gaze.
where honesty and truth,
torn open with pain.
pretenses of light,
melt in the rain.
Where pain and pleasure,
moved exactly the same,
no will to fight,
no power to strain,
something was lost,
but something was gained.
No light could replace,
this empty space,
that radiated on it's own,
when nothing remained.
-A Radiant Nothing
It's about finding inner strength and character when we are stripped away from a past that had once defined us.