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JAH Sunny (SOLOMON TREE DUB)

About Me

Music is a weapon and the powers that be have turned the music industry into a battlefield. Although pop culture in a lot of ways has tried to say sex, bling and arrogance are what makes an artist i believe it our duty as musicians and artists to counter act this mentality. Lets change the world through setting an example of positive ethics. Clean hands and a pure heart. Kindness, forgiveness, modesty and a constant meditation on the Creator. ------------------------------- NO GOVERNMENT CAN OFFER YOU FREEDOM. LET GO OF YOUR FAITH IN THE MODERN SYSTEM. MONEY IS A SHADOW OF PHANTOM GOLD... JAH IS THE CONTROLLA AND IS AS TANGIBLE AS REALITY.. WHOM DO YOU SERVE? THE AFTERLIFE IS THE REAL RETIREMENT PLAN AND CAPATILISM IS A POSTCARD FROM HELL...!

---------------------------------------- CHECK OUT MY ART AT www.solomontree.com----------Pick up the ANN ARBOR DUB PROJECT CD "PEACE LOVE EARTH MAN AND GOD" by just asking!!!--------------------------------------------FOR THOUGH WE LIVE IN THE WORLD WE ARE NOT CARRYING ON A WORLDLY WAR, FOR THE WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE ARE NOT WORLDLY BUT HAVE DIVINE POWER TO DESTROY STRONGHOLDS. 2 CORINTHIANS 10:3-4------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------LI TTLE CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE IN WORD AND SPEECH BUT IN DEED AND IN TRUTH. 1 JOHN 3:18-------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ --------Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is love. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 1 John 4:7,11 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------Africa is the heart of mother earth and the dawn of creation. The promised land is a state of mind and His Majesty came to liberate the minds of all men. He modeled his modernazation of Ethiopia on Europe and the US. Until the color of a mans skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes... Yes I. Mama Africa is the heart and the more she is hurt the more we hurt our own heart...---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:24-34 ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL SAYS, 'THE WAY OF JAH IS NOT JUST.' O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, ARE MY WAYS NOT JUST? IS IT NOT YOUR WAYS THAT ARE NOT JUST?
"THEREFORE I WILL JUDGE YOU, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL, EVERY ONE ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS, SAYS THE LORD JAH, REPENT AND TURN FROM ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS, LEST INIQUITY BE YOUR RUIN. CAST AWAY FROM YOU ALL YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS WHICH YOU HAVE COMMITTED AGAINST ME, AND GET YOURSELVES A NEW HEART AND A NEW SPIRIT! WHY DO YOU DIE O HOUSE OF ISRAEL? FOR I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF ANY ONE, SAYS THE LORD JAH; SO TURN, AND LIVE." Ezekial 18:30-32 ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- "Your neighbor is your other self dwelling behind a wall. In understanding, all walls shall fall down. Who knows but that your neighbor is your better self wearing another body? See that you love him as you would love yourself. He too is a manifestation of the Most High." -----------Kahlil Gibran ------------------------------------------------------------ --- EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I VISITED ANN ARBOR IN MAY OF 1954. CHECK http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/34905.htm HIS MAJESTY WANTED TO VISIT ANN ARBOR BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR EDUCATION. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- LAW OF LIFE By word and deed, we have sought to inspire Our beloved people to retain the past- to cleave to it's faith, to preserve it's tradition, to cherish it's self respect; and to acclaim the present to recognise it's challenges, to work diligently, to attain higher levels of achievement. We believe that the past must be the foundation for the future, and the achievements which we have just recounted must open new avenues for further progress. This is the law of life, for nations and individuals the law of lasting happiness and welfare. As leader of Our beloved people it is a law which we gladly accept for ourself. A nation without laws is a nation without discipline. Such a nation is not worthy of that name. EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE I ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- MAY THE SPIRIT OF JAH FILL YOU WITH LOVE! ONE WORLD IS ENOUGH FOR ALL OF US! FEAR NO EVIL FEAR NO FLESH! Started in winter of 2004, when i felt moved to bring reggae/ras musicians together and start recording here in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I made about 6 dub tracks a four years ago and it evolved into a band the "Ann Arbor Dub Project". We opened for Matisyahu as well as The Easy Star "Dub Side of the Moon" at the Blind Pig in 2005 and play there often. I've started working again on just recording and what you can get here is just a taste so far. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- THIS MUSIC IS HAILE INSPIRED BY THE MOST HIGH JAH RASTAFARI!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- ETHIOPIAN TIMKET 2004 LOS ANGELES --------------------------------------------------------- ETHIOPIAN TIMKET 2004 LOS ANGELES ------------------------------------------------------- ETHIOPIAN TIMKET 2004 LOS ANGELES -------------------------------------------------------In native stories, there is a tale of the Eagle's rebirth. The Eagle can live to 70 or 80 years old. But half way through its life, it has a crisis. It's beak and talons have grown too long to allow it to hunt or to eat. It's wing feathers have grown to heavy to fly. The eagle has a choice to either be reborn or to die. If it chooses to be reborn, the Eagle takes its last flight to the mountains and finds a cave. While hiding from the world in the cave, the Eagle sands down its beak on a rock. It pulls out its talons and heavy over-grown feathers. It is a very painful process. Months later, the Eagle's beak has healed, the talons have grown back, and new flight feathers have re-grown. The Eagle has now been re-born and entered a new life. ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- ITS TIME TO BE REBORN LIKE THE PHOENIX YO!!! ------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- JAH PONCHO AND SELECTA ORNATE. JULIE ANN HARRISONS WAKE AT MY GATES 2006 ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY JAH SUNNY ----------------------------------------------------- ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY JAH SUNNY ----------------------------------------------------------- ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY JAH SUNNY ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ WEST VIRGINIA ----------------------------------------------- LAKE SUPERIOR --------------------------------------------------- MEDICINE CROW ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY ------------------------------------------------- ANN ARBOR SKATE PARK ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY -------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- EDUCATE ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION BY I ------------------------------------------- ST GEORGE ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY ------------------------------------------- ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY -------------------------------------------- ILLUSTRATION BY I JAH SUNNY ----------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- EDUCATE -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- *English - I love you* *Arabic- Bahibak* *Hebrew-Ani Hoev Otcha* *amharic - ewodihalew (to a man), ewodishalew (to a woman), ewodwotalew (with respect to an elderly), ewodachuwalew (to many)* *Zulu - Ngiyakuthanda* *Sotho - ke aho ratha* *Somali - Waan ku jacaalahay* *Polish - Ja Kocham Ciebie* *Russian - Liubliu tebea* *French - Je T'aime* *Hindu - Main tumse pyaar karhti hoon* *Czech - Miluji Te* *Slovakian - Lu'Bim Ta* *Bulgarian-OBICHAM TE* *Italian - Ti Amo* *Ukrainian - Ya Tebe Kahayu* *German - Ich Liebe Dich* *Chinese - Wo Ai Ni* *Greek - S'agapo* *Hawaian - Aloha Wau Ia Oi* *Lithuianian - Tav Myliu* *Korean - Sa Rang Hae Yo* *Japanese - Ai Shi Te Ru* *Romanian - Te Ubesec* *Turkish - Seni Seviyorum* *Bosnian - Volim Te* *Albanian - Te Dua* *Filipino - Mahal Kita* *Spanish - Te Amo* *Swahili - Nakupenda* *Bengali - Ami tomake bhalo bhashi ------------------------------------ I created my layout at KillerKiwi.net

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/3/2006
Band Website: www.solomontree.com
Band Members: I HAVE CD's OF MY MUSIC AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST... 10 SONGS FOR 5 BUCKS PLUS SHIPPING... LOOKING FOR VOCALISTS TO CHANT OVER MY DUB RIDDIMS... YOU NEED NOT BE A REGGAE SINGER BUT ITS A PLUS...!!! PLEASE CONTACT ME IF INTERESTED ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- I AM JUST COMING BACK INSIDE AFTER 19 MONTHS OFF THE GRID AT THE BOTSFORD NATURE PRESERVE IN ANN ARBOR. I SPENT 7 OF THE MONTHS IN A WOOD STOVE HEATED TREE HOUSE THAT WAS SURROUNDED BY A MOTE, SO YOU GOT TO USE THE BRIDGE. WINTER '07/'08, BEST WINTER EVER, EXCEPT WHEN THE WIND BLOWS HARD. SIMPLIFY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY MY AMERICAN PEOPLE, SIMPLIFY! THE MORE CURRENT MUSIC I HAVE HERE, I RECORDED IN DETROIT MICHIGAN SINCE OCTOBER '08 WHEN I HAVE RETURNED INDOORS TO RECORD OVER THIS WINTER. YOU CAN FIND ME ON WAYNE STATE CAMPUS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS... RESPECT!!! 1-4-09 -------------------- This is my solo project, different from the band i'm in The Ann Arbor Dub Project. Check out my link to the band site. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------- The Ann Arbor Dub Project has played with or opened for: ISRAEL VIBRATION, THE ROOTS RADICS, THE MEDITATIONS, EASY ALL STARS, MATISYAHU, JAH ROOTS... ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- Some Talents I have worked with in South East Michigan: ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Chip Lind, Temesgen Hussein of Ethiopia, Ras Kente, Jah Poncho!, Jared, Tony, King Jazzy, New Leaf, Sista Otis, Queen Ann C, River Nile, Nate Frick, Josh, King Jazzy B, Jah Womb of CA, The Macpodz, Brant, Matt, Doug and the whole Rootstand crew, Aleph 1, Hullaballoo, Super Dot, Night Cap, Hutchy, Ras Steven, Ras Nick, Mark & Dee Dee, Messenger, Fundubmentals, Like Water Drumming, Sandra Dan Tafari, Ras Core, Ras Terry, Jess Wilyard, Kevin on Trumpet, Joosh, Joe. ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------Zuzu!--------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------ Recording Music ---------------------------------Sunny in Tree House------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- -------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ - BRUCE LEE PLAYIN PING PONG WITH NUN CHUCKS ------------------------------------- LAKE MICHIGAN UPPER PENINSULA ---------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- NORDHOUSE DUNES LAKE MICHIGAN ---------------------------------------------- LUCIANO AND DEAN FRAZIER AT BLIND PIG ANN ARBOR ---------------------------------- ISRAEL VIBRATION AT BLIND PIG IN ANN ARBOR ----------------------------------- GREGORY ISAACS AND ROOTS UNDERGROUND AT BLIND PIG IN ANN ARBOR ---------------------------------- BURNING SPEAR AT HART PLAZA IN DETROIT ----------------------------- WARRIOR KING AT BLIND PIG IN ANN ARBOR --------------------------------------------- YAMI BOLO AT BLIND PIG IN ANN ARBOR ------------------------------------------- GRAND TETONS ---------------------------------- JAH SUNNY AND JUNIOR REID IN MISSOULA MONTANA---------------------------------------- LAKE MCDONALD MONTANA ----------------------------------- GLACIER PARK MONTANA ------------------------------------ GLACIER PARK MONTANA -------------------------------------- GLACIER PARK MONTANA---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- --------------------------------------- SADONA ARIZONA ---------------------------------------- WHITE SANDS NEW MEXICO ----------------------------- WHITE SANDS NATIONAL MONUMENT ---------------------------------- BOURBON ST NEW ORLEANS --------------------------------- ARIZONA ------------------------------- DEATH VALLEY ------------------------ VERA BLANKA COSTA RICA ------------------------- PUERTO VIEJO COSTA RICA --------------------------------- PUERTO VIEJO COSTA RICA ------------------------------ --------------------------------- ---------------------------------- SUNDURA AND ABOUNA MINA AT ST MARKS COPTIC ORTHODOX MICHIGAN --------------------------------- RAS TERRY AND HIS FATHER ------------------------------ HOME FOR 19 MONTHS ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN ------------------------------- THIS IS THE OTHER TREE HOUSE ------------------------------- -------------------------------- I HAND PAINTED THIS 86 BMW SUMMER '08 ----------------------------------------- MICHIGAN TRILLIUM ----------------------------------------- THIS IS WHERE I LIVEd 10-2007 till 4-2008 --------------------------------------- ZUZU AND I KAYAKING ON LAKE MICHIGAN ----------------------------------- ORIGINAL ANN ARBOR DUB PROJECT AT WCBN IN ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN ----------------------------------- BIG BEAR CALIFORNIA ----------------------------- LAKE MICHIGAN ----------------------------- ------------------------------ JEFFREY MKWANIZA AND KAYA ----------------------------- ---------------------------- I HAND PAINTED THIS 89 F 250 SUMMER 04 ------------------------------ YOUTH AND I VENICE BEACH CALIFORNIA 05 ------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- MY FATHER, I AND RAS CORE IN ANN ARBOR -------------------------------- MR ROSS OF THE 8 MILE PRIVATE CLUB AND I ---------------------------- JAH PONCHO AND I -------------------------------- ------------------------------
Influences: Abyssinians, Adan Chalino Sanchez, Adonai & I, Alpha Blondie, Anthony B, Alton Ellis, Asian Dub, Aswad, Bad Brains Reggae, Barrington Levy, Barry Biggs, Bascom X, Bhangra mix, Bhajans, Billie Holiday, Black Sheep, Black Uhuru, Bluegrass Gospel, Burning Spear, Cambodian Music, Capelton, Carter Family, Chinese music, Classical Baroque Music, Clutch, Cocoa T, Comedy Mix, Congos, Cornell Campbell, Count Ossie, Country mix, DEZERIE, Crass, Culture mix, Dancehall mix (3 days long), Dennis Brown, Derrick Irie, DJ Shadow, DRY & HEAVY, Dub mix, Dub Train to Funk City, Dub Trio, Ethiopians, Fanton Mojah, Fugees, Freddie Mcgregor, Garnett Silk, Gladiators, Speeches by Haile Selassie I, Hugh Mundell, I Jahman Levi, I Wayne, Israel Vibration, Islamic Mix, Jackie Mitoo, Jacob Miller, Jah Cure, Japanese Reggae (including Ryo the Skywalker and Mighty Crown), John Holt, Johnny Cash, Junior Kelly, Ken Booth, King Jammy, King Tubby, LAK THOONG, Latin Mix, Leroy Smart, LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, Linvall Thompson, Luciano, Speeches by Marcus Garvey, Matisyahu, Max Romeo, MIDNITE, Monster Magnet, Morgan Heritage, Nature sounds, Old School Funk mix, PETER BROGGS, Police, Price Allah, Prince Buster, Punjabi Mix, Randy's 1970-75, Ramones, Ras Michael, Rastafarians, Rasta Resiste, Ray Charles, Reggae for Kids, Reggae Love Songs, Richie Spice, Rockers Era Mix, Roots & Culture, Roots Mix (7 days long), Roots Radics, Sanchez, Selector Singh, Shim Shai, Sinead O'Connor, Sista Reggae Mix, Sizzla, Sonic Youth, Steel Pulse, Studio One, Tribe Called Quest, Turbulence, Tuva, Wailing Souls, Vietnamese Folk Music, Warrior King, Willie Nelson's reggae album Country man, Xray Dub
Sounds Like: Irie people in a state of Haile Selassified Bliss
Record Label: Solomon Tree Dub Studios Ann Arbor Michigan

My Blog

The Conspiracy against Ganja...

THE REAL REASON CANNABIS HAS BEEN OUTLAWED HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ITS EFFECTS ON THE MIND AND BODY. Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:31:00 GMT

A Brief History of Dub Music

The word 'dub' today is used to describe a genre of music that consists predominantly of instrumental re-mixes of existing recordings. These re-mixes radically manipulated and reshape the recording(th...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:08:00 GMT

How I was buried alive by a Peruvian Shaman in 2001

I have a true story that takes place during my appreticeship with the Peruvian shaman Don Oscar Miro-Quesada back in 01'.His particular type of shamanism comes from a tradition linked to the ancient I...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:54:00 GMT

Best 4 books on His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I

These are the best books I've read on the 226th decendant of King David, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia who reigned from 11-2-1930 to 1974. 1.  Ethiopia and my Progress by Emperor Haile Sel...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:12:00 GMT

How public education cripples our kids and why...

How public education cripples our kids, and why By John Taylor Gatto   John Taylor Gatto is a former New York State and New York City Teacher of the Year and the author, most recently, of T...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 15:28:00 GMT

How I came to live in a TREE HOUSE

In the beginning of 2007 i was living in a drafty 1870's farm house with a recording studio, jam space and many bed rooms. I had been there for three years and it was taking its toll on me. It was a...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:47:00 GMT

The Mission

The mission is to raise socio-political and spiritual awareness through thought provoking, body moving music and graphic art.  The music includes messages of peace, love, community...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:16:00 GMT

JAH is LOVE 1 JOHN 4:7-12

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of JAH, and he who loves is born of JAH and knows JAH. He who does not love does not know JAH; FOR JAH IS LOVE. In this the love of JAH was made manifest ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:49:00 GMT

Good Article on Ethiopia Travel

Ethiopia Opens Its Doors, SlowlyBy JOSHUA HAMMERPublished: September 17, 2006INSIDE the rock-hewn Medhane Alem Church, in the remote mountain town of Lalibela, the late afternoon Mass was drawing to a...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 17:59:00 GMT

The Legacy of Joseph Hill

The Reggae world has lost yet another icon. Joseph Hill lead singer of the remarkable world renowned Reggae group "Culture" has died. He was 57. He died on Saturday August 19, from a sudden illness, w...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:42:00 GMT