Twilight Amber Ego (New tracks!)

About Me

Free hi-fi streaming and downloadable mp3s of the entire album!
All recording and production and post-production done by myself. I am currently looking for any work in the music industry (I have experience in studio and live sound, including concert and theatre productions), so if you like my production and think I could be put to good use, please send me a message!
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A few notes on philosophy:
"Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it. Creativity is impossible without a rich public domain. Nothing today, likely nothing since we tamed fire, is genuinely new: Culture, like science and technology, grows by accretion, each new creator building on the works of those who came before. Overprotection stifles the very creative forces it's supposed to nurture."
- Alex Kozinksi,
Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeal Judge
"Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself."
- Oscar Wilde
"The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous will never make you famous. Any fame is a by-product of making something that means something. You don't go to a restaurant and order a meal because you want to have a shit."
- Banksy
"We are really tired of those labels and questions. Concept album? How can any huge project that takes up most of your life for a year not have a concept? Prog? How can any innovative, forward-thinking art or music not be progressive? It reminds me of when I first heard the term "Emo", which was the most ridiculous label ever. How can anything you put your heart and soul into not be emotional?"
- Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself." - Abraham Maslow
"When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college - that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, "You mean they forget?""
- Howard Ikemoto
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." - Albert Einstein
"To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams."
- Giorgio de Chirico
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My Interests

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Member Since: 23/03/2006
Band Website: http://www.soundclick.com/twilightamberego
Band Members: All words and music by James Cook
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

A Thought for Piracy pt. 2

Music, despite what anyone likes to say, is as free to make as it has ever been. Just because you have the ability to string a few chords together, does not give you the right to demand a living fro...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:34:00 GMT

A Thought for Piracy pt. 1

I'm going to put my toughts out there regarding music piracy, since Lily Allen started a bit of a crusade recently on her now-offline blog http://idontwanttochangeth..eworld.blogspot.com Firstly, ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:32:00 GMT

Decktionary A

As you may have read on my bio, I have created a 35 minute DJ mix in mp3 format for your listening pleasure. It's my first mix and I really wanted to see if I could beat match and pick tracks th...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:05:00 GMT

Art

Art is defined as craftsmanship, spontaneous, honest, original.Is art a study of creative skill, a process of using creative skill, a product of creative skill, or the audiences experiencing of creati...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:56:00 GMT

Fashion

FashionThe music industry has allowed music to be dictated by fashion, and the majority of people have allowed this to happen. People gain a sense of identity by aligning themselves with a form ...
Posted by on Fri, 12 May 2006 07:47:00 GMT

Philosophy

Philosophy I think musicians have a habit of claiming they are open-minded because they like a few bands. But open mindedness does not come from liking a couple of pop bands and a couple of roc...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:47:00 GMT