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Opus Lilly

"that's feedback for days kid"

About Me

music. lots of music. years and years playing, writing, theories, experiments, equations. waking up in the middle of the night to draw the diagrams of how to make theories work. there have been so many. so many challenges i have created for myself. sometimes the results were less than, or rather not what i was looking for. but they were always a step closer, and opened up new possibilities. everything in the creation of music is like building planets in empty space. infinite space. when you are driven by the music alone, the journey will never end. music for music. raw discovery. reckless creation. the further you go, the more you will never be the same. the world you live in changes. the less you have to talk to people about. "dude, i was working with my reverb delay pedal today. i also set up my revers delay with it, but it's all about where you put it in the signal chain....". "so, did you catch american idol last night?" " no. i was getting my reverb to freak out with my micro synth." you see. the more i went into my mind and feelings, the more i realized that none of my friends did. the more i listened to what i was feeling and opened up those channels, the more pieces of who i was were lost. all of a sudden i had a solar system in my room. worlds created from silent infinity made tangible by way of music. four tracks, pens, journals, bass, guitar, drum machines. tools. how could i sit at bars with my friends and have anything to say anymore. these worlds were being created back at my pad. each one is a different style of music. different melodic structures, approaches, tones, harmonies. lots. then you start combining the worlds. it's crazy. i have done so much just to do it. i have boxes of hundreds of four track tapes. countless journals, sketch books, loose paper, filled with theories, equations, rhythm patterns, scales from chords created. so much more. i have to do it. i am still doing it, and i will never stop. i will never be the same, and i dont want to. the deeper i go, the more i feel connected with the universe. it's hard to explain.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/26/2006
Band Members: gianni(opus lilly)garofalo. the sonic corruptor. battle bass. lazy orchid. the voice in the pillow. space recon bravo six. little big kiss. lotus extreme. hobart. m.c. hummus. pappa cap. die spider. and all the other ones inside me created along this journey in music. and all the ones yet to come. also the twelve notes, ten fingers, spirits, the crowd, six or four strings, volume, humor, and a skateboard. i'm also starting the bass patrol. its a crew in l.a. hitting up clubs and, read the blog
Influences: moxy. the big bang. people that do it. hendrix. the fact that right inside the silence all this music is waiting for people to bring it out their way. the way they hear it. thats what i love about certain musicians, artists in general. blank pages is like the silence. blank pages blank tape. what do you see. what do you hear. i get influenced alot to tell you the truth. five or six times a day sometimes. sometimes more, some less. some influences will last a life time. some are over when the lights come on. my friends influence me. my family influences me.as far as people, like i said, hendrix,mark gonzales,tiger woods, jimmy reed, plexi,charlie christian, leo fender, kieth richards, my bloody valentine, nomads(nmdz), the tird birds, janes addiction, void( from shephards bush), sebadoh, motorhead, sam snead, gravity(the gravitational influence of the earth), radiohead, the space program, bob marley, the rolling stones, pink floyd(interstellar overdrive/ live at pompeii only), the yardbirds( stroll on, among others), tape, led zeppelin, al caffaro, christian hosoi, mobb deep, wu tang clan, krs-one, boogie down productions,big daddy kane, 3rd bass, potholes in my lawn, biz markie, public enemy
Sounds Like: fun. it sounds like fun to me. constantly pushing yourself. everytime i strap my bass or guitar on, i don't know about anything else. i just get lost playing my ass off. i was just playing my guitar for the last hours. you can tell by how often i change anything on my page. i check and send messages from time to time. it's the lowest common denominator of social interaction, and everyone loves it. sounds like someone needs to get out more. yeah, i go skate everyday. usually before i get into playing. get some exercise, get some sun, good times. just remember to enjoy the journey. since we all took our first steps as infants, we have been the sum of our choices. and that's all we will ever be. the choices we made with the time that we have. the journey. choice is truth and lies. right and wrong. yin and yang. how we see things, and how we affect other people by what we say and do. the most dangerous people on the planet are the ones who choose not to think. or have chosen not to think for so long, that they're done. you can tell these people a mile away. their lack of awareness gives them up. to be unaware of your physical self, and the space around you, makes you a danger to anyone you are with, or around. absent mindedness. the words say it all. you can also spot those people by the things they say. how are the things we say designed to make other people feel. everything has a design. the architecture of what we do and say at inception. sounds like it's time to go play more guitar. cheers.
Record Label: not yet
Type of Label: None

My Blog

music for music

who gives a shite? nobody. we live and we love. we make music and that lasts, the moments come and go, but the music stays. fuckin a. i love it and even when i die the music will be here. killing it. ...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:29:00 PST

two new songs

i put two new songs up on my page. sorry i left those old ones up for so long. i go through phases where i am into messing with my page, and then i am over it. can't spend all my time on the computer....
Posted by Opus Lilly on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:15:00 PST

upland pipeline

i know it's been a while, but things have been great. i have been spending time with my son, teaching him and his friends about the solar system and shit. i swear, if barney the dumbshit dinosaur taug...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 02:40:00 PST

she wants revenge@the greek theatre

it was beautiful. from the first hits of the kick and snare till the house lights, man it was the real shit baby. this is a real band, no doubt about that. the interplay between justin and adam, t-fro...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:16:00 PST

recent events and music

it's been a while. many stories, so much, so fast, so long. first of all i dont know how many, if not all, of you know that i did the universal halloween horror noghts commercials as the director. it ...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 02:15:00 PST

a song about my friend joe hill's daughter

this is a song about a four year old girl. her perspective, and her unpolluted imagination. it changed the way that i will forever view and think about the world, and life, till the end. within a minu...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:05:00 PST

bomb the bass part two

well here we are. basically the sum of all our choices that we have made this far. since the first steps we took as a baby till the one that put you where you are right now. we started walkin and that...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 11:10:00 PST

bomb the bass

i just wanted to post up for a minute, and tell you about the new bomb the bass record. my good friend tim simenon had heard the tracks that ernie and i did together in may, and asked us if we wanted ...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:56:00 PST

more meow meow and a shocking self revelation!

the blog i left about meow meow is way too short and sums it up, but i want to tell you everything. i love kirk,norm and friedman so much. just had to get that out of the way. i ran up on stage and hu...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:20:00 PST

meow meow

the other night i went to go see my friend kirk hellie play with his band meow meow. it was so awesome. i love that dude and the band rips.i would have poosted this yesterday, but i was way too hung ...
Posted by Opus Lilly on Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:35:00 PST