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John Baker

I want to go down in celluloid history

About Me


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/14/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/giovannicares
Band Members:On "The Saga of Destitute Heirs"- Co-written by Ryan Keith. Guitar work and mandolin also written by Ryan Keith./////// "Perestroika"-Guitar work by Ryan Keith. Flute by Leslie Kubica. Violin by Jessie Lucia. Cello by Liz Glushko. Organ and Female vocals by Heidi Harris. Audio Production by Heidi Harris/////// "Marcus"-Violin by Jeffrey Young. Guitar by Jeffrey Gasbarro. female vocal and audio production by Heidi Haris./////"What’s won is won"-Guitar work by Paul Sternberg//////"Crest me a Wave"-guitar by Jeffrey Gasbarro
Influences: The trim of a wave and all that lies between the sea and shore.
Sounds Like: A sea shanty ripping through the stage of a late night opera rehearsal.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

FALL 2008 UPDATE-NEW SONGS AND MUSIC VIDEO!

Hey,   Things have been very slow around these parts.  I wanted to update the site and let people know that some exciting things are in the works.  Over the next few months I will roll ...
Posted by John Baker on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:45:00 PST

NOTES ON COMPOSITION AND PHILIP GLASS-SATYAGRAHA

I recently saw the Philip Glass opera 'Satyagraha'. The second in Glass' trilogy about men who changed the world, Satyagraha's sub-text is politics. The opera is semi-narrative in form and deals with ...
Posted by John Baker on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:17:00 PST

LYRICS TO OCEANIAURA

OceaniauraBy John BakerRed clay was cracking at the seamsA change of time was bending at its knee.A jade of night moved deftly byAnd cratered wholes appeared throughout the skyAnd rendered useless wer...
Posted by John Baker on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:34:00 PST

LYRICS TO "THE CARTOGRAPHER".

The Cartographer:Words by John BakerMusic by John Baker, Ryan Keith, Heidi Harris and Jessie Lucia.Ink stains the cartographer who falls dead upon his maps of gold.And he bleeds on all the oceans wide...
Posted by John Baker on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:14:00 PST

LYRICS TO PERESTROIKA

perestroika by john baker Though I sailed the Grecian Isles, I traversed many cities, mountainsides and through the reeds for miles And no I never came to love, I took solace in the seamless sky tha...
Posted by John Baker on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:58:00 PST