2-24-09 This is for breakin' my brother's heart.
2-15-09 KMK's Guide To The Multiple Uses Of Harp
10-19-10
Whoaaa there! All right, the site's undergone many changes. There's a lot I want to talk about, and the humor (if there was much in the first place) probably won't be too abundant in this blog entry. Sorry in advance! Let me also preface this by saying that I'm going to try and be as open as possible in this particular entry, and I hope everything comes across the way I'd like it to.
First, I want to once again give a heartfelt thank you to all the support I've been given over the years. It's a gift to me, and it's definitely not something I take lightly.
The people who constantly take time out of their day to listen to my music, the people who sent messages saying they were moved to tears, the people who donated their hard earned money, the people who check up on me constantly despite my absence, the people who remain close to me, and especially my family who gives me boundless motivation. I carry you all with me, and it's important to me that you feel like your support was justified. I don't want to let any of you down, and I'll try my absolute best not to. I thank you all so much, truly.
The period after completing an album is definitely a time of reflection, and when I hear those 40 minutes I can't help but recall the thousands of hours of training, work, preparation, memories, experiences, and people encased in the songs. I think it's easy to look at someone or something and see only surface details, but underneath is a wealth of history, connection, and emotion. I've enjoyed this realization very much, and I think there's something enriching about remembering how deep and complex the human lives around you can be. We are all a summation of all our experiences, the people we've known, and the decisions we've made. I'm not trying to preach anything in particular, I just thought I'd share some of these musings with you.
As you might have noticed, my music is now being sold. Making these albums by myself has been an astronomically staggering challenge. Additionally, each one has been a life changing and life draining experience for me. It is most definitely a full time job, and I've been doing this for free for close to four years now. I'm really touched that anybody would want to spend their time to listen to my music, but like everybody else I do have my own responsibilities and I hope you all understand.
Moving on... over the past few years I've received a dizzying amount of emails wondering if I had a Facebook. I didn't before, but I've finally decided to get one. You can find the link to my Facebook page over in the ''Networks'' section of site. In addition, I've gotten a few requests to start a Twitter account. I'll go ahead and give that a shot; you can find the link in the same section. I'll try my best to keep these updated and use them!
There's something I want to talk about, and it's a subject close to me. This doesn't really seem like the right place to talk about it, but of all the options available it's the most comfortable. I also want to try to be as honest as I can in this blog, so here goes...
Those of you who listen to my music may have guessed, but it was some time ago that I decided to cut off contact with nearly everyone I knew. The reasons were many, and though in time some of them have revealed themselves to be silly, some are still very important to me. I'm bringing up all of this because some of those people have tried contacting me over the years. I wanted to tell you guys, seeing your names and messages pop up made me smile and also brought back really amazing and fond memories. I'm so very glad you sent me those messages, and I'm sorry that I couldn't respond. There are certain things I'm not ready to face yet though, and certain things I need to prove to myself before I can look back to the person I used to be. Stay safe, everybody. Maybe our paths will cross again someday.
Just a few more things, I'm almost done! You may have noticed a new ''Merch'' section. I've decided to start selling shirts. If there's a certain color shirt you're after or some other kind of color combination with the logo, let me know! Maybe I can arrange something.
I think that just about covers everything, sorry for being so long winded! You can check out my new music on the ''Music'' section of this site, Facebook, or Myspace. In addition, I made some *UN*official music videos for some of the tracks off my new album. I'll embed them here...
Thanks for everything, team! Talk to you again soon, hopefully!
P.S. I started a mailing list! It has it's own section, sign up if you're interested~!
8-19-10
No massive update quite yet... just wanted to let everyone know I'm still around and that I'm OK! Revised the site a little bit. My new album is complete, but more info on that later! I would like to send a genuine thank you to all the messages of support and donations I received while I was hard at work on the 3rd album. I decided not to bring it up on the blog here because I knew it might take me awhile to complete. The other reason was the software for the website was on a computer that didn't have the internet! But it's all fixed now, so... we'll talk more soon, I promise! A lot of new stuff incoming! Stay safe, guys!
2-24-09
busy busy busy busy! first thing's first.. a few months back i made a blog entry asking for suggestions on what song to use for a music video. it didn't help at all! pretty much all of my songs got an equal amount of votes. instead, i made a bunch of videos for a bunch of songs. please keep in mind these aren't fancy or official or anything!
i took one of my favorite activities, watching super 8 or 8mm footage, and combined it with my songs. some of them fit and some of them don't, but i had fun putting them together and hopefully you might have fun watchin' em once or twice. here we gooooo:
ok then! that's that. now, i've also added a donation button to the website. pretty self explanatory. i couldn't find the pen i used to draw all the original graphics so i used one shaped like a hot wheels car. it's awesome!
i'll stop my jibber jabbah now. stay safe, team~!
2-15-09
KMK's Guide To The Multiple Uses Of Harp
with all these crazy financial things going on, you might be wondering ''i can't possibly buy a musical instrument ;[[[ (or the sad emoticon of your choice)''well, take heart and read on! for a musical instrument can indeed have more applications than making music. i present to you, kmk's guide to the multiple uses of harp!
1) CHEESE SLICER
pre-sliced cheese is good and all, but the best stuff comes in gigantic unwieldy blocks. but before you shell out that cash for some gourmet cheese slicer made of 24k gold, use a stringed instrument! sure the slices maybe a bit big and might be a bit dirty if your strings are old, but you just saved yourself like... two whole dollars!
2) CLOTHES HANGER
got a favorite jacket or pair of pants you wear often? don't just throw it in your closet! make it feel special and leave it on on your instrument. harps especially make great clothes hangers, cause the little dip thingimajig. you know what i'm talkin bout, willis.
3) GIANT OVEN MITT HOLDER
somewhere far off in giant land, they have giant stoves. and those giant stoves require giant oven mitts. it just so happens a harp is a perfect shape for a giant oven mitt. slides right over it. actually i haven't tested this myself so i can only speculate. RESULTS MAY VARY
4) GOLD PAN
it's a known fact that harps have an internal magnet that pulls only pure gold. feelin lucky? stick it in the river and hope you get gold nuggets! DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT ENDORSE USING NON-HARP INSTRUMENTS AS A GOLD PAN
5) PLANT HOLDER
i have a mini cactus on my bigger harp right now. (true story) you don't have to use a cactus though! any plant will do. (though cacti are much neater) any plant perched on a harp will have a greater chance of touching the sun! that's all they want in the whole wide world
this concludes the guide to multiple uses of harp! stay safe team~