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Monday
Aug222011

Transitive Property

I have now released three new songs on the album "Transitive Property." They are a quick movement through a nice musical landscape. You can buy them and help support all the many areas I have going on right now right HERE. Also speaking of support, when ever you buy "Transitive Property" or anything else (T-shirts, Stickers, etc...) for that matter, 10% of every dollar will go directly to Project AK47. They have many fantastic ways you can get involved. Project AK-47 is devoted to helping end the ongoing occurrence of child soldiers across the globe, and provides awareness, access to education and ongoing relationship development within dangerous regions to help restore the lives of children who otherwise would only know violence and exploitation.Children have the right to be children, plain and simple. Please visit their site to learn more and get involved.https://projectak47.com

 

 

Saturday
Jul162011

Lets talk, shall we.. check (yes) / check (no) - Speak with a gentle tone

 Music. Music Music........ Songs, Songs...Art, Art ...love, Lovers,letters...honest.sweat..Paint, Words,  Truth..  Beauty...moments..godGodgodFREEDOMGodgod..dance.Dancers....
       Forgotten...Buisness..buisness...markets.envy.Money, money..Strugglingkillersnoisenoisenoisenoise...those.who.leave...color.Lost..slave

I haven't written on this in a long time, and i've had the intention to many times. I've been reluctant every time prior and even as i write. Being public is a bitch sometimes. But what the hell right? you only live once(as far as i really know) There is so much noise around me right now. I mean damn. I can barley think. blahh blahh blahh success right ways wrong ways blah blah blah sharp tong..patience. waiting...deep breath keeter, slow down.
Subject..
Music is beautiful and sacred...  It was pure. And men wearing ties and tight fitting socks have plunged a cold splintery broom stick in the ears of the masses. pumping their own personal horse pee into our collective being. Anyone remember soul? Remember heart? Remember being human? (sigh....) think that sight has been lost. or maybe hidden under cellophane.
Reflections...

...Well....I've just recently remember how nice it was to paint. no preconceptions, just letting it make itself. It's like cutting grass. you can look behind you and see (physically) see that you've done something. Brought something into the world that previously did not exist and its own creation will never occur again.. kinda nice huh? kinda like us...(i'll show you a picture some day) like i said this public stuff can be a bitch.

notes...
SO...I made a record.... it's be done for a while. I think it's pretty damn good, (just to be honest....) I can't wait to get it out. It's boxing me in the longer i hold it. Now letting it free, that not the most fun thing in the world... not my bag. sometimes i wear a tie to the studio just to see how it feels.... (Results may vary...typically must be medicated in hour 2)
NOW......
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I turn a year older in a few hours... and if i can ask for a present.... it would be..... to care. to care for yourself, to care for me, to care for the random stranger on the street, for the children, for all the old people that can no longer feed themselves. Care for the beggar asking for nickels and cigarette. To the addicted, the drunk, the scared, the lovers, the haters, the badass who, in your eyes, could be god, to the people that are forgotten and lost and beaten by this old heavy world pressing down. The men who hold to much and the ones that hold to little. Let them know that heaven is right in front of each and everyone of us. No gender, race, religion excluded. We are all one and we are to be light and honest. Care about the single mom's & lonely fathers. Care for everyone who makes joy and for the one who is standing on a ledge waiting for one more reason to jump. Be the reason we all come off the ledge. To tell someone you love 'em (and mean it). I'll give this gift to myself and you should to you and if so, we'll receive it one day when we may need it.

.. I'm rambling.... yes..  I can't wait to share more music and other various things that i like with you..pray it comes swift and timely....


Chase the moon

Speak with a gentle tone my dear kings and queens.

i'm done for now. I'll leave you with a man much more eloquent man than I, Anis Mojgani..

Here I Am - Anis Mojgani

we all wanted that high school sweetheart
we wanted to be young in the 50s with meatloaves
and sock hops
and lawns, lawns so perfect they looked like Clark Gable was kissing them

we wanted to be thirteen and alive and meet a girl that was thirteen and alive
and walk with her past the grandstands, to sit and hold hands, to sit and kiss, to sit and sit, like it was something you would miss, but that never was

we once went to bed like between the bed sheets was a valley with dinosaurs still breathing
and how we capture these triceratops?
and brontosauruses?
but even they were opened up with the smoke that rose out of the homes and the corners that we once climbed through,
the streets and the footballs which we once threw,
the school desks upon which we once drew,
the windows that sat open through we once flew,
before the outside world of parking spaces and dead friends came flooding on in
and we forgot what we wanted
and we became what we become: waitresses and bartenders, city employees and temp positions, we are junkies and one kiss poems and we cry the stars
as we write our scars onto dumpsters
and electric boxes
because the only thing that we can hear is our hearts
and the only ones listening are the streets

that the blood that breaths through the letters we leave
and we dream to rise ourselves up out of these burning buildings
but instead we get buried somewhere beneath

because I know my life is like some high school kids notebook
a high school kid that shuffles back and forth between school and home
stacking the letters and the pictures too close for anyone outside of his own imagination to read
because it's through the ink that his heart beats,
that his heart breaths
and we all just wanted to write these notes

check if you like me
check if you don’t
check if you'll date me
check if you won't

because we all wanted the love songs to be true
and we did love dinosaurs once
and we wanted the stars to hold our hands,
to lick the teeth to fuck us,
but they ended up fucking us,
so let your smile twist
like my heart dancing precariously on the edge of my fingertips,
staining them like that same high school kid licking his thoughts,
using his sharpie tip writing:

"I was here / I was here mothafucka / And ain't none of y'all can write that in the spot that I just wrote it in / I’m here mothafucka and we all here mothafucka and we all mothafuckas, mothafucka / Because every breath I give brings me a second closer to the day that my mother may die / Because every breath I take takes me a second further from the moment she caught my father's eye / Because every word I carry is another stone to put into place in the foundation that I'm building / Because the days can erase something that I never saw / What all of us wanted and what none of us got /What we all had and have and what we all forgot / That we all wanted to be something / That we all became something / And it might not be the shit we once though we'd be when we were kids but something is still something and like some cats say, something is better than nothing / Feet are smarter than an engine / And dreams are stronger than thighs / And questions are the only answers we need to know that we are alive as I am when I have the mind of a child, asking why is 2 + 3 always equal to 5 ? / Where do people go to when they die? / What made the beauty of the moon? / And the beauty of the sea? / Did that beauty made you? / Did that beauty make me? / Will that make me something? / Will I be something? / Am I something?” 

And the answer comes: already am, always was, and I still have time to be

 


 

Thursday
Apr212011

Lovely review of Fire Demos

ANDERSON EAST - Fire Demos
            4 out of 4

Web: http://www.andersoneast.com
Location: Nashville, TN
Genre: Singer / Songwriter
Key Tracks: All

Je ne sais quoi! Triple threat! It factor.  Some people have it and some don't. Anderson
East just does it for me. His voice touches the inner recesses of your soul and relaxes
comfortably there. He has the perfect tone that's velvety smooth with a touch of grit. He
posses all the qualities of stardom and his name should be in lights. This dude is
classic Americana at its finest.

His music is the perfect backdrop to exceptional vocals. "Hello" is by far my favorite
track because it is nice and mellow and also features guitar and keyboard breakdowns.
"Fire" is also another fav simply because it displays the beauty and power of
Anderson's voice and great songwriting ability. Music is supposed to take you on a
journey and he does that without a doubt. His new project will be out this spring. Please
go out and support really good music!

"I want to do nothing other than continue to create music until I grow old or decide I
want to get a job at the post office.  In the meantime, I want to travel, record, be
inspired, and search for beauty, ugliness, love, hate, humor, sadness. All the typical
things any human wants, assuming that is to feel like they are doing what they were put
on this world to do. And what's that?  Do what we can during the short time we have
here to prevent us from wandering in the afterlife without shame and confusion." --
Anderson East


Review by: Leslie White
?http://www.iaemagazine.com/music/2011/040111/anderson-east.html

Tuesday
Mar012011

Fire Demos Digital Art Pack

 

 

 

Saturday
Jan292011

Bob & Johnny

Thursday
Jan202011

Satchmo - I Wonder

Wednesday
Jan052011

Aaron Raitiere (aka RWB H. Lonkelistine) - Only Eat Edible Things

Monday
Dec272010

Achieving music with gravity 

Monday
Dec202010

John Martyn - what a beautifuly odd bird

Thursday
Dec022010

East & West

So, Back out in Los Angeles for the last time for a while finishing up the new record. I've been out here for around two or so months. I'm super proud of the work we've done out here. I've had a wonderful team of creative and talented musicians helping me out on this one, along with a great producer, Chris Seefried, and a terrific engineer Seth Horan. This thing is fucking heavy and super broad (in my bias opinion). I'm getting to show myself from all angles, especially the ugly one('s). It's been a great experience in general and such a learning experience as well. I'm ready to start another one. Since the last time I managed to write on this thing I released the Fire Demos EP, grab a copy if you haven't already. I've got some other tunes I'm going to put out here soon before the new record comes out, so be on the look out for those.
In other news I also got picked up by Black Bird Artist Agency within the past month. Huge weight off my back for sure. So hopefully now I'll be able to be traveling around spreading the good word. On that note, I'm playing a show back home in Nashville at 3rd & Lindsley for the live Nashville Sunday Night with Lightning 100 show with Jason Reeves. Tell your friends.
Got to work with my good friends The Vespers not to long ago helping them cut a great new tune at FarmLand and South St. Studios along side my good pal Daniel Scobey. Those guys are great, check them out if you haven't.

I'm ready for the holidays, actually not the holidays especially, I just can't remember the last time I slept in my own bed. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining in the slightest. I'm just ready to be in an environment I can control... blah..

Anyways, back to punching button, turning knobs, plucking strings, and moving faders. Hope everyone is well and as becoming more of the person they want to be,

All my love and may the force be with each and every one of us,

Anderson East.

Tuesday
Nov092010

Incredible... my gracious...

Thursday
Sep302010

The power of music.

Wonderful story. You should check it out.

Sunday
Sep192010

Mr. Miller... musical chiropractor

 Wonderful tune "Chalk" written by Buddy & Julie Miller.

 

Thursday
Aug192010

New York City - Finally In Color

Greetings. I'm sitting here trying to catch up on the wonderful madness that has been going on the past few weeks and months. The tour across the great state of New York was a truly great adventure. With the help of Chris Merkley and the great people at Old Boy Records we were exposed to so many beautiful experiences. From playing the Main St. Music Festival to the fabulous Living Room in NYC, along side a rockin' session in Gabe's 3rd story studio, to the incredible roof top garden at Kevin Denton's restaurant (check out two wonderful articles in Esquire about Kevin and his urban garden movement: Gramercy Park Hotel Garden Tour  & Esquire Bartender Wisdom Kevin Denton) I also got to sing a few tunes at the National Underground and went on just before Gavin Degraw.  We got tipped in sex toys in a ritzy marina after a gig, played drums with the boys from Digger Jones for a show at the Rochester roller derby and topped the shows off at the great SeedStock festival. We ended the month by commandeering a 4H camp in upstate NY, filled it with incredible musicians, and we made some pretty interesting music. I could go on & on..

It's a bit to reflect on and realize what exactly happened. Grey pages are stuck to the white ones. So many great people we've met along the way and I'm extremely honored to now refer to them as friends.

After being back in Nashville for four days and being molested by fleas, I've now found myself in sunny Los Angles. Glitz, glamour and movie stars. But think I'll stay ugly. Much more comfortable that way, but more on what's going down here later. (fun stuff I will say)

Everyone keep the faith. Love your neighbor and also love yourself.
May the force be with us all,

AndersonEast

Friday
Aug132010

This is soul. Hallelujah

This makes me feel alive. Hope it does for someone else.

 

Friday
Jul232010

Web Portal Done. Introducing eAstland & WastEland.

 The Jedi Council has been battling for days to get the AndersonEast portal finished. 

Luckily we won.  It's done.

 

This is eAstland. 

This is WastEland

 

To switch between them use the power button.

 

 

 

 

 

And the fly will always take you home...

 

 

 

 

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Friday
Jul232010

Hello.

Hello.  AndersonEast is a new way.  Sometimes you have to burn something down. 

 

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