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MUSIC

I'd like to think music plays a big part in my life. I enjoy listening to music as much as i enjoy making it. One thing i'm not too keen on however is investing in it, i.e. putting time, effort and money hoping in the future it'll pay off. I know Khaos feels this way too, just like Kro and Cargo. At this point, we should be asking ourselves what is it we actually want to do? How serious do we hope to take music? As much as i'd like to say i wanna get rich and famous off making music, i don't think thats what motivates me. At all. For one, i don't think i'll ever be cut out for a career in entertainment because so far i look like this:

And secondly, your music, just like any other art, should be exactly that; yours. Let no person take it away from you. The way i see it, no matter where i end up in this world, both in the figurative and geographic sense, i'll still be writing poems, keying melodies, thinking of choruses, rocking a stage and everything else that comes with the music package. If ever i do stop then something really significant must've happen, and in all honesty, i'd like to see that day. But in the mean time, i give you my music, my escape:

Equipment (L-R): Akai Mpk49 Midi Controller, keyboard stand, Rode Nt1a condenser microphone, Last Supper poster, Acer Aspire Laptop, FL Studio 7, Adobe Audition 3.0, Emu 0404 USB audio interface, desk, chair, Stanton C314 cd turntable, Avian water, Boston baseball cap, Numark DM950 mixer. (Not in picture) Edirol Ma15D speakers, Sennheiser HD212 Pro.

Fezz came over yesterday, we did 4 songs which are up on www.microbandits.com, check em out!

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Iqra' holmes

Someone once told me I'm quick to reject certain beliefs as soon as I come across newer and more interesting ideas to replace them. It is seen as a sign of lack of faith, to use a more religious rhetoric, to irrevocably question concepts such as Allah, the Rasuls, the Kitabs, Malaikats, Shaitans, the Ulul-Azmi's, the Jinns, Dunia, Akhirat, the virgin birth of Jesus peace on him, the Ruh, Dusa, Pahala etc. etc. etc. etc.

Or worse to attempt to answer them with equally suggestible concepts such as Logic, Time, Arithmetic, Biology, Physics, Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, Chemical Reactions, the Big Bang Theory, Theory of Evolution etc. etc.

This is the perennial Religion vs. Science debate. In most western countries, there is opporunity for anyone to speak about or against such topics, or any other issues and ideas no matter how controversial. By time, the idea is discussed so much that reconciliation is made and it no longer becomes taboo and the general public is free to either accept it or reject it. This is the norm we find in liberal democracies which is absent in the more conservative states. Nevertheless all the information and realities we have come to understand thus far is there and becomes readily accessible to everyone anywhere in the world. They are in the form of studies and corriculum, books and publications, research papers, breakthrough research, discussion, dialogue and interviews, and so much more. It is now, and perhaps always have been, a matter of searching for it.

I hope you find what you're looking for. As I know you hope I find mines.