Deep Roots and Other Stories
Well, Deep Roots is as good as out. And it's amazing. It's definitely my proudest moment as a high school student to be releasing this CD. We've been working on all of this for the majority of the year, it's amazing. I hope you all buy a CD, and I don't mean one of you buy it and then burn a copy for Chris. I can't even see the humor in that, and I'm not gonna be happy if that happens. I hate that I'm sounding like Metallica right now, but this money is all going torwards Ms. McCarl not going bankrupt, and the project as a whole continuing. It's expanding, there's a workshop in the summer for teachers who are going to do the project.
Personal Favorites on the CD
Radio Waves by Sami Walker (She is the best and most devoted writer in the class bar none)
Routine by Jessica LaChausse (I know I'm biased, but it's so relaxed and amazing)
I got a Chinchilla by Marcus Gilham (It's really unique sounding, and there's an acordian)
She Falls by Katie Luther (Really romantic and cute, but in a tasteful way)
Grizzly and the Man by me. I love my song to death, it's not the best by far compared to the above but it came out how I put it in, and I'm most proud of it for that. The process summed me up nicely. I turned in the lyrics extremely late, they weren't picked up for the longest time, and the whole song was done in a few hours a day before the CD was to be finished.
Even though I can't do the CD again, I want to help it along as much I can, by sharking my friends and family into funding it, but more than that in a creative way.
Well, I'll see some of you tomorrow at the concert.
I hope you like it, haha.
posted by Unknown @ 5:18 PM
8 Comments:
I'm proud of you Ivan. I can't wait to go tonight.
Thank you guys for coming to support it tonight! It meant the world to me that people I cared about were there. I hope you like the CD and all that jazz. I love you all! Thank you so much!
And grow up you guys! Honestly!
If you're referring to Ben, Nikki, and I finding you and Jessica coming out of someone's car (if that wasn't Jessica's parent's car thats even more disturbing) it really isn't fair to tell us to grow up because honestly we didn't even see you until you two climbed out and said hi to us. I mean, what were we supposed to think you guys were doing? Haha, besides it was true.
Ivan i do not think less of you. i just saw you in lets say a different light that night. hey that rhymed. Your song is great. i love it. i find it ironic . sorry if it is not sopposed to be ironic. And i pray to god that i never grow up. how sad it iwll be the day that i do. i can only say i will have lost something that day and no longer will i be able to see peter pan. i will have left the never land and entered into the gray world of adult hood.
Sounds like a song in the making.
No using other people's ideas to write a song Arianna!
But I'm just kidding around.
Nikki, I know you're a great writer, and I'm wondering if you've done anything lately that I could read? Same goes for you Arianna!
I'm frustrated with Spencer, he has all these awesome story ideas and he never wants to write them down. What can I do?
I haven't written anything magnificent (and I think anything in general) this whole year. School has completely zapped me of my will to write creatively.
Well if I may suggest a little creative thinking excersize...
Before you go to sleep, and I don't know how fast any of you fall asleep, but before you do, you are usually not doing anything else besides thinking to yourself. Well, use that time to come up with ideas for writing. You don't have to commit to actually putting anything down on paper, you might not even bother trying to remember anything, but if you do it enough you'll want to at least jot down ideas. I've been doing it for the last few weeks and I have pages of short snippets and phrases that just beg for a story to be put in. Try that at least once, it's a relaxing way to end your day. (C-A-R-O-T-I-D, that's Carotid Artery!)
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