EP release + live shows

just got hard back to work on material for the EP for my DOBREGA project. the EP is to be released sometime in the future once i feel that my music is up to my own standards and thus finally take it in to be mixed and mastered.

just finished getting a number of needed additions to complete my live rig. now that everything is in place, time to program it all.

if you haven't heard my music, check http://dobrega.bandcamp.com and check www.twitter.com/dobrega for updates on upcoming shows and more.

jobs

who needs em?
me.
other people too.

i'm diving into new possibilities

head first.
like a pool full of jello.
eating it up.

epic structures anyone?

it's day two of this week. "but it's only monday!" you say. nay. sunday was but day one. ok yeah.

in association with my growing love for technology, computers, synthesizers, strange noises and craziness in general, i perused the internet to find some awesome pictures of the two cities in china i really want to visit soon. both feature some epic structures.

take a gander.

first: hong kong

and of course, shanghai

same tunnel in crazy blur mode. apparently it plays house music too. 

tallest building in shanghai. totally looks like blade runner

a week begins

i'm gonna try to post a lot more often if i can right now.
this week let's do a new post every day, even it's short.

today's post starts with karaoke.

i just got back from some karaoke with some friends. though i call myself a musician, i shy away from singing. a lot. especially cause i can never remember the words to songs.

but today i went crazy in the best of ways. i was crazy singing all over the place like a madman.
it was an awesome departure from the stifled, over-self-conscious self i've been for too many months.

i was free.
i love being free. i need it.

i want to be real. i want to be free. i can't live any longer holding the weight of my life on my shoulders.

i am a beloved son of God and my identity is solidified daily in His abounding love. i want to be overflowing with the joy that comes from that abounding love.

may i live freely and boldly in my identity as a beloved son.
may i release my desire for control of my life so that i can be directed by you, Father, into the dreams You have set in my heart.

wherever you're at, i encourage you to join me in this freedom.
a week begins.
let's run.

it all comes back to one thing

to those who run, be exhorted.

to those who mourn, be comforted. sing with laughter.

may we ask why? emmanuel.

hark, join in with the angels. join in with all living things as they sing.

simeon knew the joy by which they sing- that which outweighs all else.

now more than ever, let us rejoice because of that great love that has allowed us freedom and life.

how beautiful that love. emmanuel.

future is open and amazing

been crazy busy in the last month or so, going back on forth on life plans.

almost applied to JET program but i figured LA is the spot to be as far as music is concerned and i'd rather stay in LA and just visit japan.

thus i want to go to japan in august and try to book a tour in cities where i know i can stay for free at my friends' houses.

sounds crazy but i think it can happen.

graduating college is one of the weirdest things. i feel like i've been here forever, haven't really been much of a college student, but i tried to make the most of it and now it's time to be a working individual and not be held back by papers (one of which i'm supposed to be writing right now) and assignments and other stuff that's good to learn but that I don't feel the need/ desire to learn.

three things I will be focusing on studying once i'm done with UCLAness:

#1. japanese- i need to improve my skills drastically if i want to go back and not make a complete fool of myself

#2. recording: took an awesome recording class but was too busy to read my textbook and the legit handouts that my professors wrote.

#3. yusef lateef's repository of scales and melodic patterns- ridiculous source of musical goodness that i haven't even scratched the surface of.

i also just want to work on all-around musicianship and really learn to play keyboards and guitar (the things everyone else can play amazingly well but i can't really play to save my life).

being done with school means spending time studying the things that are directly beneficial to what i'm doing (though i value the things i've learned here). i plan to get a decent day job with health benefits and then just push my music as much as possible (my project DOBREGA as well as a new project entitled A Heart Adopted, plus perhaps a noise band if i can find a sousaphone) and try to get in and collaborate with like-minded musicians here in LA and work as a bassist. as open ended as the future is, it's awesome. i've spent too much time freaking out about this upcoming period of my life but i'm pretty stoked on it. there's so much headroom. it's the same with japan. i get really bummed sometimes on how dark and hopeless of a place japan seems to be at times but that just means it has so much potential for awesomeness.

all goes to say, thanks to everyone who has supported me in my various endeavors. pray for me to trust God fully with my future so that it will be awesomeness.

ps download a track off of my upcoming EP at dobrega.bandcamp.com