My Generation

Lyrics:
Everyday we wake up wanting to be more
than everything that we were every day before.
Wake up in the morning and turn on the grind –
Bystander don’t you waste our time.
We got things to do – we got people to see
we set aside time for a freakie sylie
We are here to work and we’re here to stay
we’re here to remake our world today.

I’m talkin bout my
Talkin bout my
Generation!

We got conciousness bigger than our play grounds.
We explore the world in leaps and bounds:
every time we look around a new adventure can be found.
The power of the internet is in our hands
easily connecting us in far away lands.
From the Brazilian Forests, to the Arabian Sands

I’m talkin bout my
talkin bout my
My Generation

We bob our heads to the freaky stylie
we know the hip hop revolution set our music free
We bob our heads to the freaky stylie
we know the hip hop revolution set our music free
We bob our heads to the freaky stylie
we know the hip hop revolution set our music free
We bob our heads to the freaky stylie
We know the sounds in the ground are interplanetary

Talkin bout my
talkin bout my
My Generation

Karma con Carné

Right.

So, people have been asking a lot of questions about the title to Andy Joseph’s follow-up album, Karma con Carné. Set to be released in October, Karma con Carné picks up where Songs from Society’s Underbelly left off – life in transition.

Featuring 13 original songs, Karma con Carné will be epic – and will feature tried and true producer teams such as José Myerchin and The Coldest, along with new comers and honorable guest musicians.

~A blib about the title~

” Karma con Carné is literally Karma with meat. What that means is that our bodies act out our mind’s purposes thus putting our energy into the universe. It’s as simple as that – Signal flow. Energy leaves our minds as electrical impulses, leaves our bodies through action and interaction, returns to our bodies through food and experience, and returns to our mind as ideas. Repeat.”

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The Motions

Live from the Songs from Society’s Underbelly release show at the Acadia Café!

The King of Spain Cover

The Tallest Man on Earth’s “The King of Spain” played by Andy Joseph, Rose Gear, and Mark Katz. Madison, WI.

About Songs from Society’s Underbelly

This past Thursday the 24th, I released my first full length studio album titled Songs from Society’s Underbelly. Songs from Society’s Underbelly covers several genres including, Bluegrass, Hip Hop, Folk, and Eastern Indian Classical music. It was recorded and mixed at The Pad home studio using Ableton Live, and it was mastered in Logic. It was a 5 month-long production process involving several hard-working contributors, producers, artists, and musicians.

Songs from Society’s Underbelly is laid out as a concept album, using many short stories to paint one large concept – the abolition of low self-esteem. Intensifying in musical energy and in personal connection to the song content, SfSU builds until it reaches a breaking point, like a life being destroyed hits rock bottom. There is more album after the breaking point, just like life can go on after hitting rock bottom.

An optional add-on to the album is a book of SfSU themed poetry. Nine poems work with the album to convey the build up of tensions leading up to a snap, and then a solution that inspires hope. The whole booklet is the same size as a CD case, and contains poems named after the songs on the album.

Songs from Society’s Underbelly is available online from Bandcamp for 7$ and physical copies are available through Andy Joseph for 8$. The physical copy includes a professionally labeled CD and Printed CD Insert with song titles, artwork and credits.

~Personal Note~
Songs from Society’s Underbelly was made with the intention of reaching out to people who live battered lives. While everyone will enjoy the music, people who identify with the themes and concepts described above are the target audience. The goal is to portray a life that can be fixed, an illness that can be cured. This life is precious and fragile, and nothing can destroy a life faster and more completely than the person who is in control of that life.

Open Mic at the Nicollet

The Nicollet is a small coffee house at the intersection of Nicollet and Franklin Avenues. We host an Open mic every Monday from 6-9:30 for many talented performers of all ages and walks of life. Last week we had Didgeridoo, Irish tunes, Folk music, Beat Boxing, Spoken Work, Tuvan Throat Singing, Jazz, Latin Jazz, Blues, and Spanish Classical music.

What more do you want?

How about community involvement.

The Nicollet is a sober venue. Several of our patrons are recovered addicts and one of our regulars is a liver transplant recipient. The importance of this characteristic hit me last  Monday when I began talking to a man whose first words to me were “I’m _(name)_, I am an alcoholic. I need to be surrounded by people like these.” It occurred to me how many musicians live lives destroyed by drugs and alcohol. It is a humble ambition, but at the Nicollet, we would like to see more people make it in music – whatever their definition of success includes.

the Nicollet open mic audio

Original image of audio wave

About Kapil

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Remember that I’ve got an 8pm show tomo

Remember that I’ve got an 8pm show tomorrow night at the Nicollet Coffee House! http://ow.ly/ayUZH

Whoa… It’s already later today. My fi

Whoa… It’s already later today. My first spoken word performance will be held 4/25 at the Coffman Union at noon http://ow.ly/av5HJ