Dream Of Green

Hey Folks!

So writing a techno song, that sounds upbeat but has a dark hidden meaning, is really harder then it seems. Though I never thought, when I first started writing songs, that I would be picking up a keyboard and hammering out techno beats! Go figure. But I must say that now, dark ominous house/techno music is definitely one of my favorites to make. It’s so…mechanical. Almost as though the machine, regardless of not having a soul, can have a heart too. It’s very telling to be quite fair. Well, mine is anyway. I’m going for more the VNV Nation, sad dark house/electronica vibe.

On a side note, I have put my album on hold for various reasons. The major one is my song structure, needs a massive rework. Not because it’s not good, but I just don’t feel it is good enough.  I feel I need to be tighter than tight with my music, and I need time away from recording to do so. So I’ve been working hard everyday with my guitars, and my keyboards just hammering it out to make it perfect. So keep patient guys! It will get done, it will be free for the first while, and it wont disappoint!

Take ‘er Easy!

Lilo SJ

First Recording Session!

HELLO ALL!

I had my first recording session with Joel Matthies, my Mixing Engineer, on Saturday. Let me tell you…I have never played guitar so hard in my LIFE! 4 hours of over and over again song playing, trust me I wasn’t complaining I loved every second of it. Tuesday will be our second recording session and we will be recording either “Oh Dear Lucy” or “Let God Save You” depending on a few other factors.

On Saturday we recorded “Loveless”. Now I was going to record it all in my home, but I thought I’d do it professionally ya know? It’s always better when you have a little bit of help. Someone to get your ass in gear, someone to push you that extra little mile because they know you can do it so they’re going to make you do it. So needless to say I thank Joel from the bottom of my heart for helping me with recording my first album which will be called “Faceless”.

This album will truly represent everything I am. Under all the layers of tough, strong exterior… I am not as strong or tough as the world likes to believe I am, and this album is here to declare that in full force.

Cheers,

Lilo SJ

A little Poetry for the Masses

Where do we go from here,
When nothing makes any sense,
When the world is spinning,
And no one can make it stop,
When suggestions are worthless.

Trapped. In a cage of selflessness,
Forgetting what means the most,
Taking advice from the worst,
Combine it with foolishness,
What happens now?

Forgotton to pay attention,
Feeling so empty and hollow,
As the path comes to an end,
Will it split off into different directions?
Or will it stop, Because there is nothing.

KRK Rokits

Hello my fellow earth walkers!

Yeah I’m weird, don’t press the issue. So I’m going through all the songs I wrote and recorded on my harddrive an ooooh man! THEY SUCK! Really…they really do. I have no idea what I was thinking, they don’t sound good at all. I mean the simplicity of some of them is genius regardless of the fact I had no idea what I was doing. But now that I listen to the mixes? They sound rediculously muddy, and I hear all the pops more clearly and what the song needs more clearly. I am doing my best to re-mix some of these songs to make them CD quality so 1. I can start distributing my music on disc, 2. get more shows cause right now its at Zero, and 3. create a larger fan base. I mean you can’t really have a fan base with NO MUSIC right? Well I mean I have those videos on youtube.com, but I mean the last time I did one was like a month and a half ago. And the songs I’ve written since have no guitar in them and are all done on the computer. So Whats a girl to do!? Well I’m gonna be a good little girl and get my shit in gear! Give me some time, and soon enough I’ll have a CD out that will be temporarily free!

Take Care guys!

Lilo SJ

Pro Soul Launch Party!

Pro Soul Launch Party

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The official launch party for Pro Soul Alliance!

Pro Soul is an artist-focused, innovative record label for the 21stcentury, and we‚ Äre revolutionizing the way things are done inthe industry. We work in partnership with artists to develop theirmusic career, And because we’re run by artists and producers, we understand what artists need.

Our team of professionals of varying skills help develop artists by consulting with the top leaders and futurists in the new music business to assist them effectively release music the way music lovers want to get it, build a growing audience, and earn income – while keeping artists interests in mind by making sure they keep the rights to their music, and by save money. And best of all, we don’t take any of their profits! It’s an incredible solution we’ve developed with a great team, and we wan’t you to celebrate it with us and some of the international artists we represent!

See a showcase of performances by Pro Soul artists, including

Bahiyyih, Haagen (aka Dasz), and Lisa/Grooved Whale, with music DJ’d

by JAMA with other special guests.

Admission is by donation to the MusicBC Charitable Foundation.

http://www.musicbc.org/?page_id=14

Get more info here:

http://www.prosoul.com/2009/01/06/pro-soul-alliance-official-launch-party/

Time: Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 8:00pm
Location: The Backstage Lounge
Street: 1585 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC

Contact:604-473-1411 prosoul@prosoul.com

I look forward to seeing you there!

Feel free to invite your friends and artists you know

Pro Soul: Music Business, Done Better

http://www.prosoul.com

Lilo SJ – Heart of Ice ANOTHER SONG AND VIDEO!

Hey everyone!

So I wrote this song because well…I’m terrified. Terrified to feel feelings I haven’t felt this strongly since my first love, which when it was over tore me to shreds and I was a mess, for a very long time. And I know they say you never get over your first love, but I wonder if it’s really just that you can’t let someone in as much as you did the first time. It’s like being a cocaine addict. You get that first high and its this amazing rush, new feeling completely accelerating! So you try again, not like the first alright keep trying. More and more you dive farther into your addiction. So, this song is about that and not knowing if I can do it all over again. Or rather if I’m going to let myself.

Hope you all enjoy this song, it was a big weight off my shoulders to write it.

Cheers!

Lilo SJ

Lilo SJ – You Do NEW SONG! NEW VIDEO!

Hey guys so here is my new video, its about…stuff. I don’t really feel its appropriate at this current point in time to describe exactly what its about perhaps because really I don’t know myself. But hey thats why I’m a musician, my music doesn’t have to make sense! Anyway here it is! It’s call You Do. I hope you enjoy listening to it, as much as I did writing and playing it!

Cheers,

Lilo SJ

New Song and Video!

Lilo SJ – Sweet Echo

So this song is about thinking you’ve lost everything, being so bitter with the world and giving up only to have something fall into your lap unexpected. Then all you can say is “WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS!?” Because you have no idea how to handle it anymore, due to what has previously happened in past months of your life. It’s also about getting freaked out by your own thought patterns of this unexpected joy, and trying to stay as far away from it as possible and failing to do so because you know deep down, the echo in your head is just too loud, and too sweet to ever stay away.

ALSO!

Lilo SJ – Let God Save You

This song was written probably the day after my ex and I went out separate ways. He was quite a bit more religious than I. So, I used this song as a last “Go fuck yourself”.

October 16th…a Day of Rude Awakenings

Hey there everyone!

So I just got back from Toronto this morning, what a long flight! For flying within Canada? Wow. I could have flown to Germany for that length of that flight. How Strange. So 11 years ago today, my mom passed away. A year ago yesterday my sister and I marked our kinship and loyalty to one another by branding ourselves with the same symbol. It is located on our backs, another symbol for loyalty. It’s just to say “We’re sister’s, we love each other and will always have each others back. No matter what.” So it’s pretty important I would say. Anyways, I’m working on getting my whole career started. It’s alot harder than it sounds really…My aunt wants me to go back to school to become a nurse because…well I’m just not well educated enough apparently. You can see where I would be offended by that. In this industry it is not how long you went to school for or some fucking piece of paper you hold saying how qualified you are. No, this…OUR industry…it’s different. You have to KNOW what you know to be qualified, you have to be willing to LEARN as you go! For the rest of your life in this business. It’s not as simple as a degree, that says on a nice thick piece of paper how much you know. In this business no body cares about that piece of paper, they want to see the proof. I intend to show everyone that proof. It’s just a matter of getting myself out there. What ever you dream, don’t give up. This is my dream, and it WILL be my career and if I lose everything in the end? So be it. Just remember, nothing is worth your dreams being stripped away from you.

Cheers,

Lilo SJ

NEW VIDEO CHECK IT OUT!

HEY GUYS!

So this is my new song and video, my other video is on youtube.com and my myspace page! This song I could describe as my self-loving and self-loathing personified. The two people mentioned in the song are each one of these. Lucy is my self-loving, I wrote a song a while ago about a girl named lucy and how I would never leave without her. I wrote this drunk and I didn’t really know what it meant until I actually recorded it and listened to it. Turns out “Lucy” is really just the things that I loved about myself and “Mr.Johnson” is everything I can’t stand or for lack of a better work “hate”. So I hope you all enjoy it, take care guys! I’ll write again soon!