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fan bonus track – FREE download!

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it’s true!!! the EP is FINALLY done…but there’s a 5TH SONG that is NOT on it…and for a limited time you can download it FOR FREE!

it’s true!!! the EP is FINALLY done, and sent off to the disc cookers to bake at 420 for 5-10 days. so the hard copies won’t be available for a bit, but rumour has it that you’ll be able to pick up a copy on CDBaby THIS WEEKEND (yay!) and it should start hitting iTunes, Amazon, and all those other guys not too long after that.

i’m so excited i can hardly type…this is my first release and i’m really happy with how it came out. i know you guys are gonna love it, and i can’t wait for you to get your hands on a copy! it won’t be long now!

BUT—i’ve got an EXTRA SPECIAL SURPRISE for you guys. the EP has 4 songs ( i won’t spoil the secret on which ones for now) – but there is a secret double secret 5TH SONG that is NOT on it and…not only can you hear it, but for a limited time you can download it FOR FREE! You have to be signed up as a fan (which you most likely are if you are getting this email) but that’s it…no other catches.

Just follow this link, and as long as you have signed up as a fan, you should be able to download the MP3 file:

http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_11739270

 

Anywhere EP – Available Soon Everywhere!
Anywhere EP

freedom

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Flying low, into the wind
Halfway through the mountains
Dreams abandoned and embraced
The time imagined behind.

Shadows creeping among
The red sun signposts
A hundred and sixty horses
Carry me through the fire.

The cool morning breeze
I stand naked on this rock
Darkness behind my back
The fire rises, blinding my eyes.

She called and I followed alone
Lost along The Highway of the Sun
I am too hungry to sleep.

©2008 – Jamie Gray – All Rights Reserved

inspiration

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It comes from the oddest sources. You may not even know or remember from where.

Most of the time, my inspiration comes from other people. I am inspired when I see someone helping his neighbor. I am inspired by the artwork that is created by others. I am inspired by the way that people triumph in the face of adversity.

I am also inspired by the other side of human nature. By the way that people exploit and take advantage of others. Abuse and injure those around them. Discard acts of kindness and repay others with malice. I am inspired to act…to make a difference. To try to make us all treat each other a little better.

I am inspired by nature, and the beauty that she fill our lives with…and by the seemingly belligerent actions of mankind, spoiling and defacing all that is pristine in our zeal for advancement. I am inspired by our leaps into exploration…and by the short-sightedness of our vision. I am inspired by our leaders…and by their failures to act in a way befitting their position.

I am inspired by all things, and in each there is a lesson and a source of joy. When that lesson becomes a poem, I have found a way to share the inspiration. When that joy becomes a song, I have found a way to pass the good feelings on to those around me.

When I embrace my inspiration. When I am inspired to action. When I have found a way to share my joy or my sorrow.

When I have completed the circle, only then I have honored the source of my inspiration. Perhaps I have also been fortunate enough to inspire others to do the same.

stifled and incomplete

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Have you ever felt that way? You know, like everything that you do is just so inconsequential that you must be missing something…on the wrong track? Those feelings can turn into deep depression for some people, and rage in others. Any way you slice it, left unchecked you’ll have an unhappy soul.

Well, this website is my out. My vehicle to keep from becoming a serial killer, or semi-suicidal goth drone. Nope. Not me folks. Instead, I’ll pour all of that crap out here…and you can suffer instead. My gain will be your pain.

In all seriousness though, I’d like to think that what I will share here will be entertaining, interesting, and worthwhile. My ultimate goal is to take that which is within, and pass it on…through word, music, photos and any other medium which I can squeeze into my web space.

Yes, it will make me feel better. It will help with the incompleteness, and the feeling that the creativity within is stuck there…trying to escape. Trying to be shared. Trying to take on a life of its own.

But more than that, I hope it will make you feel…something. Better? Maybe. Mad? Acceptable…I bring that out in people sometimes. Filled with joy? OK, let’s not go to extremes…if that’s what you are looking for here, get the hell out now.

Most important, maybe it will start a few dialogs. Perhaps a few friends will be made in the process. Please feel free to comment, share and disagree. Re-Tweet me on Twitter…if only to scorn, that’s OK too. I am not looking for fans.

At the end of the day, I’m doing this…writing, singing, shooting pictures and video…to be me. And at the end of your day, my hope is that you will do whatever it is that will make you…well, You.

Be good to one another. Jamie