Artist Page - John

The ACoLab is proud to have John aboard.  John is a skilled musician specializing in ambient compositions.  He has been a part of numerous bands including The French Broads, The Elements, and The Westside Daredevils, and also has released his own albums Ohm (one of my favorite albums to listen to) and Rainbrella which I also highly recommend.  Actually, you can download the whole album for free!  John is also a founding member of the Knoxville Ambient group. You can download a sampler album which also features a track by fellow ACoLab members Anika and Doug.   Besides creating music, John also has a great eye for photography and video.  Lately he has been creating music to go along with abstracted video.  

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Inspiration #32 {Going With the Flow}

"Go With The Flow"

{Click the title to listen to the song.  It's beautiful, please do take a listen.}

We could fight but I don't know

if being right's worth coming to blows

We could ruin tonight going toe to toe

I think I might just go with the flow

chorus

We both can't be wrong

We both can't be right

But who in this song on this Thanksgiving Night could really be worth all the sorrow we'll surely be feeling tomorrow

It feels like giving in oh but it's not

it all depends on your pattern of thought taking into account the battle fought and the amount we spent for naught

chorus

Inspiration #30 {Haunted}

"Haunted"

Theme twenty-seven inspiration: Perfect Timing

"#27"

Collaboration with Anika.  John wrote and recorded the soundtrack.

Theme twenty-four inspiration:  Drama

"Drama Queen"

A song by John

1. You've got a need

to use the skills you were given

to manipulate

We're agreed

that the life you're living

may not be that great

(prechorus) But you can't see

anybody else's problems but yours

and sympathy

doesn't come so easy anymore

the novelty

of making problems bigger than they were before you could be a nominee for some kind of Academy Award

(Chorus)

You're such a drama queen

and everybody knows exactly

what I mean

when you make the world stop

and pay attention to you

while you make your scene

but it's never as bad as you make it seem no it's never as sad as you want to believe

2.You've got a plan

to get everybody's heart

into putting out your fire

down to the man

you can get it started

but in the end everyone's tired

3. And so you run

folks off faster

there's no one left to play

so you move on

to greener pastures

in time for the matinee

Theme six inspiration: "Shadow"

"Shadows"

Photograph

It was a beautiful sunset and I took a bunch of photos around our house. This is the fading light reflecting off our recycling bin.

Theme five inspiration:  The phrase "Bits of the Past, Pieces of the Future" 

"Bits of My Past, Pieces of the Future"
Song

Bits of the Past, ...

Theme Four:  The words "Hot Summer Day" 

"Hot Summer Day"

Song

Hot Summer Day.mp3

Hot Summer Day  

It's a hot summer day and I think I lost a beat 

I'm not thinking straight because of the heat 

If I evaporate it would be bittersweet chocolate melting away on hot concrete 

there's gotta be a way for me to cheat 

everything I say is incomplete 

On This Hot Summer Day  

Back in the cold I couldn't believe 

the heat would get old enough to relieve 

inside the household that I never leave 

And if you had told me on Christmas Eve 

in my overcoat, under my sleeves 

I'd call a misquote, no chance of misery 

On this hot summer day  

But here I stand covered in sweat 

hopelessly fanned and wringing wet 

a desperate man never forgets 

to meet the demand, losing a bet 

we should've planned but don't get upset 

get in command of your best etiquette 

on this hot summer day  

I have to believe the heat's gonna break 

one of these days and it'll be great

 until then we'll just sit and bake 

and play guitar 

cuz that's who you are 

so play it 

it's hot...

Theme Three:  Title "This Pattern is Perfect For_______" (Theme Three blog post) 

This Pattern Is Perfect For Causing a Seizure‏ 

Music and Video