“Life is the sacred mystery singing to itself, dancing to its drum, telling tales, improvising, playing”

“Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky his is to have you.... The one who turns to his friends and says, 'that's her.'”

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.
Author: Charlie Parker

I believe to be "spiritual", u must deal with the worst of the worst with compassion. Not only folks who share your beliefs and attend your church. The father chooses from the common soul, not the dressed up sunday folks.

memory

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Friedrich Nietzsche

If the music doesn't uplift the forgotten ones, it's just self praise and cotton candy. DH

DJEMBE SONG

The Djembe song is a piece that has me on drums, bass ,piano and a bit of percussion. The piece was my homage to the motherland Africa, as well as Brazil and New york city. Up tempo in hopes of evoking spirits from all over this world. It's time to take our gifts seriously and give back something to the source. May you cats be safe and celebrate another page of life. DH

Djembe has been re posted on myspace . May u enjoy your weekend in light. DH

Eu acredito que a música tem que ser mais que há pouco são. Deveria ter alma.

DJEMBE RE POSTED. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE LUV. MY ENGINEERS HATE MP3. SO FORGIVE THE DELAY.

Djembe piece will be re posted shortly. when u upload music up online there's always a shot at poor sound integrity, so apologies all around. Should be up very shortly. DH

Uplift through the work

Whatever your gift or work, make it render to something greater than yourself. Avoid the traps of complacency .Push the edge. Shake the doubts. Endure the critics and be yourself never ever part of the herd

"DJEMBE" piece posted on our myspace and Reverbnation band pages. May the drums bring in a positive year for you all. OBRIGADO. DH

You are here to learn the ways of trust.
Only by living it will you know it.
Life itself becomes the teacher.

Osho

Whoever tells the truth is chased out of nine villages.
Source: (African)

Jazz from the reservations

I felt it was time we took a look at the treatment of the natives who get lost in the fever of the commercialized celebrations of the holiday season. My homage to the spiritual peoples of the world who may as well be invisible due to the lack of respect that's thrown their way. So hit our page listen to the tune but more importantly remember we have a long way to go.

New piece posted on myspace. Jazz from the reservations. I dedicated to the natives who are so often overlooked. DH

AFRICAN PROVERB

It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.
African Proverb

When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well,
but few will be ready to go down after it.
African Proverb

Drummer Walfredo Reyes JR. featured on TRIBE online radio. starting this weekend. Link will be posted. It's FREE.

my cell number has been hacked ^I've been receiving messages from my cell provider from strange numbers, apparently in replies to fictitious calls coming from me. Thankfully my server was able to secure records that I've made no such calls. So to my friends (and strangers) that were somehow reached through this error, apologies . DH

Don't set sail on someone else's star.
African Proverb

Changing winds

It's been roughly a year since this country inaugurated a African as president. I emphasize the inauguration due to the reluctance of a sizable part of citizens that refuse to embrace the concept. I've been around for roughly a half century. I've experienced a wealth of things. Truly I am thankful. Having said this, It's still a climate of denial that permeates everything of merit along color (not cultural) lines. The xmas images of the Nordic Jesus and jovial santa has to still be traumatic to youngsters yet untouched by bias and skewed images of what is "good". Musically the artist have contributed so much to the global vocabulary of sound, yet we get saturated with those who want praise for the Beatles in spite of their obvious "sampling" of Blues. Our icons are designated as opposed to chosen. Mediocre talent from bleach blond puppets miming and humping their way through bass heavy synth tunes. Finally we have the "rock star" video games. DAMN. How low can we go? Before some pious pundit responds that it's a learning tool, I ask Learning what? That success is the measuring stick of and artist? or covering weak tunes enhances creativity/ lol. I mentioned Obama to illustrate that the pendulum is starting to swing. The glass houses and fragile superficial cocoons that we built on smoking mirrors have to recede and make way for a new wind. Real Love, Real inspiration for the up and comers. Cotton candy is not considered a meal to the hungry.

darylhayotttribekonfuciousklan@myspace.com
Is our new myspace mailing address. Keep in mind we have a band page as we as the magazine, street team, fan club also sponsored by myspace.

If one does not think about right and wrong,
then the mind is naturally at ease.
If one has no thought of peace of mind,
that is true peace.

Chuang Tzu

resisting that tunnel vision

I'm involved with two projects, which implies two producers. Well actually I try to give the impression of dealing with producers, however they seem to produce nothing but headaches and theory. How can you describe the Earth if you avoid the mud? The rub being that folks believe their visions so strongly that it becomes blinding and binding. Not a shred of freedom in avoiding flexibility. That tunnel vision sets in then bam! you've just cloned the same old doo doo. I've got to tap into the real producer, the universe. DH

Being the creative as opposed to doing it, is my goal.

Two projects, one passion, endless gratitude http://tinysong.com/Ang

To drop the ego
is the hardest thing
we can ask
to a human being,
except to meet
his own physical death.

Osho

Why Jazz?

I'm often asked why I play Jazz? Firstly I don't know what Jazz is. It's something that listeners dub the sound, not the cats who actually play the music. Jazz is supposed to do what a true artist wants which is to Improv as often as reasonable. Music has to have structure to a large extent but not a restricted time signature or chord progression all the way through on all tunes. The freedom of the expressive chord is the ultimate gift a music piece can offer. So I just play what I hear from my soul. I've done all the other crap. Even film scores. Music has to be experienced not worshiped from myopic commentators.

versatility

I'm on two CD projects currently. I mean it actually has me reaching for those basics again. Harmonics, counter beats and arrangements. That's not as revealing as freshness. How not to be redundant . I run from radios and I pods. It has a way of distilling itself into your head. U end up playing some variation of that unwanted sound. Versatility is a sign that growth is present. Without growth u cannot offer a piece anything but robotic effort. So as I sit in studio mode I'm hit with the paradigm shift. I'm clunking like hell. LOL

In the studio mode like a monk. LAMA Daryl LOL

Work a thon

I'm on two projects which is rare this time of year. I'm grateful to be involved with some top artist. One thing that stands out is that they have updated Endorsements. Mines don't give me the cool toys these cats have. I'm trying to be diplomatic about this. LOL. So if I don't get the upgrades i'm going ghetto and get my friends to start dong some midnight shopping with a moving truck. Stuff gonna turn up missing. LOL

I'm on two CD projects outside of the band. So I hope my Endorsements includes free drums LOL.

Searching the canvas

The landscape of the art world as well as the social strata keeps shifting. It's almost like the axiom of whether the egg or the chicken came first. Life imitates art is a thought, though not a good one. We have seemed to be healing due to new blood in the political realm. Finally the hope that the elected remembers who actually got them in their positions. Much too often politics are reflective of theater not reality. The music scene is also theater in a very base manner. The so called stars are manufactured, not authentic. Self praise is the constant hum. "Look at me" is the banner. So I often find myself searching for that fresh canvas to express what I see and hear. So i've decided to make this one of my crucial to do things in 2010. I'm hoping that others do the same. Without this as a goal life won't just imitate art, it will imitate itself.

Trying to get it done

New piece " zira " posted on our myspace band page.

One year older and still a stud. LOL

Blog title...

Thanks 2 all for the birthday wishes. It's been very busy for me which is a good thing but it's not given me time to visit here as often. I'm blessed to have u guys among friends. I'm 16 for the 20th time today LOL. When the performing is done I like to run marathons with boots on. Outside of the aspirin, bengay, shiatsu, hypnosis, prayer and bathroom runs, i'm in my prime.

my inspiration

My motivation, is embodied in the two family spirits that are experiencing deep discomfort due to health issues. I can't imagine being here doing what I've been blessed to do without them sticking by me regardless of what I did. I'm hoping to give back until my wheels fall off. I do appreciate fans. I've been given quite a few for such a long time. The difference is that in spite of our gifts, we have to keep in mind, it's on loan. It has to go beyond the artist. If it doesn't, it's meaningless. So look back at your own life and i'm sure someone has stood by you even when you were on shaky legs. If so, let them know they're your inspiration.

The real seeker of truth never seeks truth.
On the contrary, he tries to clean himself of all that is untrue, inauthentic, insincere, and when his heart is ready, purified, the guest comes.

Dharmapa

For the self righteous

Think not of the faults of others,
of what they have done or not done.
Think of your own faults,
of the things you have done or not done.

Dhammapada

Think not of the faults of others,
of what they have done or not done.
Think of your own faults,
of the things you have done or not done.

Dhammapada

Daryl Magazine & E book

We've received notice that our online pub, Zen stones which is on e book has gone over 500 reads. I believe that the up and comers can turn the indie music and art world more inclusive and less exclusive. Thanks from our staff. DH

Thanks for the luv. We're amazed at the support.

working on the skins

I'm back on the drums full time. I've played a lot of Bass, Lead, Piano etc in studio lately. I'm a drummer who happens to do the rest of those things. Performing live on the skins again feels right. However now I have to stretch and warm down more now LOL. Two hour non stop swinging has to be a zen thing for me now. I'm still sharp but stamina keeps me honest. 21 piece drum kit and rolling, i'm hoping to get my drum endoresments back. these sets take the crew a lot of time to send to those venues "Hint".

Working on the drums for next stop. Using lighter sticks to pop the licks with less kicks.

For my family.

POETRY: SPOKEN WORDS

"healing dance"
�
We've been engulfed in a dance of hate
to appease self
swam in pools of confusion to
find solace
cultivated in land of vengeance to
be at peace
And dread the harvest of sin.
We have drowned spirit of joy to
create sorrow and solitude of self
In attempt to stay king in world
of selfishness
Stepped on souls of meek and weak
brutalized heads on our way to the top
to be rewarded by nature.
Look up to the moon and sacred mountains
of the sky
Listen to the songs of sacred land
Feel the healing wind of sea
Step into the vibrations of energizing
songs of sun.
Let's dance beyond rhythm of sorrow
Lift our legs and hands in praise
of life.
Dance to the wind of drums for the
rejuvenation of souls.
Copyright � 1996, Chidi A. Okoye �

For my cousin Lucille "get well"

"healing dance"
�
We've been engulfed in a dance of hate
to appease self
swam in pools of confusion to
find solace
cultivated in land of vengeance to
be at peace
And dread the harvest of sin.
We have drowned spirit of joy to
create sorrow and solitude of self
In attempt to stay king in world
of selfishness
Stepped on souls of meek and weak
brutalized heads on our way to the top
to be rewarded by nature.
Look up to the moon and sacred mountains
of the sky
Listen to the songs of sacred land
Feel the healing wind of sea
Step into the vibrations of energizing
songs of sun.
Let's dance beyond rhythm of sorrow
Lift our legs and hands in praise
of life.
Dance to the wind of drums for the
rejuvenation of souls.
Copyright � 1996, Chidi A. Okoye �

Do nothing with the body but relax;
shut firm the mouth and remain silent;
empty your mind and think of nothing.
Like a hollow bamboo rest at ease with your body.
Giving not, nor taking, put your mind at rest.

Tilopa

Nice thought

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself.
It is not in your environment;
it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others;
it is in yourself alone.

Orison Swett Marden

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THE ARTIST MIDST ESSAY POSTED ON MY EBOOKS

I've completed a short two part essay that somehow became a compulsion. I tried to keep it succinct yet reflective of what I perceive as the decline of true independent art. The corporate mindset and commercialism of creativity, has turned most work into sanitized brands. Collectively artist have to take back the tools of their trade. Or else we will be jaded by offshoots of so called "reality t.v."

Both parts of my humble essay "The Artist Midst" are now online. Give it a read.

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Myebook - THE ARTIST MIDST AN ESSAY BY DARYL HAYOTT PT 2

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Be more and more at ease.
Be more and more here and now.
Be more and more in action, and less and less in activity.
Be more and more hollow, empty, passive.
Be more and more a watcher — indifferent, not expecting anything, not desiring anything.
Be happy with yourself as you are.

Osho

Welcomed emptiness

I'm a serious thinker. I meditate as often as possible. Some may think that to be very spiritual, others may feel that I just have an empty mind. Both are right. I'm trying to get to the point where I can be empty at will. Simply because you can't add to a full glass. If you don't add you don't empty up, nothing new gets in. So I strive to be as simple minded as possible. Doesn't lessen my intellectual clarity. Just makes me grateful to transcend the herd.

ying yang, rollin

I'm getting the flow of the music. The sheer creative stamina feels right. Downtime is a must. Too much is a bust because of creative rust. I'm at a point in life where my desire to reach yet another unnkown is intense. I have a console lit by my sleeping area. It's like the lights little kids use to keep them aware of the boogy man. If It is what I see when i'm about to drift of into that alpha sleep, i'm resolved that when I wake I have a new day I have the info I need. It's the natural ebb and flow of anything living. Ying Yang is impossible to escape. Ride the tide in whatever you pursue.

Rehearsals out the ying yang

Headed to the med

Greece we embrace in creative terms. Personally there's only one motherland. The forgotten land. Afrika the land of Kush. However the greeks appreciate the vibrant sounds of the drum. Headed their way baring gifts. Light

The summer never ends in my soul

New Daryl magazine edition online. www.darylmagazine.com is the link

Thanks for the support.

From Bob Hausler and myself, thanks so much for the love. The stream will be mixed down and posted by the end of next week. Meantime stills are on the label link www.keepthelightrecords.com

Gig photos posted. Actual stream in post production. Scheduled for 28th. keepthelightrecords.com

First webcast complete and in post production. Should be posted by 28th Aug. www.keepthelightrecords.com

I am at ease and clear with myself.
It does not matter where or with whom I am.
My clarity and ease of being are always present in me.
My happiness does not depend on anything outside.

Narupa

Webcast Live feed Friday Aug 21.

keepthelightrecords.com is the link for the webcast from Monsterlab studios this Fri. Hayott/Hausler project streams live. I will be jamming with a wonderful guitarist and guest. It's jamming at it's purest. Improvisation with cats outside of my band. I truly miss those open sessions. If u don't catch it live it will be re broadcast. Peace. DH

Downtime

I'm hard pressed to remember when I didn't have to think about a project. Waking up and not plugging in an instrument. Or setting up a session. Gonna dig it for one entire week. wow

Gratitude for the downtime. I'm disconnected and lovin the space.

Headed to the park. Summer breezes needed. The music gets a bit much, but the marketing is only for the brave with too much free time.

artistic karma

I love art. All art. From fine to martial it is my life. I thought about the history classes I took regarding art in college. It was amazing to remember that very few artist received any acclaim during their actual life time. When they died they became popular and almost iconic LOL When among the living they couldn't get a sandwich for free from those very same admirers. Today it's the same. If u do make it, the very first thing one does is forget the community that supported them in favor of personal gratification. Yet the poor fans will die just to get a glimpse of the gaudiness in which this wealth is displayed. They love being abused and ignored. It actually gives the fans bragging rights. Wow Karmic comedy continues.

Artistic karma

I love the arts. From fine art to martial arts it's been my life. I haven't painted in a while. I

Aloneness is a flower, a lotus blooming in your heart.
Aloneness is positive, aloneness is health.
It is the joy of being yourself.
It is the joy of having your own space.
Meditation means: bliss in being alone.

Osho

Indie Corporate style

How did it happen again? The music is in the hands of the same old tired mind set of throw money at it. Distribution companies have become elitist again. Hell how are the newer cats going to compete if the unit demand is the same as Sony? Artist better have trust funds or marry rich if you want to stay in the game.

Fighting the corporate idiots on their own turf, what else?

MYSTICAL LINES - Daryl Hayott & Tribe KonfuciousKlan

MYSTICAL LINES - Daryl Hayott & Tribe KonfuciousKlan

Aug 21 webcast is still on schedule. We will be playing via internet from New Britain CT. See u on the flat screens LOL. DH

Obama dissed as usual

I received an e mail today, from a lady who was very upset at what she perceived as a "snub" by the Russian Politburo. Apparently, there was no one interested in shaking the new president's hand but the few locals on hand after a meeting with Russia's president. She went on to further point out how that wasn't the case with prior presidents even during the cold war. I thought about it for a minute. What I responded with was that if you look at most of the written news media as well as television broadcasters, you can notice the way most don't even refer to the president as the "President". It's usually just Obama as though they're cut buddies from the hood. The title is often used in his case when there is a gripe or something he did or did not do becomes headlines. Then we're reminded he is the "President'. So to the lady let me say this. Steel and diamonds are forged through extreme heat. I think that the President will be just fine. Those with larger agenda's than spirituality or I.Q. never do more than feed on negativity. If they can sick dogs on protesters on television, beat the hell out of citizens, bomb the hell out of countries and still sleep at night, what else would you expect? Keep in mind negativity only is as strong as the weak allows it to be. Dissed as usual is the order of the day for those who want to hold on to the myth of the color blind society.

How often can you kill one man. M.J. can't get a break even in spirit. Damn, first there's this Elvis and M.J. television documentary. Give me a break. Elvis stole every piece of music his stiff ass could find. Then the Bashir 2 part "Living with M.J. documentary that he turned into a indictment, then claimed folks wanted to kill his( Bashir) punk ass. P.R. stunt. Who would waste sweat on that sissy? Finally the endless M.J. specials from the same corporate suits that ran him out the country. Yet they wonder why when the media calls me my answering machine says "kiss my behind, I'm busy being useful.

Creativity or Hubris

I wrestle with the landscape of digital everything. When I played at Electric Lady as a drummer, there came the onslaught of the electric drum machines. Acoustic nightmare as it were however, it's always about the bottom line with Labels. Quite a few cats had to drop the sticks and either learn another instrument or play in in the Mountains of eastern Europe. Some even turned vocalist, although I couldn't even think of singing lead unless the crowd is tone deaf.

Presently we've come full circle. The technology gives the artistically challenged, kings and queens of........ So I forge on with the band. We've been blessed with a measure of success that seems to be ever growing. Like Walfredo Reyes Jr. told me,"cream must rise to the top. Music has to come back to the masses". So we embark on a multi country tour, to send out this light. Render while trying to stay away from the narcissism of the "look at me" trip.

Finally it's about keeping the music different yet commercial enough to put butts in the seats. The artistic struggle of purity vs. practical in the land of capitalism on the decline. With the heavy dosage of social sites and television reality (LOL) shows, one must get seen or heard at any cost in orser to feel they exist. Subjective exposure to the extremes (Beyonce) that doesn't seem to require even thinking of giving back to the community that supported your work. Award shows, and Amos and Andrew comedy movies. Heavey terrain to navigate if you're speaking of being creative or actually different than the herd. I guess I choose the work. The way they're still dogging MJ. The public will watch you burn over and over, then look for the next victim. Hubris is a bitch. I choose creativity.

test

Webcast scheduled for aug 21 from CT. recording studio. Bob Hausler (guitar) and guest artist will perform via internet feed. Details this weekend. kooooooooool

Studio webcast 21 Aug

Myself and Bob Hausler as well as other guest artist will be webcasting a session Aug 21. It will be fed from Austrailia to Laptops world wide. I will post the details this weekend. After which my band Tribe Konfuciousklan heads to Athens Greece to resume the tour. Hope to have u guys share the groove. DH

Posted preview of MYSTIC LINES. The title piece for the new CD. The piece is to be reviewed by ALL ABOUT JAZZ Magazine. The preview is on our myspace page. DH

Mystic lines preview on myspace

We've posted the title piece to the new CD called Mystic Lines. It is a preview to be reviewed by All About Jazz magazine. So we hope u approve. DH

OFFICIAL CD RELEASE DATE JULY 31. PRIVATE RELEASE THIS SAT IN ROME. WE'RE RECORDING AND FILMING LIVE. DH

CD RELEASE DUE JULY31. TRIBE ITALY BOUND

Well as of 9:55 pm tonight we're due for Rome. We play the 18th and 19th. The official CD release date is July 31. The private release is Sat. So we will check in with our Italian fans tomorrow. In the meantime may u artist have success with your projects. DH

Striving, not conniving, handling not with standing, staying humble, never stumble or mumble, knowing a new day has begun only after I touch the sun. DH

players vs. pawns

If you go to many of the music sites for the up and comers, there's always a chart system. The pawns think if they can bolster their numbers and plays that the sign deal is right around the corner. Forget that their sound is anything but unique as well as the look, it's their self perception of" I'm the one" that drives the center off kilter. The players are the labels and over night "producers" that mine the fields and pushes the sounds out like KFC chicken. I know, tell you something new. I will. Take your work and protect it. Even to the extent of security LOL. Manage your own stuff. Keep your focus on your own road. Never fight to get into a cage full of LCD ( lowest common d***r). Focus your sights on why you do the work in crappy rooms with crappier equipment. You love it. Simple? yes however u can't win being a pawn for the players. Only the owner of the board. DH

Watching the vain and banal speak from the anal

Transparent gestures

I have to admit that although I grew up with MJ being in the Jackson 5. I've seen his musical evolutions as well as the over documented physical ones. Neither I or anyone else I know can say what it is to grow up on a world stage before u can grow a decent beard. None the less so many self appointed "experts and observers" have done the impossible. They have made themselves into arm chair pundits on another mans life. When this man was accused (not convicted) of the transgressions , his so called fans and friends ran to the microphones and cameras to exclaim their disdain. These wanna bes pontificated or deficated their wisdom on the scurge of morality. Now the Croc tears flow and the acting flows, like the ass hole blows and these fake ass souls dress up for the lights again to publicly express their sorrow. Rode the mans jock, imitated his dance and got your nose jobs and blonde tips in your permed out hair. If the so mentioned can pull themselves away from the mirror long enough, they can kiss my ass. Be real or be gone.

two facebook accounts

I seem to have two facebook accounts. To those i've just gotten to regarding friend request I apoolgize. I had not been aware of this.

Watching the fake sorrow towards a man they rushed to judge. Dogged him now trying to out blog the next one. Phoney ass folks. Brother MJ I hope u finally get the peace u sought. U def won't get the respect u truly deserve

MJ finally gets peace

The irony of those who scorned MJ. Wrapping themselves in judgment and self importance. Now the rush to embrace the grail of publicity to out sorrow the next. This biz sucks.

Undo the redo with the voodoo u do. it's music

Still enjoy the stillness

It's been a minute since the last blog. The preparations and marathon hours in studio gives me a welcomed sense of the surreal. There's a refuge I look forward to when I play. It's a personal experience in the lack of ritual and repetition. The newer cats have been weened on software. Correction in it's intent but highly depended on as a substitute for the actual effort. Sadly it's the order of the day. I'm usually tuned into the music from all over. Your ear has to go beyond your zip code. Older cats seem to entrench themselves on what they know also. I actually equate it to painting or sculpture. The organic relationship between artist and the rendition is the high. I'm a junkie for the high of playing an instrument. You don't have to be good, just be present. LOL

Trying to avoid being stampeded by the herd. Don't know where they're headed, yet they seem intent on getting there LOL.

Assembly lines and such

When I was a child, the young girls used to play with Barbie dolls. There was also a few with the easy bake ovens. Plastic boxes with a light bulb inside to heat dough. The fellas had G.I. Joe action figures which were actually dolls for guys LOL. I thought of this the other day while watching a demo video sent to us. The females seem to strive for that Barbie look with the pasted smile and super stiff gestures and the straight hair with blond highlights. It was then I thought of the music. Sampled digital synthesized sounds as though it came out of that easy bake oven. I mean you could close your eyes and imagine the songs just dropping off the assembly line. On the side of the fellas, everyone claimed to be harder and tougher than the next. However with few exceptions, the gear was the same. Boots, caps, and dog tags. Uniform without purpose but mandatory I imagine to sell the theme. G.I. Joe is back LOL. Is it that we're just hearing them come out with what they have in the first place? mediocre talent and extreme ambition? or does the times of originality and substance work on a strict cyclic regimen? either way those toy makers from the past now seem like prophets.

playing, praying, saying but mostly paying

Life again imitates art

The ages old adage of "life imitating art" has been realized again. The artist is painted as the tormented soul seeking purity in his/her craft. The outer world concerns such as bills, food etc. being this ever imposing obstacle. The craziness is that most artist don't have patrons to sponsor their efforts and arrange openings or premieres with the white wine set. So what to do? The music scene has again given us the folks who dress up in the urban gear(if that's what it's supposed to be) talking about street credit, and getting paid. Whereas the work is assembly line candy and video close ups of tats and perms with Blond streaks trying to give off the everyone look. LOL. With ninety dancers grinding out of beat to plastic beats. Point is that the industry is making an effort to package the struggling artist product. Truth is folks are out of work. Barely eating and scrambling for the bones of survival. Better get real or get going. Can't eat mp3's

Feeling good about the music fans of Israel reaching out.

TRIBE KONFUCIOUSKLAN WELCOMES ISRAEL FANS

We've been reached by the wonderful music fans of the state of Israel. The myspace band pages and fan sites have been hit with some wonderful comments. Didn't realize the fan base was so strong in the midst of the current climate. If it can be worked out we'll be there this fall. Proves that music can transcend polytricks
anywhere anytime anyhow. DH

tweaking the set list and being a monk LOL

Tweak obsession. Confessions of a wandering soul

Finishing the song list for both the tour set list and cd song catalog is a trip. I carry the music in my head,( bad move). This drives me to what I call the tweak obsession stage LOL. I've not met in all of my years doing this any, any, any artist that wished they could've taken a piece of a tune out and redo it until the hearts content. Everyone I know tells me the same thing. We're zapped with the " artistic" paradigm. Ironic because we hate critics. We shun them. However we absolutely dog our own work LOL. I will hear a tune I'm on and walk out of the room. So I'm hitting that curve of precious manic vision. Maybe I'll take up bag pipes. That's one instrument that seems to transcends too much scrutiny. I'm off to the music store.

Drumming it to the extremes.

Focus in the midst of the Gaga

We're getting a lot of projects on top of the scheduled tour and CD release due in July. I'm not complaining just thinking out loud. The musical biz landscape is definitely a trip. There's more websites devoted to sapping folks to take their funds and while giving them the American Idol fraud via Cyber world. Too many outlets for even less promise in talent. More head shots and muddy mp3 tracks imitating what passes from the realms of fluff. In any case the point is that to have the career we do and life I live is definitely a blessed one in effect but tremendous work. I thought of a cat that plays with the Dave Matthews band that said he could play every day without tire if he could forgo the things that encompass this craft. In any case what I believe is lost is the sheer simple pleasure of the creative process. Everything seems broken down to some home spun theory of it's true origin. Is it the artist or the toys? If one who reads this can simply keep that inner child going in your craft, regardless of how the landscape shifts you will come out ahead. worth the effort.

IN THE MOMENT!!

Seeking nothing means finding perfection. DH

Hacked again

Someone has gotten into our e mail acct. again. My thoughts cannot seem to wrap around these Cyber jerks that spend endless hours in front of computers in boxer shorts and virtual DREAMS OF GRANDIOSITY and are fighting the good fight for hackers everywhere LOL. Losers with too much time on their hands. The legitimate offers and business transactions now get sandwiched in between ads for bootleg drugs and sex videos with farm animals, great job to the hacker. In the real world we're wrapping up for the tour and I must say that i'm looking forward to playing.

Letting the music have a chance at playing me as opposed to me always playing it.

A piece I read

Stupidity, Insecurity and Fear
Stupidity, insecurity and fear are three foes of our inner life. Stupidity includes insecurity and fear. As a matter of fact, stupidity encompasses everything that is unaspiring and negative in our life of aspiration. Why am I stupid and why do I remain stupid? I am stupid because I have not yet seen my true form and I have not yet realised my own highest height. I remain stupid precisely because inwardly I cherish stupidity.

There is not a single day when my mind does not cherish authority and supremacy. In my outer life I try to exercise supremacy over others; I show my undue and unauthorised authority. As soon as I show my authority and supremacy, I separate myself from the rest of mankind. With the disappearance of my oneness-life, my stupidity begins.

Why am I insecure and why do I remain insecure? I am insecure because I have not yet felt my inseparable oneness with the rest of the world. I remain insecure because inwardly I cherish insecurity in a very strange and peculiar way: I think that my insecurity is keeping me alert and cautious. I know that I have countless superiors but very few inferiors. But because of my insecurity I am always afraid that even these inferiors are going to dethrone me and start dominating me. As long as I do not have confidence in the purest sense, I feel that I have to keep insecurity at my heart’s door to protect me, which is absurdity on the face of it.

Why am I afraid? I am afraid of certain people for various reasons, but the main reason is that I dislike them. When I dislike anyone, I feel that the person I dislike is always speaking ill of me; I feel that sleeplessly and breathlessly that person is counting my shortcomings. I feel that he is leaving no stone unturned .to expose me to the outer world. Because I dislike others, because I have no love for others and feel no oneness with them, I am afraid of the world. Where there is division and lack of oneness, there is always fear. But if I like the world, the world will also like me. If I love the world, my love will be reciprocated. In the life of a person who does not feel oneness with the rest of the world, stupidity, fear and insecurity can never come to an end.

Stupidity, insecurity, fear: these are my problems. But do I sincerely, soulfully and bravely try to liberate myself from these problems? No! I feel in a very peculiar way that my countless problems are keeping me alive. I feel that if I had no problems, by this time I would have become lifeless and inactive; and that my life of sloth and inertia would have made me even more miserable than I am. I feel that because I have problems to face, my inner energy comes to the fore. Alas, these are the strange ideas that I cherish.

At times, when I am beset with problems, I go to my friends and dear ones in the hope that they will be able to free me from my problems. But, like me, they too are loaded with problems and they cannot help me.

Each problem is an inner ailment, an inner disease, and only an inner doctor can cure me. My inner doctor is my Inner Pilot. He tells me, “My son, I can cure you of all your problems, but I have to charge you a fee. The fee that I need is your constant prayer-life. The fee that I want is your constant aspiration-life. If you give Me your prayerful heart and your aspiration-life, I shall cure you of all your centuries-old maladies. Only a life of prayer and a heart of meditation can cure you of your long-cherished ignorance-dream.”

(The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind by Sri Chinmoy)

Reflecting on fellow marines lost.

Blogging or cyber puglilism

I'm a virtual newcomer to the blogging landscape. Interesting none the less, there's a an abundance of emotion. Topics from entertainment to pseudo academics, it's informative. In college the mere title of professor gave the teacher a captive audience. Man who could have known? Though it seems that blogs spawn forums which in turn creates forums. That's where the angst rolls, LOL. The put downs from the realms of anonymity makes brave the shadow dwellers, neer do wells and pontifs of other peoples work. I miss the tournaments where we fought all day against martial artist from the nether regions. Sore muscles fractured bones were the price of finding your weakness and the merits of technique. I get asked questions now about brand name instruments and who are the gods of music?. I answer that if u want to learn about those things u need to subscribe to the forums where the answers flow freely from cats that not only cannot keep a beat but believe that it's the genre that creates the artist. To disagree lends itself to the back and forth tug over blog sacredness. So on this day that we remember those who have fallen in defense of the abstract concepts of right and wrong. Vets like myself and fellow marines can feel pride that the peace we fought for is in the hands of cyber warriors. LOL.

Keeping the fallen vets in mind. Semper i

MY FELLOW VETS

While the picnics and B.B.Q spreads are in full bloom this weekend, I want to remind my veteren brothers to remember our fallen ones. Six years of my life to the Marine Corps and a lifetime of gratitude. We didn't fight for colors, or polytricks
We fought for each other. To the vets Semper fi.

Daryl Hayott interview http://ping.fm/Vj8Ci

Daryl Hayott interview & Preview

I'm finally interviewed for our own magazine LOL. They finally got me to sit down. It will be in three parts. I 'm on http://ping.fm/5eNpo . In addition we posted a piece on MYSPACE called "touch light" to be released in July . I'm on drums ,bass & percussion, so if u hear heavy breathing it's because my ribs still hurt. LOL.

New tune from upcoming cd just posted on myspace "TOUCH THE LIGHT". July release.

New tune on our myspace page for my i'll relatives. called TOUCH THE LIGHT. I need your strength please get well soon. DH

NEW TUNE POSTED ON OUR MYSPACE PAGE.

New piece from the upcoming CD just posted on our MYSPACE. Tribe Konfuciousklan page. It's titled touch the light . http://ping.fm/kAcjA Blessings to my Ill family members. Keep strong 4 me. DH

Embracing the late night recording sets.

I truly feel that the music should heal. the effort has to be genuine and the compassion complete

THE GIFT

THE PRICE


I’m zoning in for this tour, as well as the drum solos. When you have distractions like family illness, it can be an effort to keep your mind still. I choose to view it as a test of humility. If u don’t play for anything other than your ego, life’s situations will be no more than a series of virtual reality scenes. I’ve been doing this since my teens. The cats coming up today can’t even play an instrument, but can find their way to the jewelers to get gold caps for their grill. I believe in some form your gift will exact a price or many prices. It keeps us aware that it’s a loan not a birthright. Well enough for now, gotta get into the day.

DOING WHAT IT DO

Doing the web drum thing

Doing the web drum thing


The beat continues. We’re trying to find a location in order to set up a webcast for the drum solos. It’s always a trip setting up a drumset that contains 21 pieces which include cymbals and roto- toms. I’m currently using a double bass rig. That requires a special mike rig. Finally it has to be shot from high angles as well as the straight ahead view. Cameras for me are a distraction when their boomed on a high shooting down. I feel like those toy monkeys that beat cymbals on the toy store floor.
In any case it’s the sign of the times. Cyber junkies need their fix. If it’s shiny it sells. LOL My god when do we just get back to simplicity without risking the shaky bottom lines? At least I can get some of that fancy coffee. LOL

Praying for family members to get well.

reflections

This post was published to Daryl Hayott The Artist life at 9:55:16 PM 5/18/2009
Reflections


It’s been one of the most intense weekends in my entire life. Family issues regarding illness has pretty much kicked the wind out of my sails. In this regard I’m truly not unique. I would think that due to my life in music, I’m always looking at time as some type of convenient consideration based on performance deadlines. Tuning up for a tour is like a daydream when I consider the pains of cancer on a senior whose entire life has been about physical and academic perfection in one case and giving to the young in the other.

I play music for a living and that’s just one of the experiences in a life that has been marked by resurrection in cycles. I’ve always been secure that I would accomplish whatever, whenever I choose. Well reality check. I’m determined to help my family be as comfortable and stress free as possible.. Never let time fool you into a false sense of your own importance. It will never be worth a Grammy or anything platinum.

Reflections

It's been one of the most intense weekends in my entire life. Family issues regarding illness has pretty much kicked the wind out of my sails. In this regard I'm truly not unique. I would think that due to my life in music, I'm always looking at time as some type of convenient consideration based on performance deadlines. Tuning up for a tour is like a daydream when I consider the pains of cancer on a senior whose entire life has been about physical and academic perfection in one case and giving to the young in the other.

 

I play music for a living and that's just one of the experiences in a life that has been marked by resurrection in cycles. I've always been secure that I would accomplish whatever, whenever I choose. Well reality check. I'm determined to help my family be as comfortable and stress free as possible.. Never let time fool you into a false sense of your own importance. It will never be worth a Grammy or anything platinum.

http://percussionparadise.ning.com/

Just kicked up a little network site for percussionist and folks who just dig those tunes on ning. the url is http://ping.fm/Bm2UD . It's free and it will take a little to build so excuse us for that however i'm hoping to get folks from other cultures to turn us on to their work.

Being non musical and very focused on being non focused for a minute.

Keeping it simple

It comes a point where managing your energies become crucial. Regardless of personal stamina, most things done repeatedly can become stagnant. Music is wonderful, however most of us artist become addicted to the process and our views can become skewed. So, I'm intending on spending a couple of more days as far away from my own work as possible before the push. Sometime staying in the moment of now is good enough. It has a habit of becoming the endless treadmill for myself. So back to the basics for a minute , keeping it simple and listening to the music of just being in the city looking for a new pair of kicks.

Doing the art thing out west

de ja vu

I'm signing another deal. The language and terms are always in old English/Latin terms. It's almost like lawyers putting Esq. behind their names as though it actually means something real. I'm always amused as to how the printing gets smaller as your earning potential gets stranger. It's deja -Vu for myself. The old planet of the apes movies where the human veil is reversed and the apes stick it to us big time. Music execs r lawyers. Wanna be artist who hide their flaws behind verbiage and Armani. What's the deal with the hair gel? That being said Los Angeles is still as I left it last time. The haves and the barely making it crew. Maybe one day the big one will come and the poor can wave out at the Pacific ocean and see the "pretty people" rowing in canoes with antique light stands for oars and silicone implants for life vest. LOL. Where's room service? I feel like paying 8 dollars for a grilled cheese sandwich.

L.A. signing legal babble for tour endorsement

http://ping.fm/OIKr5

Letting the music take a brief interlude. dh

Mothers day

I want to extend greetings to the mothers of the planet that gave us that extra......

Looking forward to just shooting some film. Camera in hand and a clean pair of drawers cause it get's tough in the cit LOL

Wise men in fools company

The theory is that wise men are such due to their choice of people around them. Okay, lets look further. Suppose that you really didn't have any significant input regarding your tribe? Is now the criteria shifting? do u pick yes men? like minded spirits from within the gene pool? Doesn't speak well of governments. It seems that wherever I allow myself to drift into a sense of fiscal and artistic accomplishment, I get hit with the sting of the unimaginative arrows in my chest. Boom.

Giving Spring some quality time.

The camera will be taking me on a tour of Spring. The music has to go for a nap.

Time to welcome Spring

Man we've put in enough studio time to record Buddhist chants and signals to Mars. This weekend is dedicated to not being dedicated. The Camera and cloth trousers have to greet the spring. Dexter has left the laboratory for a couple of days. The masters even knew part of being a master is not doing anything. Just being for a minute. I have protocols to destroy LOL. DH

luv me some me

Inertia

If we spend our lives waiting for the ideal conditions, checking if the universal Doppler systems says we can take a deep breath and a solid step forward. It don't take talent to talk about talent. It takes talent to see that it ain't about the glitz it's about the commitment to yourself. Inertia can kiss my a&

My little brothers birthday. He's a wonderful young man. My biggest fan. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARTIN. i'M STILL FASTER,

I'm breaking in some new strings on a five string bass. Harmonics r kool.

My brothers birthday

I want to wish my brother Martin the very best birthday he can ever have. He's quite a spiritual being and deals with life on it's own terms.

Actually trying to heal myself with rest and heal my world with music.

Thoughts minus deeds equals jack s&

Daryl Hayott t

Embracing the coffee and taking on the sun.

arm chair life

I'm constantly approached by folks who feel they have the key to utopia. How the music, the industry, love sex and bliss can be realized. From the very comfort of my own living room. Just pay x amount of dollars. I can get these blessings in stages if I desired. 3 months. 6 months, 1 year. I never realized how a comfortable arm chair and a keypad could make me a giant. I've been working all these years doing the grind when I should've just hung out on ebay.

OUTSIDE THE INSIDE

If I have to do one more production rehearsal of the same set list I will feel as though I'm at a conservatory in Minsk playing work tunes for the gulag. The commercial mindset of the three minute formula caters to the LCD. If u go outside the lines it's as though a trap door has opened and the idiots lose their sense of sound. LOL. U have to get out from those imaginary lines or your craft will implode.

Drum work

I'm rehearsing with a sore rib cage with 2 cracked ribs. I tried to take a speed bike where no man has been before LOL. The law of gravity had it's own program. With Rome around the corner I'm working on the new material. The percussive signature of the music requires me to be clean and strong. 21 pieces is my rig for this trip. I believe that the spirit of the drum will carry me through. Or simply hide me while I cry on stage.

I would imagine that the surge of cyber info is supposed to "connect the outer realm of souls to the cutting edge of imformation". However It's a saturation of commercials disguised as news. As a rule I don't make a habit of reading about my friends or myself. Those in the industry understand this thought. Most of what's written is filtered down is freeze dried crap. It was a time when I thought the term google meant something tame like a television show for kids. Now when I hear the term which evolved to a verb from a noun or pronoun depending where you went to school, the hairs on my neck stand up. The sheer volume of tags and links daze me like tracer rounds in the dark. With so much info, why are we so dumb? I mean on a world scale we really don't shine above flexing and barking like a caged dog that really doesn't want to get loose. My point is that now as artist we have to devote more time on a typepad than a studio. 1/3 music 2/3 hype. Damn

The ribs have lightened up a little. I can see daylight. lol 21 drums may have their own opinions.

airinf it out

About to tour. The high point will always be airing the sound out. The instruments have to breath. I have music critics waiting for the work. I mean what the hell does the music have to do with them ? You set up set list for your sound or do u do it for Billboard magazine? thus the question LOL. We play for the masses.. Folks who walk it inside it's veins. I'm still a badboy I cannot do the formula thing. We're going to air it out.

The zen of tolerance

With all the saturated manufactured crap coming through as music, I like so many others seem to be suffering from being extremely jaded with fluff. I swear I cannot tell one so-called R&B SONG OR ARTIST (term used loosely) from another illusion.

The trend of shows that cry of ME ME ME ME ME. I'm learning that my four decades of zen
is put to the test. Stay in the moment even if not of the moment. Damn u Napster. LOL

Resting the body

By nature I'm very action orientated. My mind is always ticking and my body struggles to keep in sync. Most of my activities growing up required exceptional conditioning. Karate teams, Marine Corps etc. Musically I'm a drummer by nature. A converted Bassist, pianist blah blah blah. Having cracked ribs as I seem to be experiencing leaves me in a state of conflict with what I want to do. Now I must do the rest thing before touring. The zen of stillness LOL.

The rush

It's a constant state of what's next?. My band is always saying I should give myself a break and not work so hard. I have three cracked ribs from the motorcycle mishap and I seem to be working harder than ever. It's the whole "indie" experience. The serfs toil from sun to sun in the fields. When possible u put on your owner"s hat and wonder why the serf is not working harder? LOL.

The Drive

Keeping the drive alive musically with all of the outside things that come with the journey, is hard as hell. Since the indie world is more hands on, I believe that i've come to appreciate my days in the majors. Cyberspace has redirected our energies. Good thing is that I never neglect my playing, just my sleep lol. DH

We're here in Nippon

The time difference here is tremendous. However the people are first class.

JAPAN BOUND

Thursday we head to TOKYO. There's an energy element there that does not seem to be matched. You can play the music and actually feel the energy coming back in an endless loop. No draining march through two hours. It inspires one to max out every tune.

TOKYO

Getting ready for Tokyo. I'm forever thinking about what Miles Davis felt about the country. He felt that his sound was recognized instantly in Japan. I tend to agree with this assessment. I'm always tweeking and experimenting in the studio, yet on the road in America and the Europen countries I keep it close to the vest. The Japanese want to feel me and the Americans want to intellectualize this simple man and his works. LOL. So now it's to the woodshed.

the pursuit

I'm in somewhat of a zone musically. It seems to be navigating me lately. I just hold on and try not to squeeze the moment. I'm tooling around with my trumpet again. I'm in the midst of a tour and what do I do? play with the trumpet of course. LOL. It's been a minute since I've actually practiced with it. Ironically I'm told it's the hardest brass instrument to play. I'm the only one in my entire family able to play it. That's big magic considering how gifted the family is as a whole. I find a sort of serenity that escapes me during marathon recording or production rehearsals. I used to have an electronic mute that had ear plugs to allow one to rehearse without anyone else being disturbed. The weirdest thing is that when I hold it I remember what miles told me when I asked him why he pointed his bell towards the floor when he played. He answered that I should play the motherfucker any way I chose. How true is that about my entire life?

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PROS GET OFF YOUR MANTELS

To my fellow pro artist, I think there's an inherent responsibility to something beyond self worship. The playing Field has shifted and there's a cotton candy mine field to navigate. However if you subscribe to the laws of reciprocity it's a matter on natural occurrence. Through the glut of superficiality some of the more fortunate become a little misguided. I'll clarify, BILLBOARD and GRAMMY'S never fed the hungry folks who actually buy the music. It resupplies the vain and clueless the nectar of foolishness in which they imbibe their delusions. It's a mere promoter's resume stuffer. Meanwhile Lay offs , A.I.D. S only become cause celeb during voting seasons. Since you have the following of spoon fed minions sustaining your summer house, give something the fuck back. Stop the bullshit and actually reach out to someone beyond the photo ops. It's time to actually render our gifts to something priceless, gratitude. So the next pro who sends me some self serving shit, I'm bringing the homeless to your door.

Gratitude

Always at my center, my compass. I believe deeply that if you're blessed or connected to the universe in terms of talent, you are obliged to render it honestly. There's a process called gratitude. It leads not to utopia but it clarifies within. You realize it isn't about you and your licks and tricks. It's about your willingness to be a servant of the art.

Music A and R

The enticing thing about this term is that it implies a team concept. In other words complete strangers are purist. Your music is so unique and promising that said folks will devote their resources and energies to define you to the endless masses. Keep your focus on the downfall of the major labels. Antiquated paradigms brought them down. The financial trail guides their most noble intent. Now we're in a glut of indie traffic weaving through marketing is your own duty.