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SmazE

Jonah — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:14:36 +0000

This post is a blog post about the past. My first rock band was a band called SmazE (a name that comes from the union of the words smoke and haze) that existed from 2003-2007. I played drums and was the lead singer of the band.

Although SmazE no longer exists, I was listening to our music the other day and realized that I wanted to preserve what we had accomplished in those years as a first-rock-band experience. All three members of the band now play in The Audians, but we don’t play SmazE songs. SmazE released two albums, White Eyed Darkness (2004) and All The More Reason to Spend These Years Up in a Tree (2006).

Below, I have provided three songs from our last album, so that I can preserve the memories and so that you all can hear SmazE for the first time in a long time or the first time ever. Also, I’ve made up a little downloadable file with all of the tracks to both albums, plus some pictures of SmazE, all for free! The download might take a bit, but its worth it.

Have fun listening + Love,

Jonah

Click Here to Download SmazE: The Master Collection.

Riddle in Your Ear

Jonah — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:55:41 +0000

Hey everyone,

So I’ve got another great new song to show you all. My friend Isaac Holeman wrote the text and is singing on this song, and I wrote the chords and am playing the guitar parts in the recording. It is the first collaborative effort between Isaac and I, and I hope it will not be the last.

Have fun listening. Lyrics below:

A couple three weeks ago the leaves turned the color of your hair
I threw handfuls in the wind and I laughed out a riddle in your ear
When you winked at my empathy I placed a white feather on you
When my sight parts the shadows of a darkening forest you’re smiling too.

Over hedgerows and hobbits our talk mirrored our wandering feet
Though the mud was not frozen we glided on over the lea
That November your smile was so meek and wily I chuckled right outta my skin
At the end of the day I could say that I’d do it again.

A Cappella Awesomeness

Jonah — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:49:31 +0000

Hey Hey,

You have got to check out the song below that was recently recorded in (guess where) my dorm room. Its the first time I think anyone at Lewis & Clark has recorded a fifteen-something-person a cappella group in a dorm room that can barely fit two beds.

The song is Landed by Ben Folds, and the group is Lewis & Clark’s only all-female a cappella group, The Merryweathers.

Enjoy

Love, Jonah

A New Song

Jonah — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:55:46 +0000

So I was bored tonight, and I’ve been thinking about experimenting with this kind of music for a while.

I took out my MacBook, booted up Garageband, and sang. The result: Six tracks of Jonah, all a cappella. I made up the lyrics on the spot, as I was singing.

Enjoy.

-Jonah

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Update: Here’s two other experiments. Enjoy.