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Artist Profile: KeyDragon

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Ighuaran
on September 28, 2008
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KeyDragon

KeyDragon

KeyDragon arises with a new collection of songs that evoke a spectrum of parallels - everything from Cocteau Twins, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Necrocock, GWAR and His Name Is Alive.  But it is as fresh and unique in its own right for the commitment to its own dimension that its members lend it.  

 

MusicZeitgeist took some time out to interview Tamara Venus Star - the band’s female vocalist. 

MusicZeitgeist.com: Who?

Tamara Venus Star: Keydragon. Tamara Venus Star - lead female vocalist.

MZ: What?

TVS: A project/albums that I am enjoying immensely.

MZ: Why?

TVS:  I find it extremely fullfilling to sing words that take me to a place where the “Dragon” exists; the Dragon is a beautiful, powerful, creature which has taken me and you to the heights of mountains, over rivers, into caves, through water, over water and into the day and night sky. The colors of these fantasy lands in which I roam are vibrant in color - rainbow landscape with fascinating ethnic/Gothic tales. Looking at it from an ultimate esoteric spiritual aspect, the sacred practice of Kriya Yoga in which I study and practice, is otherwise known as “The Dragon’s breath.”  As I record these songs in Ron Langford’s studio, I strive to keep in mind the Kriya practice as I breathe in, up the right side of the spine and down the left~ always keeping in mind the spiritual eye. The true focus and placement of the soul. Dipping down deep into my soul for meaning in music and lyrics, I find myself flying as my breathwork brings deep meaning to the work I do as a vocalist.  It brings me joy and happiness.  This is the essence of a successful life: enjoying and finding happiness in it.  

KeyDragon has much meaning in my life - it has been there for me as we go into creating album after album to capture the true essence of the Dragon and it’s sweet counterpart~soft, secure, fearless, feminine acknowledgment.

Oh yes, there are teenagers involved in the CD projects of KeyDragon due to Ron Langford’s involvement as a teacher. That is a major plus in my interest with KeyDragon.  The kids have a contest of who can draw the best Dragon, and the winning Dragon’s get to be on the album.

MZ: Until When?

TVS: Until we are set for life and we all have our own land and can drink from our own wells. Water is very important to a Dragon.

MZ: Where?

TVS: Everywhere. Up in the sky, down under, around and around and spiraling up through all of the chakra’s into the third eye and from there, forever in bliss.

Purchase KeyDragon CDs at:
www.cdbaby.com/all/keydragon 

www.metalmusicdistribution.com

Find out more at:
www.keydragon.com
www.myspace.com/keydragon

 



Listen to “Sun Dragon Dance” by KeyDragon at MusicZeitgeist.com



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Artist Profile: Jonathan Meek & The Mutes

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Ighuaran
on September 16, 2008
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Jonathan Meek & The Mutes

Jonathan Meek & the Mutes’ sound bursts out of the cage with an immediate intensity; a slushy mixture of warbly, irregular melody that cuts through the mildewy self-consciousness of capital “I” Indie Rock like lemon juice on a 3rd degree burn, and then sounds like Nick Drake joined early Radiohead, reasserting that amidst all the poseurs, there is still a life in the scene - a blistered beating heart with a head drunk with ideas.

Music Zeitgeist had the opportunity to ask this unstable atom some questions:

Music Zeitgeist: Who?

Jonathan Meek: I’m Jonathan Meek of Jonathan Meek & the Mutes, which includes my friend and recording engineer Mike Mittelstedt, and my brother Nathaniel Meek on drums.

MZ: What?

JM: One reviewer described my songs as “short films in musical form” which I find to be not only applicable, but also flattering. I’m heavily influenced by films and, in general, my songs rely on a lot of imagery and symbolism to tell a story, which gives them a sort of cinematic quality. I try to make the music work as a setting for each story, so the sounds and moods match the images in the lyrics. Overall, I want to make my songs interesting, so that each time you listen you hear something different or understand something different about the story.

Just as a reference, I would compare my sound to later Nick Cave, Low, maybe some Wilco, and a little Arcade Fire. I’ve also been compared on various separate occasions to Simon & Garfunkel, interestingly enough.

MZ: Why?

JM: I really can’t imagine doing anything else.

MZ: Until When?

JM: The only reason I would ever stop is if I became actually physically unable to continue.

MZ: Where?

JM: Truthfully primarily out of my spare bedroom (or “office”) in my house. I’m either writing, recording, practicing, or I’m on the computer promoting my music. I’m pretty much a one-man operation so I’ve got to spend a lot of time on the business side of things. Fortunately, that keeps me focused on my goals. When I do crawl out of my house, though, I play shows in and around the San Francisco Bay Area.

Find out more at:
http://jonathanmeek.com
http://www.myspace.com/jonathanmeek

Listen to “The City I Love” by Jonathan Meek & The Mutes at MusicZeitgeist.com

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Artist Profile: Joseph A. Peragine

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Ighuaran
on April 25, 2008
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Artist Profile: Joseph A. Peragine

Music Zeitgeist recently discovered the music of Ohio artist Joseph A. Peragine. The self-produced multi-instrumentalist creates gorgeous and urgent evolving songs that summon up the best that the first wave of early 90’s independent alternative music had to offer. This is not a slight - it was a golden age for musical experimentation and the music landscape would do well to remember the undercurrents that have slowly become annexed by the bands that claimed the game prize.

His angelic and beautifully rendered vocals aside, Peragine evokes everything from Jesus Lizard, His Name Is Alive and King Crimson to Smashing Pumpkins and Fred Frith. But it isn’t limited to post-prog innovators; his track “Perspectives of Then and Now Saved… Metamorphosis Engraved/Rewind” from his album The Acoustic Diaries is a holographic dream of amazing sampling, tape-playback, acoustic/vocal singing and songwriting that instantly bypasses all your defense mechanisms and leaves you staring a thousand yards beyond the twilight out the grimy window of whatever little box you live in and contemplating those seemingly significant moments of your life that you can still manage to surrender from fading memory.

Music Zeitgeist had an opportunity to ask the artist some personal questions:

Music Zeitgeist: Who?
My name Is Joseph A. Peragine

What?
I am an Indie/Experimental Solo artist who writes my music about my personal struggles with paranoid Schizophrenia.

Why?
I want to eliminate all of the negative stigmas associated with my illness and show the world that there is recovery.

Until when?
As long as I am mentally and physically able to create music and spread my positive message I will do so.

And then?
Hopefully I can leave some type of positive impact in the world of music and mental health.

Instrumentation
 Joseph A. Peragine: Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Sampling

Discography
 “The Acoustic Diaries” (Oct. 2004)
“Self Medication…Poems of Alienation” (Nov. 2006)

http://www.josephaperagine.com





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