Bionis Soul @ Tavern on the Lake: "Groove Theory"- Delta Sigma Theta Event

One of the baddest albums...EVER!!!!

Oliver Nelson... was a man ahead of his time

New mouthpiece...

OKAY...... I'm finally going back to playing on my favorite style mouthpiece (Monette STC 3 B2 Prana). I'm getting a copy made by Kanstul!!! I'll keep you posted.... photos soon to follow.

CHECK THIS OUT..... go listen to my idols

These are just some of the baddest brothers around.... (Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Blue Mitchell, and Hank Mobley)

2010... is going to be HUGE!!!

Greetings and salutations....

It's been a long while since I last wrote you, but... I haven't forgotten nor will I ever leave you by the way side. I am currently plotting on a come up ... as always! I hope you have been doing well, and keeping busy amongst all your various activities. I've been doing alot of performing as of late and teaching. In fact I'm proud to say that I teach at Valencia Community College down here in Orlando, FL. and instruct part at Timber Creek High School. I'm married and in love with my beautiful wife, Mrs. Antonia Sheel. Life is great, busy ... but great,.... and there are so many more things on the horizon for both you and me.

So, you gotta believe not only in yourself but in the Lord above. Thank you Jesus!!! I can remember when... oh lawd.... way back when I had nothing but a trumpet.. and now I'm married and happy. Dear Lord in heaven above thank you so much!

SO... Now the year 2010 approaches rapidly! I'm excited and so should you. My bands "BLU-TET, BLU-TRIO, and The Bionic Soul" are planning recording sessions, local jazz showcase events, touring, and above all... playing in 2010. So... be aware!!!

Below are some of the things in store... BEWARE!!!

BLU-TET

In Wonderland with Ezra Weiss

“In Wonderland with Ezra Weiss”

by Jarritt A. Sheel

It is Monday, June 8^th 2009 and I am at home, drinking a very good cup of coffee while on the phone with Ezra Weiss. We have finally connected via phone after playing an intense game of phone tag for a week or two. I finally get the chance to interview one of the true originals, in jazz music and jazz education, today. One rarely gets the opportunity to talk with someone so passionate yet humble about teaching young people to have a deep appreciation for jazz music like Ezra Weiss. Today we get the unique opportunity to loquaciously wax and wane about jazz music, music education, and theater. What a discussion topic….

Ezra Weiss is an original… his musical views of the world are definitely different from the rest of us, and that is apparent in his new offering “Alice in Wonderland.” Ezra, born in Phoenix, Arizona, acquired a unique view of jazz music and theater from being actively involved in the community theater(music director) and band programs(participant) in Scottsdale. Upon graduating, from Saguaro High School, Ezra parted ways with the great state of Arizona for Ohio… and the famed Oberlin Conservatory of Music. During his time at Oberlin Ezra studied composition(Wendell Logan) and piano performance(Neal Creque), which lead him to start a group, called “Blues Connotation.” Blue Connotation would later turned into the Ezra Weiss Sextet. Upon graduation Ezra move to Portland, Oregon where he began working with the Northwest Children’s Theater, the Beaverton Arts and Communication Magnet Academy, and several camps like the Western Oregon University Jazz Camp. After traveling to New York City to perform in 2002, Weiss’ life would forever be changed. After that trip Ezra decided pursue a masters degree in jazz piano from Queens College. Here is where Ezra would meet, work with, and perform alongside jazz luminaries such as: Michael Philip Mossman, Antonio Hart, Kelly Roberge, Leon Lee Dorsey, Billy Hart, and study jazz piano with Bruce Barth and Ted Rosenthal. Upon his graduation from Queens College, Ezra would move back to Portland, Oregon where he has resumed his affiliation with the Northwest Children’s Theater and is also a music professor at Portland State University.

Ezra has been fortunate enough to compose and/or arrange music for Billy Hart, Thara Memory, Rob Scheps Big Band, Leon Lee Dorsey, Stan Bock, and Renato Caranto, among others. He has also performed with many great musicians including Greg Bandy, Michael Philip Mossman, Antonio Hart, Thara Memory, Rob Scheps, Renato Caranto, and Dennis Rowland. He also co-led the Courtney Bryan/Ezra Weiss Jazz Orchestra in New York. Additionally, Ezra won the 2002, 2006, and 2007 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, and he has led bands in many of the U.S.'s greatest clubs ranging from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Smalls, and Tonic in New York City, Ryles in Boston, NightTown in Cleveland, Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia, The Triple Door in Seattle, Jimmy Mak's in Portland, and Catalina’s in Los Angeles. So,… why would someone, like Ezra Weiss, who performs and writes so frequently and has achieved soo much… be interested in doing a , jazz education inspired, CD of music centered by Alice in Wonderland? Well… let’s travel down the rabbit hole with Ezra to find out.

I, like most of you, love the great Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll story of “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.” When I first got the assignment to review and interview Weiss’ work… I was a little reluctant to listen to the recording. I thought … the packaging is great, and the liner notes look awesome, but what the heck is this going to sound like? I was really curious and took the CD into my car as I drove to a gig, and listened intently… at first… to see if I was going to like it or… not. After the first five tracks I found myself interested in finishing the CD on my way back home from the gig. I did and soon started to visualize all the actors and musicians in costumes on stage performing this version of the classic, which can be rather dangerous while driving in rush hour traffic on I-4... LOL. I was engaged and that is when I thought… this is pretty intelligent way of engaging young audiences. Later, upon phone interview, I spoke with Weiss about the concept behind the CD.

“The main idea is to find a fun way to introduce young kids to jazz music. Disney does a great job with teaching musical numbers to kids. When I was young musical helped me digest theater, and I thought that musical theater would be a great way to introduce jazz music to young people. Create a thirst or hunger, affinity to jazz music.”

Combining the two different areas of art: theater and jazz music is very unique. What Ezra is doing… is reintroducing youth to two things… Jazz Music and Musical Theater. Due to the declining American educational system and the commercially motivated music industry, today’s youth barely have a defined idea of what jazz music is let alone… have an idea of what Musical Theater is. I still wondered what Weiss’ inspiration was for the album.

“Well it started, as I was working at a children theater in Portland, OR. The director asked me to do a musical version of “Alice in Wonderland” and it was a great way to introduce jazz music to these young children and forever change their thought process..their thinking.”

In a day and time, when youth have less musical opportunity and even less control over what experiences they can have… Ezra wants to give this new era of children… a wider variety of music to experience. Popular radio’s increasing limited play list of the SAME…top 10 songs for that particular radio station’s demographic is tiring and say the least drab. “Alice in Wonderland” use the colors found in the jazz idiom to paint this wonderful picture that every young person can appreciate in a entertaining yet educational way. Even though, the book was written well over one hundred years ago, it is still very topical. As a musician myself, the musical soundtrack from my youth was rather different, and so was Weiss’

“Well, when I was really young, I don’t really remember being into music. When I was ten, it seemed… all of a sudden, music opened up to me. I started playing saxophone, musical theater, and my dad had a great music collection. He had a great selection of musicals, and I started getting involved in the middle school jazz band. My father had a huge amount of vocal jazz, and ballads. Carmen McCrae.. really helped me bridge the gap between musical theater and jazz music. In high school I got into Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis (kind of blue) and found that jazz was really about expressing a character through your playing. I had friends that would later introduce me to Kenny Garrett and Joshua Redman music and their great driving energy … like Coltrane, and simply melodies that had great harmonic complexity that spoke to the listener.”

One would then usually question what are the musical influences of the composer/arranger of this very interesting project would be, and who directly has helped mold this young lion.

“The first person I need to credit my composition teacher Wendell Logan (Florida A&M University graduation), whom is an amazing teacher and a huge influence. Well in terms of composers… Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock (the Three Maria’s), Mingus, and Monk. With Wendell, he would say that is half of what a great composition teacher does, introduce the student to different styles of voicings and musical styles.”

Ezra, like Alice has been traveling down this colorful yet winding road full of twists and turns. On this road Weiss has encountered colorful characters around every turn, and the road has taken him around the world (musically) and back again. He began his love affair with the art form (music) at a young age and has kept a very health relationship with it over the last couple of decades. Weiss’ place in the grand scheme of things is gradually unwinding to the truth which is that he has contributed such much in a short amount of time.

“I think it is interesting that the CD’s I made prior to this were all about what was inside my head, and this one is all about exploring children’s theater. The next project will be writing Brazilian music for children to get a grasp of. I really enjoy teaching at this moment and I’m trying to really enjoy life. I’ve been making more time to be with family. We spend so much time in the practice room..”

So, out of the practice room and into the wonderland of life Weiss has gone!

Michael Jackson... "Just leave me alone..."

Even in death Michael Jackson.... is being persecuted by the media which both adored and despised him. I just thought that this very song written by MJ... spelled out what people should do at this time. We should... treat him like we would want to be treated.... remember the good things about him and his career.

"Leave Me Alone" Written and Composed by Michael Jackson.

"Aaow!-Hoo hoo!

I don't care what you talkin' 'bout baby
I don't care what you say
Don't you come walkin' beggin' back mama
I don't care anyway
Time after time I gave you all of my money
No excuses to make
Ain't no mountain that I can't climb baby
All is going my way

('Cause there's a time when you're right)
(And you know you must fight)
Who's laughing baby, don't you know
(And there's the choice that we make)
(And this choice you will take)
Who's laughin' baby

So just leave me alone girl-leave me alone
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone-stop it!
Just stop doggin' me around
(Just stop doggin' me)

There was a time I used to say girl I need you
But who is sorry now
You really hurt, you used to take and deceive me
Now who is sorry now
You got a way of making me feel so sorry
I found out right away
Don't you come walkin'-beggin' I ain't lovin' you
Don't you get in my way

'Cause
(There's a time when you're right)
(And you know you must fight)
Who's laughing baby-don't you know?
(And there's the choice that we make)
(And this choice you must take)
Who's laughin' baby?

So just leave me alone-girl-leave me alone
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone-girl-leave me alone
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
Stop it!
Just stop doggin' me around
(Just stop doggin' me)

('Cause there's a time when you're right)
(And you know you must fight)
Who's laughing baby, don't you know, girl
(It's the choice that we make)
(And this choice you will take)
Who's laughin' baby

So just leave me alone-girl-leave me alone
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone-girl-leave me alone
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
Stop it!
Just stop doggin' me around
Leave me alone-girl-leave me alone
(Leave me alone)
(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone, girl
(Leave me alone)
Leave me alone-stop it!

Just stop doggin' me around
(Just stop doggin' me)
Don't come beggin' me
Don't come beggin'
Don't come lovin' me
Don't come beggin'
I love you
I don't want it
I don't...
I don't...
I don't...
I..., I..., I..., aaow!
Hee hee!
Don't come beggin' me
Don't come beggin'
Don't come lovin' me
Don't come beggin'
I love you
I don't want it
I don't need it."

Hard-bopping w/ Derrick Gardner and the Jazz Prophets

Here is the article, and I truly hope you enjoy it... Check it out at ( http://www.jazzreview.com/article/review-7176.html )

WWW.JAZZREVIEW.COM

Artist Interview by: Jarritt A Sheel


June 1, 2009 -
It’s Monday June 1, 2009 at approximately 6:14 pm and Derrick Gardner, the proverbial titan of hard-bop, is on a journey. After visiting his mother Dr. Effie Gardner (classically trained pianist) and a week long stint (gigging) in New York City, he is traveling across country to do what he does best… playing JAZZ! Gardner, at full speed, has hit the road literally…traveling almost nonstop for the past couple of weeks to promote his latest work, Echoes of Ethnicity.

Gardner recently gave up his professorship at Michigan State University to pursue his performing career full-time again. Over the years, he found himself splitting his duties of teaching at MSU with a stellar jazz studies faculty headed by Rodney Whitaker (bass), and performing with some of the most sought after musicians around the world. . .along with writing/performing with his own great band over the course of 18 years of his professional career. His recording as leader of the Jazz Prophets on Echoes of Ethnicity proves to be another spectacular high point in a career that has placed him among such awe-inspiring bands as Harry Connick, Jr., the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Frank Foster, Slide Hampton, Stefon Harris, and last, but definitely not least, the Count Basie Orchestra. In this, the 18th year of the Jazz Prophets' voyage is where our interview begins.

For a brief moment ,Gardner’s GPS system interrupts us as it mechanically barks out directions. This however, doesn’t stop Derrick from spitting out pearls of wisdom about jazz music for the audience at JAZZREVIEW. The Echoes of Ethnicity sound is soulful, funky, and the epitome of what hard-bop would have become in the setting of a five horn front line. Sultry, sensuous, and very reminiscent of the late 1950’s and 60’s, hard-bop ensembles blend with a hint of the new and refreshing mix of unexplored territory interjected by Gardner himself.

When asked about his musical influences and who really helped mold him in regards to compositing and arranging, Gardner replied, “My father would definitely have to be the first on my list. He was arranging and composing way back when I was a child. He has given me advice and help over the years with creativity and [how to develop] a listening ear. . .”

Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley, David Baker and Frank Foster round out the list of Gardner's other arranging/compositional influences. He recounts his time with Foster. “‘Fost’ would be in front of the band bus (Basie) with a book of manuscript paper and a felt tip pen... without a keyboard. I would ask him to check out the score and when I finally got it back, the new ‘Frank Foster Picasso’ would help open up my hearing and creativity as far as the voicings were concerned and instrumentation. I would go back to the front of the bus until I didn’t have as much blood on the canvas.”

Baker had a huge influence on Gardner’s composition as a musician. He says of that experience and others like it, “I was very fortunate to be able to get all the information directly from the horse’s mouth. Talking directly to the greats and asking question is an invaluable opportunity. The music recordings of Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra, Oliver Nelson, Horace Silver, Slide Hampton, and Frank Foster have heavily influenced me. What really impressed me the most was that they all had a distinct sound. You have to develop a voice, and the easiest way would be through improvisation, and that ranges to the hardest composition."

As to the writing influences on the Jazz Prophet’s newest album Echoes of Ethnicity, they range from Afro-Cuban music, Freddie Hubbard, Parliament Funkadelics, Sam Rivers, Bar Clays, Thad Jones, Earth Wind & Fire, Sly and the Family Stone, Woody Shaw, Miles Davis, and Roberta Flack…definitely an eclectic mix, a mix where the listener is treated to a variety of ethnic musical tastes. “I didn’t really come up with the name of the CD until I finished and saw that the tunes and subject matter harkened back to the various cultures. The title basically comes from the programming of the tunes, of which five various ethnicities harken back to Freddie Hubbard’s Melting Pot.

Derrick leads the writing for the ensemble cast, but the composition/arranging is rounded out by a set of great writers, brother Vince Gardner(trombone) and Rob Dixon (tenor sax). All three writers take this revamped ensemble on a trek that ultimately takes the listener to a variety of destinations. The first thing that pulls the listener in is the rich and full sound that the five horn line up gives the arranger/composer. The ensemble, plus two, has added alto and baritone sax to the line up, which adds a depth and fullness not easily attained with the usual three-horn line up the band has enjoyed for the past 17 years. “I always wanted to do an octet recording that was due the harmonic possibilities that having five horns out front has, but my true writing style lies within the sextet with three horn up front.”

This album marks a new place in Gardner’s career. He is refreshed and ready for the challenge of stepping back onto the scene full-time. “Right now, I am in a very great place. This moment I am in a kind of transition of sorts…venturing out of the educational world and into the full-time performing world once more. I feel very good about getting back on the hustle and getting in the chow line.” Derrick Gardner has now stepped back into the line for more chow.




Jarritt Ahmed Sheel
B.S. Music '05
M.M. Jazz Studies '08
jsheelmusic@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/jarrittsheelmusic
815-793-6179

This is the prose of Antonia Sheel, my wife, which she wrote about my master degree graduate recital a little more than a year ago. I love you Antonia!!!

The Recital

-by Mrs. Antonia Sheel (then Antonia Winston)

"Every note he played was for me. His love blared through that horn and I knew… He was the man I would spend the rest of my life with. The only man for me and somehow even with the distance...with him on stage and me there in my seat, we were connected. Deep, strong, eternally. My heart fluttered at the thought. How was it possible that such melodic sounds could come out of a piece of metal?

“It’s a piece of metal.…Do you know how hard it is to blow through a piece of metal and make a sound…I mean, it’s unnatural.”

Yet, as unnatural as it was, he made it sound absolutely heavenly.

I was awakened from my trance-like state of bliss by soft baby strokes on my back. He patted it like he was saying goodbye and for a brief moment I felt like it really was. Confusion set in because how could I be feeling so good, yet so bad all within the same moment. We both knew this was our end. Tears welled up in my eyes and one rolled gently down my chubby cheek and landed in my lap. I was no longer his little girl and I could feel it. I was indeed a woman.

Part of me wanted to look over and see if his eyes were filled too, but he’s a man and ‘men aren’t supposed to cry’ as he had told me before…so we laughed instead.

The laugh was deep and hard…like it was coming from the gut. You know how your 8^th grade drama teacher tells you to belt out lines from the gut…’with some bravdo.’ It was a laugh like that…a laugh to hide the pain.

The set ended and we clapped wildly. Although, we would never be the same again, that quiet moment in the loud bar, filled with those precious sounds of love reverberating off of a gold trumpet, spoke volumes.

Tears could not and would not ruin such a divine evening."

“Fat Time” New Morning: The Paris Concert by Jarritt Sheel

Mike Stern plays the guitar! (Space)…. This is a simple understatement, and if you don’t know anything about Mike Stern, and his amazing ability to take the electric guitar and turn a tune on its ear then… saying “Mike Stern plays the guitar” will be lost on you. This fantastic conduit to creativity we call Mike Stern, stands straddling several musical genres with feet firmly planted in blues and swing. All the while he remains a member of the vanguard of jazz music and electric guitar. Stern delivers platinum with his latest documented effort, a DVD called “New Morning: The Paris Concert.” Within the DVD the viewer will find definitive proof that this alumni ofBilly Cobham’s Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Miles Davis’s 80’s band, Michael Brecker’squintet, and Joe Henderson’s group is a certified jazz legend. The Thursday evening that I spoke with Mr. Stern, he was either on the way from or trying to rest from the hectic schedule of recording new compositions or touring around the world. This evening he was happy to talk about his music career, the experience playing with Miles Davis, his musical heroes, being sober well over a decade and counting, and family. He sounded tired, but he still was gracious and inviting to this fellow musician that was and still is enamored of his playing. We spoke for most of the evening about his new DVD which features such great musicians as Dave Weckl on Drums, Tom Kennedy on Electric Bass, Bob Franceschini on Saxophone, and Mike Stern on Electric Guitar. We spoke about what a great cast of characters he had assembled for this recording date, the original tunes, and their influences. The vibe created by the band on stage seemed effortless and very comfortable from the first tune of the set “Tumble Home”, all the way to the last number “Chromazone.” You can tell that the group was seasoned and well acquainted. Each member had an enduring association with Mike from back in the day. When asking Stern about the chemistry that the band had on stage his reply was, “Chemistry, well this band is a great grouping of authenticity. Authentic love of the music is important when you perform for an audience. The audience can tell when you aren’t being truthful with yourself or more importantly with them. Each member of the band has a real love of music and I truly believe that music should come straight from the heart.” When watching the DVD you can tell that Stern has been influenced by some really great musicians that are still here on earth and some great musical legends that have past on to the great festival in the sky. You can see and hear him being hugely influenced by musical legends such as Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, to name a few, in his every performance. So, what does Stern want people to walk away with after they see him perform, “When I was performing with Miles he would always say ‘You might catch some one tonight’. I want the music to connect to people reach people every time I or my group performs. I want them to walk away with the same joy, hope and love that I put into my music.” With some one of Stern’s stature, you have to truly admire his talent, his ability to communicate a beautiful line, his talent for writing great songs, his indomitable spirit to over come drug addiction, and above all his love for life and music. During the interview Mike spoke candidly about his family & life. When asked about inspiration to create and grow as a musician he attributed a great majority to his mother, a classically trained pianist, who played a huge role in his musical maturation, along with his adoring wife Leni that has been by his side, for the ride, for the past 30 years. “I have found that life influences music, and that it is not just music influencing other music. I’ve learned from music and life that you should be positive, and that the deeper you get into the music, it allows you the ability to appreciate art and all other forms of expression.” With this new concert DVD “New Morning-The Paris Concert” and his soon to be released LP “Big Neighborhood” through Heads Up Records, Stern has knowingly or unknowingly followed in the footsteps of his mentor/former bandleader Miles Davis. Like Miles he has continued to be in the vanguard leading the way for the innovation and progress of jazz music over 5 continents for the last 3 decades. This progress has been evident in every CD, DVD, and live performance that Stern is part of. No longer can his success be soli attributed to these great musical association with the likes of Miles, Brecker, Henderson, Cobham but rather he has become the association to be made with. Stern has pasted from the status of great side-man into the status of jazz great during the past 30 years. “New Morning - The Paris Concert DVD” is a documentation of what Miles Davis once called his “Fat Time” referring to Stern’s ability to interpret any groove or tempo into a lay back swinging solo. Again… Stern has delivered the “Fat Time.”

Getting Married... is GREAT!!!

Ode to Antonia...

I just wanted to send you this message today. I wanted to take time and draw this elaborate picture of who you are to me and how I feel. I thought and thought and thought about the best words and phrases that would make you smile. I pondered about the affect my selection and order of these words would affect the total outcome of this email. I then thought back about first time I ever sent you a message on facebook. I thought how I was so relaxed and casual about leaving a poke or message for someone that would one day become so important in my life. Someone whom I could build life with and around. Someone I could have children with and grow old.

I then threw all that conjecture and mulled ideas away and just thought from the heart. I could only come up with one phrase that would sum up how I feel in a succinct way. "I LOVE YOU." I really and truly do love you in a unequivocal way. With out doubt... no second thought or worries. I only carry with me the thoughts that I want to make you happier than you've ever been. I want to treat you better than better, and better than best. "I LOVE YOU" is the only phrase that give life to the air I breath and spring in my step. It is a freeing moment... something that only comes around when you speak it into existence. You are the epitome of beauty and elegance. You radiate charm, class and intelligence. You are the woman that men only dream about and wish upon a star for. You are my one true "LOVE."

I leave you with this poem I wrote... over two years ago after poking you...

POEM by Jarritt Sheel

"This day and Time
Tippy toeing down the stairs
SHE began to realize
The world was a bigger place
It wasn't small as a bread box nor big as the universe
But big all the same
SHE stared in the mirror
And peered into HER own eyes
Pupils widening with transfixed glare
Listening to a kettle boiling over

SHE turns HER attention to the willows outside of HER window
Contemplating opening the glass SHE is looking thru
Hooked in place SHE is
Like a 160 pound marlin off the coast of New Guinea
The rhythm of the weeds is reeling HER in
The thicket waves to HER
Mocking HER
The sound of waves crashing invites HER in
Mesmerizing HER and hypnotically putting HER in a trance
SHE finally wakes up
Standing on the edge of reality and allusion
One foot here and one foot there
SHE steps forward into the light

SHE blinks and blinks
Blinks, blinks, blinks, blinks...
And then carefully widens here glance to see the beach
Waters sparkling and salty smells of brine and fresh air swirling all around
Delighting HER nose
Sunshine beaming down on HER
At that very moment SHE realizes that the WORLD was a bigger place than she once believed
It is bigger than a bread box and smaller than the universe
SHE is okay with that"

Alyssa Marie Aviles Photo Shoot 2009

Government Bail-Out of the Economy

Bail-Out....

I never thought I would live to see another great recession which may or may not lead to another depression in the economy of the United States of America. I also thought I might not live to see person of mixed heritage, yes he is African (Kenyan) and Caucasian, become the 44th president of the U.S. of A., but it happened! The world is this very unpredictable place and who knows what can happen at any given time or place.  

What is money? The money we hold, in some of our hands..., daily is merely a note of tender that is like a weird bartering system. We barter our time in our daily lives spent at mindless jobs for these notes of tender. We then turn around and places these bills,.. in the hands of others, bill collectors and businesses we shop at,  in their possession in trade of product. The value of these bills is invested in the up or down turn of the petroleum market... which at this moment is being phased out of the majority strangle hold it has had on the world's economy since just after the industrial revolution. WOW... that all seems more like a scam everyday ... right? 

Well, right now the economy s under distress and needs our, citizens of the USA help, We need to change of the next several years, the way we operate and more importantly spend these notes of purchase/tender. Well... the senators and representatives we have elected into office are faced with an overwhelming decision to pass a 800 Billion dollar bill to invest our money back into our economy. This bill will, in a very brief summation, give us back the freedom and independence we once shared as the most revolutionary state in the free world. We haven't they passed it? Lobbyist, the fear that it might not be popular and therefore make them unelectable the next term, further push the economy into the hole, or...? The reality is that no one truly knows what will happen and one thing is for sure... that no one knows anything. I'm so surprised that experts are really not the absolute know-everything in their subject areas. At best we should really call them "know-alots-but-not-absolutely-sure-perts." 

So, lets put pressure on the people that represent us and make them pass the bill and amend the areas of that need fixing through out the process and stop making us wait for some cure all answer that might not come in time. the reality is that for every moment we wait the amount of debt that every American holds expands by like dollars. this amount most likely is beyond the amount that typically each of us earn per hour. Support your new president and help yourself, because no matter what you do... what your profession is, investments you've made, your wealth... this down turn will affect everyone. 

Please push the bill!!!!

  

 

The Dreamer

"The Dreamer"

by Jarritt Sheel 

I have a dream
The dream that only a dreamer can dream
A dream of a revolution
I dream of a revolution that tears asunder
The bonds that bind our hands and feet

These bonds have dug in and cut deep
Deep into the meat of the matter
The perpetrator takes out gun and splatters
Gray matter on wall

Of those standing up to stand against all wrong

The prepetrator

Whips and beats
Making us contort and eat 

Humble pie
Denying us life and what comes with it
HE covers mine eyes
Then trys to hide the horrors performed on us
Presenting one hand to deceive and the other one to trick
Not treat
Putting up fences
That seperate me from you.

The revolution

That was televised and has been in reruns for 30 years
That revolves, evolves, and progresses
The idea of being people
Shout, scream, pout, taut, cry
Stand up..... getting outta my chair
To
Stand up and say something, something...
Do more than dream
Lead, fight for rights, and do right
By every human.

This is more than a mere dream
I live in realistic reality
Knowing that life is but a mirror of your inner being
What we dream inside comes out
No longer is it filmed in black and white
Now... filmed in color
Giving us the full spectrum of what we are

What we can be
We can even go back and change what was written about the past and put it in
Technicolor

I dream in color most nights
Even when I think of the fights
For my rights and yours
Knowing that knowing wasn't enough
Grade school bullies still get away with murder

But now the dream is real
We take two steps forward and none back
There is no more get out of jail free card for the elite
We are all fucked...
Because a shrub smaller than a tree decided for me

But there is light at the end of the tunnel
It is faith... not in one man
The faith I have is in God 
The faith that God has given us inner beauty
Each one of us knows right from wrong
Bad from Good

So
Now it is our time to live out those dreams

Making dreams into reality
And to make reality live like it were a dream
Stand up and shout
Continue to fight for our rights
And the dream