Satorism

Last Wednesday I had a productive recording session. We are doing another mix of All God's Children for the soon to be released full length CD titled "Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad." I laid down some heavy guitars and did a football chant in the middle by dubbing my voice 10 times at different vocal ranges.

Sunday I had a rehearsal session with the background singers at my place. I love those girls. They're so talented and fun to work with. We laid down some vocal tracks and built a Choir for the song Brave New Hymn by dubbing them 8 times in different keys. Then we reviewed the songs for the sets that we'll be performing in PA on Feb 7th.

I am also working starting a new artists collective based on a concept I created called Satorism. Based on the word Satori. Satorism is art that inspired personal, political, or spiritual awakening.

My first reason for wanting to promote the Satorism concept is because I feel like much of the art that I see really doesn't say anything. It seems that to most artists, the idea that art is a means of communicating ideas and effecting culture is alien to them. They don't seem to even think of their work in that light.

What I would like to do is find a group of artists in various mediums to work together and support each other. I've always been interested in the moments in history when groups of artists seemed to emerge at once and be intertwined. ie: France in the 1920s, the surrealist, the beat poets, etc. It seems odd that there has not been a movement or a meaningful scene in a very long time.

So far I've been contacted by some really interesting people in the New York City area. I plan to have a meeting date soon.