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History Lesson

from Positive Chaos by Rafa's One Man Band

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People walk around all day long, pretending that they know what the fuck is going on,
Well I don't know much, what I know
I know well, and I am proud to say,
I do know how to spell,
M-O-N-E-Y
I don't know, that's how education's spelled in most countries round the world,
There's a little info, worth it's weight in gold,
For y'all it comes for free, cause you stopped by the Rafa show

Let me tell you about the acoustic ecology of our times,
the way the world tries to tune itself into a fine harmony,
and all we can do is listen to the symphony, surrounding you and me,
and add in a sound or two just to try to be, a part of, not apart from,
Something greater than ourselves, we tend to forget where we came from so this is a little history lesson on where my music comes from. So shutup, pay attention, Listen up son, you might just learn something. Feel me?
Let's start at John Cage, though that's the middle of the play,
It'll be like Star Wars but I digress, let'x get started right away.
I was talking about John Cage,
and his 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence,
Which as it turns out is filled with noise, and not silent at all,
The futurists were right, tell Russolo that noise music is standing proud and tall,
Ain't ever gonna fall, we've morphed it into acid jazz, hip hop, ambient noise or sonic art,
Sometimes I make less sense than Trevor Wishart,
These are all just names and concepts you should try to look up,
If you haven't heard the names yet, then hurry up son, and book up,
Carry a kindle if you have to,
Just make sure you never stop learning about shit dude
Cause the day you do life takes a big ole shit on you dude!
Ooooh shit!!

Now onto Oliveros and the art of Deep Listening,
Where if you shutup long enough, you can hear the wind whistling,
This sound Shaeffer would record, and use it his etude des bruits,
Sounds kind of like a tasty cheese if you ask me, anyway
The other Shaffer then would argue its a soundscape that you see with your ear,
So keep it free and clear of wax, except the lyrical poetic kind,
The smooth and soulful, playful and dramatic kind,
And if it's as Attalli says and this is the era of regeneration,
Then we need a new noise floor, a whole new foundation,
So let me make some noise, and let's get on already with the regeneratin'
Let's get on with it...

So that's the theory behind the practice,
It's what we call praxis, and I do have paper to back this,
But that paper is meaningless, Useless, unless I learned something
cause if I learned nothing than I came out,
Meaning less and worth nothing, but I learned for sure
And for that I have to thank someone else, in fact more than one person,
The first of whom is my mom, who's gonna be pissed off that I've been cursing,
Next are all my music teachers, from Maria Jose, to Mr. Krohn to Fabio, and Otto
for the theory bit of this, and the wisdom and patience, and the wit with which to deal
with this,
I Gotta thank all my other teachers from Mrs. Van Grack to Mr. Musgrove and even that Mr.Jones
Raw talent is necessary, but without practice and learning there is nary a man alive
Who could survive the day to day, without pretending all the time like you got a fucking clue,
When the whole time the fool on the hill, that's you
And without reason or rhyme, the days pass you on by, and you wish you'd learned something,
So you could be left with more than this nothing you got right here,

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from Positive Chaos, released December 12, 2011
All Parts Performed by Rafael Nunes
Mixed and Mastered by Rafael Nunes

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Rafa's One Man Band Berkeley

Travelling between Americana and Brazuka, Rafa's One Man Band is comprised of one man, and many layers. From driving funk rhythms, to string heavy pop anthems Rafa manages to walk a fine line between ego and soul, digital and analogue, musicality and production.
The resulting sound is at times so reminiscent of a full band, that Rafa himself forgets that he has no bandmates.
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