Holistic Mobile

HOLISTIC MOBILE by Jeremy Ferrick

At this point in time it’s barely worth declaring that everyone in modern society uses a mobile phone. We need to ask ourselves, because it’s the first time in history where everyone is carrying around these radioactive devices, what could the side effects be of long term usage? Should there be precautions we could take? I thought of a few things for myself. I hope others get inspired and think about ways of staying “Holistic mobile.”

1.Take a media break 1 day a week. Most likely a week day or any day you don’t have to be at work. Emergencies can wait! Your well being is worth it. Think of yourself as a battery that needs recharging. Lay back and reconnect with your holistic roots. Go on jogs, lie under a tree and read a book with a loved one. Keep a pad of paper so if you get obsessed with ideas of things you want to look up online you can jot them down for the next day.

2.Throughout the day take short breaks where you turn off your phone, just for 15 minute increments. We need to stop taking our phones for granted. Definitely, if you’re on a date or social gathering, turn the damn thing off. What can’t wait an hour? Maybe there’s exceptions. If there are, make it 20 minutes or half an hour.

3.While working on your computer, if you get tempted to start online surfing, grab a paper and pen again and start doodling for 2 minutes until your mind is off surfing. Again, if you have to, jot down ideas of things you want to search for later. It could be something even as simple as catching up with a particular friend on facebook or paying bills.

4.When talking on the phone try as hard as you can not to keep it glued to your face  and head for more than a minute at a time. Even if you have to call a person back so that you can put on your headphones first, do that. It’s been proven that prolonged cell phone usage in that way is not conducive to health.

5.When you go to sleep, turn off your computer and phones and place them in another room, or at the very least in a drawer. There are two reasons for this. First off, so you don’t get distracted and want to start surfing or chatting in the middle night. 2nd, so that your free from the reaches of EMF frequencies while you sleep. 

6.Remember that we’re natural creatures living in a technical world, NOT the other way around. Put your health first. That means keeping hydrated and keeping your body moving. If you have a sedentary job make extra effort to get exercise before and/ or after and move around on your break once and a while if you can, without getting too sweaty of course!

7. Remember that you’re integrating mobility into your life as a supplement. Think of it as a campfire that warms you if you get just enough, but burns if you get too much.

     “Kikaboni.” It means organic in Swahili. In other words, Food that is good for you! Unadulterated, GMO free. No pesticides, herbicides, or anything else that deadens what we eat and deems it less valuable to “be our medicine” as Hippocrates would have put it. Not only is there a small grocery store on the 1st floor, but there’s a snug little cafe on the second floor, with adjacent outdoor patio attached, and a clothing store across the hall.
    Within 2 separate visits, I’ve sampled the Watermelon Juice, Ginger Tea, Carrot Juice, Espresso, Green Tea, and Tsering, which comes from the Seabuckthorn fruit. They sell it in the cafe as a drink diluted with water, or you could also buy a bottle of it to take home to mix it up yourself. It’s sweet and tangy, a superfood from the Himalayas and processed in  Himachal Pradesh- I might also add that it’s delicious, and a great way to to get your anti oxidants from something that tastes great. And, of course, the Mosambi Juice, which is like a not so sweet Orange Juice.              
    In the cafe, it’s easy to get into conversations with like minded people. Or if you’re feeling more introverted you can check their bookshelf which is full of great books like“White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga and Tagore’s biography, to name a few.Across the hall there are T shirts and other clothes for sale. Amith Ray, employee of the store gave me a great tour and patiently answered my many questions.
    When we went back downstairs I was overwhelmed by variety. The produce was locally grown in Shamshabad with everything from Olligoo Da (Onions for any westerners who may be reading this,) Goyu Chikkudu, Binjal (mini eggplants,) Green Chilis, Ridge Gourds,bananas, and watermelons. There were also bags of coffee beans on sale grown in the Aaraku Valley, along with fresh coriander and Pala Kuna. Hygiene products included soap, detergent, and all kind of face washes/ shampoos,all made from natural materials. There was jarred chutney and honey to bring home for the kitchen along with Amla and Aloe Vera Juice. I’m personally going back to buy the dried Wheatgrass from Lucknow and a bottle of the aforementioned Tsering.
     As if it couldn’t get any better, Amith tells me that the owner, Ranjith, is planning to put a rooftop garden on the 3rd floor- now that would be pretty awesome to actually sell produce that you’re planting on the premises! I’m sold! And, if you burn a whole through your wallet from spending so much money, you can always buy a new one made of recycled goods from the company LEEP which they have in the clothing store on the second floor. Tell them Jeremy sent you- or maybe I'll just see you there!

Rules of reinvention

Compare yourself to yourself first. In other words, say you want to get in shape. If you keep comparing yourself to an olympiad you'll never get anything done. Start setting realistic goals and work towards them each and every day.
Get a lot of exercise and eat right.
Skip the parties for a little while. Wait till you get to the point where you are proud of where you are.
If you fall down, get up. Count to ten and start over again.
Have heros you look to for inspiration, but don't idolize them and realize that you can be powerful too.

What record labels should do in the age of technology.

The music industry is doomed! Never to return! Now instead of wrecking hotel rooms even successful bands are having to stay in average motels and eat at Dennys. Oh, the horror. And record labels are freaking out. No more money to pay artist and repertoire people! So who is going to go scout for new talent? Why even go to clubs to look for talent when you can dial it up online? So the computer has been the enemy and the saviour of the modern industry. Now Billy in Billings Montana can play his new song online and put it out to the world with no record label whatsoever. But who is going to see it? Unless Billy becomes an expert in Search Engine Optimization in addition to learning guitar chords, Billy is not going to make enough money to buy a carton of top ramen. But maybe Billy isn’t trying to make money in music. Or he’s vaguely decided that perhaps somebody will stumble upon his material and sign him to a major label so he can tour the world and make lots of money for the rest of his life.
These days less and less people are making a comfortable living out of streaming music, etc. When I look at my scans to see what I’ve made on spotify or whatever, it generally comes out to about .0008 cents a song. But to be honest, I’d rather people hear my songs than not. The new paradigm of musicianship in this day and age isn’t about primarily making money off your recorded music, but to use that music to develop fans that will want to see you play live and sell merchandise. When I think of ways that record labels/ record publishing companies can implement change,  I understand that these expectations may not fit in with those who are concerned with the bottom line. But how about instead of keeping your eyes fixed on the bottom line you keep your eyes on the prize and think of long term implications for your artist and thereby, eventually, yourselves.

1) Embrace the changing tide. Instead of bitching about piracy, go with the flow. Offer free download cards with a shirt that people can buy. Put your artist out there. Have an app where you can live stream performances, even rehearsals.
2)Only sign artists that you believe have a long shelf life, not flash in the pan one hit wonders. Find good songwriters that have extensive catalogs. Have an artist web app where you can access lyrics, even have your artist share lyrics of songs they may be currently working on.
3)Increase the ease of the artist/ consumer relationship. Hire liasons that manage fan databases and keep track of demographics of fans.
4)Let the artist have input when it comes to marketing. Make sure the branding fits the message.
5)Make sure the artist focuses on having a banging live show and increasingly find ways for it to be live streamed via the web.
6)Have special insider extras that people can experience online like extra interviews, band warmups etc.
7)Make the band web app transferable to Iphones, androids, etc. Leave nothing to chance regarding the usability of band apps. Nobody should be left out because of what kind of phone they own, etc.

sometimes i flake

sometimes i flake
because i'm hungry
tired
haven't paid the bills
and don't want to tell you
don't want to make you wait
don't want to communicate

Zakarah and Ocean by Jeremy Ferrick

Zakarah and Ocean by Jeremy Ferrick

 1st 2 bars- Riff      2nd 2 bars- strum bm, c#m, a 2x

 Verse 1                                                                       

 B                           C#  A    B                          C# A        B                              C#  A           B                            C# A

 Zakarah and ocean/ live out by the ocean/santa monica a mile away, from the promenade

 Middle 8- A(7x) E A(7x) E A(7x)E D B

 

A       A          A    A   A       E               A     A           A          A    A A  E       A   A     A   A    A     A    E

 He wants to be a detective/ she thinks he could be a star/ he listens to led zeppelin,

 D

 thinkin’ about

 B

 Learnin’ to play guitar………….

 2 bars- short solo 2 bars- Riff

 Verse 2

 B                                                    C#                           A               B                                                     C#

 She looks at me and she says she’s just a good girl she turn around and say “I don’t

 

A             E      A                                                  C#                 A           C#                        B  C#A    BC#A

 

do drugs     She don’t want her little baby to know, she had too much fun! Too much fun

 

 

 

 

 

 Middle 8 A(7x) E A(7x) E A(7x)E D B

 A              A           A       A   A   E                            A              A           A           A    E

 

We’re gonna go back to London Town/ where we’re originally from

 

A      A          A          A      A           A E                                         D                         B                                    E

and than we’ll come back in a little while/ sit and soak, up the warm santa monica sun.

 

 Solo 4 bars

 Riff 2x

 

 Verse 3

 B                      C#   A       B                   C#     A              B                       C#                                     A

 Zakarah and Ocean live out by the ocean/ three blocks or maybe four/ out in Goa, the

 BBBBBC#   BBBBC#                      BBBB  C#            BBBBB   C#

 Arabian shore   the Arabian shore  the Arabian shore The Arabian Shore 3x

 

A           A         A A       A             E                             A            A          A       A     E     A         A      A         A

 We’re gonna go back to London Town/ where we’re originally from and than we’ll come

 A               A          E                            D                         B

 back in a little while/ sit and soak, up the warm santa monica sun.

 

99 store shopping!

What I got at the 99 cent store for 25 bucks.

2 bags of Cactus Corn Tortilla Chips (5 Oz. each)
Red Baron deep dish mini pizzas (3)
6 pounds of bananas. (Thank you, Durian rider.)
Green Tea pack of 12
Raspberries  (6 Oz.)
Blueberries (4.4 Oz.)
Mazel Mocha coffee mix (10 packets)
6 Zico Coconut waters (11.2 Oz each)
2 Udi's granola -1 cranberry, 1 regular- 13 Oz each
Kern's mango nectar juice (11.5 Oz)
1 pound of brussel sprouts
1 large mexico mango
Grandos instant Espresso (1.76 Oz)
Chocolate Piroulines (3.25 Oz)
2 pounds of oranges
Mori-nu silken tofu- (12 Oz.)
Mila's salsa 12 Oz
A horse calendar for my ex girlfriend because it's good to stay on friendly terms with the women in your life.
A blue 99 store bag (since i'm carrying it all on the metro.)