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Metaphorically Speaking

Jullian — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:39:27 +0000

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau

I had always been a tad off beat, a little backwards reading most books, and articles from back to front to know the outcome before the cause. I wanted to feel safe in knowing that what I was spending my time reading, and learning was really worth my energy. I think it was a sort of safety mechanism. “What happens if I read this, and by the end what I have learned gets me nowhere?” “If I get nothing from this what was the point?” So after moving to New York City a year, and some months ago now, I have taken on more of an iridescent view on life, really seeing there is more than meets thee eye to the outcome of anything, and that there is more to be learned in the cause. I look back thinking how ignorant it really was of me to think of receiving an outcome before a cause, how could I really enjoy the fruits with out the labor anyway? It’s a sobering beauty, life and it’s lessons being able to get through the scrambled, the erratic, the deranged, and the delirious. Letting the dust settle to see, and most importantly feel the difference, and knowing the importance to its reason. What a relief huh? Discipline, and a little ingenuity pay off! Metaphorically speaking the outcome of the books we read we may not enjoy, we may not appreciate, and we may not agree with, but the cause from page one into the final chapter tell tale to how we arrived there, and that my friends is most important. When latter days come, and life does it’s circular motion it will always do the same synopsis will show it’s pages, and it is our job to not take our lessons in vein, but the second time around to make a rational, intelligent decision with ALL the information… And so life becomes an intuitive read… Metaphorically Speaking

The Miami Herald

Jullian — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:34:32 +0000

I was mentioned in The Miami Herald along with my friends Julissa and Adrienne, who came out to see me perform. I love sharing these fun moments and memories. WhatsNext~

Check it out here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/16/2697828/fins-star-lounges-with-reality.html

Lifestyle & Charity Mag

Jullian — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:54:50 +0000

Thanks to Lifestyle & Charity Magazine for the great feature! L+C~

Guest of a Guest – Sway Lounge

Jullian — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:14:13 +0000

Big thanks to Guest of a Guest for coming out to my show at Sway Lounge to benefit Musicians on Call. Click here to check out the great feature: http://bit.ly/wzCv9U

Click here to check out some awesome photos from the event: http://bit.ly/xznyoS

Dragonflies

Jullian — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:52:21 +0000

Adapting to change with indescribable ease, reflecting multiple colors with changing angles of light. Capable of flight in all directions, up, down, left, right, forwards and backwards. The nature of the fly is that of a human to me. The dragonfly is so parallel with man that it’s spiritual meaning seem to be exactly what we all pray for on our own journeys to strength, and happiness. Have you ever found yourself caught in the path of the flies making way, floating fast with a slight bob in the air like the free spirit of a child? The presence of this leaves you captivated, like they know, they understand the will of living, and the rewards of a happy existence. I believe the world to be so powerful. Inspiration floating right in front of our faces, all we have to do is be willing to take a chance, and break through this mold, this barrier we have found so vital to our acceptance. Did you know the dragonfly does not beat their wings in unison like other insects do? Their front wings can be going up while their back wings are going down! I call it “living in between the beats of music; Being different.” We are so afraid to fly our own way in our own direction that we change ourselves to fly in others paths, because it’s safe, and it is “acceptable.” I find it ironic though, because we are all so enamored with the lives of those who don’t conform, who seem to flap their wings a little differently. We fall in love with them, we want to learn from them, take on their ways, and do the things they did to make them happy… But how does that fare, when everyone one of us is beautiful in our own right? We all carry beauty, we all have our own trinkets, our own special rhythm. We get so caught up in trying to be something what we are not personally, and spiritually, that in turn we literal lose ourselves, and forget truly what makes us as individuals, as “dragonflies” happy. I can not conform to someone I am not. I will work, and I will fight for what I believe. With my music I want to help people see it is ok to move to your own beat, and fly your own path. Oh how beautiful it would be to remain individuals, and enjoy the beauties of others. Because we are all Dragonflies~

My Souldier team at Sway Lounge

Jullian — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:36:15 +0000

Thanks to everyone who came out to my show at SWAY to support Musicians On Call. Your energy was great. Can’t wait to perform again soon! thankful~

The Record

Jullian — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:43:15 +0000

I always felt great artists could invoke feelings in people. Feelings they did not know they did not know. Feelings people had missed in themselves, maybe feelings they pain to feel again, even feelings to inspire new life. Great artists inspire this all through fearless sounds, and words with the last of their mind payed to how ugly it may be, or how close to the bone the pain of these uncoverings may make themselves, and the listener feel. February 8th 2011 I walked into the production studio with a vision. My inspiration was the world, and all that the world entails I wrapped this hefty inspiration around my life story. I took smells, sounds, movements, desires, pains, lessons, colors, music, places, things, people, cultures, time periods, and created a platform of likings for myself somewhere I could sit comfortably, and compose beautiful music. January 24th 2012 I walked out with my vision physically in my hand. In the most literal way I could possibly put it, I held my life in my hands as I walked Hell’s Kitchen uptown making my way home to take a listen. There are many words, and many ways to express a feeling, but when a man is blessed with a physically obtainable vision of all he’s dreamed, anything that could be said out loud would be an understatement to the way his spirit feels inside. Swiftly within the past year my faith has grown strong, my belief in man has grown strong, and my love for this world has grown great. What more could an artist ask for than a platform of unlimited inspiration, and beauty? I say nothing!

Debut Record: “From My Integrated Soul”

The Night Before The Final Mastering

Jullian — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:37:16 +0000

Just about a year ago I made New York City my new home. I moved with no real direction other than a feeling in my gut and a few songs in my back pocket written at some of the most painful stages of my life. I didn’t hope for anything, I wasn’t ready, I didn’t pray too much, and I wasn’t sure I deserved answers, but destiny led me here. That guttural gnawing in my stomach was soon to be answered. I started straight ahead at work on my record and in doing so I found the soul in my sound. I learned of the little trinkets in my tone and the beauty hiding behind the belts of my diaphragm. The gnawing in my belly all these years was just myself needing to be set free. I thought, if I don’t hash through this close-to-the-bone agony to do what I was gifted to do then this will be the end of me. I knew I wouldn’t have the energy left to pick myself up again. Tomorrow I have an appointment to finalize my record. I will go into the mastering session and I will hear so many beautiful sounds blossom like a beautiful rose filled with new life. I will hear my sweat, blood, and tears. My life stories will take off into the sky like a dragonfly. Most of all, I will be doing this knowing that I fought, I believed, I prayed, and so, I finished. This year has been filled with so much soul and so much guts and glory, that it is indescribable how my heart feels so warm and humble. I am jumping into my jacket and snow boots now to head into the studio, one last time. I will be finishing vocals on my song “Dragonfly”, the last song to be completed. What a perfect way to wrap this record and to start my new life, high in the sky where I have always dreamed of being, and so far far from my silhouette of pain. I will check back in tomorrow evening after the mastering of “From My Integrated Soul”. I hope I will be able to rest tonight! I feel so many things~

A New Years Resolution

Jullian — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:56:30 +0000

The eve of this new year brings me great joy and excitement! I couldn’t have asked for a more fulfilling 2011. For this new year, my new years resolution… Is to just keep pushin’ forward and to stay on my steady path to great unconditional love, relationships, and success in my art! I feel beautiful things for myself, my loved ones, and the world. I feel 2011 has helped us shift, has helped lights shine, has cleared roads, made paths, has broken some of us down so intensely that our uphill climb may now begin. 2011 has enabled us to be a little less fearful of taking chances and moving outside the box. It has set us up strong! I believe we should all take strong consideration into what we pray for this year. What boils our blood or thins our tears? All of our yearning desires must be put into account because, for some reason, this year just feels so right, so plenty, so huge in such a lovely way… This is not a year for time. This is the time for a year… Amen~

…And The Day Came

Jullian — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:23:02 +0000

…And the day came when the boy in the over-sized hat grew into his own and was able to open up his gift and share it with the world! The release party has been set to January 31st at The Hudson Terrace, 621 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036! My first single, “My Sweet Radio,” an acoustic version entitled ”My Radio (The Mississippi Blend),” and one of my feel-so-good tracks, “Don’t Trip, And Fall,” will all be released! It’s been an incredible journey with overwhelming adventures stamped into my memory for the rest of my life. I can only imagine what is to come! If I have learned even just one thing on this path into my own, it is that a second chance is always possible and that with hard work, sweat, and maybe a few buckets of tears, so is happiness! There are so many special people involved in this ever growing project entitled ”From My Integrated Soul” and I hope that they have gained and taken with them even a tinkling of the hope that I have. In essence it seemed so simple. I decided to live, focus, and remedy an itch I wouldn’t have been able to ignore any longer and that’s just making some great ol’ fashion feel good music!!! Thankful to family, friends, and my supporters. Your belief in this project has brought it to life~ Amen