Stepping into another name

I've created music for several years as "kaioni".
The name came to me in a dream, in 2009, when I couldn't decide a name for the music. It was - in the dream - the name of an ancient sunken city.
I learned later that this is a Hawaiian name, & I will not be some idiot "acculturator" that just takes a name from other cultures (not to mention, the history of Hawaii & it's "acquisition"..).
I could write a big post about privilege & appropriation, but I'm just leaving it at that. For now.

I will be making music under my birthname : Jerome . This is who I am. While the music is more important than the name, it is really a part of what I'm here to do - my mission & my heart & who I really am, rather than what or who I think I am.
Please bear with me as I go through & change all "social media", websites, & finally music online (amazon, itunes, spotify, etc)
I'm not as much of an online person as you might think. I'd rather run around in the forest all day. I make music because I have to - it is who I am. & I'm not someone to TRY rather than DO, even if two people hear it. It is for those two people, to be uplifted by. I'm not here to get followers or what-have-you. But I am online to connect with people, to have those ways to reach me & share etc. To explore this bio eco zoic sound coming through me.
& there is so very much going on in the world

I am here to be what I'm supposed to be here for. Mission. Vision. Love.
New music pouring out of me but I'd rather not talk about it. You get it.

I'm leaving for Maine for a bit, to jaunt through the trees. Next week things will be completely transformed.

All my best to you!! Heal. Love.

What has been changed so far:

The Hadopelagia LIVE concert

I will be performing Hadopelagia & other songs at Teatro Zuccone in Duluth, MN.
The date is August 28th, the doors open at 6:30 but the show begins at 7. We finish around 9.
Tickets are 8 dollars.
One dollar of every ticket goes towards Warka Water (more info at link below)
One dollar of every ticket goes towards S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership (more info at link below)

Please click the event link or any of this text to be directed to it, if you want more information.

I'm excited! This is my first "gig" that isn't just a "gig". It's a full on performance, half-theatrical, half-concert, in a lovely theater! Teatro Zuccone is a gem! & I'm honored to be supporting two causes I am very passionate about - accessible sustainable water, & empowering women of all walks to be in their power, even as it is denied them by a non-supportive white supremacist society.


Thank you! I hope to see you there

https://www.facebook.com/events/1020561321287472/

SPECTRUM music video

Here's a little update.
I suppose I'm not online so often.
I am taking the Pachamama Alliance's Game Changer Intensive. It is incredible & I recommend it!
http://www.pachamama.org

I'm in the process of recording the Zazie covers, at the same time that I've been working on the triple language album that I am now calling Solar.  (French, Spanish, English. 2016)  But really, with this Intensive, I'm looking at so many things & assessing what I can do beyond music. My brothers live on a Sustainable Agriculture Institute & are really working with their communities, building the new dream. I was near them for a time. I want to be there again & get my hands "dirty"!

Though I've written the next musical project, the reason it is important to me to translate alot of Zazie's music into English is that she writes such powerful songs. L'Amour Dollar, Rodeo, Sauver Le Monde, La Dolce Vita, Je Suis Un Homme, Flower Power, Des Rails, etc etc etc I could go on & on. These have beautiful messages in the lyrics that can touch many, & she is a huge inspiration of mine.

I have put together a performance for when I get to California. This is a more theatrical show, pulling from the albums I've already released. The inspiration is the Ocean & through the show I hope to tell a story of going inward & understanding our capabilities, diving to the bottom of the Ocean, & coming up with knowledge of how connected we are, & that we're all in this together. It's a story of connecting with every living thing as if it was our sacred duty. It's real, not some wishy-washy blissed-out message, but a tangible, constructive thing that I have seen, especially through my brothers.

Three years ago, I released the "Get Brave!" album. This was very electronic, & the theme was tragedy. Now here I am, aiming for positive-wave music, with my voice, a guitar, an upright bass, a drum made out of anything & whatever comes. & it may not even be music! We have so much inside us, don't we, that brings us together. Talents, ideas, inventions, conversations, sharing, etc etc.

In other news, I believe in you. You have every moment of your life in your hands. We're connected - isn't it exciting!!

Thank you!
-kaioni