| January
6th, 2007.
Ok, so another year has passed...
and yeah. I haven't done too much - musically that is - but a lot
has happened. I've gotten myself a new job - as a travel agent at
the Flight Centre, I've travelled a bit - spent a couple weeks in
Panama, been working on some creative projects - a zine, some 3D
art and some photography... and yeah. All is well in Ricker-land.
I've been inspired lately,
due to the poor weather, to stay in and spend more time being creative.
It is my every intention to write some new material this winter
and to record. I really really really want to start a band, me and
my partner in crime are talking about it... but we need more. Hopefully
something will come my way - we shall see. I would really like to
have a band with me singing and playing guitar - and have some synthesized
drums and keyboards and backup stuff that I do on the computer -
but I'm not good enough at that stuff yet. I've been playing around
a bit with Fruity Loops which can be a lot of fun - but there's
still a long way to go.
I'm hoping to do another photoshoot
soon - which will inevitably inspire a new webpage, but I'm still
pretty happy with this one.
Thanks to those of you who
still take the time to check up on me. I am happy as can be. Working
hard, playing hard... and of course - as always, loving hard. I
have a wonderful partner in crime who keeps me afloat, sane and
stable :) Check back cause I hope to be updating this thing more
often.
~LR
July 6th, 2006.
Ok, I know, I know - it's been a while. I get all into my website,
then I forget all about it or get distracted and don't get around
to updating it... Well I'm back. Things are great. (It's summer
time, how can they not be great?)
Here's what's new. I've been
working on some new music... I've got over my electric guitar and
am actually looking to sell it or trade it in as it is of no use
to me. My acoustic broke for a bit but I managed to get it repaired,
it was only the pick up. I'm hoping that I will be spending this
winter hidden away in my living room writing and recording a new
album which I'd love to think will be out by next Spring. I'll try
and put up a clip of my newest song in the very near future.
I'm looking forwards to a 2 week vacation coming up in the beginning
of August. So exciting. My girlfriend and I are gonna book a last
minute deal and go veg out on the beach someday. Been
working out, riding my bike to work and trying to get into shape
for the big trip.
Discovered some great new
music - like Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah and Wolf Parade (well
one song by them.)
Excited for this whole soccer
thing to end - while it has been fun and 'festive'... I am excited
to have a full nights sleep without the blaring of horns waking
me up every 5 minutes. (Figures I live in Portugal and Italy central!)
My next show is at my highschool reunion that I'm really excited
about. Should be fun to reunite with old friends, and play with
some fellow musicians. My school is full of 'famous' people. lol.
I guess that's what happens when you go to an art school. I'll be
playing with a band called the Germans which my friend from grade
2 on, Jesse Foster plays in, we actually learnt how to play the
guitar together, so it'll be nice to play a show with him.
That's it for now. I'll try
to keep more up to date. And in the meantime, you can always email!
March 8. 2006.
So I finally got off my ass
and designed myself a website. As you can see it was all based around
my little venture to Niagara Falls. Here's all I have to say about
that:
(I'm just copying my friendster profile because I'm lazy.)
i love niagara falls. i love that my bestfriend is a photographer.
i love pretending that i'm a rock star and taking pictures all over
the trashy city and along the strip and having tourists stop and
take pictures of me as well. i love it when people ask for my autograph
on brown paper bags. i love being honked at. i love it when police
officers stop to ask if there's anything they can do to assist in
the photoshoot. i love that my pictures depict nothing of my music.
i love pretending that i'm something i'm not. i love wearing fur
(sorry dear)... my trip to niagara falls was so much fun. way too
much fun. i think i'm gonna move there and become a taxidermist.
I'm going to try and keep
on top of this section - but as you may know from my previous site
- I get really lazy and these entries are often few and far in between.
But hopefully I'll be inspired and keep it up to date. I'm good.
I'm happy. I'm working hard on school, and at work, and mostly on
my music and my drawing/painting/graphic/web design. Check out my
arts & design section to keep up with that side of me!
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