Ladies
& Gents…
(
A conversation with )
Musician
/ Vocalist / Composer-Producer :
“MONDAY
MICHIRU”
Wow…All
of these years……
Hi,
Sweethart !!!
Ok,
I need to actually calm down…cause , folks don’t know that we not only
”Dated” back in the day…
(
for lack of a better description )
But, we’ve ALWAYS had a great deal of
LOVE & RESPECT for each other.
I’ll
never forget the nite we first met in 1987 at that jazz club in Tokyo…
“Really”
taking in the music.
with
Michiru in Tokyo, Japan 1987
And,
I looked over at Kenny ( Garrett ) & I was like :
That
was almost 20 years ago ?!?!
MONDAY
:
Okay,
you know you're going to get me in trouble with my Husband…
So, I'll have to tone it down a bit & say we met as friends and at some point that line got blurred…..Hahaha !
Hahaha
, Right ?!?!
It
only really gets “blurred” when the parties concerned weren’t adults /
Friends…BEFORE,DURING & AFTER !!
My
Wife reads all of this stuff…She Loves it !
She’s actually appreciative to ALL of the “QUALITY” women in my life, before her…
Because,
she feels that they taught Me how to treat Her !
MONDAY
: Okay ?!?
But, it was always great hanging with you, both in
Tokyo and in New York!
Yeah
, we had a Blast…
I
was skraight outta Columbus , Ohio …
MONDAY
:
Hey, I'm STILL learning, too !
But,
YOU were my 1st brush with getting
to know : CLASS & BEAUTY !
Also
, my 1st encounter with dating a
“Celeb” ?!?
You
were already in the Game ( Acting ) &
your Mom was/is the legendary composer
I
remember the shutter bug clicks & all of the stares we got.
But,
it made a kat like me…. feel like I was really doin thangz at the time.
MONDAY
: Aaaaaw….Thank you , Foley !
Thank
you for your compliments, as a Female, that makes me feel good to know that I wasn't just
one of the thrones of gals throwing themselves at you.
Aaaaawwww,
man …U kidding me right ?!?!
YOU
were the very “distinction” between "some girl”
And
, A "Cultured"
Woman ! ( even at that age
)
The
“Friendship” we had/have WAS the primary reason for the “Respect”
Factor ,
that
still exists, after all of these years… I’m VERY proud of that, Michiru !
MONDAY : I too, treasure the Friendship that we had/have, and it's such a trip doing this now….
Sooooo
many years later.
I KNOW ?!?!
This is CRAZY…
MONDAY
: Aaaaay.....I
don't remember you as being “tragically hip”, actually quite the opposite,
scowling on & snickering at those who were.
Yeah,
I know…We Had JOKES !!!
MONDAY
: Hey, wait….A "Celeb" ?!?!?
You
are REALLY creating illusions here !!
I
had just made my first movie & people were still just getting to know me.
WHAT
?!?! YOU WERE EVERYWHERE
!!!
All
of the magazines…..you were really blowing up as an Actress !
*Why am I hearing the 1st
verse of Thomas Dolby’s “EUROPA” ?!?!*
MONDAY
:
But , I wasn't happy with that, as my heart lied, and will always lie, in music.
I’m
sure, sweetheart …I’m sure.
MONDAY
: That bar
where we first met, I remember it was the old “Body & Soul” and, Kenny
(Garrett) came up to me with his then haltering Japanese and, now he's more fluent than I
am! I floored him by responding in "American"
….That still makes me chuckle.
Hahaha
!!
I remember…
Kenny was teaching himself on the tour bus bunks and we’d walk past & hear him in there “mumbling” to himself....
I’d
say “Bone, U aiiiight ?”
MONDAY
: Hahaha
!! But, I
have to thank you for all those times you got me such a clear view of the whole MUSICAL
experience, and your playing always was beyond just a musical experience, it reached such
emotional levels that were really touching.
Thank You, Michiru…
Yeah,
things are quite different now, tho…
Okay,
let’s talk about YOUR amazing career !!
31 different releases since ’91 ?!?!?
Only
“PRINCE” has this type of prolific attack to his work.
And, the new cd “Routes”
is Massive !!
How
Do you do it , Sweethart ????
MONDAY
: I
have to say that I'm really grateful for the record label and the system that was and
probably is still in place. My first album came out on Virgin Japan in '91 and it was
a real experimental mish mash of "I can do this, and I can do that, and you won't peg
me as an XX-genre artist!!" which failed miserably sales wise.
I
understand…but, at least they knew who YOU were ?
MONDAY
:
Well,
I
was still floundering in direction musically and, quite embarrassingly, took solace in the
acid jazz movement that was coming out of the UK. I loved that the boundaries were
crossed in fusing jazzy elements, soul and hip hop and a bit of latin with other stuff,
and that was it for me. I began knocking on doors and showing up everywhere, looking
for collaboration possibilities, and along came a compilation that a friend S-Ken was
putting together, Hip Jap Jazz, and I pulled DJ Krush into the project. It got
noticed and made a buzz in the UK and Japan, which got me noticed at my own company I was
with (Kitty), and I finally was able to get a string of releases through Universal (then
Kitty, later Polydor, now Universal).
How
was it it ?
Did
things seem to work better for you, moving to Universal ?
MONDAY
: As
companies go, they're always looking out for their bottom line, and they were in constant
need of releases to keep generating income. I was happy to oblige by putting out
releases often. It basically meant coming out with a full original project once a
year, putting together a remix album after each one, and a single per release. In
Japan, we don't tour like artists do elsewhere as the costs are too high unless you're a
big selling artist, which I wasn't, so I only really did a few performances with my band a
year, making me more of a studio artist than a performance artist, which was fine with me
because, I preferred to be a little clam & sit at home writing and canned up in the
studio figuring things out.
So,
U just dove in Head first ?
MONDAY
: Yeah…It
was really training on the job for me because I didn't know ANYTHING ! How to write….singing in the style I
chose…. how to arrange or produce…. I learned as I went.
That’s
how it’s done, in all actuality.
But, now…
You
are completely “Self-sufficient” Producing,
writing & perfoming !
It’s
always great for “Print” to say that a Female artist does it All….etc.
But,
I KNOW you would NOT be about “Hype” over Substance & Truth!
MONDAY
: It's
all about control, Hahaha….
Seriously,
I started off happily just collaborating on writing tunes… unless I had a whole thing
worked out, and letting someone else arrange & produce. But then I began getting
ideas, and was unhappy when the producer or arranger couldn't see my musical vision.
So then came working out the chords myself and I got more and more into
songwriting.
Good
for You !!
MONDAY
:
Yeah….Then
I hired a "Manipulator" to work my
sequencer to demo the songs which later became the actual recorded arrangements. Then
my boyfriend at the time (in
the mid 90s) coerced me into learning the sequencer
myself and it was all over.
NICE
!!!!!
MONDAY
: But,
I really love to collaborate still , as there is only so much I can do myself and there is
a sense of freedom I get in collaborations that I don't in doing everything myself.
It's more focused when I'm asked to do one or a couple things, rather than the whole, and
there is the fun of the collision and synthesis of 2
or more minds that makes something unique that I couldn't do by myself.
I
see…..
MONDAY
: I
don't see myself as a true programmer, a great arranger and producer, or any of
that. I see myself more as a singer-songwriter. There are some songs I have
clear musical vision on in terms of "this is
the way it should sound and be arranged/produced" but, there are others that I
feel an outside producer & arranger ( and certainly programmer ) could do better
justice & bring it to another level. At this point, it's more the economic
limitations that put me in the front seat on all those roles.
But it does look good on print, huh? Haha !
Right
?!?!?
Is
it safe to say that “Artist Share” is working out for you ?
MONDAY
: I guess it is, but not without a lot of
work. ArtistShare…while being a record label, does not take on the traditional
roles of record labels, meaning the artist has to do ALL the work in addition to the
creative side in exchange for their master rights.
I
see….
MONDAY
: I think ArtistShare is a very unique and
wonderful system, a system that is still quite young and is ever developing. Their
roster and Grammy win last year and nominations this year is very impressive.
That’s
cool…
MONDAY
: But, an artist getting into this….
would do well if they either have staff working for them on the administrative front or
are highly organized and knowledgeable on that type of stuff (doing
the menial work on the computer and all the administrative things, being proficient on the
computer, promoting, marketing, etc. ) and it would be best if that artist would have a “strong internet” following already. I came from ground
zero …. had to put together the website as well as the launch of the project….
and in that sense, it was very hard for me to
get the word out & create a mailing list of fans. They're out there, but I think
I've barely tapped 5-10% of them through my site. I'm still working on that end as I
feel "Routes" deserves to be heard by many people and there is definitely a
pocket of people who are not necessarily into the mass-listening market who'd dig this
project.
I
LOVE THIS RECORD !
“Routes” is hittin’ hard …
U won’t have ANY problem
btw...it's available Right Now.....exclusively on her website thru ArtistShare @ www.mondaymichiru.com
MONDAY
: Thanks…but, the hardest hump to overcome is the fact that it's hard to categorize
the music or style into one category, as most major markets like to do. It's not
jazz, it's not soul, it's not dance music, it's not world music, it's not folk, it's not
Latin, it's not r&b...but it can be construed as all of the above or none of the
above.
How
about it just being construed as : GOOD MUSIC
?!?!
This
is the type of thinking at the labels, that’s got shit the way it is now ….
MONDAY
: As Duke Ellington said, right?
If
it AIN’T got dat Swing ???
MONDAY
: Yep. That's
always been my argument and justification of doing what I do in all the mixed styles !
To
me, the genre or style you take the music is like the clothes and make-up on the woman,
but the naked woman is the pure song/tune. I
write what I write and it gets dressed up the way it does, but that shouldn't define the
song. It's only one presentation of the
song. The true song lies in the melody, the
lyrics, the harmony. Styles are only the
representations of the now, limited by time. The
song is timeless.
I
agree, completely.
What
was the“One Thing" in particular that
made you finally head for The States ?
MONDAY
: LOVE.
I
was “Desperately in Love” with my
Husband !!
We'd
met at Madarao Jazz Festival & married 4
months later, and there was no doubt in my mind that in order to be together I had to move
to New York so that he could continue pursuing his career as a jazz musician and it was my
time to leave Japan. It's been very challenging for me to keep the music and career
going in that sense, especially now with my little one who's 5 years old
Wow….that’s
what’s up !
*Bless
Her*
How
is Nikita
??
MONDAY
: The Treasure of my life
!!!
Americans
still don't know much about me, I'm a well kept secret, although I have a small but strong
following…. surprisingly with the house crowd…. because of previous remix
projects I'd been involved in.
Don’t
worry, they’ll catch on & catch up….In their time…
The
“SMARTALECMUSIC” Burning Question :
The
“Underground Scene”
Still
Doin Thangz’ or It’s
Dead ?
MONDAY
:
Hmmm....I
think it's pretty darn strong.
The
internet has definitely helped that. In fact, it's made things MORE underground.
With the economic turn on life, and Bush making it harder and harder for us
Americans and putting us more in the “debt hole” with the war and all, the
majors become more condensed & unified, almost like a spoof of themselves, and
everyone else falls in the wayside, making for a healthy underground.
Hopefully….
MONDAY
: Underground
movements are always interesting to me, because when a certain underground movement
becomes strong, it comes out to the fore, then everyone wants to do it to be hip and say
they're underground and on the edge, which waters it down. Then the new underground
develops, challenging what is in the fore and questioning its relevance. The
underground will never die, just goes in waves.
Yeah…
I’m
gonna throw some “NAMES” at cha …..
“Shinichi
Osawa”
MONDAY
: Mondo
Grosso.
Long
time collaborator….. Ex-boyfriend of 4 years…..
Heavy
influence on me during those years musically & also made me aware of the difference
between “Empty Hype” and hype with
substance. Ever changing in style, but ever developing & focused in his
direction. EXTREMELY talented. Has the
ability to have both feet in the underground and in the majors. Well respected from
both sides. A wonderful song maker and musician, but an even better producer,
arranger and programmer. Great guy.
Mondo
Grosso is hardcore.
The shit Satoshi Tomiie did on Diana Ross' "Upside Down” was the turning point for me.
And
Frankie Knuckles Killed "Love
Hangover"
I
still play THOSE versions in my show, when it gets to the "3 1/2 hour" mark !
Knuckles
freaked the “Anna Nicole” theme too…
“Miles
Davis”
MONDAY
:
You know what ?
I
HAVE TO !!!
This
“JAZZ” kat is in the “ROCK & ROLL” HALL OF FAME ?!?
Only Real Artists & Musicians, & true music enthusiasts should even speak on him …
I
almost have to ask about him in every inner-view ?!?
MONDAY
:
Well, He IS the “GODFATHER” of jazz , cool, music, trumpet, integrity,
intensity. A true classic & legend. Edgy. Scary. Gil Evans drew
out his artistic beauty like a black swan gliding through a sea of harmonies and sonic
landscapes. Charismatic. There's no one like him and never will be, but we all
want to be, even just a little bit. Truly awesome.
When
Gil died…I did notice a change in him.
Almost
like… “Well , who the hell else is left ?”
Cause,
he DID give a damn about what SOME people thought of
MONDAY
: It's embarrassing to admit, but I was
educated on the beauty of the Gil Evans and Miles Davis musical relationship through my
husband, who really put it all into focus for me. Now
when I hear a Gil Evans arrangement and if Miles isn't playing, my ears yearn to hear him. I love what Miles did before, those classics, and
I also love the Bitches Brew era as well, and of course what you guys were doing was
pretty cool too, but artistry on a certain level that goes beyond the genre and just
eclipses everything else...you know what I'm saying.
Indeed,
indeed …..
“Nellie
Hooper”
Photo : Wired image
MONDAY
:
Hmmmmm.....that's
a hard one because I never met him so it's hard for me to feel him. But obviously one
of the people who brought out the late 80s UK club soul, like Soul II Soul, that really
changed a generation of soulsters. In a way probably helped to propel the nu-soul
movement in a way by getting the organic groove back into soul music by way of sampled
drums and loops, that helped to bring hip hop and soul together.
He’s
STILL my Favorite out there, Bar NONE !
I
don’t think folks have really caught up to the “Soul II Soul” stuff
…STILL ?!?
Madonna’s Bedtime Stories (Title trk) was the baddest shit
out that year…
Plus,
I was glad to hear HE & BJORK together again !
“Joni
Mitchell”
MONDAY
:
Ah,
the “GODMOTHER” of singer-songwriters. Classic.
Her writing, both melodically and lyrically, are off the hook. The gage in
which all singer-songwriters are compared, whether by others or by themselves, and we all
go back to the drawing board, shaking our heads, "No,
not yet..." She became less
adventurous lately with her music and much more grandiose with her preference of
presenting herself, her voice, and her songs with those Vincent Mendosa orchestral
arrangements, and her voice has lost a certain luster and juice of her former years, but
in exchange her singing has developed a deeper and wiser soul. Like she grew into her
songs. I'd like to hear her write some new compositions.
THIS
IS CRAZY !!!
Do
U Know that “Travelogue” has been on repeat for the last week ?!?!
U
know I’ve been in ICU with my Mom, the
last week or so…
And,
I was so stressed out & I COULD NOT STOP listening
to
THIS version of “The Circle Game”
& I came in one morning …
She
was feelin’ a little better & I
started talking to her about the chorus (Lyrics)
“Ma,
U have to hear this !”
She
just sat there & the biggest smile came on her face !
Something
happened ….cause, she's out of ICU….
MONDAY : I'm
so glad to hear that your Mom's better.
And, that's deep that she
suddenly came out of that…
I dunno....Yeah, it’s been a crazy-ass week.
But,
it’s so DEEP you said “Vincent Mendoza”
Damn…
MONDAY : Again, my education through my Husband who is very aware of the arrangements. I have to admit, I used to find those type of orchestrations sorta cheesy, I guess 'cuz I was more a hardcore classical orchestral type of listener and it was hard for me to get my ears around listening to more modern/pop songs in an orchestral setting.
But
he really has a knack for voicings that is just beyond gorgeous, layers of harmonies that
are simple at first listen but are quite textured.
I really like what he's Doin !
Don't forget to check him out at www.alexsipiagin.com
“Basement
Jaxx”
MONDAY
:
You
HAVE done your homework! This is wild
!
Pleeez
, U know I’m the “GHETTO JOURNALIST”
I
gotta BRING IT , since this isn’t what
I “REALLY” DO. Hahahaha!
Who
doesn’t know about Basement Jaxx tho ?!?
MONDAY
:
Yeah…
but,
I'm
curious about what YOU think of them !!
They
were always London’s answer to the “Bomb Squad” sorta…
“Remedy” & “Kish
Kash” was dope as hell.
Plus,
they got presentation as well.
MONDAY
:
I
bought a 12" they did back in '97 or so that I just fell in love with featuring a
singer, Corrine Joseph or something like that ….and loved where they were coming
from. They were really unique, fusing sonics that were being used in drum 'n' bass
but doing it in a whole different vein, easy to mix in with house tracks but again brought
the energy into a completely different space.
Basement Jaxx put it Down ! (
for what they do, especially )
MONDAY
: And….
there was a certain “Saudade” to their songs that really touched me.
”Saudade”
Damn,
U breakin out da Portuguese
?
Hahahaha
!!!
MONDAY
: Actually, I have to give credit to one of
my fans who is Brazilian and he taught me the meaning of the word. I'd always see it in Brazilian titles or lyrics
but didn't know what it meant. But I'd always
FEEL the word. I love that feeling, it's
something I need in my own writing and yearn for in others' compositions.
I feel you…
MONDAY
: Yeah…
I sought them out to do a remix for me, and they asked me to do some vocals in exchange on
their debut album, which I happily did. The 2 guys were really sweet. Felix was
the one I dealt with more, but I liked the other one a lot, he had an air of mystery to
him, like he'd gotten into a life-threatening car accident and suddenly this other side
came out or something…..
I'm
fantasizing here.
Let’s
call it “ Poetic License”
MONDAY
: Sometimes you meet people and you just
fantasize where they've come from, what they've done in their life that's made them that
way. I can see the whole life in a person on
initial meeting, almost like an aura. It
might not be real, but it sure is fun to imagine.
Yeah,
it IS….
"Toshiko Akiyoshi”
MONDAY
: Mama
!!!
A legend in her own right in Japan. The first to fuse Japanese traditional elements of music and touch Japanese themes with jazz in the forum she created under her big band. Very strict as a mother and I wished as a kid she'd been there more for me, but I got over it, especially after going to Japan to live and make a career for myself as a musician to imagine how hard the odds were for her to make it out of there to make a career for herself as the first “Japanese” (let alone female) jazz musician to make it worldwide?!?
Truly
a feat..... I Love her like crazy.
That is sooo cool, man …
IT
DOESN’T FALL FAR FROM DA TREE !!!
"Charlie
Mariano”
MONDAY
:
Beautiful
man. Didn't grow up with him, but met him as an adult the first time at age 20 during
a wedding of one of my half sisters, then many years later in '96 in Germany where he now
resides. I see him about once a year now. Actually my husband gets to see him
more because they end up at the same jazz festivals! It's interesting that I didn't
end up growing up with him but there's so much of his essence I seem to have. I think
my sensibility of fusing different cultural and stylistic elements of music comes largely
from him, genetically somewhere it's infused. My mother says my melodic abilities and
natural musical talent comes from him. I also have a warm humanitarian aspect to
myself (if I may say so!) that I see in him. He's in his 80s and still doing it,
performing and touring all the time, and sounds so young! I hope I'll be like him
when I'm older.
I
think U’ve accomplished that already …..
Very
Cool.
"Alex Sipiagin”
MONDAY
:
My
Love….. My Devil….My Angel…..
He's
a tough one musically & personally, but he really pushes me to question everything I'm
doing, and has upped my game in terms of my songwriting and harmonic
search. Ridiculously talented. Highly intelligent as a player. Has a
different perspective on jazz largely due to his Russian background. I can still feel
and hear him growing as a musician and it's exciting to see this progress up
front. Very unique in his soloing, and unbelievable technically, a combination you
don't see often. I can only hope to enhance his growth by supporting him personally
and be as good a wife as I can be for him.
I’m sure, it’s tough to wear both hats in “Creative” Marriages.
Like
a married couple....where they're both up for an award..... in the same category
?!?!
MONDAY
: Yeah, In
the beginning we didn't see eye to eye on a lot of things about each other's music: I
recognized he was a great musician, but when I'd ask him to do string or horn arrangements
for me, they were too complex for me to understand. He in turn thought what I was
doing that touched the club music scene was not spiritual at all, and urged me to get out
and search another avenue. But since then I've grown to appreciate his harmonic and
melody sense much more, and he in turn has warmed up to what I'm doing and have done in
the past, even likes some of it now!
That’s
great, that things worked themselves out.
My
Wife is MORE Brilliant, than I could EVER hope to be.
I got REAL Lucky.....
U
ready to play da “Either OR” Game ?
MONDAY
:
Um....yeah….
*She
says tentatively*
Acid
Jazz OR
Acid Rock ?
MONDAY
: Neither.
HA
!!
London OR
Japan ?
MONDAY
:
Both.
Aiiiiight
?!?!
Underground OR
“Mainstream” ?
MONDAY
:
Underground…..with
a mainstream income !!
Hahaha
!!
Right
?!?
On
“Perfect World” records & tapes…
Pro
Tools OR “NOT” ?
MONDAY
:
That's
a rough one. In my heart ? NOT.
My preference will always be to use analogue styles of
recording: A beautiful old Neve , two 2-inch tapes, burned onto vinyl...
But,
in my mind…. knowing the realities ?
Protools.
I
Feel U.
Stage OR
Studio ?
MONDAY
:
Another
rough one. Unfortunately I'm probably a studio artist. I can be more creative
and do more interesting things, and damn I just ain't a one-take singer. But doing
stages, as shy as I am and as much as I hate standing there for all to see, there's
nothing like it in terms of getting a real response from the audience from the performance
that is done right there on the spot, and being able to perform with the amazing musicians
I am fortunate to perform with. Heck, I feel like I'm a contributing audience member
myself, my seat just happens to be on top of the stage, but I respond to the musicians in
the forum that is my music.
Do
I have to choose on these things?
YES
!!!!
MONDAY
: Man,
you've got some tough ones up in here….
Hey,
I gotta keep U wanting to “Spit it out”
MONDAY : Damn , You're Good !!
I've had alot of interviews ....But you're hittin' it so in the Pocket !!!
Alright,
hit me with the next one….
*she
says, bracing herself *
L.A. OR NYC ?
MONDAY
:
That's
a No Brainer…. NYC!!!
Aiiiiight
?!?!?!
MONDAY
: But,
I love LA… grew up there, they have a lot of good stuff goin' on, and I'm definitely
a Pacific Ocean girl, but there ain't nuthin', nowhere like NYC. It's dirty, grimy,
the people are loud, the streets are louder, over-priced, the have and have nots like a
Shakespeare story, etc. The cultural scene
& high competition and the talent it breeds is great. I have fond memories
growing up as a little one when Greenwich Village was owned by artists, and that's
something I cherish.
NYC
is THE TRUTH !
(
in comparison )
Piano OR
Sax ?
MONDAY
:
You're killing me here!! You KNOW I Love the Sax ....
Well,
I thought U may have found a new love….
Cause,
I wish NOW that I’d found Piano as my first Love
(
in Hindsight )
MONDAY
: Well,
hear me on this one, though...
Both
my Dads play it & man do they PLAY IT !
But,
I guess it's in direct competition with what I do (
Sing )
So
, I'm going to say piano , Hahahaha !!
No,
with all seriousness, I choose the piano because when I have the opportunity to sit at a
beautiful piano with its regal voice and textures, it just brings it all home to me.
Yo…..Piano
is the First & Last stop, What ?!?!
What’s
your Favorite or “Most Personal” song, U’ve written to date ?
MONDAY
:
Wow,
can songwriters ever really choose one favorite?
It's
like choosing one favorite child.
I know…
MONDAY
: You've
got me stumped. I'm tempted to say "No
Matter What" the lyrics are very personal to me, written at a time when I was
feeling very tender about life in general…. as a close friend was lying in her death
bed and my son was still very young and I was feeling very philosophical about life and
all that I could hope for my child and the ones I love.
Wow…
MONDAY
:
I'm
also tempted to say "Star
Suite"
which is not so much a song but a spoken word performance I did for Mondo Grosso's project
back in 2000, later made into a remix by Blaze…. that endeared itself to the house
audience. The words were written with many images and thoughts going through my mind,
a story that is perhaps half me, and half of those I have seen through the years.
Cool…
MONDAY
:
From
"Routes" perhaps "Touch the Sky," again touching more from the lyrical
aspect rather than the musical one.
But,
that’s the Whole Reason for the Journey…
As
a songwriter right ? Even if we DO hit
that mark ?
MONDAY
: The operative word of "IF"
Right
?!?
MONDAY
: There are times I write songs and I'm
massively happy, like I did the best I could and this represent me now. But there's a part of me, probably my soul and
spirit, that transcends time and it floats there in that dimension that is not the earth
or any "where" else, but just is, and it feels that there is more to be said, in
a simpler way, in the ultimate way that has yet to be reached.
Thank
you soooo much, Michiru !!
It’s
been a long time = wow =
And,
I wish you even MORE success with your “Life & Music” !
U have Definitely been an inspiration to MOST…
You’re
influence will be felt for years to come.
MONDAY
:
Thank YOU !
I
wish you the best as well, Foley.
Your
inspiration and influence continues to nurture many.
One can only hope, Hahaha !
Be
Well, Michiru…Be well
*Wow, that was Deep for
Me....…a lot of years , y’all….....a lot of years*
