I'm a celebrity now ( :
It's for being CMA Nominee for Best Latin Entertainer and Songwriter of the Year.
This year we are looking forward to keeping up the momentum and taking on new challenges.
Here's to the struggles, the hard work, but most of all, the prayers to Jesus. Thank you Father God! God truly answers your prayers!
Prairie = To dream of a prairie, denotes that you will enjoy ease, and even luxury and unobstructed progress. An undulating prairie, covered with growing grasses and flowers, signifies joyous happenings.
Saturday, August 12, 2007
No one knows where each day will lead or how far anything will go. Besides, it’s all relative. As a goal-oriented person, I find myself scoring that next booking and striving for that next mile marker. Whether you’re Kanye West in a Sydney arena or the local rock band at the Double Door on North Avenue, a gig is a gig. Pretty soon you grow tired of accomplishing goals and you want to search for something deeper – the purpose of why you decided to pursue a career in the arts in the first place.
I’m in the process of hurrying to stop myself before it becomes a J-O-B, which as hiphop speaker KRS One says is equal to “justifying-one’s-being.” Don’t get me wrong; I love what I do and I am thankful for the blessings I’m receiving. But the pressure to accomplish things according to other’s standards is a trap I do not want to fall into. This is what a job is to most people. In essence, you don’t want to become an employee to the world of expectations as a recording artist. On the contrary, you want to be independent and find happiness in every minute of your work. Only then does it become a labor of love and something worth striving for. Record labels will rise and fall because their main focus is the numbers. But artists today can survive with the new technology and find innovative ways to get their music out there to their listeners. Never listen to a marketer when it comes to music. Marketers are students of trends, not students of music. Trust your instinct. You may be onto something new that they just don’t know how to sell yet, something they might reject out of fear. The key is to break that cycle of fear and to become a pioneer or free thinker in music.
Once you find happiness in what you do, you are better able to serve others with your gifts. To me, happiness is freedom. When you feel like a giver, you feel more attuned to the purpose God has given you in life. You begin to understand that these gifts are meant to be shared. They are not only meant for self-glorification.
People think the music business is cut throat. Really it’s not. Once you find the uniqueness inside you, there is no need to compete with others. I used to think I had to have this flat-ironed hair and this skinny body with oil-sheened legs and flat abs to invite people to listen to my music. Sex sells. But after awhile, it just becomes a useless image. Being free of the status quo can help you to see the beauty in your uniqueness. You can break that cycle. At first, the business seemed cut throat to me ‘cos everyone was after the same opportunities. But as you grow and grow as an artist, you begin to evolve and see that those other people are just expressing who they are – or who they are trying to be if they are not as original. There are liars, there are cheaters, there are thieves out there. But there are also good people in the music business. All the people on the Luis Jimenez Show are good people and have taught me that there are people who truly look out for you with sincerity in the music business. They are interested in the public and what the public has to say; they have a dialogue with their listeners every morning. As a singer/songwriter, communication is key in this business. Communication begins with listening.
If you want to be good at what you do, you must first begin to listen.
"Dejame dejame"
Por Guia
Copyright 2006
Dejame dejame
No quiero mas los juegos
Callate callate
No quiero mas recuerdos
Deja tus palabras a la puerta
Me respeto y me se debe mejor
Soy 'na cosa preciosa
Si no la realizas, es tu culpa
Primera dijiste que ella existe
solamente en tu pasado
Pero hoy oh hoy
No te creo
Pues confesa la verdad!
De quien sueno?
De quien pienso?
Oh ti oh baby baby ti
De quien suenas?
De quien piensas?
Es ella, ella clara en tu mente
Amame amame
Con todos los pensamientos
Mirame mirame
Sin ella en el reflejo
Callate callate
No quiero mas tus besos
Dejame dejame
Sin ella en tus labios
Cuando estoy contigo en tu cama
Te doy mi corazon y doy mi alma a ti
Yo tengo el derecho estar celosa
Porque me entregas solo medio del amor?
Antes que construiste la historia, hiciste
Un movimiento falso que viene a la luz
Y hoy oh hoy
Tu filosofia
Te hace enganoso
De quien sueno?
De quien pienso?
Oh ti oh baby baby ti
De quien suenas?
De quien piensas?
Dime baby oh dime dime baby
Bridge
Aggressive guitar slides
Oh oh oh oh ohhhhhhh ohhhhh
Yea yah yahhhh yah hyah yah
Ay que dulce esta torta
Y no la puedes comer
Al mismo tiempo de mirar este postre por tu querer
No es justo
Ser tacano es ser un hombre con otro mujer
Y decido que no permito
Lo que quieres hacer
Nortena trombone/french horn
Ella o yo ... yo o ella ... el pasado o el futuro ... el futuro o el pasado ... elige algo ... elige una baby
Rock
Amame amame
Con todos los pensamientos
Mirame mirame
Sin ella en el reflejo
Callate callate
No quiero mas tus besos
Dejame dejame
Sin ella en tus labios
Dejame dejame
No quiero mas los juegos
Callate callate
No quiero mas recuerdos
Dejame
No quiero mas los juegos
Dejame
No quiero mas recuerdos
Dejame, dejame oooh baby
Dejame, dejame ohhh
Dejame.
Through God's grace, I can make it to Easter Sunday in regards to my Lenten sacrifice. April 8th is Sunday and I've added Holy Week to Lent's observance.
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do... These were the best words that I heard from a salsero a the studio party. Those were the words of Jesus.
It is a renaissance of arts in my life again. I'm awakened by becoming closer to God by feeling as Jesus felt for 40 days and 40 nights in the desert. I am learning a lot more Spanish by listening to Thalia's "No No No." Whoever writes Aventura's songs comes up with poetic and profound style of songwriting. I think studying for great songs by great songwriters in Spanish is a great way to improve my songwriting in Spanish.
I saw her face in a dream before I even saw her face. Sometimes I wonder the purpose of my gift in how it guides me. The dream was frightening. Kevin was paralyzed driving and I told him to drive and move on. And so, I took the wheel.
I woke up this morning knowing something went wrong with my sister before it happened. And I was on the floor scrubbing the mess.
Water perceives things sometimes it feels it shouldn't. But visions are clear as I sleep.
In my dream I saw a four-tiered, a sort of plastic manmade honeycomb with bees buzzing inside. On one of the layers apples lined the circumference.
The dream dictionary shows an interpretation of a honeycomb appearing in my dream:
"To see a honeycomb in your dream, suggests that you are trying to hold on to the sweetness that you are experiencing in your life. It also represents your desire for love and affection."
Dream dictionaries state that apples signify love if they are ripened.
"In prophetic dreams the apple is considered to be a very good omen, but the interpretation depends primarily on what the details are. If the apples are ripe there is a promise of financial rewards."
I come to thee like a dolphin. my bottle nose of creativity rising above the subconscious. talk to me not of dreams but of dreams you yearn to bring into consciousness. Often my dreams in the water are the ones I remember. Before I dreamt I was struggling and swimming... The other nite I dreamt I was riding with the dolphins. And I believe this is a good sign.
I was researching the mythology of dolphins and hope you'll be interested in learning more: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1983/2/83.02.12.x.html
This is what the dream dictionaries state:
"To see a dolphin in your dream, symbolizes spiritual guidance, your intellect, mental attributes and emotional trust. Utilize your mind to its capacity and you will move upward in life. Alternatively, it suggests that a line of communication has been established between the conscious and unconscious aspects of yourself. Dolphins represent your willingness and ability to explore and navigate through your emotions."
"To dream that you are riding a dolphin, represents your optimism and social altruism."
"Dolphins are highly intelligent mammals, and as such represents the mental attributes and accomplishments involved in the dream itself. It also denotes that the dreamer has made some giant strides upward through the use of his mental faculties, and, if the rest of the dream bears it out, a dolphin is like a pat on the dreamers back with a well done thrown in for good measure."
"Dolphins tend to be very spiritual creatures and we associate them with beautiful harmonious feelings and great intelligence. They can link with good communication within a relationship and spiritual excitement. So look for such themes right now in your life."
i was watchin this video on launch.com by gloria estefan called "hoy." and the song is so mystical. it gives me chills. wierd, like i actually feel connected to that place maccu picchu & to the situation of two lovers & their destinies crossing times. gloria estefan's riding on a cart in a peruvian village. and then she's sitting on top of the city walls. and she remembers her lover from another life, an incan playing the panpipes as he's standing on top of the city walls. and he falls. she, an incan in another life, desperately tries to grab his hand as he falls from the mountain. in the present, gloria estefan is wandering, rowing through swamps, dancing in the Peruvian village with the llameros (or llama drivers), and the costume is so festive, jus like what I learned in Anth 182 Culture of South America. That is my alltime memorable college course. The music is haunting, flutes and panpipe sounds. It's so unique to hear Estefan compose to a South American Andean sound. She's usually into Cuban rhythms. But the flutes were haunting. the sound really captured the theme of lover's fate. it's my favorite song right now. at the end of the video, the incan is reincarnated as a llamero and he's wearin a mask and enters the shrine where Gloria is praying. She takes off his mask, so happy to find him again in this lifetime, today.
No song's ever touched me like that. It's so spiritual and profound. I am in love with this song, drawn to this mystical connection between me and Maccu Piccu and Peru.
Tengo marcado en el pecho todo los dias y el tiempo no me dejo estar aqui
Tengo una fe quemadura que va conmigo y me cura desde que te conoci
Tengo un hueya perdida entre tu sobra y la mia que no me deja mentir
Soy una moneda en la fuente tu mi deseo pendiente mis ganas de revivir
Tengo una mañana fustrante y una quarela esperando verte pintado de azul
Tengo tu amor y tu suerte y un caminito empinado
Tengo el bardero otro lado
tu eres mi norte y mi sur
Coro:
Hoy voy a verte de nuevo
voy en volverme en tu ropa
sursuramen tu silencio cuando me veas llegar
Hoy voy a verte de nuevo
voy alegrar tu tristesa
vamos hacer una fiesta pa'que este amor cresca mas
Tengo una frase colgada entre mi boca y al muada que me desnuda ante ti
Tengo una playa y un pueblo que me acompaña de noche cuando no estas junto a mi
Tengo una mañana fustrante y una quarela esperando verte pintado de azul
Tengo tu amor y tu suerte y un caminito empinado
Tengo el bardero otro lado
tu eres mi norte y mi sur
Coro 2x:
Hoy voy a verte de nuevo
voy en volverme en tu ropa
sursuramen tu silencio cuando me veas llegar
Hoy voy a verte de nuevo
voy alegrar tu tristesa
vamos hacer una fiesta pa'que este amor cresca mas
if i could spend my valentine's day with the thief who stole my heart, this is the mix cd i'd give him...
1. hoy - gloria estefan latin/international
2. beautiful soul - jesse mccartney bubblegum pop
3. party for two - shania twain/mark mcgrath country/pop
"Party For Two"
Whoa!
Huh! Huh!
(Aww, Baby)
I'm having me a party
(I don't think I can come)
Uh,uh, this ain't just any kind of party
(Nah, I think I'll stay at home)
Uh, oh, no It's gonna be really, really hot
(Startin' to sound good)
I'm gonna put you on the spot
(Baby, maybe I should)
Yeah, there'll be lots of one on one
(Guess I could be there)
Come on and join the fun
(What should I wear?)
I'll tell you that it..
[BRIDGE:]
It doesn't matter what you wear
'Cause it's only gonna be
you and me there (Whoa!)
[CHORUS:]
I'm having a party
A party for two
Invitin' nobody
Nobody but you
You'll be sexy in your socks
(We could polish the floors)
In case that anybody knocks
(Let's lock all the doors)
Yeah, all the things I'm gonna do
(I'm gonna do with you)
I wanna try something new
(I wanna try it, too)
I tell you that it...
[BRIDGE:]
(It doesn't matter)
uh, uh
(What I wear)
('Cause it's only gonna be)
You and me there
[CHORUS:]
I'm having a party
A party for two (yeah)
Ain't invitin' nobody
Nobody but you (yeah)
Yeah, you
[BRIDGE 2:]
(I'm here) You're there
(That's all) we really need
(We're gonna) We're gonna party hearty
(Just) Just you and me
(Don't) Don't think about it now
(Don't) Don't even doubt it now
(I'm inviting you to a) party for two
(Whoa!)
[GUITAR SOLO]
shake it, shake it
(Come on baby!)
Aww, all the things I'm gonna do
(I'm gonna do with you)
I'm gonna try something new with you, boy
(I wanna try that, too)
I'll tell you that it..
[BRIDGE:]
It doesn't matter what you wear
('Cause it's only gonna be)
It's only gonna be you and me
(Awwwww, yeah)
[backing] I'm havin' a party
(A little bitty party baby)
[backing] A party for two
It's just me and you
(That's right)
[backing] Invitin' noboby
I ain’t inviting anybody
(Nobody baby)
[backing] nobody but you
[Chorus (alternating voices, double lyrics)]
Come on, Come on
(Come on, Come on)
Come on, Come on, Come on
(Come on, Come on, yeah)
Come on, Come on
(Come on, Come on)
Come on, Come on, Come on
(Come on, Come on, yeah)
(Just you and me there)
That was great!
(Let’s do it again!)
i wrote this song at age 19. and i'm copywriting it now on my journal. blurty. this was copywritten at 9:05 a.m. today before heading to the mall. i've performed it at the multicultural fashion show 2002, and at fiesta 2003. with t.e.am. and the latino community as my witness, this song belongs to me:
reencarnacion
lyrics & melody by guia cuyugan
yo estoy contigo ahora
pero yo se que ya te conozco
del pasado y del futuro
yo vivo cada dia buscando
pero yo se que yo no necesito
buscarte nunca mas
coro:
porque mi alma toca el tuyo
por el puente de tus ojos
y abro la puerta de mi corazon
por un momento y para siempre
las estrellas besan el cielo
sonriendo porque no tienen mas trabajo
el destino en nuestras manos
a veces yo no lo creo, es como sueno
pero yo se que estamos perdidos
en los ciclos del tiempo
Graduation really sucks for me. All my other friends, their parents threw them graduation parties. Mine went straight to pressuring me to apply for jobs that just weren't me. It seems like everyone's ruled by the dollar sign nowadays. I still wanna work on my music. But it's hard when there are all these other responsibilities and other pressures. All these expectations that aren't even mine. I'm tired of being someone's hope. It's been awhile since I've done things just for me. You know?
If we knew the consequences of our mistakes, would the mistakes be worth the fall? After falling time and time again, I don't know if I can take another fall. Right now I just want to be happy. Before I never used to care about being happy. I was just concerned about being on top, being the best. But that's a lonely path and as soon as desires are quenched do we realize, we never had to be more; we always were blessed with more than we wished for.
Today I'm so happy. I've never been treated this way. Joe's a good boyfriend, and I just don't want to fuck up with him. I always thought I had to drive, to stay steadfast with my goals because I thought accomplishments meant happiness. But with him, I feel I don't have to be the best, the prettiest, the smartest, or someone I'm not. I feel I can just be me.
i wanna take on a job at ihop and keep working at will tv to save up for studio time and all these other music-making expenses. but i don't know, do u think that'll be too much with my mentally strenuous journalism 382 class comin up?
i'm really serious about this music stuff, it's like i am obsessed. i don't know if you know what it feels like to love music so much, to be in love with a dream that may or may not manifest itself into reality. it's a big risk. and i'd rather pursue it with passion.
there's nothing else i can see myself doing -- completely happy, at least. fame or money come secondary. i'd do it jus for the crowd's energy n to shine n know that's my moment -- i own it -- that no one can take that gift away from me, you know? n to know that i'm giving something to the people who hear me and see me, that my lyrics touched someone or communicated a sort of understanding whether i'm giving off a fun, party vibe or crooning about loneliness. it's about raw emotion, and the strength it takes to share the passion you feel.
being sick still, i get to read books about the music industry, research it and such (good habits from journalism), and seriously think about this big decision i'm making with my life. now i jus gotta find a way to break it to dad without being disowned from the family. any suggestions? how would you do it?
in the meantime, i've gotta find a jobby job. you know like a jus-to-get-by kinda deal. it's all about believing in myself n acting on that confidence. it's hard when there's nothing solid to back me up...
Like most people my age, I'm in a stage of transition. I can still depend on my parents for a place to live when my days at the U of I have come to an end. But staying at home, for me, won't lead to growth. I've always been babied. And none of my relatives or my family members realize my full potential. Behind a fun-loving exterior is a woman who knows how to get things done, calculating plans to the minutest details. I'm a big believer in the bottom line. It's the only thing that drives me. I'd climb mountains just to admire the view from atop.
I have to look at the motives behind my desires to become a recording artist. Since I was two, I've had a microphone in my hand. Music is like breath to me. All the time I spent sweating over boyfriends, I should've been taking up new hobbies. Learning to play the conga drums would allow me to break down rhythm patterns in my mind, inadvertently teaching me how to focus. I'm talking to three producers right now and have yet to record a three-song demo once I'm no longer sick. To get a record label's attention, I have to generate a local fan base in Champaign and sell tons of copies of a self-produced album. The deadline: graduation in May 2004.
I want to be that milestone for the Asian Pacific community in the American pop world -- an educated rolemodel who understands pressing social issues in depth, one who's not afraid to voice her opinions and point out hypocrisy. The artists on the box right now are selling an unrealistically extravagant lifestyle. Britney and her snake-leather accessories don't impress me at all. It's upsetting to see many stars waste their money and influence and pop up at benefits for show.
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