Yet another new video:
Project Bluebird - An Arousing (Poem by John Trudell)
with Mike Mayo
New Video: Aquamarine Condition
Newly Reuploaded Video by my friend Visionarydreams on Youtube for "Blackbird 1978" She does a great job artistically on here. This is with words by Eisy Murphy, music by Nancy Pontius and highly improved by the talents of Eric Baldoni (of Sans Analog, Cortex Bomb and the famous Barely Bipedal, also Colt Vista) see also Project Bluebird with the Erics here: http://www.myspace.com/ericbluebirds
New video in honor of my friend and Project Bluebird co-writer Terry Mclain who passed away in November.
"I Am" words by Pontius, music by Baldoni. Trippy fractallish thing. Older version "I am with you" folky style video on Kilsoquah 2 page.
Video by Nancy Pontius of Project Bluebird's "Why is the Earth Blue" featuring the great ambient jazz trumpet and other sounds of Eric Dahlman also with the very talented Mike Mayo (they also mixed and mastered this piece--more songs they have added onto are coming soon!). The music was by Pontius and the lyrics are by both Pontius and Lizzie Woolfolk, who often collaborates with Project Bluebird, most famously "Medication Blues." Also this video features the wonderful artwork of Tim "Shitao" Williams who is "Shitao" on flickr, check him out. Shitao is also featured in the video I did for Joy Harjo's music, back in the blog (check out Joy Harjo too of course, she is amazing).
Video by Andrew Buckle, who wrote the very potent words for this song, Welfare State" He earned honors in the UK for this video. He did a great job. music by Pontius.
an outstanding video response to welfare state by steven taylor and tuli kupferberg, "leftover people."
Video by Pontius of "Rose Colored War" with the multi-talented and wonderful Eric Royer from the Rose Colored War e-album, with words again by Eisy Murphy. Pontius edited clips from the old propaganda film "A is for Atom" for this piece and added effects. Music by Pontius:
Video by Pontius featuring art from The Icarus Project, with lyrics by a great poet, Steven Hoffman about psychiatric abuse and police brutality. music by Pontius. It is a song from the "Icarus" e-album on Lastfm
Project Bluebird - For Jane
Video by Pontius (one of my "experimental" ones, never mind the low budget psychedelia), it is with words by a great writer named Weallpoo also from the Icarus e-album on last fm. words by Pontius.
Project Bluebird - I Don't Know What I Am
Influences
video i did of two great artists, joy harjo and tim williams
Thank you to my dear friend Dan Brudno who helped me a lot with getting the music out there.
Thank you to my former voice teacher Rosemary Henderson
Thank you to my former poetry teacher Joy Harjo who also gave me my first 4 track recorder and encouraged me to get my music out there
Thank you to John Munoz for giving me my first guitar
Thank you to my parents and thanks to all of my family, my grandparents especially.
Thank you to all my friends who are my family too.
Thank you to my cat Rosie who is an angel.
My influences (I will be adding in more probably):
Elizabeth Esmin Green (lives on in our mad hearts forever), Ray Sandford (who is another important sort of political prisoner), Rigoberta Menchu, Joy Harjo, Rosemary Henderson, The Fugs, Big Bone Lick, Jaraneh, Bruce Malcolm, Linda Rondstadt, Banda Sinoloense, Saint Dymphna, Jon Sirkis, Tom Waits, Janis Joplin, Andrew Buckle, Neil Young, Ami Zins, Lew Levinson, Jesus Contreras, Caliche con Carne, Cortex Bomb, Barely Bipedal, Lizzieloca, Eisy, Loree Jo, Daniel Brudno, Joe Bernick, Eric Royer, Eric Dahlman, Leonard Cohen, Captain Beefheart, Eric Baldoni, Terry McLain, Michael Loghry, John Munoz, Troy "Hawk" Olsen, James Jordan, Raquelle, Jon Mount, Poppy, Laura and Ian, Meredith, Clifford, Zoom Schwartz and the Dry Heaves, Kevin, Carl, Micaela, Carolyn, Diana Hadley, Peter Warshall, Whole Earth Review, Naomi Barnes, Holy Modal Rounders, Fairport Convention, Allen Ginsberg, Nanao Sakaki, Mountain Lion, Bear, Wolf, Deer, Hawk, Mongwa, Clowns, Sun, Moon, Earth, Sky, Drum, Rey Tester, Tim "Shitao" Williams, Jane Williams, Molehill Orkestra, Alex Rodriquez, Jon Sirkis, The Band, Great Spirit, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, JG Carlton, Virginia Wolfe, Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, N. Scott Momaday, Gary Snyder, John Brandi, Anne Waldman, Jane Miller, Jon Anderson, David Ray, Judy Ray, Kelly Reed, Alan Code, Alex Seago, Mike Welch, Neal Bilbrey, Albert Eisntein, The Mad Pride Movement, The Peace and Justice Movement, The American Indian Movement, The Icarus Project, The Apache Survival Coalition, Ola Cassadore Davis, Mount Graham, First Nations, Bonfire Madigan, Leonard Peltier, Martin Luther King, Jefferson Airplane, Joan Baez, Tuli Kupferberg, John Trudell, Crazy Horse, Geronimo, Ketogah, Kilsoquah, Katamwasitewah, White Buffalo Woman, Black Elk, Hopi Elders, Martha, Patti Smith, Larry Evers, Felipe S. Molina, Joy Williams, Ann Nolan Clark, Louise Erdrich, Gerald Vizenor, Michael Dorris, Leslie Silko and family, Elizabeth Evans, Edward Abbey, Abbie Hoffman, Kuan Yin, Buddha, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Ram Dass, Arlo Guthrie, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Cat Power, Joni Mitchell, Grace Slick, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Leadbelly, Kate Bush, Grateful Dead, John Lennon, The Beatles, Yoko Ono, Burning Spear, Albert King, BB King, Van Morrison, The Weavers, Odetta, Robert Hunter, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Lou Reed, The Velvet Underground, Nico,NIN, Trent Reznor, Jerry Garcia, Santana, Silvio Rodriguez, Ella Fitzgerald, Dalai Lama, Comrade Jesus, Milarepa, Kali Ma, Spider Woman, Luna, Blackfire, Sarah Vaughn, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Can, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel, Bob Marley, Rita Marley, Zappa, Regina Spektor, Krister Linder, The Doors, Lisa Germano, Robyn Hitchcock,The Dead Kennedys, Billy Bragg, oh there are more I am still remembering (memory issues, so if I forgot you someone it will come back to me) one love...
Sounds Like
Led Zeppelin on valerian
this is from a photo of my dear cat Rosie that my friend Shitao, a great artist, photoshopped and he added the words:
here is a mona lisa i did with a bluebird that i gave to dan my brother.
Today's default image is a beautiful artpiece is by Eric Valle, a co-writer with Project Bluebird who wrote the words for "Smell the Magic"
Another Butterfly Song with Ernesto Hollywood on drum
words by Loree Jo Tipmore and Nancy Pontius
music by Pontius
"We will be butterflies"
Project Bluebird - Vineyard
cover for rose colored war by terry mclain my friend who passed away last november who is with us in our hearts always. he was a co-writer with project bluebird.
default art on top there is "Tea leaf reading" by Eileen "Eisy"Murphy. Check out her art on ebay under "Eisy"
more solo songs: http://www.myspace.com/egyptianviolet
PB with the Erics: http://www.myspace.com/ericbluebirds
Project Bluebird is a collaboration with many writers around the world. It is all free music for now. As poet Eisy Murphy says, "Bluebirds are free."
Musicians involved:
Nancy Pontius
Eric Baldoni
Eric Dahlman
Eric Royer
Mike Mayo
also Dave Smits is on some pieces with Eric Dahlman
Ernesto Hollywood also plays drums on some songs, like "Knowing You There," "Dance of the Fireflies," "Another Butterfly Song," and "Desert Marigolds." We plan to do "Amazing Grace" with drums soon.
Jim Giddings plays rattles and flutes on Skink Song
Other musicians are to be adding onto some pieces soon.
Pontius does a lot of solo stuff but the Erics are adding onto some in a work-in-progress called "Project Bluebird with the Erics"
Full albums can be found on Last Fm for free download. Some are in progress, more being added eventually: http://www.last.fm/music/Project+Bluebird
Also Nancy Pontius is experimenting with not-trying-to-be-on-mtv low budget music videos here on youtube for Project Bluebird music as well as for some friends: http://www.youtube.com/ProjectBluebird
Major poets involved: Lizzie Woolfolk, Eisy Murphy, Loree Jo Tipmore, Terry McLain, Mike Loghry, Joseph Lima, Mike Welch, Andrew Buckle, Ramblingvine, Piotr Kolasinski, Kat Vincent, Neal Bilbrey, Keith Lankey, and Nancy Pontius and many other writers around the world. Also many writers from The Icarus Project. All the names or pen names of co-writers are listed on last fm with each e-album. http://www.last.fm/music/Project+Bluebird
Peace all
Cold Stream: words and art by Michael Loghry. Music by N.P. and Eric Royer wonderfully adds on to this one. I love these bros.
New Video: North Country Fair (version of Bob Dylan's song performed by N. Pontius) with photography by Mark Eaton and some more edited film archive materials from archive.org with special effects:
Project Bluebird - To Have You Here
music by Nancy Pontius
lyrics by Joseph Lima
video clips from open source on archive.org
(can not find the url, will try to) BBC from somewhere, thank you BBC!
edited and with effects by Nancy Pontius
from the album "Telepathy"
available for free download on Last fm:
http://www.last.fm/music/Project+Bluebird/Telepathy
Project Bluebird - Knowing You There
song written and performed by Nancy Pontius
with Ernesto Hollywood on drum
Video by Pontius
from public domain clips from archive.org. edited and with effects
mina's blues for gaia, words by seven, music by me, with eric dahlman and mike mayo.
Eric Dahlman - Full of It (With Nancy Pontius)
Another beautiful video from my friend Pamela, aka Visionarydreams on youtube, thank you dear Pamela!
Project Bluebird's "Once in the Forest" with Eric Royer
words are by Piotr Kolasinski, who I am so grateful to for writing this song with me.
music by Nancy Pontius
on guitar and vocals
banjo and lead guitar and mixing by the wonderful Eric Royer
this song is on the Project Bluebird with the Erics page here: http://www.myspace.com/ericbluebirds
and also for download here on last fm: http://www.last.fm/music/Project+Bluebird/Project+Bluebird+With+The+Erics
hello! hope your weekend went by well. my thanksgiving was pushed back a couple of days so my family could all attend. now everyone is gone and i am listening to the sparrows and rain make curious noises outside my window. write when you can. who is the cat in the photo with you?
Thankful for your friendship my dear,stay positive and strong. May you and your family have a wonderful and blessed Sunday!!Wishing you all the best with your music.Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live... Hope your day is as special as you are!be happy.
Please need your help by take a moment look at the rainforests campaign masterminded or clik on the link then sign up at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Y8iOnIqHk ,website on http://www.rainforestSOS.org/book by texting SOS and their email address to The Prince’s Rainforests Project The Prince’s Charities Foundation Clarence House London SW1A 1BA United Kingdom Press enquiries Please email the address above or phone the Clarence House Press Office on 0207 024 5506. Thank you for the help.God bless.
HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND SHOW YOU SOME GOOD LOVIN! AND YOURS ..WISHING YOURS IS FILLED WITH HAPPY MOMENTS, SIMPLE PLEASURES AND GRATEFUL HEARTS.I LOVE THAT SONG WELL ,MOSTLY THE BEAT,I AM SO GLAD WE ARE FRIENDS!!AND I WAS THINKING OF YOU MY DEAR. Please need your help by take a moment look at the rainforests campaign masterminded or clik on the link then sign up at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Y8iOnIqHk ,website on http://www.rainforestSOS.org by texting SOS and their email address to The Prince’s Rainforests Project The Prince’s Charities Foundation Clarence House London SW1A 1BA United Kingdom Press enquiries Please email the address above or phone the Clarence House Press Office on 0207 024 5506. Thank you for the help.God bless.
May this Day be full of Grace,my dear, Love and everything Heaven has to give! Yes, Thank you Jesus!and!May the Lord bless you and your wonderful family this Thanksgiving Love you all & God Bless Happy Thanksgiving!! Please need your help by take a moment look at the rainforests campaign masterminded or clik on the link then sign up at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1Y8iOnIqHk ,website on http://www.rainforestSOS.org by texting SOS and their email address to The Prince’s Rainforests Project The Prince’s Charities Foundation Clarence House London SW1A 1BA United Kingdom Press enquiries Please email the address above or phone the Clarence House Press Office on 0207 024 5506. Thank you for the help.God bless.
Hey Sweetie...I was just checking out your page...nice... MONA is LOVELY :) Okay, I lied, may I add her to my gallery???? Peace, Love and Light and I'll read your blogs soon.... YOU are pretty cool YOURSELF Shine on and please tell me your real name!!! I am Amy
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Love is our Mother and the way of our Prophet. Yet it is in our nature to fight with Love. We can’t see you, Mother, hidden behind dark veils woven by ourselves.
-- Rumi, Persian mystic and poet.
I am dyslexic myself (though as a child of the 1970s we didn't have such terms back then and I simply carried around the label "learning disabled") but the ocean and music were the two forces in my life that were a constant and to which I will always be thankful for. I hope all is well with you, my friend. It's good to be quiet sometimes and it is good to be loud. But most importantly it is good to be able to call you my friend.
Welcome Nancy and thanks...I dont know yet how to import graphics etc very well yet but I will conquer lol...Have a great rest of the week dear. ....Sunni
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