Hey; my name’s Stafford and I’m the evil dictator of I/O/I. I/O/I being a fancifully weird moniker that I came up with so that it can be many different things that represent music and other artistic endeavors of mine. Writing, photography, visual art, astronomy; oh and moonlit walks on the beach, are some other interests. Sometimes doing these things can be difficult because I don’t like the official sounding advertisement-speak of so many of the future rock-stars, brands, and marketeers selling product or self out there. Much prefer a colloquial style of talk and type. Anyway, I’m into experimental types of art because there are no set boundaries or rules to abide by. It’s organic in the sense that it’s art created with no other factors that can cripple it like, demographics, money, fame, or retarded aesthetic notions of what something should be like. It is rebellious in its naïve heart and brain because experimental stuff has the resolve to risk total failure of acceptance in the sterile light of trends. With this in mind I try to be this way a lot of the time, but it’s admittedly hard because the whole perspective could just devolve into nihilism. So on the other hand, I do venture into everything I just derided because, well I’m a human with memory and nostalgic attachments that cling to me like an old childhood friend. There's plenty of music that has shaped me and my musical output to reciprocate the feeling to others. Good or bad. I like to think of I/O/I as a kind of induced, CERN-like atom smasher that rains down cool sounding debris as the result of positive and negative forces meeting. So the point being; is to be honest and truthful at the risk of producing something artistically gratifying, or to just fall flat on my face trying. It’s fucked up yet exhilarating.
Hey man. I bought your cd on iTunes. It's mad sick, I dig it a lot. Come by and give our new song a listen if you could. It's called Susie Cyanide. Peace man.
Hello from Japan!! just stop to say our information. next our "Bigfish live show" is scheduled on 7th December at Kichijoji MANDA-LA2, Tokyo. Three Japanese Female peaceful singers; Hana Saito, NAORYU and Rika Shinohara play there. it seems folky heart-warm and acoustic. thanks for checking our live information. ARIGATO
I Soar Through MySpace Collecting Stars, Discovering New Worlds And Wonderful Beings. Music Is One Of The More Important Aspects Of My Life. The Truth Vital. I Love Your Music. I Am Not A Critic. I Am A Music Lover. The Message Is In What I Hear. Thank You For Sharing Your Heart With Me.
Despite all my drama going on last night, I had sooooo much fun!!!!!!! I should have stopped at the first shot, felt like crap today... Merry Christmas cuz :-)
Of course we'll be your friend. Dig the tracks too! Thank you for supporting us too. Let us know when you are playing shows and we'll try and make it out. If you can check out our final show for this school year.
CCM Presents: Fred Hersch ~ Solo Piano
Sunday, April 15th
7pm
Glenn Miller Ballroom, UMC, CU Boulder
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