The Corch and Mudge EP

I put out my first collection of original songs. Check out the full story and get the EP here:

https://tonyleonard1.bandcamp.com/ *

I wanted to put these songs out for a couple reasons. First, I wanted to release these songs in their imperfect, stripped-down fashion form a purely creative place. I wrote the songs, I've played the songs, and I felt compelled to put them out in the world. It's hard to explain beyond that. I wanted them out in the world, not alone with me in my bedroom. I felt this very deeply. It's super satisfying to have now done that.

I also wanted to go through the process of recording an album and releasing it online. I wanted to use my own creative talents, and those of my friends, to produce, release, market and promote an album. And from this perspective, as well, this process has been incredibly rewarding. I've learned a lot. I look forward to working with other artists and helping them take their music from the bedroom, into a studio and then out into the world.

Thank you for listening.

Much love,
Anthony

* The great thing about bandcamp is that you don't have to pay the listed price. You can pay more! Feel free to pay whatever emotional value the songs have for you! Or pay the listed price. That would be just as amazing. Funds obtained from the sale of this EP will mostly be used to build Human Interconnected Music, my new business. This will give artists much more talented than me a chance to have their music heard around the globe. If you're so inclined, you might think of this EP as an opportunity to invest in Human Interconnected Music. The website will be up in a few weeks. For now, the best place for information about Human Interconnected Music is on my LinkedIn page:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-leonard/76/277/281

You can also get the album on iTunes, Amazon mp3, and Google Play.

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zero down/full inevitable return

What do I want most in this world? Free expression. The peaceful resistance, push through it, open my ribcage like birds’ wings, my stomach, slice it with a scalpel. Blood. I want the openness to be the freedom. I don’t want to hold on anymore. You can fucking have it. You can fucking take it. Make it beautiful because where it sits inside me is disgusting like death come too early. No time for introspection, no time for final stages, grief, moments held like all of the power of gravity in your right hand, balled to fist, while the rooted trees and concrete sidewalks float up and away.

Push through all the no’s. All the bullshit. All the haters. All the disbelievers. I hope I can carry this weight all the way to the water and let it sit in the river, while I jump from high rocks. Enter the water feet first, at high speed. When I reach the point of zero down/full inevitable return, I’m suspended. I’m so in love it’s goofy. I flap my feet and push towards the oxygen. I’m afraid, but the rush is so sweet. The rush of the fall and the micro-movements to make sure my entry is without head smacking rocks, bloodied.

Listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9CuZD69pJ8