Beejae
Ivy League Rock (phrase coined by Beejae in August '05)
15
songs
1.9K
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Youth Youth
Echoes Echoes
Hate Crimes Hate Crimes
My Bottle My Bottle
People Like You People Like You
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On September 6, Beejae spent five hours in a studio laying down songs for the Double-CD. Beejae didnt plan on recording an album as soon as he did, and according to him, he still hasnt. I didnt record an album, he stresses, I recorded a demo. With fans e-mailing and asking me at shows if I had a CD for sale, it was frustrating to tell them no. And its always a good idea to have something to hand someone to book you a show if they require a CD He titled it Damage, partially after one of the oldest songs on the CD, and also because he sees it as an unfinished work.
With songs as brave as Hate Crimes (Martin Luther Deserved to die/stick a bullet in his eyehey James, were you sure, it was a hate crime worth going to hell for?) where he touches on racism, homophobia, and even Terri Schiavo, to songs where he bluntly states When I said you were fake at best, I meant to say you werent even good at faking it / No, you wouldnt Know real if it fucked your brains out every night., Beejaes writing isnt subtle. Instead of whining or complaining, all of his songs seem to attack whatever issue theyre dealing with. They are action songs, they are empowering to anyone who listensthey make you want to DO something (Somewhere out west, the sun hasnt yet, knowing youre too far east) A line like that can make you feel like there is always hope, but get off your ass before your time runs out.
Seven years of serious performing, two EPs, four CDs, one Double CD, and over 150 songs later, Beejae still claims to have just started doing the things hes wanted to do. Though only 22 years old, his solo career dates back to 2001, but since 1999 has been in bands such as Melodic Noize and Livid, formed DEADLock, and had a lot of regional success with a band he founded called The Peace, from 2002-2005. Early in 2005, Beejae decided to go solo for good, mainly as a way to be able to creatively do what he felt he could not in a rock band. The singer is moving to New York City in January 2006 to further his musical career.
CURRENTLY:
Fashion has become a TOP 10 SOUNDCLICK HIT: (Do your drugs /betray your friends /you may as well its become a trend /and you said you were never into fashion).
Beejae plays Mr. Small's Sat. Nov. 5.
DAMAGE, the debut solo DOUBLE CD is coming out TUE. NOV 8., but can be picked up starting Nov. 5 at Small's.Have you performed in front of an audience?I don't play dead. I usually play at places where they have live music like Hard Rock Cafe, CBGB, CB's Gallery, Club Cafe, Small's, or on the radio. Special moment? When Mel got up on stage behind me at Coyote Cafe and started playing. It was chemestry. It was fun. Yay.
Your musical influences
Influences include The Verve, The Who, Bob Dylan, Counting Crows, Death Cab, Guster, Alice in Chains, Postal Service, Taking Back Sunday, Pink Floyd, Oasis, The Music, Doves, Foo Fighters, Epidemic, Divinyls (older punkier stuff), Green Day, AFI (older as well), Dead Kennedys, Neil Young, Richard Ashcroft, Simon & Garfunkle ...What equipment do you use?
I use a guitar and microphones and things of that nature.Anything else?
"There is something about a man and his acoustic guitar that will just live on forever..." -Richard AshcroftContact
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Comments (4)
good schtuff
Since passionate1, aka many other names, decided to post a million times, and post replies to himself... I booted him from the board completely. How'd I know it was the same person for sure even the newer posts had actual correct spellings? Because when I clicked boot this person from the board permantly to one of HIS names, they all disappeared. Same IP address dumbfahqer.
Most people's opnions aren't worth the paper they are written on. The ones that are, people pay for. Passionate1, a pussy who can't sign HIS name, makes me laugh. Also, they cannot spell (mellodramatic) for instance or even AEROSMITH (correct spelling). If you did your homework maybe you could spell one of rock's greatest bands. People write that I'm talented because I am. If I weren't, they wouldn't waste their time, opinion, newspaper ink or online space. And the fact that you, passionate1, find me interesting enough to write about that much, and the fact I didn't notice until five months later--shows how much you care and how little I do. Cheers to that. Repetitious? And Rolling Stones are one of your favorites... SATISFACTION, THE LAST TIME, WILD HORSES, UNDER MY THUMB, etc.... Need I say more? They're a great rock band though. Thank you for directing your interest in me. I'm glad I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION.
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HOLA Beejae,
Keep it rollin and dont mind the knockers.
thought you might be more into Damien Rice stuff and not Who or Zepplin?
Nice sounding guitar and I would just like to see a little more variation on the voice tones.
Good stuff.
good luck
B.J.
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