Name: darrel cameron

Birth: feb 16 1983

Favourite Color of Skittles: 
i like the green, lime flavoured ones.

Role in the world (self perceived): 

I think i am here to discover a way to live 
well with everyone around me.  i believe the 
world has been in a state of disorder and 
emergency for quite some time now, however, 
some traces of hope for a better, peaceful 
future seem to be popping up more and more 
each day.  (although there is still an 
unmeasurable distance left to travel)  
i hope to be the eternal optimist, and will
strive to see the positives in every situation. 
(although i haven't really been hit with many 
problems in my life...)

Reason for living: 

for the last few years, music has been my passion.  
I am a christian, who, like so many others from 
whatever religion (or from none at all), tries to 
live for love, and to do the best that i can in 
making myself a better person.  At the end of the 
day, if i can look back and say that i am a better 
person now than i was this morning, i will be content.  
If not, i will try again tomorrow.
 
Things to help the hours go by: 

i like to think.  i think about nothing and everything,
usually getting nowhere but somewhere, if that makes 
any sense at all..  i would like to spend more time 
reading books.  i do not watch very much television 
(i only have 3 stations).  i listen to music and play 
music a lot.  haven't written much lately, though...  
i must get back to that.  oh, and i am trying to 
motivate myself to memorize the major and harmonic 
minor scales on guitar, then to understand where they 
come from, how to use them, etc..  fun fun 

Music at the moment: 
the album i bought most recently is St Germain-Tourist.  
It is a neat mix of electronic loops and whirls and 
two-chord structures with people playing jazz solos 
over it all.  check it.  i am planning to buy the new 
radiohead when it comes out (about two weeks from today,
as i write this), and i'm really itching for some Miles 
Davis records.  My friends are weening me into Tori Amos
very slowly.  i really like a lot of her stuff, and i am
getting to appreciate all the ones that i cannot 
understand (musically or lyrically), but i can remember 
times when it just made me sick, i don't know why.  
also, check out a band called Mir if you haven't 
already.  They are from Halifax NS and i just love their 
music.  Saw them live, was blown away.  picked up the 
cd,blown away again, but in a different, less aggressive
fashion.  Their music is based around acoustic guitar 
songs, but they add so much more (like i am trying to 
do, but these guys can do it successfully:).  Lots of 
dance elements, strings, dirty beats, and instruments 
like the sitar and tabla.  Their album 'invisible 
science' has melody lines and lyrics that are repeated 
and keep popping up in different songs all the way 
through, it's very cool.  also they have a fantastic 
message of striving for equality as humans.  beautiful.    

Goals for the future (however near or far): 
i am going to St FX university next year, in Antigonish 
NS.  not sure what i'm taking, although i'm quite sure 
it will be in the 'arts' genre.  i wish to form a band 
and collectively create and perform the music we love.  
i also wish to get married and have babies and all that 
stuff, so i guess i had better get to work....

peace, y'all


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