He Dreams Awake = Alan K. Fink - A solo musician & independent artist that is making a huge impact in the underground music scene. The music that he creates and considers art is creating a buzz around him that has many fans & critics starting to take notice. With his unique style of creating music - between the use of unique arrangements, complex, atypical rhythmic structures (including irregular stopping and starting), angular melodies, and dissonant chords. Using his voice as an instrument, acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, strange & clever use of effects pedals & boards, programming, sampling & even Recording, Editing, Mixing & Mastering everything himself, he is truly on the verge of something very important. Whether it is articles being written about him by adoring critics, the high number of indie stations, websites & publications adding HDA to their "artists to watch" list or the fact that he is at the top of many indie charts - there is one thing for sure -
Alan K. Fink -A.K.A- He Dreams Awake is a name & artistic vision that will create a long & beautiful legacy. With over 30 songs written in the last year or so, the Debut Album (Untitled) will be released at the End Of
2008.
Art Will Remain The Most Astonishing Activity Of Mankind Born Out Of Struggle Between Wisdom And Madness, Between Dream And Reality In Our Mind.
-= =- The Artist Behind The Veil Of Complexity Is A Single Mind Responsible For Every Second Of Sound. Numerous Instruments, Multiple Forms Of Production/Editing/ Programming & One Voice Comprise The Art/Music That Is He Dreams Awake.
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Updates
July 16th
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He Dreams Awake started a new forum thread: thank you, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! GOOD LUCK EVERY1 - LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT PROCEEDING... 10:58 pm
July 8th
July 6th
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Congrats On Ourstage!! You Need To Check Out REMIXX MUSIC STUDIO In TAMPA - Really Great Production!...
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What's Up My Good Friend??!! Cheers! ALan
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Hey Josh.. I Went To North Carolina For A Week Or So - Thanks For Saying Hello!! Cheers My Friend!!...
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Love The New Song James.. I Was Just On A LONNGGG Trip To N.C & Back - It's Nice To Be Home!! A...
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What's Up Wild Man??!! Been A Long Time Since A Rock N Roll - ;)Hope All Is Well.. Cheers!! aL
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"DON'T STOP" IS AN AWESOME SONG !! CONGRATS ON THE HUGE BUMP.. THANKS FOR CHECKING OUT REM...
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G.O.N.O. says
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Hello Al..G.O.N.O. says
Hello Al.........I'll be ......We are still standing, and yet its unknown why we contiue to play a musical game on this site...Ghostof NewOrleans says
Underground for to long...Time to rise from below to above the surface... Two two...two mints are better than one...Ghostof NewOrleans says
He Awakes....DICARLO PRODUCTIONS says
YEAH, IT´S OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)IS THERE LIFE AFTER CONTEST? :) LOL
NOT SURE IF I MADE THE TOP 20 OR NOT? I WAS #15 SHORTLY BEFORE THE END, AND HAD TO GO DO SOME SHOPPING, AND WHEN I GOT BACK IT WAS OVER!!!! :) THINGS MOVE QUICKLY HERE, SO NO ONE CAN BE SURE OF ANYTHING.
YOU COULD BE #1 ONE MINUTE AND #250 THE NEXT!!!!!! :roll:
I SAW IT HAPPEN TO SEVERAL PEOPLE!!!!! PEOPLE TEND TO GET JEALOUS, AND JUST VOTE YOU DOWN.
THAT HAPPENS IN EVERY CONTEST, BUT IT WAS REALLY EXTREME IN THIS ONE!!!! :roll:
I MADE IT TO #3 AT ONE POINT, AND IT WAS ONLY FROM PEOPLE I KNOW ON THE SITE, BECAUSE I NEVER ASKED ANYONE TO VOTE FOR ME OUTSIDE OF THIS SITE!!!! :) I ALSO ALWAYS SAID, "VOTE IF YOU LIKE THE SONG". I WON´T VOTE FOR SONGS I DON´T LIKE, AND DON´T EXPECT MY FRIENDS TO EITHER. :)
ANYWAY, MAYBE I MADE THE TOP 20?! BUT IF YOU´RE NOT A YOUNG ROCK BAND, (WHICH THEY SPECIFICALLY STATED THEY WERE LOOKING FOR IN THE SPIN VIDEO) YOUR CHANCES ARE NULL!!!
I´M ALSO #3 IN LATIN AT OURSTAGE.COM WITH MY SONG "DO YOU WANT MY LOVIN". I´VE BEEN #3 FOR OVER A WEEK, SO I IMAGINE I´LL PROBABLY MAKE THE QUARTER FINALS, SEMI FINALS, AND WILL ONCE AGAIN LACK THE VOTES TO GET IN AND WIN THE FINALS, UNLESS MY 100´S OF FRIENDS HERE AT MUSIC NATION COME OVER AND VOTE FOR ME!!! :) THAT WOULD BE COOL, BECAUSE I´VE BEEN IN THE TOP 10 SEMI FINALS 5 OUT OF 6 CONTESTS IN 4 DIFFERENT GENRES. IT WOULD BE COOL TO FINALLY WIN. :)
BY THE WAY, THERE´S SOME INCREDIBLE TALENT ON THIS SITE!!!!!! A LOT OF YOUNG TALENT!!!! ONE OF THESE ARTISTS SHOULD WIN, BECAUSE SPIN IS LOOKING FOR THE NEXT BIG ROCK BAND!!!! :)
AT LEAST I KNOW MY SONGS ARE GOOD, AND WHICH WERE THE STRONGEST IN THE CONTEST!!!!!!
SINCE WE WERE ABLE TO CHANGE OUR SONGS DURING THE ENTIRE CONTEST, I DID SOME EXPERIMENTING!!! :)
THESE ARE THE SONGS THAT DID THE BEST;
1."LOVE IS THE KEY" IS A WINNER!!!
2."YOU DID IT TO ME" DID EXTREMELY WELL!!!!
3."DON´T STOP" DID GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
4."DO YOU WANT MY LOVIN" DID VERY WELL!!!
5."IN THE NAME OF" DID VERY WELL!!!!!!!
I TRIED OTHERS, BUT IT WAS PRIMARILY A ROCK CONTEST, SO JAZZ, FUNK, ELECTRONIC, GENERALLY DIDN´T DO THAT WELL FOR ANY LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME!!!!!!
THIS WILL VARY ON DIFFERENT SITES AND IN DIFFERENT CONTESTS, BUT IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT, AND THE 5 SONGS ABOVE ALL DID EXTREMELY WELL!!!!!!! :D
AS I SAID BEFORE, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT MY FRIENDS AND FANS HERE.
I´M VERY GREATFUL TO ALL OF YOU. :)
I´VE HEARD SO MUCH GREAT MUSIC, MET SO MANY WONDER FUL PEOPLE, AND HAD SOME GREAT LAUGHS HERE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS, IT´S LIKE FAMILY FOR ME. SO I´LL BE AROUND HERE IN THE FUTURE. MAYBE NOT EVERYDAY, BUT A FEW TIMES A WEEK FOR SURE.
THANKS FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ALL OF YOU ARE WINNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.
DICARLO
L☆VE $EX n DEA†H says
Today's Spotlight / salute, brought to you by LSD: (PLEASE READ ALL OF IT. IT'S ABOUT YOU)Wow. I just woke up from only about a couple hours of sleep, and I don't mainline speed anymore, so please excuse my lame wording. Okay, first off I wanna say that you all know that since we are in the dark at the moment, that I 100% share your feelings in multiple "genres", if you will.
Be strong, and know that although this was an absolute grueling competition, and that most of us worked very hard, that our work HAS NOT BEEN IN VAIN. We have all been heard by more people in far away places, that we could have ever hoped for. PLUS (big plus) obviously THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST COMPETITION here at MN. Lots, lots, LOTS more to come. We also learned soooo much about ourselves and eachother. The collaboration potential is amazing as well. All in all...............FREE PROMO BABY!!!
Ahhhhhhhh, but now comes the absolute most important part of this comment. You ready? Here it comes.....................
LSD's spotlight salutes (A very VERY special one):
If you notice below, there are no links, nor are there names. If you also will notice, you as well as I, in an unselfish quest to explore new artists, probably haven't heard your own music in a while. Or not in depth anyway. In this, it is very EASY to forget what you think about YOURSELF, how you feel about your music, and how great you are, along with your absolute endless potential. Especially after hearing some of there fucking geniuses here at MN. So, the music I want you to focus on today, and the music I am saluting is very simple, and you won't have to go far to hear it either.
Put on headphones, and as loud as you can, listen to yourselves! This is the music that I mostly recommend for you to hear! It is also the music that I can guarantee you'll find to be just what you're looking for. Feel it just like the day you wrote it. The emotions of love, anger, joy, dedication, the person you wrote it for or about, etc, etc, etc....... as the magic of these songs are the ENDLESSNESS of them.
That's my word for today. Thank you for EVERYTHING ladies and gents. The "Nation" loves you!!!
Aaron A'bellira / Love Sex n Death
Post script: If that isn't enough, some hardcore porn will do the trick! lmao!
L☆VE $EX n DEA†H says
Today's Spotlight / salute, brought to you by LSD: (PLEASE READ ALL OF IT. IT'S ABOUT YOU)Wow. I just woke up from only about a couple hours of sleep, and I don't mainline speed anymore, so please excuse my lame wording. Okay, first off I wanna say that you all know that since we are in the dark at the moment, that I 100% share your feelings in multiple "genres", if you will.
Be strong, and know that although this was an absolute grueling competition, and that most of us worked very hard, that our work HAS NOT BEEN IN VAIN. We have all been heard by more people in far away places, that we could have ever hoped for. PLUS (big plus) obviously THIS WILL NOT BE THE LAST COMPETITION here at MN. Lots, lots, LOTS more to come. We also learned soooo much about ourselves and eachother. The collaboration potential is amazing as well. All in all...............FREE PROMO BABY!!!
Ahhhhhhhh, but now comes the absolute most important part of this comment. You ready? Here it comes.....................
LSD's spotlight salutes (A very VERY special one):
If you notice below, there are no links, nor are there names. If you also will notice, you as well as I, in an unselfish quest to explore new artists, probably haven't heard your own music in a while. Or not in depth anyway. In this, it is very EASY to forget what you think about YOURSELF, how you feel about your music, and how great you are, along with your absolute endless potential. Especially after hearing some of there fucking geniuses here at MN. So, the music I want you to focus on today, and the music I am saluting is very simple, and you won't have to go far to hear it either.
Put on headphones, and as loud as you can, listen to yourselves! This is the music that I mostly recommend for you to hear! It is also the music that I can guarantee you'll find to be just what you're looking for. Feel it just like the day you wrote it. The emotions of love, anger, joy, dedication, the person you wrote it for or about, etc, etc, etc....... as the magic of these songs are the ENDLESSNESS of them.
That's my word for today. Thank you for EVERYTHING ladies and gents. The "Nation" loves you!!!
Aaron A'bellira / Love Sex n Death
Post script: If that isn't enough, some hardcore porn will do the trick! lmao!
mjiggamane says
This last minute vote is 4 u and your crew. goodlookin - JFORCEA.C. says
6 AM and still hard at work. If this isn't dedication I don't know what is. I'm making sure I get everybody. Every comment you get from me comes with a vote so I hope you know im behind you. Who knows when they're gonna blow the whistle on this thing but I intend to stick it out until they do. Just know i got your back.