STREAM & DOWNLOAD: https://go.meaningwave.com/OPPORTUNITY
VINYL: https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/vinyl
MERCH: https://www.meaningwave.com/pages/search-results-page?q=opportunity
“No chance? Why there’s nothing BUT chance!”
OPPORTUNITY (https://go.meaningwave.com/OPPORTUNITY) is the first track on the brand new MEANINGWAVE MASTERPIECES IV album, and word around town is its the #hopecore anthem for 2023, by Jove. With lyrics adapted from the poem of the same name, written just over 100 years ago by MEANINGWAVE ghostwriting superstar Berton Braley, OPPORTUNITY (https://go.meaningwave.com/OPPORTUNITY) reminds us that, no, we haven’t peaked, and no matter what the perennially sour and vocal doom-mongers might have you believe, “the best verse it hasn’t been rhymed yet” and “the world is eager for the things that you ought to create”... society always wants new things, as Naval said, and who better to create them than you?
(https://go.meaningwave.com/SocietyAlwaysWantsNewThings)
Don't worry and fret, faint hearted,
The chances they have just begun!
For the best jobs they haven't been started,
And the best work it hasn't been done!
Go forth and be mighty, blessed Meaningwave enjoyer!
LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
Akira The Don
Don Studios Playa Del Carmen MKII, June 2023
ELSEWHERE IN THE MU!
NEW ALBUM: MEANINGWAVE MASTERPIECES IV | Album & Visuals
(https://linktw.in/PN9beg))
INTERVIEW: I WAS ON THE JOSEPH ARTHUR SHOW ON TNT RADIO
(https://tntradiolive.podbean.com/e/akira-the-don-on-joseph-arthur-his-technicolor-dreamcast-28-may-2023/)
Timelapse of me drawing my new avatar
Tools: Procreate on iPad with Apple Pencil
Own the NFT at https://opensea.io/akirathedon !
BACK WITH ANOTHER BANGER FROM BERTON AND THE DON!
TELL THEM NOW!
With lyrics adapted from Berton Braley's poem of 100 years hence!
STREAM https://go.meaningwave.com/TELLTHEMNOW
Art by me!
Own the NFT! https://opensea.io/akirathedon
What’s a Yuga? What’s a Satya Yuga? Or a Treta, or a Dvapara? What’s Kali Yuga? Why are we in it? How long’s it go on for? Also Akira, when are you going to put some Gregorian chants in a song again?
SO MANY QUESTIONS! And yet somehow, all of them just so happen to be answered right here, with the assistance of the great David Lynch, on this brand new Meaningwave masterpiece…
KALI YUGA
(https://go.meaningwave.com/KALIYUGA)
It’s not all bad! But! You could say, we all deserve to be here… during this time…
KALI YUGA (https://go.meaningwave.com/KALIYUGA) is out now on all platforms (https://go.meaningwave.com/KALIYUGA), and you can enjoy the glorious music video, that samples Ron Fricke’s 1985 abstract masterpiece, Chronos, right here.
(https://linktw.in/Sregmk)
In other news, it’s Mammadon’s birthday. Happy birthday Mammadon!
Hold tight for the HANK (https://go.meaningwave.com/HANK) instrumentals coming next week, and thank you for all the beautiful messages you’ve ...
HANK is the brand new album from Akira The Don and Charles Bukowski.
(https://go.meaningwave.com/HANK)
HANK (https://go.meaningwave.com/HANK) draws from years of interviews and poems to create 14 beautiful songs - 11 brand new, including the instant classics BLUEBIRD (https://go.meaningwave.com/BLUEBIRD) ft Harry Dean Stanton, LET IT DIE (https://go.meaningwave.com/LETITDIE), and THE CRUNCH (https://go.meaningwave.com/THECRUNCH), along with a gang more that you will come to love, featuring Bukowski’s meditations on life, loss, loneliness, love and all that comes between and after, entwined with an exquisite string soaked soundtrack from Akira.
The set also features a trio of beloved Meaningwave Masterpieces - The Genius of The Crowd (https://go.meaningwave.com/THEGENIUS), plus the Tom Waits-voiced Nirvana (https://go.meaningwave.com/NIRVANA) and The Laughing Heart (https://go.meaningwave.com/THELAUGHINGHEART).
You can read about how Akira came to discover Charles Bukowski and the inspiration behind ...
It’s a new month, which means it's time to count down the most steamed Meaningwave songs across DSPs for the past month, on the
MEANINGWAVE TOP 50
(https://go.meaningwave.com/MeaningwaveTop50)
Chart data is compiled from streams across digital streaming platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and now YouTube and X. We have a gang of new entries this month, along with some major re-entries… is your favorite in the chart? And who’s at number one? Tune in live now and find out!
(https://linktw.in/kPmkGt)
LABOR DAY SALE!
(https://www.meaningwave.com/)
It’s Labor Day in the USA, and in keeping with tradition we have a sale on for the next 24 hours… get 20% off everything with code WORK at checkout now!
(https://www.meaningwave.com/)
GAINS!
(https://twitter.com/akirathedon/status/1830001558823846150)
Good news! I transcended my goal of being able to lift my bodyweight this week. I wasn’t expecting to hit that for a few weeks… but I jumped 20lb after doing extra bench practice 3...
