Buen día beloved wave riding individual!
Good news! I invested in a sweatband! IT’S ON NOW!
Speaking of ON, you can get 15% off EVERYTHING at meaningwave.com (http://www.meaningwave.com) with code ‘SPRING’ at checkout! Valid for just a few more days!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARCUS AURELIUS!
1903 years old, and more relevant and beloved than ever.
Thank you for ghost-writing this amazing music!
LOVE YOU!
It’s a beautiful day to be alive here at the time of MEDITATIONS II existing. Thank you for all your beautiful words regarding the record, that continue to come in every day. It is deeply gratifying when something one has worked so hard on resonates!
(https://twitter.com/MprAcc/status/1783457962150727947)
A new music video from the album drops on Monday!
(https://go.meaningwave.com/MVII)
In other MEDITATIONS II (https://go.meaningwave.com/MVII) related news, we were amused this week to learn that Google considers the record to contain “shocking content,” that is unsuitable for distribution, and banned us from promoting the YouTube visual, which we appealed, only to be further denied, and warned that our channel might be deleted if we tried again. Obviously, this is hilarious and typical current-year inversion. The positive side, I suppose, is that social media posts regarding the ban were distributed roughly 500% wider than the initial posts regarding the album.
(https://twitter.com/akirathedon/status/1782890473662607649)
I did a two-hour podcast (https://linktw.in/zsCGrR) with rowing world champion Max Planer (https://www.instagram.com/maxplaner/), which was released this week, and we go deep on all manner of topics, including the aforementioned inversion. The Description reads:
Max is outing himself as a big fan of his music, which has helped him overcome mental struggles in the transition from his athletic life to becoming a coach.
In this deep talk, Akira shares:
...his own life journey.
...his sources of inspiration.
...why goal setting is stupid and what he does instead.
...and much more!
Check that out here!
(https://linktw.in/zsCGrR)
Meanwhile, in Streams, we had a very powerful SUPER REQUEST SHOW on Monday (https://go.meaningwave.com/MEANINGSTREAM552), and on Wednesday we did a special STOICWAVE LIVE extravaganza…
(https://go.meaningwave.com/MEANINGSTREAM553)
See you tonight for the Friday night PARTY set!
(https://linktw.in/zXOOFx)
See you there! And don’t forget, you can get 15% off EVERYTHING at meaningwave.com (http://www.meaningwave.com) with code ‘SPRING’ at checkout! Enjoy!
LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
AKIRA THE DON, DSPDC, April ‘24.
PS! You have a few days left to get your orders for signed CDs in before that window of opportunity closes. Go!
(https://igg.me/at/MEDITATIONSII)
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
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Welcome to the quarter century mark. That sure went by fast. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas - THAt sure went by fast! And now here we are in the new calendar year.
My distributor informed me a few days before Christmas that they were shutting shop for a few weeks, so I’d not be able to get any new releases out until January 18th, which put a lil crimp in our NEW MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY schedule…And it occurred to me whilst under the barbell in the gym on New Years Eve, which is where all my best ideas occur to me, to make you a special mix for the New Year. So I did. And that mix is now live for you to enjoy.
GO!
(https://go.meaningwave.com/GOMIX)
Patrons and supporters on Patreon, Youtube, and now X can download the mix for free here.
(https://go.meaningwave.com/GOMIX)
MEANWHILE! I am taking the extra time I’ve been allotted to make what would have been this week's single extra beautiful. So it’s getting a gospel choir, which I always thought it deserved. And you’re gonna...
“I want you
To understand what it means
To lose your freedom…”
Ross Ulbricht (https://freeross.org/case-overview/) is currently serving two life sentences in a maximum security jail, where he’s been since 2013, for creating the world’s first online digital marketplace based around Bitcoin.
This is his story. Told in his own words, via phone-call from prison, transmuted into music.
Understand what it means - to lose your freedom.
Stream and download the album now on your platform of choice.
(https://go.meaningwave.com/FREEDOM)
Join us live for the visual premiere on Youtube here from 2ET
(https://linktw.in/bMjfSr)
I met Ross’ mother, Lyn, late last year, when I was in Miami to perform my Ayn Rand EP (https://go.meaningwave.com/ANTHEM) at the Atlas Society gala. The World renowned “Pimp On A Blimp” Alex Stein very sweetly invited me to a party being hosted by Tim Pool, where I had a lovely time and met a number of fascinating people, and late in the night I was introduced to Lyn. ...
“You can't pursue happiness
You could pursue a wild animal
You could pursue a ball
That's rolling downhill
You could pursue a car
You could pursue a dog
Because those are all real
But happiness you can't pursue
You could end up happy
But you can't pursue happiness
There are two things
You can pursue
That'll get you there…”
Make some noise for the grand return of Scott Adams () to the Meaningwave Universe! And with a song that couldn’t be more perfectly Meaningwave if it was synthesized in a lab by a team of 100 genius-level Meaningwave scholars 2000 years from now...
CHASING MEANING
(https://go.meaningwave.com/CHASINGMEANING)
…is out now!
I sent it to Scott last week, and he replied straight away, “I love it! But I am biased.” Which is fair. I love it too, and I hope you do too. Hey look! Here’s the music video!
(https://linktw.in/USRVHE)
Wonder where it’s gonna show up in next month’s MEANINGWAVE TOP 50, huh? SPEAKING OF THE TOP 50!
The MEANINGWAVE TOP 50 ...
