“People are always blaming their circumstances
For what they are
I don't believe in circumstances
I don't believe in circumstances”
Good morrow brave wave-riding individual! Akira here, I have risen with the kind of sore throat that could launch a very authentic Tom Waits covers band, along with a brand new single from next week’s (!) THE STRANGEST SECRET IN THE WORLD album…
(https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/the-strangest-secret-in-the-world)
I DON’T BELIEVE IN CIRCUMSTANCES (https://go.meaningwave.com/IDONTBELIEVEINCIRCUMSTANCES) features the great Earl Nightingale (who was himself blessed with the gift of a deep, sonorous, and distinctly golden voice), as sampled from his 1956 classic, The Strangest Secret. The song contains many powerful wisdoms, and repeated listening will help you integrate them into your being, and then ultimately your actions, which is where knowledge becomes wisdom (https://www.instagram.com/p/C7olnz6qlT0/), rather than just, you know, stuff you heard in a Youtube ...
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
“If you can't win
Remember this
You have nothing to lose
So stand up
And go forward
And go out in a blaze of glory”
THE BRAND NEW IMMORTAL MASTERPIECE INSTANT SMASH HIT MEANINGWAVE ANTHEM IS HERE!
GO DOWN SWINGING
(https://go.meaningwave.com/GODOWNSWINGING)
WITH JOCKO WILLINK!
Words are not enough! Jam this into your ears now! And get ready for the album! I’ve been getting up at 4am for 4 weeks to make it, and it is now MADE! And it is coming out on NOVEMBER 1ST!
AND IT IS CALLED…
WARPATH
Stand by to get some!
GO DOWN SWINGING (https://go.meaningwave.com/GODOWNSWINGING) is streaming on all platforms now! Download it here (https://akirathedon.bandcamp.com/album/go-down-swinging)! And watch the very epic and powerful music video here! (https://linktw.in/lMivcp)
JOCKO SEASON IS GO! GET AFTER IT!
LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
AKIRA THE DON
DSPDC, Mexico, October ‘24
“The purpose is you
You are always the purpose
The purpose is always there
'cause the very purpose is you”
The fan favorite from the smash hit GOGGINS II album (https://go.meaningwave.com/GOGGINSII) gets a music video release! Check it out now!
(https://linktw.in/LKDyfu)
ELSEWHERE!
The new shirt dropped! (https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products) Many of you have been asking, what about it being an iconic Meaningwave catchphrase?
HAPPINESS IS A SIDE EFFECT OF MEANING in a choice of 5 colors on a fine cotton shirt! Get yours now!
(https://www.meaningwave.com/collections/featured-products/products/happiness-is-a-side-effect-of-meaning-cotton-shirt-1)
FINALLY!
I am thrilled to report that I completed work on the third JOCKO album at 6:30am this morning. A very epic and powerful single, GO DOWN SWINGING, drops Thursday midnight, and the first teaser from the record, GET BACK ON THE PATH (https://go.meaningwave.com/GETBACKONTHEPATH) is on all platforms RIGHT NOW! ...
And we’re back with the Meaningwave Top 50 (https://go.meaningwave.com/MeaningwaveTop50)! Counting down the most streamed Meaningwave songs across DSPS from the month of September! We have a gang of new entries! Re-entries And one song that’s shot up a crazy 42 places!
Join us LIVE for the countdown now (https://linktw.in/ivUtbc), or if it’s not now, enjoy the full Meaningwave Video Chart Show at your leisure!
(https://linktw.in/ivUtbc)
Meanwhile, you can follow the official MEANINGWAVE TOP 50 playlist
(https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5UIGI0QaY5OUtlectWkd2H) on your streaming service of choice here.
(https://go.meaningwave.com/MeaningwaveTop50)
PLUS! You can follow the BOTTOM 50 playlist (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XjYmRnNGPwbN3FNa3JUyZ) the 50 LEAST streamed songs - here!
(https://go.meaningwave.com/BOTTOM50)
Speaking of which, I get messages all the time from people asking what streaming service to use to make sure we get paid the best. To be honest, they all pay so crazily ...