…well, technically he was already here, as for lines on the outro of the GOGGINS II (https://go.meaningwave.com/GOGGINSII) track, BOBBLEHEADS (https://go.meaningwave.com/BOBBLEHEADS):
“Life of truth is eternal
Immortal is its past
Power of truth shall endure
Truth shall hold to the last”
And now, the totality of that poem, sampled from a 1974 ITV interview with Ali, filmed in London, becomes the song, TRUTH…
(https://go.meaningwave.com/TRUTH)
That’s a masterpiece!
Streaming now on all platforms (https://go.meaningwave.com/TRUTH), and you can enjoy the music video here (https://linktw.in/WQqraq)
Elsewhere in the MU!
We hit 90,000 subs on YouTube this week, and celebrated with a STREAM PARTY (https://linktw.in/iwKIYjg), the first of our new streaming schedule:
Tues 8-10pm Central YOUTUBE
(https://www.youtube.com/@akirathedon)
Weds 12-3pm Central TWITCH
(https://www.twitch.tv/akirathedon)
Fri - 6-8pm Central YOUTUBE
(https://www.youtube.com/@akirathedon)
Fri 8-12pm Central TWITCH
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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
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...
ＯＣＥＡＮ ＶＩＥＷ 🌅 | 6 Hour Lofi, boombap, golden beats mix
(https://linktw.in/UQQKZG)
Going live RIGHT NOW! Come hang with the gang and enjoy six hours of immaculately mixed late summer vibes.
(https://linktw.in/UQQKZG)
In more good news, you can own the beautiful artwork as one of our brand new super useful and super epic MEANINGWAVE DESK MATS (https://www.meaningwave.com/pages/search-results-page?q=Desk%20mat)! Own yours now exclusively via meaningwave.com, and get 10% off your order because its Labour Day Weekend so we have a Labor Day Weekend sale on - use code WORK at checkout!
Enjoy the new single (https://go.meaningwave.com/THECRUNCH) and music video (https://linktw.in/MESaQl) that dropped this morning, and see you at the mix premiere! (https://linktw.in/UQQKZG)
LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
AKIRA THE DON
DSPDC, Mexico, August ‘24
