Kary Brown Music

Well, I must say, I am very satisfied with the way the release party turned out. There wasn’t a crazy amount of people there, but the people who were there seemed to really enjoy the songs. That makes me happy. When you write something, you always feel good about it. However, that doesn’t mean other people are going to feel the same.

One of my friends who was there has been listening to my demo CDs since like 2004. We were running out of material to play and I just randomly played one of those old songs and he recognized it. I thought that was so cool! I have to say thanks to him and everyone one of my other friends that I bothered with sub-par-quality recordings.

I used to try to get everyone to listen to my music. As soon as I recorded a song I would post it on myspace or my facebook feed. It’s pretty funny looking back. My friends encouraged me, and that encouragement is the only reason I started playing music in front of people.

My friends Matt (drums) and Tyler (bass) were a HUMONGOUS help. I came to them on EXTREMELY short notice and they delivered. I can’t wait to see how things will unfold. It feels great to be playing electric guitar again in a band! Words can’t express.

I was always an OK guitar player, even back in my first band (Villains of Groove), but it’s been a long time since I have played in front of people with my electric. I have only been playing acoustic guitar and electric bass in shows for the past year. I never stopped playing at home though, and I have learned alot about electric guitar by playing bass and other instruments. All these different experiences are finally coming together and making sense. I hope it shows.

Onward and upward. I think I’m gonna be blogging on a regular basis now. It’s kind of fun, ha.

First off: SouthBound is out! iTunes and eMusic are being slowpokes, but Zune is with it and Amazon has  taken the seal off already. Also, you can stroll into T-bones Records in Hattiesburg and pick up a copy. And thirdly, you can order the disc or download from the karybrown.com store.

What follows may be deep, rant-ish, and sentimental. You have been warned!

As I sit at my computer typing this, one year older, I think about the things I have learned over the past year. I spent the better part of my youth being non-social, so the past 8 years of my life have seen me learn lots of lessons about women (and people in general). Perhaps one of the hardest things for me to come to terms with is how some people can just lie to you to your face. Most of you may be like ‘duh,’ but this has been one of the hardest concepts for me to wrap my head around. And the saddest part is that some of these people will still lie to you when you give them a free pass to be honest.

I do not want these kind of people around me, and I definitely do not want to become one of them. However, as I learn more about the world I find myself floating between staying true to who I want to be and becoming the very thing that I despise. One of my songs has a line that says “if I didn’t care it would be easy.” Sometimes I so do not want to care! I would like to throw a big middle finger to the world and use everyone and everything to my benefit and everyone else’s expense. Sadly (or not, ha!), that’s just not who I am.

I used to walk around saying ‘I hate people,’ but it’s really the opposite. I genuinely care about the people that are around me. I want to see them do well. I want to see them succeed. I used to think that’s how everyone thought. I used to think people wanted to see me succeed as much as I wanted to see them succeed. But the world is a cold, cold place. People will not only stab you in the back, but some are just as willing to stab you in the chest. They don’t want to see you succeed. They would much rather see you fail.

I have to remind myself every day that I can’t let the world affect who I am or who I want to become. I want to try to be fair to everyone, even the people who have wronged me. I want to take the higher road and not seek to hurt those who have hurt me. That’s the way I was brought up, but living like that will cause a lot of people to see you as a weak person (as in, someone they can take advantage of). I struggle everyday to become someone who can command respect and genuinely care.

The more songs that I write, the more comfortable I am with sharing myself with the world. It may not be perfect or cool, but it’s me. Some people spend their whole lives hiding who they are, but I have also recently learned to accept the consequences of being myself. I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I’m not.

I’m not sure if that made any sense, but to sum it all up: I’m excited to see what 28 is going to bring me. My life has been good so far. Here’s to another year of learning, living, writing, and playing music!

on sale tomorrow!

Check this one out! It’s called ‘Unhappy.’

Hi guys, it’s me, Kary! I have a simple request. Do you like my music? If so, then please click here (to go to my facebook page) and click the “like” button. I would also really appreciate it if you invited your friends to check out my stuff and like the page if they feel so inclined.

Thanks!

P.S. – The initial shipment of ‘SouthBound’ CDs was delivered to my house today! I’m Super Pumped!

May 17th can’t get here fast enough!

Southbound, my new album, will be released May 17th (which also happens to be my birthday)! Art and tracklist below!

1. Secret
2. Put What You Think
3. Here To Stay
4. Destiny’s Dying
5. Full Steam Ahead
6. No Words
7. You Fell
8. Out For The Rain
9. Unhappy
10. A Little Better

I have a CD Release party planned for May 19th! I hope to have the record available at T-Bones in Hattiesburg (and any other local retailer that will carry it)! Also, the Album will be available digitally on iTunes and Amazon.

I can’t wait to share this with the world! I have worked really hard on it and I hope you enjoy it!

-KB out.