I am working with Markus and others, and have several songs ready for the UBERFOLK project.

Here is a preview (demo version) of one of those songs, called My Ancestors.

I won't print the lyrics here, as they are pretty clear.

Your feedback is welcome. Please understand that I am getting many emails right now and I am falling behind in trying to respond. I read every email and try to at least acknowledge everyone.

NAMASTE,

George

Working demo version of new material from forthcoming debut album from THE TENTH INCARNATION. Currently seeking distributors, please contact me for pre-release bulk prices.


Final Freedom - THE TENTH INCARNATION preview single

Are you on the side of death?
give me a second to catch my breath
I've been running so long through these thoughts in my head
spurred on to anger by evidence of death
forced to attention by feelings of dread
are we all going to die?
will this beautiful experiment just fold up and die?
why?

even as water becomes one with water
fire with fire, and air with air
so the mind becomes one with the infinite mind
and thus attains the final freedom
the mind attains the final freedom
there's only tasks
tasks and accomplishments

O Fortuna is a preview demo version of a new Novacosm song. Alex Azzi provides the beats and musical arrangement. It is mainly a hard house electronic song, but has some electric guitar and synth orchestra.

Soon I will be posting a new metal song. It represents my return to a real and organic sound, and it is my musical core. The material is shaping up to be very strong, and I am enthused about sharing it.

One of the great things about releasing music for the love of it, instead of for a record label, is the ability to really take my time. To create when I feel inspired. To write lyrics when I have something to share, not because I have space to fill. So my apologies to those who have written and waited for some new material. There is a lot of stuff in the works and I will preview what I can share here on MySpace.

Namaste,
George

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd-J5unBnS0

This summer has seen a fourth project added to my slate: an oi album.

I have already written a few tracks, but this week I finished recording the vocals to one of the new songs - Face Reality. Check it out only here on MySpace. (We've also got a new Novacosm track coming soon ...)

The music and most of the lyrics for this track were written by a friend from Europe named Markus. I recorded all of the vocals in multiple takes in my home studio. Being able to record while alone is really cool, especially since retakes are free.

I am not sure what the band will be called, but I am really going to enjoy making such straightforward, classic tunes. Being able to collaborate with other musicians around the world is remarkable. Presently I am working with artists in 8 different countries. That's a real global village.

If you aren't already part of the music revolution, get yourself a Mac laptop, which comes with everything you need built in to start making music, podcasts, and much more. Then share what you think about life.

If you have feelings about the world, you should share those feelings, no matter what the cost. We must all exercise complete and absolute sovereignty over all forms of human expression. It is in this exploration of life that we will answer the greater questions, not in marching in line like a bunch of clones.

We have nothing left to lose. Everything is a clean slate soon. We must start now to define the future world, and create the cultures that will show the way for thousands of years to come. You cannot destroy the world you hate, but you can build the world you love. Yes, even now, even amidst the chaos. In the countryside the fields are green and the forests are timeless. The mountains wait for you to climb.

Rise to face the Sun and know that you have seeds of a higher self within you.

I bow to the Divine in YOU. (Namaste)

G.B.

To George:

My peace and love for my brothers and sisters is best represented by my decision to volunteer for military service. I have no qualms about risking my life for Iraqi freedom.

It’s not an act of revenge and I resent that statement because we do not believe in wrath but freedom.

Why do you object so strongly to deposing a tyrant reminiscent to Adolf Hitler and fighting against roaming militias who mercilessly terrorize innocent Iraqis?

You have freedom and peace so tell me why you deserve it but not the people of Iraq?  Let them do it themselves right?  Using that logic then we should have not interfered in World War II because what business is it of Americans if Germany is exterminating Jews, Poles, Russians and homosexuals, am I right? Kosovo, too, so what? Serbs are trying to eradicate ethnic Albanians but since when is it our concern? Screw them! If they want it, they can do it themselves, sure, our presence might give them faith but obviously they don’t want to be free. Maybe they, like the Iraqi people up until we set foot on their soil, were afraid? The ’freedom fighters’ are the Iraqi’s who step up and join the Iraqi military or police forces.

We can’t understand why the Iraqi people never revolted because we, luckily, never lived in a country where speaking your mind meant being snatched in the middle of the night and possibly killed.

An American Soldier

Dear American Soldier,

I respect that your feelings and intentions are pure. However, I feel you have been misled.

As a result of the U. S. occupation of Iraq, there has been a massive refugee crisis, to the tune of a million misplaced people roaming homelessly around the Middle East, at least a half million Iraqi civilians killed, the decimation of their infrastructure and hospitals, and the birth of a "wild west" scenario where militia death squads now rule where no central authority exists.

And this was necessary, in your estimation, because Saddam Hussein restricted freedom of speech and wasn’t democratic? To equate that with Hitler’s concentration camps and the death of millions of Europeans in WWII, PRIOR to U. S. involvement in that war is a big stretch of the imagination. And as for Hussein’s use of violence to control the population, the U. S. has used violence a thousandfold to restore the same tenuous order there.  And do you really believe that there is more FREEDOM in Iraq today than before the invasion?  How much freedom do you have if you can’t leave your home?   

How about instead of comparing it to WWII, you should use a more accurate description: VIETNAM. Millions of civilians killed, 55,000 U. S. soldiers dead, and hundreds of thousands of young men had their lives ruined. And in the end, the U. S. had to leave because it was unworkable.

The U. S. will meet a similar fate in Iraq. There will be no victory. The war will go on and on with no progress, except for in the vivid imaginations of the propagandists, who will misuse the naive trust and good intentions of young men like yourself to multiply the misery.

I wish you safe passage. Mark my words that the day will come when you will see that your youthful idealism is based on only a partial knowledge of history and the wheels of the machine that you unwittingly help to turn.

NAMASTE
George

A journalist recently posed a difficult question to me: "does the element of hate in the WN movement undo the good?"

Of course, if the good is in one man, and the hate in a different man, than the mere fact that the two ideas fly a similar flag can hardly negate each other.

But if the hate co-exists with the good values in the same man, then my answer is yes, the element of hate outdoes the good.

Of course, the word hate gets bandied around quite liberally, thrown like an all-purpose sauce atop any idea that the chef in question dislikes. But there is also real hate in the WN movement - there are caustic and poisonous expressions that when mixed with the good values, turn the whole stew into a sour mess.

Take for instance the Church of the Creator - an unapologetic white supremacist group - which has as one of its mottos "this planet is all ours!" Ben Klassen (the group's founder) argues quite seriously that the white man should advance the cause of his people by embarking upon a program of international colonization and expansion of his territory - from Africa to China to the Middle East and so on.

As history has taught us, and the modern debacle in Iraq has once again confirmed, it is completely ludicrous to think that such an idea could ever work. But beyond that, the repugnant dehumanization of non-white races needed to motivate such a course of action soils the minds and hearts of those unfortunate enough to buy into it.

There is a good side to the WN movement. There is good and bad in everything, more or less depending on what's under review. With white nationalism, the good part is a cultural identity, knowledge of the history of your people, and the assertion of values that are non-materialistic in nature. People from all races are well advised to participate in the unique story of their own kind.

But when these good kernels are mixed in with ideas of global conquest and genocide, we become not stronger white men, but caricatures of the worst elements of what we have historically been. And with such foul clarion calls, is it any wonder why some of the lowest characters of European descent answer with their allegiance?

Better instead, regardless of your political, racial, cultural, or ideological affiliations, to be a defender of truth, justice, and light. The world needs builders and good examples. This begins with your inner journey and expands outward from there.

(suggested reading: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle)

I haven't posted a blog in a while, mainly because I recently installed a home studio, and have been busy writing and mixing new music.  This creative freedom has prompted thoughts about what style of music to make in the future.

RAHOWA began as punk/oi, and progressed into metal with classical elements.

NOVACOSM began as electronic rock and progressed into alt. rock.

UBERFOLK was an apocalyptic folk project that never lifted off.

Now all three expressions will get new life.  I have reunited with a couple members from Cult of the Holy War days, and will be doing a black metal/goth metal album along the lines of that 1995 recording.  I love that sound, but often dislike the vocals that go with the genre.  The singing will be full of harmonies.  I am not sure what the name of the project will be, but the working title for the band is THE TENTH INCARNATION.

NOVACOSM will continue with the original idea, along the lines of Symphony of Sorrow, Black Easter, and The Girl Who Owned The Sea.  If you don't know these songs, you can download them for free from www.novacosm.com.  I am working with Alex Azzi on the new album, due out in October 2008.  I have already completed a couple of tracks, so we will be posting previews soon here on MySpace.

Acoustic guitar has always been my instrument.  Although I can't play it well, I wrote perhaps half of Cult of the Holy War on the acoustic guitar.  Then Jon Latvis took it from there and improved it.  Jon and I were always going to record a folk album, called UBERFOLK.  I have several songs written, and look forward to making an artistic contribution in this genre.  Not sure what the project will be called, but Uberfolk is the working title.

I also have a very cool surprise in the works ... but more on that later.

Light, justice, truth - the divine - is revealed in you.  Rise up and meet the challenges of our era.  Express yourself with confidence and balance, and watch the pebble you throw become an avalanche of change.

Namaste,

GB

Thank you to those who informed me that the page was down. Everything is back up now.