8 posts tagged “ersatz smile”

what would it feel like, if the universe collapsed
and who would it hurt for something to go right
It's starting to feel like I've been running my whole life
and now I'm standing here with nothing to show for the fight

so screw this, and thank God there's still tomorrow
Let's hope the passing time will bring something better
Cause I'm sick of this town, all you girls are the same
I'm an out of work heretic, who should have changed his name
two years ago

And what would it feel like to go back to those nights
when I still thought I could change the world with these two hands
but now I've realized that nothing goes as planned
so get used to pain, and smile still. I'm finally a man.

and thank God I still have yesterday
passing time brought me here, and will carry me farther
I'll try my hardest to not disappoint my family
history shows that this is something I'm doomed to repeat

What would it feel like if Today never ended
and I could take my time deciding who I need to be
our age would wait to come around till we were ready
I'd love to slow the things around, in hopes of seeing clearly

but thank God for all these moments
sometimes they last forever, and for this I am grateful
You could have filled a couple more, that would've been just fine
But I've gotten used to the idea that nothing is ever mine
for very long.

For those of you who don't know already, I'm recently unemployed. This puts me in something of a bind as I will not be able to pay this month's bills with the amount of money I have currently saved. What am I doing to fix this? Job hunting... I've printed out many copies of my resume and I'll be going from business to business looking for work.

However, and you guys know that I never do this. I'm going to ask for money. I'm a musician, and you can hear my music at:

http://www.myspace.com/ersatzsmile
http://www.myspace.com/deltarhythm

You can download my first two albums for free off of my Ersatz Smile profile however, I'd love to hand make a copy of any of my cd's for you, normally I'm busy with work and school so I don't make promises like that, but right now I'm broke and have no classes or job... so I'm free to do this.

My Paypal e-mail address is ersatzsmile(at)gmail(dot)com

here's what I've got:

Ersatz Smile - Self Titled - $10
My first album has a lot of nostalgia attached to it, and finishing it marked the beginning of all of this. Before this was finished, I just wrote songs, after it was finished, I was Ersatz Smile.

Ersatz Smile - A Time For Attrition -     $10
This album was written and recorded during a really hard time in my life. I still think that I'm working through this period. It's got a lot of my favorite songs on it.

Ersatz Smile - This Short Song is For You - $5
This was a project I took on to overcome writers block, and to force me to mix up my writing style a bit. I asked Ya'll to send me info about yourself and I'd write a song for you. I ran out of steam 12 songs in... but it turned out really nice. Kristin's song is the only one I play live, so most of these are unheard by all of you.

Delta Rhythm - learning to spell without words - $5
Delta Rhythm was my old Fungus Rock Alias. This is a small collection of computer generated electronica songs that I'm very fond of.

Delta Rhythm - nothing upstairs - $5
This is a collection of computer generated electronica songs I'm nearly ashamed of. However if you like nonsense this might still work for you, it's not good... it's not supposed to be... it's fungus.

Custom CD (you pick the songs!) - $10
I'm serious about this too... if you want a mixture of songs I'll make a custom "greatest hits" for you. Just let me know what you want, and I'll throw it together.

THE GRAND COMBO! - $35
This will include all three Ersatz Smile cd's, the two Delta Rhythm cd's, and a cd of random unreleased songs that are not on any of the other albums. It's a $45 Value. So you save!

Shipping is included in the price because I'll be shipping using media mail, so it won't cost me much. If you want it sooner than later, or need it shipped internationally, I'm sure we can work something out.

I finaly made a section for my music project on my website.
you can check it out here:
http://www.voicemailstories.com/ersatzsmile

let me know what you think of it

How did you pick your Vox name? Does it mean something? 
Submitted by LeendaDLL.  

I was home schooled all the way up through the 8th grade. My mom did not believe in me owning any videogame systems, at some point or another I started playing with dictionaries, reading them for fun, and the habit stuck.

so later in life when I started writing music, I needed a name to go by (because my full name is Steven Irwin, which was already taken by a man who wrestled crocs RIP) so to the dictionary I went, to just pursue. A few days later I came up with the name for my music project: Ersatz Smile

ersatz: adj. Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial

smile: n. A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision

In retrospect it may not be the best name for a solo project, but over time it's become familar and people know me by it, so I guess it's here to stay. Here's two songs I wrote recently... since we are talking about my music and all. I'll post lyrics in the description if your curious.

Three dreams

Ersatz Smile

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It's Getting Better

Ersatz Smile

Do you play any musical instruments?

I've played guitar for about 8-9 years, and for about as long I've been really into percussion. More recently I've found myself picking up random instruments and making sound come out of them, but I've hardly mastered it... in fact I don't know what the hell I'm doing. But I have an accordion, and we have a piano in the house, I have a  borrowed cello, a small chord organ, a kalimba, and some other odds and ends.

since we're on the subject, I'll put a little information about the music I make later.