2018.6.6 release!
Price : ¥2300(excl.tax)
Label : basis records acoustics(bss054)
Distribution : SPACE SHOWER MUSIC(DQC-1611)
*Recorded at
Ko’olau Guitar & Ukulele Company and
The Ukulele Site Workshop
Ron Artis II
Acoustics
1. Morning Rise
2. Let Me Dance / Let Me Be
3. Little People
4. Don’t Have to Change
5. What Can We Build
6. To Go, To Sea
7. Your Life
8. Julia
9. Today’s Days
10. On My Own
11. Love is Love
Price : ¥2300(excl.tax)
Label : basis records acoustics(bss054)
Distribution : SPACE SHOWER MUSIC(DQC-1611)
*Recorded at
Ko’olau Guitar & Ukulele Company and
The Ukulele Site Workshop
Acoustics
カリフォルニア生まれ、ハワイ育ちのシンガー・ソングライター”Ron Artis II”
本作は、日本初リリースの為に製作された、全曲オリジナル、日本限定・アコースティック・ソロアルバム。
アコースティックギター弾き語り7曲、ウクレレ弾き語り2曲、インスト2曲の合計11曲を、
ハワイの自宅近くのウクレレ工房をかりて、全曲一発録音。
表現力豊かでソウルフルな歌声、質の高い美しい曲に加えて、ハワイの空気感や気持ちよさもパッケージ。
一流ミュージシャンからも評価の高いライブパフォーマンスが、そのままストレートに詰め込まれています。
繰返し聴いても、心地よく飽きのこない肌触りの良い質感、ハワイ育ちの良質なソウルミュージックをお試しください。
Profile
ハワイ育ちのシンガーソングライター”Ron Artis II”(ロン・アーティース・ザ・セカンド)。
1986年、カリフォルニア生まれ、5歳でハワイ(オアフ島・ハレイワ)に移住。
父はモータウン等でも活躍されていたミュージシャン&画家、
母親はシンガー、11人兄弟で、弟2人もプロミュージシャンという音楽一家の長男で、
ギター、ウクレレ、ピアノ、パーカッション等をこなすマルチプレーヤー。
ハワイでは、弟Thunderstormとのデュオ・アルバム”What Music Means To Me”と、
弟Stevonがドラマーとして参加している”Ron Artis II & The Truth” の”Little People EP”の
2枚をリリース。
主な共演者はJack Johnson, G Love, Jake Shimabukuro, Mick Fleetwood, Booker T,
John Cruzなどなど。
ハワイを拠点に世界各国でライブ活動を行っている。
Let Me Dance/Let Me Be
Written by Ron Artis II & Thunderstorm Artis
There’s a forest beyond the sea, and I go there when I need peace.
The city’s grand, lots of people go there, but I don’t like it.
Cause all the people don’t let me be and I, stand up.
Thousand people try to find a way to just sit down.
I stand and say.
Let me dance on, let me dance on, let me dance on. let me dance.
Let me dance on, let me dance on, let me dance on. let me dance.
And everywhere we go, people all around us,
Searching for a reason everywhere we go.
It’s not our imagination, all of us will bow our head a pray,
To find an answer, we’re searching for today.
So let me run, with the folks on the earth,
Let me swim, with the fish in the sea.
Let me fly, with the fowls of the sky.
So let me run, with the folks on the earth,
Let me swim, with the fish in the sea.
Let me fly, with the fowls of the sky.
Let me, be me. Oh oh oh oh oh
Let me be me, let me be me.
Don’t Have to Change
Written by Ron Artis II
Said if we’re so different now, .who says we’ll have to change.
We’ve gone through this whole life together, hand in hand.
And this world will spin around, people change their mind everyday.
But we’re right here, you are my dear, Julia.
I look around, and I feel this change.
Like the weather growing day after day.
But I know, our love will see through it all.
I can’t change a thing, you’re deep inside.
And when these days they go, like the sunshine.
Feel it there, and I dream how could it be.
But I’ll say, what I’m thinking, you’ll already know.
Cause a love like this will always be our home.
But if we’re so different now, who says we’ll have to change.
We’ve been through this whole life together, hand in hand.
And I see it in your eyes. We’re as different as can be.
But that makes us, so completed in everyday.
[Scat Section:
Makes us who we are, and I see it clear.]
But if we’re so different now, who says we’ll have to change.
We’ve been through this whole life together, hand in hand.
And I see it in your light, it’s just shining on.
You’re my angel and my love dear. Till the end of time.
What Can We Build
Written by Ron Artis II
What can I say. What can I give.
What will it mean, in the end, when I’m gone.
What can we offer, to save a life.
And who really cares, as we go passing on.
Cause all I ever try to say, is live your life with grace.
You’ll be fine. Cause everyday we rise is a gift.
So smile, take some time. You’ll be fine, it’s true.
But what can we say. What can we give.
Who will reach, reach beyond our fears.
Cause all we ever need to do, is live the truth through it all.
We’ll be fine. Cause every choice we make will grow and grow.
Don’t fear you’ll be fine. It’s true.
But what can I say. What can I give.
Who will care in the end?
I’ll never know.
Your Life
Written by Ron Artis II
Been here on this road, dreaming about the future.
Look you in the eyes, see the fear it’s fading.
People now, thinking life is hard.
People now, said the problem’s up ahead. They’d rather go away.
In your life I feel the storm is brewing.
In your life, I know the truth is there.
People say, they say you’ll never make it hey!
I can feel the vibe, I can feel the truth shining in your light.
Said look where we are, look what we’ve been through.
Look where we are, look what we’ve been through.
Cause if this road, is trying just to keep you now.
You know what you must do.
So hold solid line, hold your sorrow line.
So don’t you ever doubt the truth, you got it deep inside you.
Don’t let it slip away, let it slip away.
Said look who you are, look what you’ve been through.
Look who you are, look what you’ve been through.
Look what you’ve been through.
Julia
Written by Ron Artis II
She’s my angel indeed. Biggest part of my heart.
Wouldn’t change a thing about her, wouldn’t change my mind.
If this whole wide world, began to cry.
She’s my everything, song I never thought I’d sing.
Sweetest from the Lord above, and I’ll always call, call her mine.
Call her mine.
I give you all an apology in advance, cause I’ll be gone a good, good while.
Cause when love calls, I’ve got to go. She’s my very heart.
Cause I’ve seen millions march, and the best among them all.
Lays down his shield and sword and country. To live in her arms.
Oh yes I’m gone, not like the wind but I’m gone.
Soon I’ll return yeah, with her in my arms.
Cause she’s my angel, she’s my heart. And we’ll never part.
Everyone say Julia, singing bout’ my Julia.
Singing about my Julia, my precious little heart.
Today’s Days
Written by Ron Artis II
In a world, where it’s all, about what you have.
Not who you are, it doesn’t count anymore.
So you look at the world, and you feel like it’s fading.
Because, no one has, time for life.
But oh, you’ll figure it out. Just look all around you,
You don’t need no doubt. Said life’s
what you need, if you don’t believe me.
Look in the eyes, of a baby. Oooh oooh, yeah.
Eyes of a child.
Sometimes you feel we’ll never get through it,
Sometimes you feel, it’s all in my mind.
Sometimes, it’s just a moment, where it all will disappear.
But paradise is more than just a place.
So wait on this moment.
Wait on this day to, be yours. Be yours.
Be Yours, be yours, be yours………..
In Today’s Days.
Aloha
On My Own
Written by Ron Artis II
I never wanted to be, a picture of what not to be.
Tell somebody something, slowly they’ll be bursting at the seams.
You paint me a picture, of how I will grow through the years.
But now watch me crumble, like oil in the dirt.
But on my own, yes on my own.
I’d whistle and smile, I’d whistle and smile.
The story will pass on. Like a rise and fall.
But I ask you so softly, remember the boy that was born.
Cause on our own, we won’t make it.
The trials and the pain wins us out.
Who can see the fires of hell and never get burned?
Love is Love
Written by Ron Artis II
Love is Love, it’s not my imagination.
Love is Love, it’s greater than our nations.
It’s pure, pure as the sun is bright.
It’s pure, pure as the moon at night.
Love is love, it’s not our imagination.
Love is love, it’s greater than our nations.
It’s pure, pure as the sun is bright.
It’s pure, pure as the moon at night.
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