The Erudite Creature

Greetings fellow creatures,

It's turning into a habit of love - Creature Rock will be performing again at Jovita's on South 1st. in South Austin, on Tuesday, Jan 6 at 6:30PM! Come witness the cutting edge of art rock research performed live, while you sip a margarita.

lf you are not aware, 2009 has been declared (by Michael) to be the "Year of the Creature"... A year where imagination defies the constraints of time. Modern humans can reasonably expect 80 or so years, total, to explore what we think to be a short linear line in existence.

General relativity says, when traveling very close to the speed of light - you experience a distortion in time. Your experience of time stays the same yet you see a fast forwarded version of the rest of the universe. A second situation is more interesting, and involves the mysterious gravitational force: the closer you are to mass, the slower time moves. One could imagine living on the Earth, road tripping in outer space, having numerous experiences, and then returning, with only minutes having elapsed on Earth. It's a little more complicated than that, but bear with us.

The creative process is like gravitational time dilation ~ a moment is stretched out.... to fully experience and explore it, you must involve your inner creature and forget the idea of time. You return with new insight and vision and it makes sense to write it into your 150 year homework. I do hope you are working on your 150 year life plan, but now you have the understanding that time is not linear! At least that's Michael's philosophy. If you've ever experienced slipping into the gap, you know that time dilation is real and within human control!

Michael has been recently exploring the relationship between art and science, and has committed to studying her peers in the the papers of Leonardo Music Journal. One of her New Year's resolutions is to become involved with the musicians who write and create in this research and to one day be published in the MIT academic journals herself. God knows she's written enough articles!! The Leonardo Music Journal documents other explorers' paths through the creative process, and is bedside reading for creatures everywhere..... Did you know that David Byrne is published?

PS - See you on Tuesday! This is the last show before Michael leaves for New Orleans.

HUGE LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!!!! -----

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Preparation and Improvisation

Hello Beautiful Beings,

Call up a friend and invite them for a stellar hour of Creature Rock tomorrow, Saturday, December 20, from 6-7 PM at Jovita's on South 1st St., in South Austin.

Michael Creature and her drumming architect ~Mr. James Harwood~ are performing together for the first time! The two debut piano music from the Creature Sessions, and Naked favorites. Oh God, don't miss it!

Speaking of God... Over the past few weeks, two concepts have been cross-pollinating the Pink Elephant Studio - preparation and improvisation. And how a mortal summons these powers into the awareness of spirit in service to the Great Consciousness of the human expression.

The practice of music is rooted in self expression. Yet we slow down our tempo and put our intention into a present state that prepares us for the moment when we share and improv with our audiences.

We practice opening the subconscious to channel our spirit through our art in a way that can be achieved again and again. When confronted with the question of summoning motivation, a simple solution to understand, is that practice requires no motivation! It is only a commitment to time. When you commit to practicing something daily, anything at all, there is awakening within us that allows the spirit to come through our intention and into form. It is the spirit that motivates and animates the human expression.

If that isn't good enough, here is your Creature Homework - make a 150 year plan for your life. Medical science is improving, after all! How might you be more or less motivated? Would it alter your priorities?

Turn someone you love on to the gift of Creature News. Sign them up HERE. And don't forget that CDs are still in style, especially ours since they are full of great visual art-pick one up at Waterloo or End of an Ear, or order one from cdbaby, amazon, or creature rock.

Our new stickers will be at the show! The tuning key you see hanging from the easel is from Michael's first guitar.

HUGE LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!!!! -----

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The Inevitable

Oh My!! Congratulations to our new visionary President-elect! Back in September, an extraordinarily vivid vision came to Michael in the early morning, where her room turned white with light, and she experienced a Godly presence. She was informed by this vision that Obama would "raise the consciousness of the people," and saw him move effortlessly through a parted crowd, and ascend to a podium. He opened his mouth and light flooded from his eyes, mouth, and ears. Her prediction was realized last night during his acceptance speech in Chicago. The human spirit, rooted in the field of all possibilities, is the heart center of the American soul. And baby, we got soul!

The spirits are still dancing from last week's pre-halloween show, and Michael the Minstrel Muse is inviting you again out to Jovita's in South Austin on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 6:30PM, to release your inner creature! Wear your Oh My! t-shirt or pick one up at the show.

Check out the lo-fi youtube clip of the still vibrantly-shining star child! May we suggest subscribing to the Creature Rock youtube channel as well...

Michael's been taunting us with unreleased tunes from her upcoming Creature Sessions, and vows to prestidigitate with her Euthinethany-covered piano at a gig soon, maybe next Wednesday will be the show!

Don't miss her performances, as they are limited in number by her recording schedule!

Michael and Michael's (McKevitt) recording in Austin, though extremely concentrated, proved magical in printing.

Can't wait for the next round of rocking and "rolling" when he comes back for the other half of the sessions in January. Thanks Mike-E!

And thank you, Mathew for the amazing photos of history in the making. Mathew has been Michael's primary photographer for the past 6 years at live performances and for press, and has photographed prominent rock photographers at work with Michael. If any bands are looking for a photographer with years of experience shooting musicians and live performance, you can reach Mathew through Oh My! Music. Contact us with your request.

Let's take this opportunity to share in the oneness the world is experiencing because of the historic event of Obama's ascension. The more you participate, the more value you create.

Remember,

"Change is inevitable...

Growth is optional."

HUGE LOVE TO YOU ALL!!!!!! -----

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Elephants in Texas

Hello Beautiful People!

The recording studio in Austin is beyond the previous expectations of Oh My! Music. Michael and the Pink Elephant muses are soaring through the the skies of the Creature Sessions, revealing an album deep in her soul's consciousness. Who said elephants can't fly?

The song entitled "Blackbird" is predominantly Michael's passionate piano and spirited vocals. She stated that the entire wave form of the audio at the printing desk looks just like birds flying! "I'll sing a harmony and it resembles another blackbird with its wing span protracted. I know then, that I have sung it correctly."

The Pink Elephant studio is anticipating the arrival of Michael's San Francisco bassist and great friend, Mike McKevitt, flying in to record in the coming weekend! Yay!

Michael Creature will performing some new tunes from the Creature Sessions at Jovita's in Austin, on October 28th, at 6:30pm. She will be introducing herself to the locals that day. Come out and meet her!

As she has been meeting her new neighbors in the Music Capital, people keep asking her, "Where are YOU FROM?!" Some of you fans say she is from Andromeda (albeit her star language). Michael's wikipedia entry says she was raised around the globe. (yeah she's in the encyclopedia these days) The rockin' review from West Coast Performer Magazine says she's "seemingly risen from the sea!"

But Michael will tell you....."I'm from the future. We manifest things instantaneously there and we do a lot of dancing. It's an amazing place."

- Check out her article at West Coast Performer
- Check out her Wikipedia entry
- Check out Jovita's

And Check out opportunities to work with Michael Creature at Oh My! Music.

If you have expertise in your art form and want to contribute talents to the making of Creature Sessions or inquire about other projects, send her your info at michael@creaturerock.com

Many blessings from the sky!

M and M Management
Oh My! Music

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