Shaped Like Her

The poet in the corner booth
Cast in yellow mid day rays
Stirs his cup and stares through the room
A scarred cold wisdom on his face

Feeling every summer bead
And every winter gust
A memory like a present friend
A moment starts and doesn’t end

The scented oils and the simple meals
The bee that stung his hand
Painting walls into the night
And sleeping where she stands

The warmth beneath his bed-sheet
Has dropped by ten degrees
The tears behind his sunken eyes
The loss of hands and knees

All is like a drama now
A stage show out of reach
Nothing feels as if it’s real
OK to break. OK to steal.

She danced inside his very core
She ripped and thrashed and kissed and tore
Her silhouette punched out a hole
He’s shaped like her inside his soul

The poet sits a heap of ash
And longs into the busy room
“Someone take my mind away
Not right now, but very soon."

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Twitter/Facebook People - Help Define Me!

I need your help. Yes, yours.

I'll give you candy.

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I've struggled with this for a while now.

As an artist, I hesitate to answer the following questions:

What kind of music do you play?
What do you sound like?
Who do you sound like?

Every time I'm asked I get this yucky feeling like I have to quickly justify my existence as a human being with my reply, because the real answer is:

"I sound like everything I've ever thought of. At least to myself."

But as someone who is doing this for a living, I have to be able to quickly capture the essence of my music, and hopefully entice the questioner to want to know more.

It's just the unfortunate reality of marrying art with business.

So as someone who is unable to objectively define my own creation without feeling like I'm lying or selling myself short, I'd like YOU to define me. For me.

But it has to be short, simple and, most importantly, intriguing.

Some random examples of what I'm talking about:

- Metal Band: "We sound like King Kong tearing the roof off of your childhood home."

- Soulful Singer/Songwritier: "A cross between James Taylor and Marvin Gaye"

- Jazz Fusion Group: "Like James Brown taking an axe to a burning piano"

etc.....

So anyway, What kind of music do I play? What do I sound like? Who do I sound like?

After a while I'll pick one, or combine a few of your replies if they seem to work. If yours is selected, I'll:

- Announce it to the world and link to whatever you like
- Send you unreleased demos of the album I'm currently working on - Songs For People Who Like Songs About Themselves

Cool? Cool.

Either reply here, Twitter, Facebook, or wherever else you can find me

Thanks in advance. You're a life-saver.

Corey

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twitter.com/coreycoleman
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New Album! First Song Is Here

I recently undertook an interesting new project. I'm writing, recording and releasing songs for people who requested them on Twitter. (details here)

The first song is finished!

The first song is done and available for immediate free download at coreycoleman.bandcamp.com

It's called Mr. Merlin (Basquiat's Esteemed Consort)

The album is called "Songs For People Who Like Songs About Themselves"

It took a bit longer to get this finished than I expected, as I have a tendency to come up with about 50 or so versions of something before settling on one.

Of course, that makes for good bonus material, which might just be included with the purchase of the album when it's finished.

But everything is free until I finish the record.

Strange business model, I know. But I'm sort of strange.

More coming soon. (There might even be a music video.......)

Stay Tuned.

And let me know what you think!

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As always, you can keep track of my goings on at:

coreycoleman.bandcamp.com
coreycoleman.fanbridge.com
myspace.com/coreycolemanmusic
twitter.com/coreycoleman
facebook.com/coreycolemanmusic

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