Paul D. aka Geosphere?

bbchris · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 1:50 am Post subject: Re: Paul D. aka Geosphere?

Phil

Geo! Only a month, yes that's kind of pointless then. I don't know if mp3.com really care about keeping their indie customers? Vivendi sold its publishing group & got wads of cash & lost a lot of their debt. Interesting to see what they will do with mp3.com. Oh Paul, I DO like Mephisto's Junkyard. :banana

Jane Eliz|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Today's Song|

Geosphere · Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Posts: 37

Hey, thanks, Chris. I'll tell the wife - she sings it.

We've been working on a whole lot of new material, and a lot includes her since people seem to really like her vocal quality.

Beats me when it will come out, though, we got a load of new gear we're working with, and we're slow to produce tracks anyway.

bbchris · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Mephistos Junkyard

Wow! Your wife is very talented! Slow is OK. We all create in different ways!!!!!!!

Jane Eliz|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Today's Song|

Geosphere · Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Posts: 37

I know she's talented.

That's why I married her.

She sings good too.

bbchris · Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2003 4:04 pm Post subject: Re: Mephistos Junkyard

hahahaha Lucky lady! Do you two share the songwriting? Who inspires who? Where do you see yourselves in 2004? :banana

Jane Eliz|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Today's Song|

Geosphere · Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Posts: 37

No song goes by that she does not have some input to. Some songs she puts massive effort into. Most songs start with me. Of course she inspires me. Marriage would be futile if not.

Where are I in 2004? Same as now: Ecstatic father of 2 wonderful kids, husband and someone who messes around in 5 bands.

Just because Geosphere has 85000 listens at mp3c does not necessarily mean that I place any importance on it or dreams of musical careers. Its a hobby. The fact that I've had a dozen or so top 10 hits and all sorts of junk and stats is just bonus stuff.

Bands come and go. Family is eternal. Geosphere will probably still exist, as will a few other bands I'm in. But I don't forsee much more for them as I will not take time from my family to push them as required.

bbchris · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 7:12 am Post subject: Re: Mephistos Junkyard

It sounds like you guys have a great relationship! FIVE BANDS!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like you have your head screwed on right there. We all have different priorities. I think it's absolutely fantastic that your wife & you do music together. That's not common. Although, why shouldn't talent attract talent?

Where did the name Geosphere come from?

Jane Eliz|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Today's Song|

Geosphere · Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Posts: 37

My wife and I met in High School drama class, so similar interests were already in place. After 2 weeks, I proposed. She said I was insane. I said it didn't matter, we would get married anyway, whether or not she said yes right there. She was 15, I was 17. It was 1985. We each went to college, dated others, gave up on that and got married in 94.

Geosphere comes from a staunch belief in the power of the world as an entity unto itself. A balance that must be preserved between nature, man, and all that is alive and all that is not. The Geosphere is the lowest level of this balance - the earth itself. Everything on this planet relates directly to the Geosphere, the rock, the flesh of the world. I thought no one paid enough homage to it.

My other bands have names not nearly so symbolic. "Too Hip For The Room", "Sympathetic Vibrations", "John Shirley Band", "Now And Then". Sure, they each have a backstory, but Geosphere is more personal to me. I'm an environmentalist freak.

Do you always ask a bunch of incisive questions when people wander to this board? Its kind of cool. Especially since many of the inhabitants here may not know other people that show up. Or am I just that darned interesting?

bbchris · Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2003 5:29 pm Post subject: Re: Talent attracts talent

Oooh I love that story about you & your wife

Thank you for sharing it.

So Geosphere has quite a lot of important meaning to you. You're an environmentalist freak!! That's good to hear! I know a lot of environmentalists here in Hong Kong and I know when I get mega-successful (not necessarily in music!!) I will start off with projects like buying rainforests. What are your environmental passions? What do you think of organisations such as Greenpeace?

hahaha You're VERY interesting! I find music can be even more appealing if you know some info on the performer and ideas. And you're ANSWERING the questions which is even cooler. Plus you like the emoticons here :banana

Jane Eliz|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Today's Song|

Geosphere · Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Posts: 37

Hmm. Greenpeace is good for the environment by being Greenpeace - by calling attention to some needed issues.

On the other hand, some of their members are radicals and idiots, so they make headlines more often with shows of outrageous stupidity than things that matter.

I was heavily involved in an environmental design plan out here at the place my wife works - FalaDM. The plan was shot down, I re-researched it and represented it to involved parties in fluid stages, rather than being one huge investment. Result: FalaDM has the LARGEST APPLICATION OF SOLAR ENERGY IN THE WORLD.

:yeah

I'm extremely proud of that. It went "live" 2 months ago. You may have read my announcements at the mp3c boards. But don't wait - for one, you never have "enough" money to go around, and for two, you don't need money to create an impact.

I use a rotary "push" mower. Standard gas mowers produce the emissions of 10 cars on the highway - they are not emissino regulated. Its actually easy and faster than a big mower for some reason. Start with something like that. Dont wait. Why work on conservation for 30 years when you can for 31?

Now, out in Hong Kong, you guys have some MAJOR enviro problems. At that point you think "What can 1 person do?" Well, you can become like me and convince 100 other "1 persons" to change, and now you have a force of 100.

A penny won't buy much. But a pocketful will. A bag even more. Start small.

bbchris · Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject: Environmental issues.

hahaha hear hear about your Greenpeace comments. In the past I've composed music for Friends of the Earth educational videos :banana

Congratulations on your excellent input at your wife's work. You have every right to be proud

Rotary "push" motor?? Can you direct me to a website/photo to explain what you mean? Nice timing as next month I'm investing in a lawn mower for my garden. At the moment I've been borrowing one from a neighbour that uses petrol. Hmm petrol=gas! Yikes!!!!!

Yes yes yes I know here in HK we have SERIOUS environmental problems. Pollution is bad! A lot is HK's fault and the remainder is China's fault. The whole Pearl River Delta needs a good clean-up! Our Government is slow to act. I've been involved in the musical side of environmental events and it's really the local environmental charities that bring awareness to the people. It's only recently in the last year that we now have re-cycle bins. People are still learning how to use them.

So yes HK has a lot of room for improvement and I'm glad to be a part of the awareness cycle!

Jane Eliz|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Today's Song|

Geosphere · Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Posts: 37

Rotary / reel mower links to start looking.

www.cleanairgardening.com...owers.html

www.peoplepoweredmachines...ompare.htm

I think mine is a Great American or Great States model or something. Scotts makes em, as do most lawnmower companies, but they're generally not easy to find in stores. It took a lot of phone calls to find one in stock.

How big is the area to mow and what are you growing? Flowers, Veggies or greenery?

bbchris · Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Environmental issues.

It's a BIG garden especially for HK standards. I'm landscaping it this month. Putting in a couple of small beds as I intend to grow carrots, lettuce & herbs :banana

There are all sorts of plants growing around the edge of the garden. Easy plants

You can see about 1/2 of the garden in this photo:

This is the major lawn part.

I HAD a Brill reel mower package. It was hard work to mow the lawn. The garden is not even, very uneven in fact so you go back & forth over the same patch of land... The cordless electric brill looks sexy!!!! :banana

THANK YOU so much for the links. I will go to the shop in town and check them out. I believe they can order this sort of stuff if they don't stock it!

Do YOU have a garden? What do you do with yours? Whats the temperature & climate like where you live?

Jane Eliz|Blah Blah|Thinking Out Loud|Today's Song|

Geosphere · Joined: 21 Dec 2002 Posts: 37

My land is too hard. It is sandy and rocky. In 5 years at this location, I have yet to grow a proper lawn. Instead, I've opted to leave most of my land untended. I have several "spot gardens" of a hundred square feet or so, placed literally where parts of my land were unusable. By my front door is the "Gargoyle Garden" with a dozen or so gargoyles of various sizes, including one that sits on my front steps and looks down into the others, with some exotic black berry bearing grass plant whose name I cannot recall, and some other low lying greens. I have several roses in containers at the front of my lawn, and another garden of rock and wood chips surrounded by slate slabs encasing a tiny (2' wide) marble boulder and a Japanese red maple. Each year I create a new spot garden.

My BIG problem - rabbits. Cant grow any thing they can eat, or they will. So I'm fairly limited. All vegies are off the list, as are many wildflowers.