slowdunk express- A slow approach to creative life by Daniel Heila. _uacct = "UA-890715-3"; urchinTracker(); noemail@noemail.org (Dheila)Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:39:33 GMTMovable Type 3.2ysb5-20051201 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/http://danielheila.com/blog/en-usnocopyright 2005-2008 Daniel Heilavideo,art,new,media,installation,electro,acoustic,non,fiction,documentary,environmental,art,nature,art,diarySlowdunk is a creative philosophy. Slow down, listen, look, feel, find the depth of simple moments.Video, music and writing of Daniel HeilaDaniel Heilanoemail@noemail.orgDaniel HeilaSlowdunkExpress has been relocated.http://danielheila.com/blog/everything_else/#000062everything elseTue, 25 Jun 2013 22:35:48 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2013:/blog//1.62This blog location will be shut down soon. Please visit Slowdunkexpress at its new location here:

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]]>This blog location will be shut down soon. Please visit Slowdunkexpress at its new location here: http://slowdunkexpress.wordpress.com/ Take Care Daniel...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)EP Annie Hedoniahttp://danielheila.com/blog/songwriting/#000060SongwritingSat, 6 Aug 2011 09:24:20 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2011:/blog//1.60
]]>I have my recent EP - Annie Hedonia - on bandcamp. Take a listen and let me know what you think. Annie Hedonia by Daniel Heila...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)Snowmanhttp://danielheila.com/blog/songwriting/#000059SongwritingWed, 13 Apr 2011 22:40:02 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2011:/blog//1.59


This is an iPhone recording of a recent tune. I had been working on this over 3 months or so and it just kind of came together one afternoon. I didn't want to forget this version so I did a quick rough recording. I like the sound of the file played back on my iPhone as it distorts nicely and adds a fuzzy sort of tube mic sound. Not available when listening to the file on anything else. Too bad. Enjoy. Here are the lyrics as well.

snowman lyrics.JPG

copyright 2011 Daniel Heila published by Indestructible Beat of Podunk Press, ASCAP

]]> This is an iPhone recording of a recent tune. I had been working on this over 3 months or so and it just kind of came together one afternoon. I didn't want to forget this version so I did...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)St. Patrick pays a visit to Old Joe/Old Joe Clarke (trad. arr.)http://danielheila.com/blog/songwriting/#000058SongwritingSun, 27 Jun 2010 21:37:14 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2010:/blog//1.58


Wrote the first tune on St. Patty's day after a party. It was during the same time that I was working on the arrangement of Old Joe Clarke. I am enjoying working on my flat/cross-picking and plan on doing more of this sort of thing.

copyright 2010 Daniel Heila
published by Indestructible Beat of Podunk Press, ASCAP

]]> Wrote the first tune on St. Patty's day after a party. It was during the same time that I was working on the arrangement of Old Joe Clarke. I am enjoying working on my flat/cross-picking and plan on doing...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)At the Fairhttp://danielheila.com/blog/songwriting/#000057SongwritingFri, 25 Jun 2010 21:20:02 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2010:/blog//1.57Daniel Boone's Fault. It's called At the Fair



At the Fair

It's the end of summer
and you're bored to tears
killing time, looking forward to the fair

You'll probably sneak in
through the hole in the back gate
it's easy to do during the firemen's parade

at the fair

Sno Cones and taffy
sausage and peppers
trying not to notice some carnies look like lepers

An empty beer can
in your hand
you're too young to drink but you pretend you can

Chorus
at the fair
meet me at the fair
all our friends will be there
we can hang out on the midway
ride the ferris wheel at the end of the day

Verse
Teenagers gather
behind the livestock hall
the boys have the girls pinned up against the wall

Fat girls flirting
with skinny fags
they carry goldfish in plastic bags

at the fair

You freaked out on a ride
so the carny let you off
people laughed so you walked home in a huff

later that night
sleeping in the backyard
the lights from the ferris wheel compete with the stars

Chorus
at the fair
kiss me at the fair
hug me and I'll smell your hair
lead me on in that special way
break my heart by the end of the day


copyright 2009 Daniel Heila
published by Indestructible Beat of Podunk Press, ASCAP
]]>Another song from my demo CD Daniel Boone's Fault. It's called At the Fair At the Fair It's the end of summer and you're bored to tears killing time, looking forward to the fair You'll probably sneak in through the...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)The Brownshttp://danielheila.com/blog/songwriting/#000056SongwritingFri, 25 Jun 2010 00:43:30 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2010:/blog//1.56Daniel Boone's Fault. It's called The Browns



Here is the Lyric:

Mr. Brown lives with his wife
in a bungalow he restored
with money he saved
in the good times before the Gulf Wars

He believes that working hard
and staying out of debt
are all the tools he needs
to achieve his life long dreams

Mr. Brown prides himself
in his modest means and health
he harbors no ambition
to improve or better himself

He's satisfied with life
his is a well managed existence
if you don't believe that's true
just go and ask his wife

Chorus
Meet me at the overlook
on the outskirts of town
troubled city shining up
quiet lovers gazing down

If you put away your ring
I'll hide my frown
meet me at the overlook
sad Mrs. Brown

Verse
Mr. Brown prides himself
in his modest means and health
he harbors no ambition
to improve or better himself

He's satisfied with life
he has a pretty wife
and though sometimes she's blue
he believes she's happy too

Chorus
Meet me at the overlook
on the outskirts of town
troubled city shining up
quiet lovers gazing down

If you cannot leave your man
I can't stick around
just forget the overlook
and remain sad Mrs. Brown


copyright 2009 Daniel Heila
Published by Indestructible Beat of Podunk Press ASCAP

]]>First song from my demo CD Daniel Boone's Fault. It's called The Browns Here is the Lyric: Mr. Brown lives with his wife in a bungalow he restored with money he saved in the good times before the Gulf Wars...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)Long Time Awayhttp://danielheila.com/blog/#000055Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:03:46 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2010:/blog//1.55Daniel Boone's Fault. Kind of a concept band. I am the only member. I want to see if I can interest other folks in the work and not promote myself as a singer-songwriter necessarily. Have been advertising for players to get together and arrange the material for a more serious recording in the future. I will look into posting some tunes and getting the lyrics up for folks who have the demo already. Take Care ]]>I have been a long time away from Slowdunk Express. Time to update. I have been writing tunes and songs over the last year or so that I have compiled in a demo CD called Daniel Boone's Fault. Kind of...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)TRIO: Cascadia Wild 2http://danielheila.com/blog/video_work/#000054Video WorkThu, 5 Nov 2009 05:39:26 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.54 ]]>noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)DUO: Cascadia Wild 1http://danielheila.com/blog/video_work/#000053Video WorkThu, 5 Nov 2009 05:32:31 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.53 ]]>noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)TRIO: Dahlia Show 2http://danielheila.com/blog/video_work/#000052Video WorkWed, 4 Nov 2009 05:28:13 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.52 ]]>noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)TRIO: Dahlia Show 1http://danielheila.com/blog/video_work/#000051Video WorkTue, 3 Nov 2009 05:26:35 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.51 ]]>noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)DUO: Japanese Garden 3http://danielheila.com/blog/video_work/#000050Video WorkMon, 2 Nov 2009 05:21:27 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.50 ]]>noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)Comment on DUO: Japanese Garden 2http://danielheila.com/blog/#000049Video WorkWed, 28 Oct 2009 05:01:25 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.49
After watching the 2nd version (the end came sooner than I expected) I realized that the traveling in and out of sync was much more engaging. I feel this variation gives the work more form and causes it to live more dynamically in the time it takes to transpire. In Ten on Ten his master class documentary on the making of the film TEN, Kiarostami talks of the importance of challenging the audience comfort zone. He also tells of his efforts to not "tax" the viewer unnecessarily. I appreciate his concern.

The work of Stan Brakhage is unquestionably masterful in its ability to challenge viewer comfort zones and thereby deepen the viewing experience. In my mind Brakhage's films (especially the earlier work) can be unquestionably taxing to view. At the time of their creation these works' frenetic, flickering, constantly changing character was a vital contribution to the deconstruction of traditional attitudes about film.

Although I understand the exhaustion I feel after an evening of viewing Brakhage's painted film works is an important aspect of the works themselves, I am of the mind that the appropriateness of this response is historical. In the films' time this response served a purpose and I appreciate it for that fact - it physically changed the way viewers saw film. I find in some of Brakhage's later work more meditative, contemplative tones akin to those found in Kiarostami's film FIVE. I find the later works of Brakhage and the current films of Kiarostami offer vitally important responses to cultural norms that perpetuate disconnect, superficiality, structural violence, distraction, and the demise of civility.

These are cultural norms whose validity, I believe, deserves to be challenged. It is my intent that my video works embody that challenge.


]]>I have two versions of this work. The version on the blog now is the 2nd. In the 1st version the images never quite line up. They are always moving away or toward each other. This makes for very taxing...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)DUO: Japanese Garden 2http://danielheila.com/blog/video_work/#000048Video WorkWed, 28 Oct 2009 02:58:21 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.48 ]]>noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)DUO:Japanese Garden 1http://danielheila.com/blog/video_work/#000047Video WorkFri, 23 Oct 2009 06:27:06 GMTtag:danielheila.com,2009:/blog//1.47


From a recent trip to PDX Japanese garden. 2 layers composited (DUO). Initially there were artifacts that looked like over saturation when I adjusted the opacity of the frames. Not sure why it happened. I then adjusted the brightness and HLS settings a bit to highlight this result.

]]> From a recent trip to PDX Japanese garden. 2 layers composited (DUO). Initially there were artifacts that looked like over saturation when I adjusted the opacity of the frames. Not sure why it happened. I then adjusted the brightness...noemail@noemail.org (Daniel Heila)