Okayama

This will be a quick post, because its 2 AM, a busy weekend looms ahead of me, and I need to get to sleep. But, here's what the future posts will consist of so that you can keep me accountable.

1. the importance of honesty and accountability
2. my gig I finished up tonight in Okayama
3. uhhh...

yeah... good day!

ADD? Me?

This is me trying to decide what to blog about.



This is Avery. He's here to check out Japan/CAN for a couple weeks. He's an artist and so it's no surprise that he is cool.




I got roadblocked by another bicycle yesterday. It hurt. But his bike got the worst of it. Never a good idea to pull a u-turn without looking behind you...

3 days until I go to the Osaka area! I'm excited!

Sunday was awesome too! God was rocking our world at Jesus Lifehouse, and two of my friends came along for the first time. Good day.

I have a lot of CDs and books that need to get back to America. This is something I realized today.

This post was really random.

How to Play My Songs on Guitar

I promised my bro I would try to tab out my songs sometime, but discovered that its really hard! ...and it takes a lot of time. So today, I made a few instructional videos for how to play the guitar on a few of my songs...and uploaded them to youtube. So in case you're interested...

By Grace I Move (Jamaica)


The Genie Convention


Brave Enough

Sigur Ros and C.S. Lewis = ?

This post is all the fault of my good friend, Johnny Loritsch. I received a package from him last week with a note that stated near the edge of the perforated notebook page these words - "mark, I must share with you two of my favorite things." Enclosed was The Great Divorce by CS Lewis and a CD by Sigur Ros called Takk. What has resulted? I have had an amazing week in communion with my God.

Sigure Ros and C.S. Lewis have one thing in common: they both paint a living portrait in my my mind so great that the colors nearly leave me blind. But I don't even care because my heart is getting a glimpse of the very thing it longs for the most. The thing that is sometimes foolishly competed with by pleasures of earth that in comparison are no more pleasurable than a fleeting dream after one is awakened to the sunlight and music of the real world. Heaven. The place where true love, true longing, true desire - all - is truly satisfied in the bridegroom who has called us His own - Jesus.

Just what you didn't care to know

I found my inner ear...no really. One week ago, I didn't even know it existed, but I was probing around in my ear with a q-tip and angled up a bit and then the q-tip just kept going and going and... well, you get the picture. Indeed, the deep inner ear is the source of wax, and once you find it and take proper care, you will no longer be getting ear wax on your in-ear headphones. Free tip of the day. You can thank me for not posting pictures today.

theothermarkmiller music

tour

Tour Nov. 20, 2007 - 2008
Where will it be? It's largely up to you :)
To help out, email me at theothermarkmiller@gmail.com

Tottori High School Festival Concert

man it's been a long time...sorry guys! Many many times during many days in the past few months I have thought, "wow, that would make a good story - I should blog about it!" But no, I didn't do it. Well, now I'm going to try to do better. So here's some Haiku I wrote after my gig in Tottori at the Japanese high school there. If this doesn't make you stop reading my blog, nothing will :)


This is the story
Of my time in Tottori
Told in Haiku form

Several Haiku
In a rapid succession
With not enough sleep

Twelve hour bus ride
Nap time at a cool venue
Now rehearsal time

Hang out way too late
Sleep a little at hotel
Morning - pouring rain

An amazing hall
Over one thousand people
Now all lights go dark

Hear a single clap
Now it grows pounding harder
Chanting Nishiko

The curtains rising
There I am on a huge stage
Me and my guitar

Jamaica, Sustain
Genie, Brave Enough, CL
Going with Coming

Wow. Haiku is long
When you're telling a story
Look a distraction!

Two girls shout Maku
Hear much clapping and laughter
Hope they read lyrics

Youth Speaker speaks words
Wow that was good poetry
What was that, uso?

Gingham plays and rocks
Everyone comes back on stage
Huge bunch of flowers

Students rush the stage
I'm in a daze, in a daze
So much attention

Hand pushes my back
Run along stage giving fives
Weird but really fun

Learned to play rugby
In the Japanese desert
I have muscle cramps

To after party
Lots of good conversation
Fall asleep on floor

Walk back to hotel
Write Haiku at 3 AM
Well now it is 4

Go home tomorrow
How do I deserve all this
Life with God is good.



We actually ended up staying a couple more days, which was good, but it was definitely good to get back to my friends and church in Tokyo too. Had a lot of fun making new friends/getting to know the guys from Gingham (the other band that played at the school festival). They have a new myspace page, so go help them out and be their friend :) http://www.myspace.com/ginghamplace

By the way, if you haven't heard anything I've written this year, I posted 3 acoustic versions on www.myspace.com/theothermarkmiller
If you're my friend on facebook, you can download them on my profile page :)