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Honest, emotional and raw, Rock puts it all out there, exposing the deepest parts of his soul with his first foray into the spoken word genre. Not losing touch with his musical roots, the results are compelling. Experience VALENTINES DAY, Rock WILK's first spoken word CD.

New season of MTV's "The Real World" begins this January, this one based in Brooklyn, NY, and Samah's Rock WILK has placed some original music in some of the episodes, so enjoy the show, and listen for the sounds of Rock WILK.

Listen for songs written and performed by Rock WILK 4 Samah Productions on MTV's "Making The Band 4". Great show, honored to be a part of it!!

read the review by Ken Micaleff here.......
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/390/free-mp3s-wilk-music-plastic-little-hip-hop-hopefuls

Whatup everybody, sorry to have gotten this to you a few days late, my weekly WILK newletter. Just wanted to let the last weekend of summer go by without any heavy hearts. I hope you all had a great summer and are now looking forward to the next phase, autumnal equinox is here, a most beautiful time of year, leaves turning to beautiful colors and then falling, signifying change, as is the case every year, something we can all count on. What can you count on?
Featured song of the week from "Broke Wide Open", "The Chain"


2 people meet and begin a journey, neither having any idea of where that journey might take them. As they travel together through the experiences of what becomes this "union", this "entity unto itself", the story unfolds. it builds up, it breaks down, it speeds by, it slows to a crawl, it's exciting and then it's boring as all hell, and all of a sudden, it's exciting again. The ride is fun, the ride is a pain in the ass, it means more to you than anything else in your life, or sometimes you just want to lose it, it's safe and secure, like the soft blanket that you brought your first puppy home in, but it's also feeling like shackles, you're holed up in solitary confinement, feeling like the walls are closing in on you, that your head is gonna get crushed by the ceiling getting closer and closer to pushing you down, all of a sudden freedom means you have to escape. Or you can't imagine living without this relationship. Everything you do becomes somehow related to this family that has been formed, for "better or for worse", it's you. You two. You too. Or you don't recognize yourself any longer, can't remember who you are in the deepest part of yourself, you're lost. And to think, at one time, for a short while, for a long while, on and off, this other person made you feel whole, for the first time in your life, you felt at "home" This is where you can finally fall asleep at night. One thing is for sure, life can be unpredictable, but you gotta live it, and part of the deal is all of the confusion, the passing or "fleeting" thoughts that can be so strong, they can change everything in an instant. Chain of events, Chain link fence, Shackled and Chained, the Unbroken Chain.
The Chain

go to www.wilkmusic.com and hit the music page so you can read the lyrics and hear some of the song. Be sure to visit me at www.myspace.com/wilkmusic as well, and remember, SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MUSIC. Feel free to leave your comments about "Broke Wide Open" at the website as well, love to hear from you.
Be well and see you next week.
peace
Rock WILK

Hey everybody,

How’s it going out there? Mad hot here in Brooklyn, but we “kinda like it that way, love when the weather get’s hot”. [quote from one of the songs on “Broke Wide Open”] Hmmmmm… just had a great idea. The first person who can name which song from “Broke Wide Open” that quote comes from, will win a free CD of the album. Second person gets a free “IAmAPerson&SoRU” T shirt, and the 3rd person will get a free “Samah” T shirt.
[you can see the t shirts at the “buy stuff” link at www.wilkmusic.com] Just email your answers from the website, at the contact page, and win yourself some cool “WILK” music and merchandise.
OK, a little bit of fun, so get to it, figure it out. ;)

Well, lots going on with “Broke Wide Open” this week. To those who have already ordered CD’s, they will finally be shipping sometime this week, so look for them to show up at your mailbox very soon, and thanks for being so patient. From this point on, delivery will be MUCH faster, usually less than a week. You can also download the music at the site, so fill up those IPods and whatever other mp3 players you carry around to add “WILK” to your own personal life soundtrack.

Don’t forget, everything is also available at the MySpace site, www.myspace.com/wilkmusic. Definitely check there as well, because the 2 sites are quite unique to one another, and you don’t want to miss anything. [you can actually hear 4 full songs at the myspace site, see more pictures, more info….] Be sure to say hello when you visit either place, I always love to hear your comments. Also, “Broke Wide Open” will be available at ITunes, Napster, Rhapsody, EMusic, etc, etc, basically everywhere you can buy music over the web, probably by early October, or sooner. I’ll be sure to keep you posted on that information, as well.

Video “stuff” is a little behind, but coming very soon. I’ll be sure to let you know over the next week or so, when you can expect to see something. In the long term, there will be a documentary being done on “the making of” my album, but in the short term, there will be some very cool and unusual visual “candy” coming your way, so I’m very excited about that.
Working furiously to get it to you soon!

OK, I’m gonna keep it short this week, don’t want to bombard you with too many words, so good luck with figuring out that song, go win some music or a cool t shirt, and we’ll see you all next week with more news, keeping you in the “WILK” loop. I appreciate all the support!

Peace2U
Rock WILK

What’s up everybody? Hope it’s all good wherever you may be. Alot going on with “Broke Wide Open” this week. First of all, the short song “trailers” are officially over for now. They just might show up in the future, perhaps as ring tones. [yes, I do read all of the emails that come in]

This week, as you visit www.wilkmusic.com , you’ll notice quite a few changes to the site, including an updated bio/history of “the making of” the album, complete with alot more photos, and a whole lot of “thank you’s” that I just couldn’t fit into the liner notes in the CD booklet. Also, at the music page, you can now hear shortened [approx. 60 second] audio clips from every song on the album, and if you click on the song titles, you can read all the lyrics, along with a short description of each song.

In addition, you can purchase the CD of “Broke Wide Open”, as well as being able to download the music, at the “buy stuff” page. Also newly available are T Shirts, “IAmAPerson&SoRU” and “Samah” T’s, so pick ‘em up while they last and show your support in style!

The WILK “official” website will continue to evolve each week, including new VIDEO content, which will begin next week, so keep checking back and stay tuned…………….

Also, check the WILK MySpace page, at www.myspace.com/wilkmusic for even more fun stuff, including being able to listen to 4 FULL SONGS!!! Please feel free to continue to leave comments at either page, I love to hear from you.

I’m sending out a huge thank you for all of your support thus far, I never take that for granted, and always appreciate you taking the time not only to listen, but to share your thoughts with me. So spread the WILK word, I salute you for supporting independent music and we’ll see you next week with more.
Peace2U
Rock WILK

Whatup everybody??? Hope this finds you all well, happy, healthy and enjoying what’s left of this summer. Lot’s going on here in “WILK”land. Starting next week, there’s gonna be some video content showing up at www.wilkmusic.com and at You Tube, so stay tuned for more information on all of that over the next few weeks, Very excited!!
I’m also in the process of putting the live show together, getting ready to get this music LIVE AND IN COLOR, SOON, ANYWHERE NEAR YOU!!! Not gonna be your conventional show either, so stay tuned and YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. ;)
This week’s trailer is “Black and White”, dealing with more social issues that seem to be on my mind with every breath I take, each day of my life. I feel that this is one of the more important songs on the album, a song that is TRULY about community, and something that we really need to think about. Here’s one of the reasons why……. Some words taken from a song that didn’t make the album, but relevant to this weeks story..

“Let’s talk about Sean Bell, He was 23 years old
He was about to marry the woman he loved, The mother of his child
And just like you and me, And him and her, and he and she
His friends wanted to throw him a bachelor party and send him on his way
Know what I mean?
To the rest of his life
You know a big party for the wedding was planned
I bet friends and family came in from all over the country
But you see this day was damned
Because that night Sean Bell
And by the way I know I will NEVER forget his name,
Walked out of the club with his friends
And the lives of so many people were forever changed
50 shots sprayed out……….
Have you ever heard, even one time in your life,
A story like Sean Bells, about 3 guys who were white?”

I don’t think so. This weeks trailer is dedicated to Sean Bell, may he Rest in Peace. Head over now to www.wilkmusic.com , hit the music page and be sure to click on the song TITLE, “Black and White” to read the story and hear this weeks “trailer”.
See you all next week!!
Peace
Rock WILK

WHATUP PEOPLE?
Well, “Broke Wide Open” is officially available and out here in the universe, but I’m still bringing the “trailers”, so here’s this weeks story:

“Be Quiet” is a love song, and love is complicated. Love will really make you look in the mirror sometimes, make you face your demons, make you really feel what’s inside of you, but only if you’re open to it. Love can also be contrived, thought out and prepared for. What exactly is love? A feeling? Can we control it? Is it really “blind”? One thing for sure, love is real, and when it hits you, it’s undeniable. I think that we can learn more from love than anything else we experience in our lives, because it’s the most visceral feeling we can have, it’s so unique to each of us. Let’s face it, love can make you stoooopid! Make you do things you never expected to do, make you wonder who you are. Hmmmm….
Head over to www.wilkmusic.com , hit the music link and be sure to click on the title, “Be Quiet” to read the story and hear the music from this weeks short trailer.

Just a reminder that you can now purchase my solo CD, “Broke Wide Open”, or download the music if you prefer, at the “purchase” link at my website. Spread the word!!

Thanks always for all the support and look for lots of WILK news, coming over the next week or so. Some very cool things on the horizon, there’s a lot going on, so stay tuned……
Until then, keep enjoying what’s left of this summer and we’ll see U next week!
Peace2U
Rock WILK

want to download your favorite Samahmusic songs? Just go to the "products" page and purchase the songs you want to take with you.

BROKE WIDE OPEN

Broke wide open
Busted for all the world to see
Won’t hide me
Anymore
Feel free
Endless possibility
Infinite curiosity
Like a Tree
That lives 200 years
If you looked inside
You would see
all the rings
The blood and guts of time
When I’m done
Read my rings
But now and forever
With these songs
I’m Broke Wide Open


The “WILK” solo album, “Broke Wide Open” is now available exclusively at www.wilkmusic.com for a limited time. I wanted to make this album available to all of the people who have supported me in the past, right to the present, before this music is formally “released” to the rest of the universe. It’s been a gift working on this project, and I appreciate all of the emails and comments that have come in over the past few months, leading up to this day. Every word means a lot to me and I don’t take your thoughts for granted. So now that you will be able to hear the complete songs, I hope that you find the music and the stories interesting, appealing and compelling. I also hope that you will keep coming to the website and continue discussion about all of the issues that I have brought to these songs. That’s really what I want from this project. I want to make a difference, to make some type of contribution to my community, in whatever small way I can. To make people stop and think about the world around them, to have people feel connected to everything and everybody around them. To understand that everything we do, everything we say, has a profound effect on all of us. “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations”, from The Great Law Of The Iroquois Confederacy.
So…… hoping you buy lots of CD’s so I can put the money back into this journey and take it to the highest level. Make “Broke Wide Open” your “one stop shopping” for your holiday gift shopping. ;)
Enjoy the music, dance to it, sing it at the top of your lungs, read the words out loud to your friends and family, and all good things like that!
Keep checking back at the website for updates, and I’ll be sure to keep you all up to date. Thanks again for all the support and see you all soon!
Peace and much love
Rock WILK

Whatup everybody? We’re days away from the release of “Broke Wide Open”. This week’s trailer is short and sweet, a tribute to the beautiful city of New Orleans, still reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. I re-visited Spike Lee’s documentary, “When The Levees Broke” recently, and when I see the faces of the people directly affected by Hurricane Katrina, it makes me think of people all over the world dealing with major adversity. This is such an important time in history. It makes me think of the importance of community. That’s why I love New York City so much. If you ride the subways here in NYC, as millions of people do every day, you are automatically part of the greatest example of what community means. Read more at www.wilkmusic.com , go to the music page, and be sure to click on the song title, “New Orleans [A Warning]”.
Also, I’d like to send a special “thank you” out to everyone, for the tremendous response to “Song For My Mother”, last week. YOU’RE tributes to her and the song were just amazing. As one person commented at the guestbook, “sitting atop the ferris wheel...her spirit in stillness “, I must say, she would have loved to have heard that! I am profoundly moved by the love that poured out, all over that song for MY mother. Thanks for that, and keep the comments coming in at the guestbook page for all the songs.
OK, that’s it for this week, and look for more this week on the release of the album.
Be well.
Peace
Rock WILK

head over to www.wilkmusic.com to keep up to date on what's going on with WILK's solo album, coming soon. Hear some previews of the music, read the stories. Release just a few weeks away!!!!!!!!!!!!

from over at the WILK music site......... July 31st release of "Broke Wide Open"

Back for another “trailer” this week, getting closer to the July 31st release of “Broke Wide Open”. So this week’s “trailer” is about plastic surgery. Society drives people to alter themselves, for sure. Pushes people to have elective surgery, that in some cases, can be life threatening. For that matter, think of all the things that can lead up to that plastic surgery. Depression, Bulimia, Starving one’s self, McDonald’s, Lots and lots of ice cream, Anorexia, potato chips by the bag [sound familiar?], fasting, fat burning cream [huh?], whipped cream, I guess we’re just all over the place with this, but the list goes on and on. We definitely have to work on our self image as a culture, don’t you think? We’re all guilty of it. What’s UNDER the surface? Oops, see...I’m guilty right there... what’s wrong with the surface???? Anyway, just some observations...
Go to www.wilkmusic.com , hit the music link and be sure to click on the title of the song, “Bye Bye”, and read all about it, including a poem I wrote for my grandmother just before she passed away. Click on the mp3 to hear a short remix of the song. Some “tongue in cheek, [kinda/sorta]” lyrics. Also, if you haven’t heard the other songs yet, I would love to get comments on all of the music up at the site thus far. Anyway, hope you all are enjoying the summer and we’ll see you next week with the next song “trailer”. Keep the comments and emails rolling in, I really appreciate them and always learn alot. Thanks for that.
Until next week.
Peace
Rock WILK

complete song available, a rough mix of “Upside Down”. This will be the only complete song until "Broke Wide Open" is released, but given the subject matter, it just didn't feel appropriate to release this piece any other way. Head over to www.wilkmusic.com, hit the music link, and be sure to click on the title. hope you enjoy this song and hope you take a minute everday to love something. For real!
Feel free to comment at the guestbook page.
Head over now,
www.wilkmusic.com

2nd "trailer", "Treat You Like My Own" available to hear at www.wilkmusic.com . One week closer to the release of "Broke Wide Open", the WILK solo album...........
check it out........

first audio "trailer" from "WILK's" solo album, "Broke Wide Open", up and available at www.wilkmusic.com . Check it out, as the story begins, "Stroke"...

look for the "WILK" solo album coming out July 30th, a Samahmusic production. You can get all the info here, www.wilkmusic.com . Stay tuned.............

Red Auerbach passed away yesterday at the age of 89. He won more championships than anyone in NBA History, including 9 in a row, but his legacy for me will be that he was the first to draft an African American player, back in 1950, when he made Chuck Cooper from Duquesne University the first player chosen in that draft. Red was also the first coach to put an ALL African American team on the floor as his starting team in the NBA, and this was in Boston! Bill Russel was the first African American coach hired in the NBA. The man who hired him was, of course, Red Auerbach, to coach his Boston Celtics. Just a couple of years ago, Red was asked how he would "handle" todays players, as opposed to the men he had coached in earlier years. His reply will always stay with me. He said, "You don't "handle" players. You handle animals. Players are people, and you simply deal with them, talk to them." In the tradition of the name of my Publishing company, "IAmAPerson&SoRU" music, I salute Red Auerbach. I think everyone joins the basketball world in saying we will miss him. Hopefully we will all continue to learn from him.
Peace
Rock Wilk

Have U checked out "The Wreck of The Good Ship New Orleans" at the Los Big Heads site? Great piece, as the Big Heads roll on. Lot's going on there, so keep checking... www.losbigheads.com