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Old
Geezer
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THE
STORY BEHIND THE CD
"HAPPINESS TEACHER"
ERIK the VERMILION's first CD, "Happiness Teacher," is
no longer available for sale.
Movie-maker Marc
Slanger,
once overheard ERIK referring to CHRIST
MAHARAJ JI as
his Happiness Teacher. Marc later told to ERIK that he had been
stricken by the phrase.
Some time afterward, Marc asked to borrow some of ERIK'S old
audio tapes of his playing and singing, for Marc was on the move
-- he was making a movie. He wanted to use ERIK's music in the
movie.
Owing to upgrade in staff and equipment, Marc went on to making
other movies before finishing that one. However, he assembled
THE BEST of Erik's old music from the tapes available to him,
and burned a disk. Marc named the collection, "HAPPINESS
TEACHER."
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KEEP
YOUR WOMAN HAPPY
Evenings
are for paying attention to her.
Tell
her what you like about her all evening long.
Ask
her what she would like you to change.
CURE
FOR INDECISION
Physical
exercise is a cure for indecision. Also, you can command yourself
to decide by saying aloud, to yourself, "decide."
CURES
FOR BOREDOM
Any
or all of the following:
1)
Listen to God within yourself.
2)
Physical exercise.
3)
More attention to learning about nutrition, vitamins, and minerals.
4)
Stop thinking of yourself and go do something for somebody else.
5)
Be asleep at midnight. Get up before Sun's rising.
JOB
SEEKING ADVICE
1)
Go into business for yourself.
2)
You are not looking for a job, you are looking for a compatible employer
who cares about your well being and wants to help you to get ahead.
3)
See if the other workers are happy. If they are happy, then you
will be happy working there.
Old
Geezer
This
name has a very old history. There was a general in the wars
between the Goths and the Huns, whose name was Gizr the Old. I
think he was a Goth. The Vikings kept alive his saga, and I
suppose his name was brought to the USA by Scandinavians, or possibly by
Anglo Saxons. Another possibility is that the Gothic tale is a
rehashing of a much older saga involving Gizr the Old, which sometimes
happens in ancient Scandinavian literature. For example, the saga
of the Battle
of Bravoll, involving King Harald Wartooth (Harald Hilditonn) is
actually a retelling of the war between the Aesir and the Vanir.
For details of this, see Viktor Rydberg's 1910 classical analysis and
synopsis of seemingly diverse Norse literature, Teutonic
Mythology.
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ABOUT
ERIK THE VERMILION
Erik's
Autobiography Ages 14-28 "My Adventures"
History
of Erik's Writing Career
History
of Erik's Musical Career
Erik's
Business Philosophy
Facts
About Erik as a Priest
The
Story Behind CD "Happiness Teacher"
The
Story Behind "Hymns & Histories of Jesus Christ"
The
Story Behind CD "Legends, Dreams, and Myths"
The
Story Behind CD "Dances for God"
The
Story Behind CD "Way Out There"
The
Story Behind CD "Dig This"
The
Story Behind CD "The Craig Muir Project"
History
of Erik's Writing Career
Erik
the Vermilion made his first comic book at the age of 6. It was
highly acclaimed by his Dad, who was himself a professional
writer. His Mom, who had obtained a Master's degree in English
at the George Washington University, withheld comment about Erik
the Vermilion's first literary production. Erik the Vermilion
wrote his first mystery story while he was in the 5th grade,
"Mick Lacy and the Case of the Missing Jam Jar." The
teacher, Mrs. Shannon, liked the story so much that she asked
Erik the Vermilion to read it aloud before the members of the
class. It was highly acclaimed by them. Mrs. Shannon intuitively
declared, at that moment, that Erik the Vermilion was destined
to be a writer.
Throughout
Erik the Vermilion's life's time, many, many people told to him
the same thing, that he was destined to be a writer. In the year
of about 1999, Erik the Vermilion was told by Amy Acker that he
was destined to be a writer. He asked of her, whereof should he
write? She said that he should write of his adventures. Thus, in
the year, 2001, Erik wrote, "My
Adventures," a
rollicking and contemplative account of the buffets of
temptation in the life of a would-be servant of his Maker.
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History
of Erik's Musical Career
Erik
the Vermilion's first musical performance before an audience was
at the age of three. The location was the First Evangelical and
Reformed Church, on New Hampshire Avenue, in Langley Park,
Maryland, close to the D.C. border.
In
primary, or elementary, school Erik's class used to play
percussion instruments, such as claves, along with recorded
music, several times a year, when the itinerant music teacher of
Montgomery County, Maryland, would visit the class.
Students of the class particularly singled out Erik for
applause, for his doings with these instruments.
His
first instrument, outside of the classroom, was the
trombone. He wished to play the Baroque trumpet, but the
itinerant band teacher in the primary school needed a trombone
player, and lied to Erik, telling to him that his lips were too
big to play the trumpet. Erik dropped the trombone after a
few weeks, but he did become familiar with musical notation in
consequence of his experiences therewith.
Erik's
mother wanted to teach to him how to play piano. He
studied under her for two weeks, then she gave up on him for not
wishing to learn. However, he learned from her the proper
way to hold his fingers.
Erik's
first chosen instrument was the bongo drums. He was
inspired by a character on television, who carried bongo drums,
but was apparently unable to play them in reality. From
his experience with bongo drums, Erik learned to drum on his
desk in his college's advanced algebra class, with two pencils,
while simultaneously tapping his feet, all in
counterpoint. The student behind Erik was verily pleased
with the music, and Erik, despite the extracurricular focus of
concentration during classtime, was able to earn a "B"
for the semester.
In
high school, Erik learned to sing chorally, following the notes
vaguely, but hearing his part on the piano played by the
teacher. He also learned diction from this experience,
which he practices spottily.
Erik
studied musical theory at the Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
in Winchester, Virginia.
Erik
the Vermilion has performed at numerous Mid-Atlantic and West
Coast locations, in addition to Appalachia, Dixie, and
Pittsburgh. His vocal experience includes hymns, oldies, choral
music, country, bluegrass, historical music, R & B, motown,
delta blues, and late 19th-century comic opera.
The
Story Behind CD "Happiness Teacher"
The
Story Behind "Hymns & Histories of Jesus Christ"
The
Story Behind CD "Legends, Dreams, and Myths"
The
Story Behind CD "Dances for God"
The
Story Behind CD "Way Out There"
The
Story Behind CD "Dig This"
The
Story Behind CD "The Craig Muir Projekt"
Erik
the Vermilion has also written and arranged various historical
narratives in song, such as
"William the Conqueror,"
 Electronic
Sound Clip 1 [58.1 KB MP3 file]
Electronic
Sound Clip 2 [59.4 KB MP3 file]
Electronic
Sound Clip 3 [57.5 KB MP3 file]
Lo-Fi
Acoustic Sound Clip [60.9 KB MP3 file]
"King Harald Wartooth Goes to
Valhalla,"
Lo-Fi
Acoustic Sound Clip [58.1 KB MP3
file]
"Jacob's Dreaming Stone,"
Electronic
Sound Clip [57.5 KB MP3 file]
Lo-Fi
Acoustic Sound Clip [62.2 KB MP3 file]
and
"Apology for Robin Hood," all of which can
be heard on several of the CD's described in this web site.
A
specialist in history, Erik the Vermilion is noted for fusing
medieval sound with futuristic, electronic rock and roll. His
pioneering, experimental electronic arrangements can be heard on
the CD's:
"Dances
for God,"
"Way
Out There,"
"Dig
This," and
"The
Craig Muir Projekt."
(Electronic Dance Music)
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ERIK's
Business Philosophy
My
objective is to bring the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth. Whatever
we offer in these pages is result of consulting the Will of God
before acting upon a major decision. I hope you will enjoy
visiting our web site and using our products as much as we
enjoyed providing them for you.
FACTS
ABOUT:
ERIK
THE VERMILION AS A PRIEST
For
a detailed account of Erik the
Vermilion's background, buy his book, "MY
ADVENTURES" on computer disk.
Erik the Vermilion
is a servant of CHRIST
MAHARAJI
Erik the Vermilion is a
priest anointed by the Lo'ward of the Universe.
Erik the Vermilion has been
made into a tool for use in various types of sanctification,
such as Wedding and Baptism;
...for uplifting of consciousness, such as preliminary
INITIATIONS;
...and for interceding on behalf of petitioners, under
certain conditions.
Erik the Vermilion is a
helper of The True
White Brother.
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WHAT
THIS SITE IS ABOUT
HEAVEN ON EARTH
Do you think that the people of the Earth would benefit from
contact with cultures other than their own? This site is
about cross-cultural contact. You are welcome here, but
satan is not.
I AM A PRIEST,
not of men's making, but ordained by God. Christian
seminaries were infiltrated in the nineteenth century, and the
doctrines were changed.
BIBLE
INCOMPLETE The New Testament says that Jesus spoke
for hours and hours to the apostles about matters connected with
the Kingdom of Heaven. These things are not recorded in
the Bible. The Essenes, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Book of
Mormon, the (flawed) Urantia Book -- there are many literary
sources to fill out the missing information. But the most
"kernel" aspect is the internal connection with The
Master, one's Maker, in real time. Real time. Not
from the past. Real time.
KINGDOM
OF HEAVEN The word "Yoga" means being
yoked to the Divine Purpose, being impelled by the Divine
Impulse (from within one's self). Thus, Jesus was teaching
Yoga. He said, "the Kingdom of Heaven is within
[you]." For ordinary people, the physical Yoga
practices are absolutely necessary for perfect health,
longevity, and to prevent what is erroneously blamed on
"aging", but is totally preventable by practicing
Hatha Yoga. This has been amply demonstrated in India.
HEALTH
INTELLIGENCE Physicians and other diagnosticians
can gain quick intelligence from such sources as astrology and
the Book of Changes. Astrology is not prohibited by
Biblical law. The sections that have been quoted prohibit
divination, witchcraft, and sorcery. Astrology is not any
of those. There are and were explicit Hebrew words fro
astrology. These were not mentioned in the Bible's
proscriptions.
THOUGHT
On the way to here I saw a tiny plant growing in isolation
in a dark pit. As I began the act of pitying the
plant his location, he shouted out to me (in spirit) that he was
overjoyed to be alive.
ABOUT
MUSIC - I prayed earnestly on this one. Here
is the reason why: I learned that researching has shown
that jazz, rap, rock, and such "clanging and jarring"
styles of music as these are, are harmful to life forms.
For example the researching has shown a slowening of recovery
from illness, a reduction of plants's growth, a reduction of
milk's production in cows, all in comparison to hearing no music
at all. Rap music has been used to repel salmon from
dangerous areas of dams. They swim away from it. On
the other hand, plants grow toward speakers playing classical
music, but they grow away from speakers playing rock.
Classical music hastens the recovery of patients, and it
increases the growth of plants and the producing of cows's milk,
in comparison with hearing no music at all. This also
shows that plants are able to hear, or somehow to sense, music,
even though they have no ears as we know them. Some, but
not all, of this researching is told of in the book, "The
Secret Life of Plants." Also, in the 1930's,
was similar researching done about "jazz"
"music" with similar results showing.
Syncopation, for example, has been shown to upset the rhythm of
the heart of the hearer. When the radio stations and other
promoters first began to succeed in pushing jazz over on the
public, the instincts of the preachers were against it, and
research has shown that they were right. There was a
slogan popular at the time, something like, "who put the
`sin' in `syncopation'?"
Somehow,
it came into my mind that the words of the song ought to be
acceptable, even if the sound of the music is not. For
example, somebody may have told this to me. The idea went
against my instinct. So I prayed about it earnestly, and
got an answer: yes, listen to good words even if there are
bad sound patterns with them In other words, the words of
a song have a greater effect ON INTELLIGENT BEINGS who
understand the words, than have the musical sounds. But
who knows? Maybe the words even affect the plants? I
didn't pray about that question yet.
I
have one more thing to add: the consciousness of the
musicians is even more effective than are the words. So if
a singer or performer is filled with Divine Joy, but singing
some destructive kind o lyric, with horrid syncopated distorted
sounds, it is still good, but not as good as if the words and
the sounds were ideal.
The
links
to musicians's pages,
which I chose for this site, were chosen with these principles
in mind, but were chosen hastily, with the thought in mind that
I would screen them more carefully later. There was once a
song, "There Has to Be a Song for Every Mother's
Son", and thus I have linked to genres that I would not
necessarily listen to on my own, but which may be meaningful to
some needy souls.
HAIL
CHRIST
Erik
the Vermilion
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