One of my many “endeavors” is music. I love all kinds of music; I’m best described as an audiophile. I used to run a rising-interest blog in the music blogosphere called, My Blue Reflection. I would post about concerts I was going to in the Dallas area, write album reviews, post rare tracks from notable indie artists, and even new bands nobody has ever heard (that eventually became big, well “indie” big). So here I am with my first mixtape on Endeavors. For me, mixtapes are art. I create them as more than just random songs on a CD. I create mixtapes as if I’m telling a story, so in a way they’re like rhythmic novels.

I find Dancing on the Water to be one of my most intimate and rather beautiful mixtapes. It has fun and lackadaisical moments, but then it gets serious and ends with a bang—not a literal bang but a *fireworks*-type of bang. Dancing on the Water is both about a relationship with yourself and another person, perhaps a lover or someone you realize you need. It leads to that moment where you look at someone and realize, “It’s you, the one I’ve been dreaming about and waiting for. It’s you.” It’s also about securing peace within and feeling light; exploring where the water meets the sky — floating, soaring. The general soundscape is dance meets atmospheric.

Feel free to click on the artwork above or you can download here.

Photography and design by me.
Track arrangement by me.

Little Dragon—Runabout
Gorillaz feat. Daley—Doncamatic
The Mary Onettes—Henry
Sigur Rós—Gobbledigook
Glasser—Home
PNAU—Dancing On The Water
Rob Mounsey Project—Floaters
Passion Pit—Sleepyhead (Landau ‘Walk Up’ Remix)
Little Dragon—Feather
Sigur Rós—Svefn-g-englar
Gorillaz feat. Little Dragon—Empire Ants (Club Clique Dancefloor Edit)
Goldfrapp—Rocket
The Mary Onettes—Explosions
Sigur Rós—Festival

What did you think of Dancing on the Water?