#cameron blake

10 album per il 2018

Strizzare in dieci righe un anno intero di musica? Non se ne parla. Per questo ci sono Billboard e Spotify, che, numeri alla mano, e nel caso della musica liquida si parla di miliardi di ascolti (?), ci riportano con algebrica esattezza quanto di meglio (e mettiamoci pure un secondo punto interrogativo, ?), l’anno che sta per concludersi ha saputo offrirci. Poi ci sono le testate specializzate,…

Chi ha paura di Cameron Blake?

“Spesso mi sento come un bambino nel cercare di comprendere l’emozione suscitata dalla paura, quella che corre sotterranea attraversando tanti nostri comportamenti, positivi o negativi. Atti incredibili di coraggio e spavalderia così come di estrema crudeltà. Ho scritto queste canzoni durante la campagna presidenziale americana del 2016, dove la paura veniva evocata e strumentalizzata dai…

Based on this post.

Appearance:

Boy, girl, or undefined? Girl

Freckles? None

Any birthmarks or scars? Vaguely star shaped birthmark on her upper right arm. Thin self-harm scars along her left wrist. Various small scars, no large ones.

Eyes? Light brown

Hair color? Grey, fading to pink at the end

Hair style? Usually wears it down in waves or up in a high ponytail

How tall are they? Very short. 5’0”

What shade of skin do they have? About three shades too dark to be mistaken for tan

Any piercings? 12 holes in her ears but 10 piercings. Nothing else.

Tattoos? A couple watercolors on her inner arm (left) and right thigh and one lavender-wrapped rose quartz on her inner right forearm.

Are they missing any body parts? Not currently

How big is their nose? Just slightly smaller than average and also a tiny bit upturned.

Strong jawline? Soft jawline

Feminine looking or masculine looking? Fem

What clothes do they wear? Anything in pastels that girls about 10 years younger than her wear.

Big or small feet? Size 5. Tiny.

Weight? 115 if she’s wearing wet jeans

Big or small lips? They look larger than they are because of her small nose

Any missing teeth? No

Good smile? Yes. Very calming.

Any moles? Three on her shoulder

What are their favorite shoes? Ballet flats or clear jelly boots to show off colorful socks

How big are their hands? She has very thin but short fingers

Soft or rough skin? Soft. She has an intense beauty regimen she tries to never miss.

Muscles? She’s not very physically strong, no, but she is a quick runner.

Personality: idealistic. Very, very sweet. Seems younger than she is but is also the mom friend.

Are they sarcastic? If the timing’s right

What about innocent? Mostly. She does crack an occasional off-color joke.

Badass? Mmmm maybe if she really needed to be, but she’s much more reserved than badass.

Are they insecure? If so, about what? That she’s not as good as others, though she knows it’s senseless to compare herself to others.

What are their flaws? Her dreamy idealism acts as blinders to the world around her.

Do they have a sense of humor? Yes

Are they sexual? Yes

Romantic? Yes

What is their sexuality? Very Lesbian Boys Do Not Interact

Have they ever had their heart broken? Yes

Ever been in a relationship? She currently is

Smart or dumb or in between? Depends on the subject. She’s a pro at crystals and their properties. Not so much with long division.

Do they know how to shoot a gun? Yes

Use a sword? They’re heavier than they look

Have they been trained in fighting? The basics, but no specialties

Do they put up with bullshit? Way too much

Do they let people walk over them? Yes

Are they angry? Almost never

Any mental disorders? Good question that begs more thought.

Any emotional disorders? GAD

Have they ever been abused? Yes

Rich or poor? Middle class

Are they selfish or selfless? Selfless to the point of martyrdom

Is there someone they love? Everyone she meets

Do they like animals? Yes

Have they ever killed someone? No

Family and Relationships: her mother is alive but estranged

Do they get along with parents?

Any siblings, if so, do they like them? None

Did Mom treat them right? No

Did Dad treat them right? He died when she was 6

Did siblings treat them right? N/A

Did ANYONE in their family treat them right? Her aunt

Any friends, how many? An entire coven

Have they ever had a best friend? Of course

Single or already in a relationship? In a relationship

Is their anyone who hates them? I’m sure people hate her constant, unwavering optimism.

Is everyone in their family alive? Mom and aunt

All of their friends alive? Yes

Has anyone ever left them behind? Yes

Do they hate anyone? They do their best to forgive everyone

Do they get along with everyone? For the most part

Are they liked by all? No one is

LAYER ONE : THE OUTSIDE

Name: Cameron Jules Blake


Eye Color: Brown


Hair Style/Color: Long; grey with pink ends


Height: 5′0”


Clothing Style: Pastel Femme

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

Your Fears: watching the coven be taken out one by one


Your Guilty Pleasure: smoking


Your Biggest Pet Peeve: when she’s trying to get something done and people keep interrupting.


Your Ambition for the Future: make it out alive

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

Your First Thoughts Waking Up: Where’s Mena?


What You Think About the Most: hostility vs openness


What You Think About Before Bed: whether she remembered to moisturize and water the plants


Your Best Quality Is: she can accept almost anyone as they are and believes everyone has the innate ability to be Good.

LAYER FOUR: WHAT’S BETTER?

Single or Group Dates: both. Not as a cop out, but because group dates have a specific bubbly energy and there’s less pressure, whereas single dates have an air of intimacy she appreciates.


To be Loved or Respected: respected. No one automatically owes her any love, but she is worthy of basic respect at all times.


Beauty or Brains: There’s beauty in having brains.


Dogs or Cats: dogs. The bigger the better. Crush her with a 200lb ball of love and excitement.

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU?

Lie: everyone does.


Believe in Yourself: she would be lying if she said she didn’t occasionally second guess herself, but for the most part she trusts in her knowledge and abilities and would try her best not to put herself in a situation where she’s over her head.


Believe in Love: absolutely.


Want Someone: yes, though she already has them.

LAYER SIX: EVER?

Been on Stage: does a karaoke stage count?


Done Drugs: occasionally


Changed Who You Were to Fit In: yes. It took her a long time to find out exactly who she was and how she fit into the world.

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

Favorite Color: pink


Favorite Animal: dogs and birds


Favorite Food: tiramisu


Favorite Game: charades

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

Day Your Next Birthday Will Be: February 14th


How Old Will You Be: 28


Age You Lost Your Virginity: 15


Does Age Matter: yes it does

LAYER NINE: IN A BOY OR GIRL

Best Personality: a little fiery. Able to get shit done. Unafraid to go after what they want.


Best Eye Color: no preference


Best Hair Color: no preference


Best thing to do with a Partner: dinner and dancing, then home to curl up in one another

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

I love: every single person she comes in contact with


I feel: content


I hide: almost nothing


I miss: those whose time was cut short.

Based on this quiz by @spaacepugs

Q: Which should be saved – a bus full of innocent lives or a loved one?

   - A bus full of innocent lives. Cameron is sure anyone who qualifies as a “loved one” would want her to make that decision. Sacrifice one to save many, especially when the many are bystanders - children and family members and loved ones of countless strangers.

Q:   You meet a man who has killed someone and done time for it before. Does this factor into how you treat him? Will he ever truly escape that sin?

   - No, it makes no difference. Everyone is capable of atonement and is deserving of a second chance. That doesn’t mean her guard will be down, but it isn’t with anyone until she trusts them. This doesn’t extend to those who killed for sheer entertainment or for the sole purpose of watching the life leave someone’s eyes.

Q:   If you could jump back through time to save a loved one’s life, would you? Despite what it might to do the timeline? To everyone else? Do you believe it is their fate to die regardless?

   - Death isn’t something to be changed, avoided, or cheated. She believes that every death of a loved one has influenced her timeline, and if she went back to meddle with death it would throw her timeline into chaos and change it irrevocably.

Q:   You have a secret you swore not to reveal. But this secret is the only thing that would prove your innocence in a separate matter. Is it worth risking your own well-being for the secret? Or would you betray the trust given to you?

   - If she’s promised to keep a secret, she’s keeping it for good. If under legal investigation she deems the person owning the secret may decide to divulge (meaning there’s no chance of legal repercussions to the person) she would potentially ask if that person could be contacted.

Q:   Is it better to hurt others before they hurt you or let yourself be walked all over and hurt by others?

   - Cam is nothing if not selfless. She’s a pair of open arms and a cup of chamomile tea ready to comfort anyone who needs it. That’s led her to be taken advantage of multiple times, but she would happily go through it a hundred times as long as the other person comes out happier or better in the end.

Q:   If you tell the truth, an evil person gets to walk away free. If you lie, you may be able to send them away like they deserve. Is honesty worth more than justice?

   - If she knows this person is evil, she would testify to their character before the truth. Slander is a powerful tool in many circumstances.

Q:   You have the key to immortality in your hands. But not for free. If you want it, as a price, your worst enemy also gains immortality. Is it worth it?

   - No. Nobody is meant to live forever.

Q:   If you could gain as much money as you want for losing a sense, would you do it?

   - Yes. When one sense is lost the others attune to make up for the deficit. And with an endless supply of money there isn’t a person in the world she couldn’t help.

Q:   Can people be held accountable for things people close or related to them did or are they innocent?

   - Of course not; the innocent should never be punished for the acts of the guilty.

Q:   If a lot of people, possibly innocent people, have to die in order to make a real change, is it worth it? Can you live with their deaths even if it helps people in the present?

   - Yes. Their deaths would undoubtedly be tragic, but in the end change for the better would help out countless more.

Q:   If someone else stole something and you stole it back is that a good deed, a bad deed or one of equal worth? Are you better than the original thief?

   - No. If someone has stolen something from her they must have needed it more than she did or been desperate enough to take it, and if the item belonged to somebody else it’s their problem to correct.

Q:   Could you sacrifice yourself for the good of everyone else?

   - She wouldn’t even have to think about it before acting.

Q:   What of love? Say you discover your lifelong crush on another has finally been reciprocated… but they are currently dating a family member or a dear friend the crush feels responsible to honour. Do you force the break up? Date on the side? Bottle it up forever?

   - She would keep it to herself. If the couple was meant to be then obviously she and the person weren’t, and if they were meant to be then the crush will come to her eventually. However, she would express herself if she knew the person’s partner would approve.

Q:   Is lying to others to gain their approval more important than being genuine and hated?

- Cam believes you should always show your true self, because someone somewhere will think you’re perfect.

Q:   Have you ever contemplated killing someone? Who and why? Would you ever act on it? Are you frightened you might?

- She would never be able to kill someone else unless she was protecting someone who couldn’t protect themselves and it was the only way.

Q:   Have you ever gotten sheer joy out of hurting someone else, either physically or mentally? To whom and why? Did it scare you?

- Never.

Q:   Have you ever done something morally wrong? If it’s morally wrong do you regret it?

- Some consider practicing witchcraft morally wrong, so...

Q:   What is more likely a thought to you – that this world is wrong or that you are wrong?

- More often than not, the world. Humanity (and non) could use learning more compassion.

Q:   Are there people in this world who, no matter how much time and penitence is given, should never be forgiven?

- Those who would prey on the innocent with glee and not remorse.

Q:   Are there people in this world you simply think the world would be better without? If you could erase them out of existence without physically murdering them, would you?

- See above

Q:   How do you feel about having an intimate relationship with someone you don’t love? What if they love you in return? Does that make you feel guilty?

- Intimacy can be platonic, can be done just for entertainment, can be done just because you’re bored. It’s not something to feel guilty about unless you’re knowingly using the person.

Q:   Could you ever become your own hero? Is that a role you can fulfil or is it something you look to others for?

- Cameron tries her best to see a little “hero” in everyone. In herself, she sees the unwavering ability to love and accept.

Q:   How do you feel about tears? Are they cowardly and weak? Do you cry? Would you consider that shameful?

- Everyone should be allowed to cry, no matter the setting or situation.

Q:   What is more important to you? An idea of yours being used and appreciated or the credit for that idea beings yours and yours alone?

- If it’s making a difference she doesn’t care who gets the credit.

Q:   Is your personal happiness more important than anything else in the world? Than fame? Than the happiness of others?

- The happiness of others and the happiness of oneself aren’t mutually exclusive. Why can’t one beget the other and vise versa?

Q:   How far would you go to achieve a dream or ideal? Does it matter who suffers? Does it matter if you suffer?

- She could make herself suffer to achieve a dream, but she wouldn’t bring suffering to others to fulfill it as long as she could help it.

Q:   How long would you wait for the one you love? A year? Fifteen years? Forever? Could you honestly be loyal to an unfulfilled love?

- If it’s love, it’s love. It never truly goes away, just fades into that soft, deep ache in the back of your chest, like the beating of a drum that’s about to burst. She could occupy her time, she could fall for multiple people. She could remember that ache whenever she sees the love and still be just as fond of them 40 years in the future.

Q:   Is genius equal to hard work? Does a genius deserve praise for doing well without effort? Are they above us?

- Neither above nor below. Geniuses have natural gifts that are wonderful and useful, just the same as those who have worked hard for their gifts.

Q:   Do we live in a world of parallels? Can there be no hope without grief? No happiness without suffering? Or is a utopia possible?

- No, utopia is not possible. That being said, Cam is devoted to bringing happiness wherever she can to as many people as she can.

Q:   What is more important to you? Being respected and praised by your elders or being looked up to and championed by those younger or of the same age?

- The youth are the future, though the elder are deserving of reverence and respect.

Q:   If you could choose to remove certain feelings such as anger, confusion, sadness, would you remove them?

- No, as removing any emotion would leave a void and remove a part of her humanity.

Q:   If you could wipe certain memories from your head, would you? Why would you? What memories?

- No. Every memory has helped her become who she is today. Even the worst ones have had an impact on her life and pushed her to becoming the best person she could be.

Q:   What path appeals to you more? An exciting dream that leaves you possibly penniless and alone or a drab existence where you have steady success.

- The exciting dream. The whirlwind romance. The boundless adventure.

Q: Is every person in this world wholly unique or can they be categorized? Can they be grouped and mentally dissected? Are you just another sheep in another flock or are you the sole unique soul?

Cameron Blake – Fear Not (Continental Song City, 2017)

Sorprende, ed è una dolce carezzevole sorpresa, Fear Not, terzo album di Cameron Blake, giovane compositore il cui talento, c’è da scommetterci, è ancora tutto da esplorare. Sorprende per la ricchezza di scrittura, la ricerca melodica, la multidimensionalità stilistica e la raffinata qualità degli arrangiamenti, che riconducono a canzone il respiro di una cinquantina di voci strumentali.…

Recensie: Cameron Blake – Fear Not

Cameron Blake – Fear Not Format: CD – Digital / Label: Continental Record Services Releasedatum: 26 januari 2018

Tekst: Peter Marinus

Zo af en toe maken we een zijstapje om eens een prima album uit een andere genre dan de blues voor te stellen. Ik ben blij, dat ik dat kan doen met het nieuwe (zijn zesde) album van muzikant, orkestleider en singer-songwriter Cameron Blakeuit Michigan. Hij…