The Lemon Johns
Indie • Orlando, FL
The Lemon Johns are an original music project known for mixing natural and organic instruments with polyphonic vocal harmonies and syncopated rhythms.
Kyle McManis and Markus Smith have been performing music together since their debut with the band Single Release at North-East Middle School, in Florence Villa, Winter Haven, Florida, at the age of just Eleven years.
Since then they have written over 100 original songs in one form or another, performed around the globe, making videos and sharing real Organic sounds for the pure joy of music. Heavily influenced by The Beatles, Beethoven, Andy Warhol, Jack Kerouac, Pablo Picasso, Salvatore Dali, and the pursuit of The American Dream.
"Yes we love the ocean and the beach. Is there really anyone out there who doesn't love the sounds of the waves crashing against a shore? Why even state it? Sweet images."
Lemons aren't for everyone but Lemon Johns are for every one. We've always been inspired by The Beatles even though they were already broken up before I had heard of them. Just loved the sound immediately and I've always been out of time. Have you ever felt out of time, or deja vu? Yes you have. .
What is the use of sweet if there is not contrast of tart, even bitter. Contrast is the foundation of any beauty. You want to know what is going to be really hip in 2018? Try being yourself and not like anyone else from any movie, TV show, or someone who impressed you. It's also the year to stop denying everything any of us has ever done wrong. Social media can be great, but the fake images have become boring. That act is going out like Disco. Being mean in particular is pretty much the most disgusting thing you could do in upcoming times.
Trust me. Why should you? Because you don't know if you can trust anyone. Take a chance this year and trust someone new. Be wise but don't overthink it. The Woman of America and the Ladies of the whole world hold the key to bringing us peace. You can change the entire world in one month just by not giving your love to those who are hurting people for any reason. Run that up the personal flagpole and see if the wind catches it. We're moving into a period of open minds again. Won't be apparent but don't be behind alone. Invest in kindness. At the least be human to everyone. And who the heck once to live life as the least you can do? If you miss passion, real passion has been gone for a decade. We've all just been screwing around.
Accept the reality. You are going to die and faster than you can even imagine. Everyone you know is going to die. It's not a scary thing. There is just a lot of money in fear. Can you reject that for a year? What could it hurt? Dying is part of life and it's not going to be nearly as bad as they made it out to be. Life, now that is something worth taking a bite out of.
You want to know why you have a harder time finding music you can feel? Because art reflects culture and society. You don't follow bands or artists. We follow you. If you aren't out there living and sharing then we get your vibrations and art exaggerates. Want some deeper feeling music? Live with some depth. You know we cannot spare a single person. For the greatest love and joy we include everyone. Stop the exclusion. Open your circles a little.
Don't talk about getting hurt. We are in a predator period. Someone is feeding them or they wouldn't be in power and they are in most of the world. Politics is a bunch of nasty garbage. If we all just wrote "None of the above" on a voting ballot what would we do? Politics is so boring. It's the most boring thing of all right now because it has been so burned out. Can we please play a different song. I would also like the bring back "Thank you" and "Please". There are so many cold people because they have been hurt. We all have and we all have been doing a shitty job of dealing with it.
Reject being mean
Reject revenge - Nothing ages a person worse than bitterness
Reject government thinking. Obey the laws as you respect them but we elect representative in America not leaders.
Reject mainstream media. It's not factual and they have no legal obligation to be honest. They have an obligation to sell advertising. News is the circus between commercials. 100% of their income comes from commercials. You and me are not the customer. We are the cattle being sold and it is our minds we are paying with. If you are stupid then embrace that and don't worry about what some magazine or blog says is attractive. If you don't like your body then you can change it. But meet the person you love first. Superficial relations are boring now. Who the hell wants to be boring? That leads to being bored.
Paint, write, make sculpture. Dress up with your friends and do nice things. The mean things and the crazy things have been done. They are not exciting anymore. Just bores. Purple is coming back in as you all probably now so order some blank purple T shirts and turtle necks. We could sell that sort of thing here but we're artist and that means pretty dopey, not even functional on other things. So we are all flawed.
To anyone who is ever going to love you or me or anyone else, it will be the things you're most shy about that will attract what you want. Forget about self help books for a year. Why not? Get a modern translation of the Bible or the Koran. No one on the news had read either book yet they yammer on like they are experts.
The most important thing I can share from my soul to yours is this. There is no class of people better than you. There is no group of super smart people inventing things. Most inventions come from amateurs and that's a fact. Industries you aren't familiar with have a different lingo. Anyone who has read this far is as smart was any doctor or scientist in the world. There is no smart gene that has been identified. We all know a lot about different things. Please believe this because it's true.