Ginger Root -- Only You

 

Dealing with "Kayo Kyoku Plus" music? Yayyy! Dealing with technology? Ughhhh. I haven't had much sleep over the past couple of days because folks in my community are looking forward to an upgrade in their Internet technology via new modems. I have never been very good with handling electronic devices and when I got my modem yesterday morning, I spent a good deal of time absorbing the installation instructions. Then, against my better judgement and in the vain hopes that a technician would miraculously beam in to help, I went to work. Not surprisingly, I got hung up with the Internet and television connections. After a couple of tries over twenty minutes, I cried "Uncle!" and reverted back to my current modem. Thankfully, everything is back to normal but later on today, I'm calling up the company and demanding a technician to come in.

Probably a lot of my friends and my brother, who are far more adept at technology than I am, would point an accusatory finger at me and say "Only you, J-Canuck! Only you can plug in an alarm clock and screw that up!". Yeah, guilty as charged. But that's me and my blog is my strength.

Hopefully, singer-songwriter and musician Cameron Lew and his Ginger Root project are faring much better in California. In August of this year, Ginger Root released their latest single "Only You", which is another sunny techno-light funky tune with a hint of 60s sweet pop as a topping. The video has Lew possibly getting yanked back into the Japanese corporatism of the music industry for that good money and fame. Compare that with his current circumstances of his own struggling business as a solo act.  Although I'm a music fan and not a musician, I can definitely relate to young Cameron.

"Only You" is also available in Ginger Root's latest album which came out a couple of months ago "Shinbangumi" (New Program). I wish him continued success.