Contemplating Waves has been nominated for the Delores Paradise Best Band Award, and two of our songs have been nominated for 2026 Golden Kayaks! Thank you to our Indieland peers who nominated us! Much love, and good luck to our fellow nominees! Here are our two nominated songs. Contemplating Waves - Looking Into the Ocean - Classic Rock and Progressive Contemplating Waves - Out of the Ground - Rock You can listen to all of the nominated songs here: 2026 Golden Kayak Award Nominees Welcome to the Contemplating Waves band page on Indie Music People. We are: Russ Foreman and Larree Hollywood. Russ and Larree have been creating music together since the 1970s. They started out as an acoustic duo, and later played together in the bands Tulpa, We (with singer/songwriter Peri Traynor), and Inhabitants of the Western Wasteland. Contemplating Waves history: In the Spring of 2021 Russ invited Larree to join a new band with him and his old drummer, Chuck Hippert, and together they laid down the foundation for the band. Russ decided to call the first jam they recorded Contemplating Waves because it was spacey and meditative. Larree dug the name so much he suggested it as a band name just so they could be a band with a theme song, like Iron Butterfly or The Monkees, and Russ and Chuck agreed. Chuck left the band after about 18 months, and Russ and Larree decided to keep on Contemplating Waves as a duo. Thanks for listening. Current lineup (2025-2026): Russ Foreman - guitars, bass, keys, flutes, vocals, production, and mixing; Larree Hollywood - guitars, sitar, kalimba, vocals Original lineup (2021-2022): Russ Foreman - guitars, bass, keys, vocals, production, and mixing; Chuck Hippert - Drums; Larree Hollywood - guitars, vocals
Out of the Ground What are we? Zombies? Ghosts? Angels? Only your hairdresser knows for sure. Nominated for the 2026 Golden Kayak Award - Rock
Looking Into the Ocean I played this song with my first band, August Roads, in the mid 1970s. The song was written by Greg Barber. It was much fun to record this with Contemplating Waves. Added to Feature Songs station 10/14/2025 4:32:14 PM. Nominated for the 2026 Golden Kayak Award - Classic and Progressive Rock
Only In a Dream Dreaming of a world that existed tens of thousands of years ago; or perhaps many thousands of years in the future. This song sets the tone for our musical adventure.
Backwards We're always looking for answers in the past. But we never learn from history. Here we are today. Added to Featured Songs station 1/31/2026 12:11:32 AM
Double Life A Larree classic from the 1980s brought back to life by the brilliant production of Russ Foreman for Contemplating Waves.
Blood in the Sky A bleak prognostication of a not too distant dystopian future, coming to a screen near you, perhaps in our own lifetimes.
Psychedelic Shack Up by NegTen (isolated tracks) Russ and Larree's isolated sitar and guitar tracks from Psychedelic Shack Up by Negative Tendencies.
Space (snippet) Just a little snippet; a little tease. Just to let you know Russ and I are working!
Contemplating Waves Winner of the 2021 Golden Kayak in the Rock/Guitar Instrumental Category
One of These First Nights
Blue Jay Way
Blue Jay Way Reprise - I Can Feel You Now
Fantasy part 1: Monolith Revealed
Fantasy part 2: Looking for Prudence
Fantasy part 3: Racing Through the Himalayas
What Kind of Fool?
Waiting For the Sunrise
Waiting For the Sunrise (alt. mix 3)
Don't Move Your Kids to L.A.
Ya Ya No Just a snip of a jam we recorded the other day.
Keeping It Real
9/27/2021 9:21:48 AM What Kind Of Fool....... absolutely love it !
6/28/2021 6:44:58 PM Excellent.... Loving the sound.. the voice the music .. the Song.... More MORE MORE !!!
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