Everything, And All You Need

When you do things differently, they and you are not always popular.

Sad fact, (sort of).

Popular means that most or a majority of people like what you did/do or are. Put this together with the fact that not every artist is PR savvy, or too poor to pay somebody who IS PR savvy and it can be a recipe for, well, maybe not disaster, but indeed a let down with a hard bump, time after time after time.

This is just a reminder to artists who are struggling, that you have to stick to your guns and not sell out. Remember why you are making music or art, and remember that it is an expression of yourself, and that is all. Remember that you do it because it has to come out, and you only feel content when it does.

Remember that life is not a contest, that winners and losers may be chosen by the popular vote, but that is not real life. Real life is you and your heart beat and as far out as you can reach your arms when you spin around. That's it and that's everything. You might say; 'Hey, what do you mean? That 3foot+ radius is all I have? That's IT?' Yeppers kids, that is what I'm saying, and that's not just 'it', that's in fact everything and all you need.

Last week I walked away from something huge, but it was to come home to myself, and it was such a relief. I had forgotten. I was out stretched thin trying to win the popular vote, but standing on that high wire was a difficult balancing act. I have some feelings about it sure, but the fact is, now I am sure, because I have everything I need right here and now. Nobody has to give me that...Hmm, maybe this post was just for me.

Happy Summer!

Happy Make Music Day/Summer Solstice and chocolate blitz week (wait how did that get in there?)

I have some awesome music to share with you this week, as well as an old favorite video that I just found on YouTube, and a couple of quickie reads that I posted up over at Squidoo (#SethGodinLove).


Sita Sings The Blues

All about Hannah Epperson and her new single: Shadowless

Cool new band sent from my pal Ryan down under: Human Experience

How to access your own superhero - quickie article

How to be professional on-line - quickie article


It's busy as usual up here on the mountain, but I'll be updating the website soon and am working on some really cool apps for the music world in between soundtracks.

Stay warm, and stay dry if you're in Alberta!

Finishing Dr King's work ~ Please forward!

Dear friends and colleagues, I would like to invite you to take part in a once in a life time event - we are working on a special campaign that Martin Luther King Jr. began decades ago. 

If you know me you know I don't ask you for much, and I don't believe in awards, but I do believe in the recognition of hard work  and I would love to be a part of honouring the work of Thich Nhat Hanh and those who strive to find ways to make peace happen in every moment, for every person.

Please read on to find out how you or someone you know can be involved - and thank you!

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Peace is the Way Films would like to begin 2013 by helping Martin Luther King, Jr. to fulfill one of his dreams.

We are launching a social media and email campaign to re-nominate Thich Nhat Hanh for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, 45 years after Dr. King’s assassination in 1968.

As Dr. King stated in his original 1967 Nobel Peace Prize letter, nominating Thich Nhat Hanh, ”I do not personally know of anyone more worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize than this gentle Buddhist monk from Vietnam.”

Help us nominate Thich Nhat Hanh for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize.

It is easy for you to help make this dream a reality. At the bottom of this message there is a list of “Qualified Nominators,” meaning people who are qualified to nominate someone for the Nobel Peace Prize.

If you, a friend, colleague or acquaintance fit into any of the below categories, then you are eligible to nominate Thich Nhat Hanh for the Nobel Peace Prize 2013.

You can also of course as a private person sign the letter and send it to the Nobel Committee.

It is our goal to flood the Nobel Committee with letters from private persons and qualified nominators.

The deadline for all letters to be received by the Nobel Committee is February 3rd, 2013.

Smiles and Gratitude

Qualified Nominators:
The right to submit proposals for the Nobel Peace Prize shall, by statute be enjoyed by:

1. Members of national assemblies and governments of states;

2. Members of international courts;

3. University rectors; professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law, theology, directors of peace research institutes;

4. Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize;

5. Board members of organizations that have won the Nobel Peace Prize;

6. Active and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (proposals by members of the Committee to be submitted no later than the first meeting of the Committee after February 1st)

7. Former advisers appointed by the Norwegian Nobel Institute.

FOR MORE INFO
www.peaceisthewayfilms.com

Greatest honour!

Hurray! We are officially on the film!

You know I don't ask you for money, but this is the most worthy cause - helping to raise a peaceful generation!! Please give if you can;-)

See us here in Shambala Sun!