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After some time in the studio with various producers pushing and trying and forcing myself to make the music I thought I should make; the music they thought was the happening sound of today, I had a revelation. One of my most treasured musical influences, Laura Nyro, made her transition. I retreated into my own world to reconnect with what was important to me as an artist. I couldn't listen to most of my old demos. They seemed empty. What did I really want to say and how did I want to say it. It became clear to me that I was the one who knew best what to write and how to produce it. One day during a meditation, a guide came to me who looked kind of like Ellen Degeneris. She talked real fast and told me I had to do a CD and not to worry because I had plenty of help. She motioned to Laura who sat smiling beside her. At first I was stunned, especially since this entity seemed so hyper and intenseââ?-¦ not exactly the woo woo spiritual type. The reference and appearance of Laura soothed me incredibly and I felt as though it was up to me to carry on where she left off. I let go into this new adventure where 'a view from the moon' was birthed with ease. Each track was written and recorded by me in my living room on the 45th floor in midtown Manhattan. All the sounds came from my Proteus 1 module being played through an Korg keyboard. I recorded onto computer and mixed down to my four track. It was scary not having a state of the art digital setup, but I couldn't let that stop me. I knew that what I was creating was going to be filled with more heart and soul than anything I had ever done. I closed the blinds, lit stick after stick of nag champa incense and listened for the sound in my ear. I got up every morning, made kukicha tea and sat down with pen and paper away from my keyboard. The spontaneous unedited writing from those morning sessions became the lyrics for each song. I would then move to the keyboard and begin wherever I was guided to begin. Sometimes with a bass part, sometimes a drum part, but always fresh and absolutely in the moment. Always 'letting it come' to me. Song after song came. Bass parts, funky, jazzy atonal horn parts. Lyrics that seemed totally asymmetrical, as in Dear Dear Love, became beautifully fleshed out melodies. My experience was that of allowing. I was taking dictation from a Divine Creative Energy; I was plugged in to the Flow. My writing will never be the same. I now totally trust what comes through me and I know that I am the vehicle for Spirit's Love and Grace to flow forth. I accept this fully as my life's purpose. I love listening to this CD. I'm inspired and proud to have created it. I hope it serves as an inspiration for you. Peacetrain 'You've got to drop your confined adult identity' That's what I had to do to create this CD. I had to drop what I thought was going to get me heard as an artist and vibe with what my truth was in the moment. This song paves the way for my metamorphosis into my truth as an artist. Dear Dear Love When these lyrics came, they were so unlike any lyrics in terms of symmetry that I felt nervous as to how I would get them to be a song. As I relaxed and let the work come through the song was beautifully and soulfully revealed to me. Dear Dear Love is a celebration of love right here, alive in the moment with it's richness and playfulness. I had just experienced a breakup that had me in deep grief. Someone new was knocking at the door and I was scared and doubting that love could last. 'Can we sustain this beauty, remaining unharmed and can we live as lovers delighted and charmed, and do we believe that the future is gettin' brighter every day?' One of the questions I ask myself constantly. Big Love I believe this is one of the sexiest songs ever written.This was the best process for me. After I put down the drums and bass track I turned up the funky horns on my Proteus and recorded one pass without stopping. It was wild. I never thought about what I was go
