|
|
What a time to be living in! The end of an era and a
feeling that come what may, we Americans will decide what our
next dreams shall be. My music reflects that feeling and a
feeling from within that must be expressed in order to tap the
happiness that we all seek, a joy that is inherent in all of us,
regardless of our age or our understanding of our world around
us.
In the last two years I've
performed in many places. One thing is for sure.
Getting to know my own American culture has been interesting,
sometimes surprising, and always gratifying. When last
summer I played in Flora, IL, I learned how close communities
can be, and how when you put yourself on the line to give your
all out for these people, they give more back to you. To
have folks after concerts in Springfield, OH, and in Pittsburg,
PA come up after the shows, buy CD's and shake your hand saying
how much they enjoyed the music never gets old. When kids
spontaneously start dancing near the grand piano at Indiana
Beach, its a feeling you can only remember and cannot describe.
I feel an optimism, a force of
goodness, a unified spirit of good will when in Warrenville, IL
I ask the audience for help in naming a song and after it's
performance "BEAUTIFUL, SAD SONG" becomes the title. What
a time to be living in.
The challenges of the last few
years have been big ones, and with a good feeling for the future
prevailing in most, there have been slow, sometimes arduous but
inevitable strides made. Other challenges are like other
things in life that are constant and you do everything you can
to make the best of uncontrollable, unforeseen events and
circumstances.
That is what the thrust of
SECRET LIGHT is about. Empathy, yearning to inspire when
some would relinquish or pity without seeing the good in all of
us, regardless of our physical state. To look beyond, to
bring those we encounter to also look beyond and laugh a little,
realizing how short it is we are here and the process of life
and our fellow humans is of utmost importance.
We do have this if we can
imagine where we go next and here is music that's a culmination
of the efficacy of that spirit. |