Jo Davidson produced a music video with photos of nature, flowers and popular New York City landmarks. It is set to relaxing classical piano music and inspirational sayings such as “Sing the song in your heart.” You can watch more music videos produced by Jo Davidson by visiting her channel on You Tube.
On December 7th, 2009 at 1:30pm GMT Starbucks invited musicians from all over the world to sing together at the same time to raise awareness for AIDS in Africa. In that one breathtaking moment, musicians from 156 countries played “All You Need is Love” together. You can watch the music video on YouTube if you click here.
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual award given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime contributions to American culture. Last night CBS aired the ceremony and showed Bruce Springsteen receiving the honor – as he sat next to President Obama and heard Eddie Vedder perform Bruce’s City of Ruins.
City of Ruins is an example of how a song can turn into a living prayer. Its lyrics and imagery depict transformation and rising above your struggles. The first minute of the song is sad and pensive as Bruce reflects upon an empty and desolate city. But, a couple minutes into the song, the beat picks up and Springsteen opens his hands and prays the words:
“With these hands. I pray for the strength Lord with these hands. I pray for the love Lord with these hands.”
One can only imagine what is inspiring Springsteen to write and sing these words.
The song gains more momentum during the final minute when Bruce sings out:
“Rise up. Come on, rise up. Come on rise up.”
This spiritual language of transformation is unmistakable. Springsteen knows that his city is in ruins. But, he is asking for the strength to rise above it…
Susan Boyle’s audition video for the reality TV show, Britain’s Got Talent, was the most watched YouTube video of 2009 with over 120 million viewings, more than three times higher than the second most popular video uploaded to YouTube.
Her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” on the show catapulted her from an unemployed church choir singer to an international media sensation. She almost did not audition for Britain’s Got Talent, but a former coach persuaded her to go out for the show despite Susan’s belief that “…she was too old and that it was a young person’s game.”
Susan Boyle released her first album in November 2009. It debuted as the number one best-selling CD on the charts around the globe.
Dr. Judith Orloth (www.DrJudithOrloff.com) interviewed Quincy Jones about intuition for her new book, Positive Energy. He bluntly answered by saying,
“I’ve counted on my intuition for 50 years. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t trust it. To me, intuition is paying close attention to God’s whispers. It’s the most natural part of us. Listening gives us energy and inner power. What you feel, not what you think. That’s what it’s all about. I live by goosebumps. I get them every time something really touches me…music, movies, poetry and emotion…Nothing to talk about unless I get the goosebumps. I believe all the answers to our questions are out there if we just slow down enough to hear….Jazz people really trust intuition. They have to. They live off of it. They exist because of it.”
It kind of makes you wonder:
What would have happened if Quincy Jones had ignored his intuition? Would he still have earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, won 27 Grammys or had the creative juice to produce Michael Jackson’s album Thriller? What would have happened to his lifework if he did not trust his intuition.
At the age of 47, singer, Susan Boyle, went from obscurity to superstar overnight because of her performance on Britain’s Got Talent, which now has over 30 million hits on YouTube. When she walked on stage, the crowd began to snicker and one of the judges admitted she was a bit cynical, but Susan’s performance was a wake up call. In the interview below, Larry King talks to Susan Boyle about what it is like to finally be living and realizing her dream now. Susan’s story is striking a nerve around the globe and is an example of why we should NEVER give up on our dreams.
In this peace for music project, Playing for Change recorded street performers from around the globe while performing Stand By Me in their virtual studio. Playing for Change is a multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. For more information you can visit www.playingforchange.com or watch the music video of Stand By Me performed below.
Jewel’s Angel Standing By is one of those songs that gives you goosebumps. She said she chose to sing it because it reveals, “the understanding that I think we are loved beyond our ability to even understand.” Listening to the music and lyrics of this song takes you to the place where you know you are loved, cherished and appreciated unconditionally.
The music video below is a compilation of talks given by Jerry and Esther Hicks on a cruise with music playing and people dancing in the background. The main point that I got from their talks is that everything that you have experienced in your life thus far has happened in order to give you the knowledge, skills and internal strength to help you carry out your life purposes/whatever is calling out to you. The message is very empowering and the music video is fun to watch.
The music video below sung by Il Divo is one of the best versions of Hallelujah that I’ve ever heard. Even though it is in a different language that I speak, Italian, it sounds like a beautiful prayer and touches my heart.
