One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.
Bob Marley, (1945 – 1981), Jamaican musician, singer-songwriter…
it’s the language,
that speaks,
every other…the composition,
of secret,
in sound.it’s the echo,
of deep,
meditation…the thread,
by which all of us,
are bound.1
Music can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable.
Leonard Bernstein, (1918 – 1990), American conductor, composer…
it all comes out in the music.
Jimi Hendrix, (1942 – 1970), American guitarist…
all the pain
all the tears
all the truth
if i — had a room — on the moon
i’d see a world — that seems — pretty phuckt
as creative — technologies — & destructive — ideologies — converge
i’d see pain — on the streets — & in the homes
marked by deepening — social — divisions
i’d see a country — a culture — that is broken
an unthreaded — fraying — synthetic — fabric — of hope
Music is the only thing that we all agree on & love
so let’s use it to try to patch this mess up.Robby Krieger, (1946 - ), American guitarist…
after years — of being closed — music venues — are open — in the city
open for listening
for connecting — with friends — old & new
for exploring — the shared flavors — of community
for reconciling — the daily pains — of our reality
We must not try to run from the pain
but to move through and beyond it.B.K.S. Iyengar, (1918 – 2014), Indian yoga teacher…
calling all music lovers
i need your help!
i’m looking — for a music — producer
a patient — passionate — professional
a logic-minded — audiophile
who supports — open to change
plays well — with artists
& understands — how to capture — sound
my aim — is to deliver — to you — regular doses — of music therapy 🎶
starting with
H-town
easy green
darkman (9:29)
are you open?
learning to let go
please point — all referrals — to music@opentochange.com
from my book — chapter 62
open to change, a story of becoming…
an experiential journey through Manhattan
blending poetry, music, & quotation
with 101 chapters & 31 songs
each chapter at a different location
a modern-day, philosophical treatise on the human condition
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