Saturday, May 12, 2012
Santana - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
This is one of my favorite songs by George Harrison, in this version, I like the sound of Yo Yo Ma with the guitar
To Heaven and Back
To Heaven and Back, by Dr. Mary C. Neal, MD
I sympathize with Dr. Neal, I read some of the reviews so I could see if it was troublesome to some reviewers. It is difficult to write about a miraculous happening, because it is often looked at as an untrue account, or an account that leaves suspicion, as some of the reviews indicate. People find it hard to believe that something like this could happen to another person.
I cried for three days, before I was able to deal with the miraculous event in my life. I too, chose to only talk about it first with family and close friends, then like Dr. Neal felt compelled to write about it. However, I did not have the courage to write about it in a true story, so I buried it in my first novel. I too experienced the click of a shutter, a special light and a sense of being out of time when the miracle occurred.
It had to be difficult for Dr. Neal a doctor to risk her reputation. She was clear in stating that she was not that religious and she was also clear in her commitment to science. I too felt that the liberal slant that came up was not necessary to the story, however, it was and is part of her life.
The important value of this book is that it happened to her, just as it happened to me, and in my case, I had the adventure in a miracle at my Mother's bedside, with a Catholic Nun. All three of us participated in the miracle. So, I speak with a strong voice that I believe Dr. Neal and know that she would not risk her reputation to print a book about something that is not true, to her life.
After something like this happens to you, you automatically know that the voice inside you that told you since a child, that there was more to life than you could see, is the true voice. You do not need to speak for a specific religion, or a specific environmental or political belief, the message is clearly LOVE, as she sees it and as I see it from my experience. If we all know that is the message, we will act appropriately as the thread in the tapestry acts to hold the hologram together. In my case I have come to the belief that light is what contributes to the play we are acting out in matter, all for the growth of LOVE , in our everlasting souls. I appreciated the similarity of light, the click sound and the feeling of knowing LOVE to be the most important. This book could help so many people recognize that their time on earth, each way, in every day, is critical to their personal growth. I highly recommend this book for friends, relatives and neighbors that need a step up the ladder of life.
Madlyn Fafard
Author : Secrets of the Heart
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I cried for three days, before I was able to deal with the miraculous event in my life. I too, chose to only talk about it first with family and close friends, then like Dr. Neal felt compelled to write about it. However, I did not have the courage to write about it in a true story, so I buried it in my first novel. I too experienced the click of a shutter, a special light and a sense of being out of time when the miracle occurred.
It had to be difficult for Dr. Neal a doctor to risk her reputation. She was clear in stating that she was not that religious and she was also clear in her commitment to science. I too felt that the liberal slant that came up was not necessary to the story, however, it was and is part of her life.
The important value of this book is that it happened to her, just as it happened to me, and in my case, I had the adventure in a miracle at my Mother's bedside, with a Catholic Nun. All three of us participated in the miracle. So, I speak with a strong voice that I believe Dr. Neal and know that she would not risk her reputation to print a book about something that is not true, to her life.
After something like this happens to you, you automatically know that the voice inside you that told you since a child, that there was more to life than you could see, is the true voice. You do not need to speak for a specific religion, or a specific environmental or political belief, the message is clearly LOVE, as she sees it and as I see it from my experience. If we all know that is the message, we will act appropriately as the thread in the tapestry acts to hold the hologram together. In my case I have come to the belief that light is what contributes to the play we are acting out in matter, all for the growth of LOVE , in our everlasting souls. I appreciated the similarity of light, the click sound and the feeling of knowing LOVE to be the most important. This book could help so many people recognize that their time on earth, each way, in every day, is critical to their personal growth. I highly recommend this book for friends, relatives and neighbors that need a step up the ladder of life.
Madlyn Fafard
Author : Secrets of the Heart
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1450042058/ref=sib_dp_kd#reader-link
Friday, May 11, 2012
The Egyptian
This was a great movie of the 1950's and I heard a new version is being introduced this year.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
To Infinity and Beyond: BBC Untangles the Most Exponential Mystery | Brain Pickings
To Infinity and Beyond: BBC Untangles the Most Exponential Mystery | Brain Pickings Just imagine, as we look into the Universe we look back in time to lives we have lived and continue to live , hard to imagine?
Here is some reading for a rainy day.
Here is some reading for a rainy day.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Forbidden Discoveries - Ancient Atomic Blast and Aeronautical Science
More and more is being written about aliens and the possibility that an atomic explosion caused the great flood...??? Was it done to repopulate the planet with the correct species? Lots of questions. Watch Ancient Aliens on the History channel History.com
Bert Weedon
Longing to play the guitar, this is where many of the greats learned to play, from Bert Weeden's book, Play in a Day
Bert Weedon's Play in a Day: Guide To Modern Guitar Playing by Bert Weedon (Paperback - Apr 24, 2012)
Get it by Thursday, May 10 if you order in the next 19 hours and choose one-day shipping.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Django Reinhardt J'attendrai Swing
How beautiful, his inner rhythm found in gypsy music, it must be in all of us, because this reaches into our souls....keep looking, listening, find your inner muse....listen to the sounds of the planets on YouTube and ...listen to great artists...
Louis Armstrong - Blue Moon
Love this arrangement by Louis Armstrong, maybe it is something to try...with vocals
tony bennett - night and day
Just thought I would throw in the Tony Bennett version, for good comparisons....KD Lang with Tony Bennett is great, but she needs to find her muse....when she records alone.
Night And Day (Frank Sinatra - 1957 with Lyrics)
Listen to the difference in the presentation , voice and orchestra....
"Night And Day" Frank Sinatra
Frank is great, but, the voice is not resounding.....the Nelson Riddle arrangment makes the whole thing blaze...I will post that next.
Blue Moon - Tony Bennett
Michael Buble, reminds me of a cross between Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra.....wonder if Michael ever did this song....have to look.
Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Slow Version)
As an artist, maybe using this song, to see what you feel when you sing it slow, and when you sing it fast, will help you find your true inner beat... What feels right for you?
Listening to artists and trying to sing in their tempo ...where are you off, are you too slow, too fast, are you behind the beat, or ? What is right for you will come to you as you practice. The change in Frank Sinatra is so tremendous, before Nelson Riddle and after Nelson Riddle...just find the examples for yourself on YouTube, they are so obvious. Personally, I think that Amy Winehouse had a perfect band, and if I was a singer, I would try and work with her band. But, then I am not an expert, I just listen to and love music.
Listening to artists and trying to sing in their tempo ...where are you off, are you too slow, too fast, are you behind the beat, or ? What is right for you will come to you as you practice. The change in Frank Sinatra is so tremendous, before Nelson Riddle and after Nelson Riddle...just find the examples for yourself on YouTube, they are so obvious. Personally, I think that Amy Winehouse had a perfect band, and if I was a singer, I would try and work with her band. But, then I am not an expert, I just listen to and love music.
Breakin' Up Is Hard To Do - Neil Sedaka
there are two versions, and you can hear the inner rhythm of Neil in both versions...here is one...
Carly Simon Nobody Does It Better Cover By Marina Berry -'The Spy Who Lo...
Carly Simon, writes and sings songs that are for her, this is the best example of a song for Carly. In side of each of us is an inner rhythm, our senses interpret the world by that rhythm and respond to it, in kind. Another example .listen to Frank Sinatra, before Nelson Riddle, then listen to him with Nelson Riddle, what a difference. Nelson Riddle brought him to the right rhythm. Amy Winehouse, is another example, the band that backed her had the right beat for Amy. Some people know their rhythm, and some people need to have a band find it for them. .
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Beniamino Gigli - Non Ti Scordar Di Me
Here is a rich voice from the past singing this song. Probably one of the best solo male versions of the song.
Pavarotti - Non ti Scordar di me (Central Park Concert)
Great Italian music I learned in my childhood
Parlami d'amore Mariù
In Framingham we had a program called the Italian Hour, run by Pearl Oliva and her father, who founded the program and this was a song that I heard often , as my mother sang along with it on the radio
MANTOVANI - CHARMAINE
Montovani was very popular and deserved it, just listen to the beauty of his presentation here.
Till Then
Once upon a time, I thought that the great groups, the great songs would never die, and maybe they won't ...I noted that they used my favorite ...Whispering Grass, in a train commercial recently
THE CHIMES ONCE IN A WHILE
they had a great hit with this song...and it puts me back in time to my teenage home
Duprees - (It's No) Sin
This was a wonderful song of the 50's? Or was it earlier? Long forgotten, but a great song to revive
A moment Like this
Diane, we love you on Fox
Business, and love your voice , what a wonderful career in front of you
Business, and love your voice , what a wonderful career in front of you
Georges Guétary - I'll build a stairway to paradise (V.Minnelli's An Ame...
Just slow the tempo down, and it becomes much more pleasant, less tinny and 20's sounding...
Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise (1922)
To me, this was always the sound of the 1920's on Mom's Victorla that needed to be cranked, when we placed the big black 78 shellac record on ity.
It Started With ‘Genome’ - ‘Omes’ Proliferate in Science - NYTimes.com
It Started With ‘Genome’ - ‘Omes’ Proliferate in Science - NYTimes.com
How interesting that the word Ome, is now proliferate in science, while it is also the great word in the most popular mantra of Buddhism...."Om"
How interesting that the word Ome, is now proliferate in science, while it is also the great word in the most popular mantra of Buddhism...."Om"
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