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Jonas & Jeanette

Jonas & Jeanette

We have been performing, writing, producing and co-creating together for the past 10 years. Jonas originally came from a heavy metal musical background, touring with groups such as Aragathor and Random Damage, while Jeanette came from more of a Pop/CountryRnB background and had 6 international Country radio & CMT video releases. We met performing in a Neil Diamond Tribute band (Nearly Neil!) Yes, how cool is that?! Coming from two, totally different worlds, we were quite surprised by the magical and instant creative/musical connection we had. (That is what the song ‘Telepathy’ is about on our playlist and is the second song we ever wrote together).

Over the past few years, we have written and recorded a TON of music together with flavours of Rock, Dance, Pop, Disco, Inspirational and R & B. So we definitely have something for everyone! Some of our music is focussed around new thought and personal growth themes….. but it can definitely Rock in moments! (much to the credit of Jonas:) Check out: The Party Song and Jonas’ guitar solo in Hollywood Star!). Our album was recorded mainly in White Rock, BC and Montreal, Quebec, but we also had the opportunity to record some tracks in Malaysia, Florida, Toronto and the allegedly haunted, Dune Castle in Scotland!

In addition to writing, recording and performing our own original music, we are the creators/founders of Moon Coin Productions (www.mooncoinproductions.com), which encompasses many aspects of the entertainment field, including; Live Stage Show Production, Sound & Lighting Production, Event Management, Studio Recording and Music Composition. We have also developed various global initiatives, focused on helping to uplift human consciousness. Some of these include ‘Kindness ROCKS; (an initiative focused on tolerance, Kindness to self, others and our planet www.kindnessrocks.net) Our vision and purpose is to connect with and help people on a global scale; to contribute to our world in a positive way through the powerful gift and influence of music, creativity and entertainment.

 

 

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Thomas Barquee

Thomas Barquee was brought up in a Protestant family and attended church frequently, drawn in large part to the sacred music, especially that of J.S. Bach. As a young child, he was also exposed to Beethoven and the Romantic composers, beginning his own study of classical piano and composition at age nine with an internationally renowned teacher in Hamburg, Germany.

In his mid-20s, Barquee was a busy recording session musician, toured internationally with his own bands, had a five year publishing deal with Warner Brothers, had a record deal with EMI Japan, and was well on his way to European/Asian pop stardom. But somewhere along the line the world of pop stardom ended up feeling empty to Barquee.

In search of new inspiration Barquee moved to Los Angeles in 1992, reinstating his dormant Kundalini Yoga practice (he had become a practitioner in India more than a decade earlier), and shifting his musical perspective to one more spiritually oriented.

He now records and performs his own style of sacred music, as well as producing many other artists. He was the producer, engineer and programmer for Game of Chants, as well as playing both keyboards and bass.

 

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Ashana

Ashana

Weaving together soaring, angelic vocals and the celestial sound of crystal singing bowls, Ashana’s music is an exquisitely crafted, luminous sonic tapestry that soothes and opens the heart, enfolding the listener in a transcendent experience of the Divine. This stunningly beautiful alchemy has been hailed by listeners all over the world as “breathtaking” and “a Gift from Heaven.”

Ashana’s CD recordings, “All Is Forgiven,” “Jewels of Silence,” and the newly released “Beloved”, co-written and produced by renowned world music artist Thomas Barquee (Snatam Kaur, Seal), are filled with sensitive and profoundly healing renderings of sacred song, chant and mantra inspired by the world’s traditions. Her intuitive vocal improvisations and crystal bowl playing are featured in the documentary film “The Sound You Feel: Vibrations of Healing,” released by Beyond Words, and have received international acclaim for their sensitivity, depth and beauty. Ashana’s live performances have been called “powerful” and “deeply transformative” and she travels across the US, Canada and abroad, offering concerts and sound healing workshops

Classically trained, Ashana graduated with a degree in vocal studies from the Mannes College of Music in New York City, and for years performed as soloist and ensemble member in New York’s early music scene. Moving from ancient to contemporary, she immersed herself in theater, jazz, pop and children’s music as performer, recording artist, songwriter and teacher.

For the last decade, she has been involved in a deeply personal exploration of sound healing and vocal toning, during which period she discovered and began playing quartz crystal singing bowls, instruments that are often used in contemplative practices to support healing, balance and well-being.

“For me, singing is a life path, a spiritual journey that has led to the very core of my being,” says Ashana. “Music can transport us, lift us to the place where we gently let go and open completely to receive and remember the divine heart that lives within each one of us, that truly lives in all beings. I have seen, felt and been utterly transformed by the power of sound and music to heal; it is a gift to us from the Source of Love – it is total, pure Grace.”

 

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Shawn Gallaway

Shawn Gallaway is a visual artist, singer songwriter, author, ceremonial healer, workshop facilitator, energy worker and Certified Lifeline Practitioner. He has traveled through out the world sharing his healing message and has recently shared the stage with the Dalai Lama, authors Gregg Braden, Bruce Lipton, Robert Holden, Darren Weissman, T. Harv Ecker, and with rock and pop masters Orleans, Jimi Jamison, Dave Jenkins, Allan Parsons and Robbie Dupree.

He is also a screenwriter who is currently producing the film, The Choice, which chronicles the healing journey of eight brave men and women who together choose Love and walk the path of the heart, transforming their fears into love in service to humanity and the earth.

Shawn Gallaway is an accomplished singer songwriter with three CD’s and one DVD to his credit to date. He is also an author and a gifted visual artist whose work has been shown through out the United States and abroad. As a workshop facilitator and a ceremonial healer Shawn has assisted and blessed many over the years with his keen insight and his ability to bring a sense of humor to the healing process. His current passion is combining all his gifts into a multimedia theater production and film called The Choice. The Choice can best be described as a healing experience that can enlighten and inspire the masses into loving action in the world through the use of the arts.

Shawn’s I Choose Love CD and Book follows the soul’s healing journey through pain, confusion and struggle to emerge into the freedom of self-awareness, purpose, compassion, joy, and connection. It includes songs, stories, and a series of original paintings that chronicle Shawn’s own journey back to peace.

Shawn’s I Choose Love DVD is the heart stirring I Choose Love music video with both images and Mary Beth Shannon signing the song. It also includes interviews and a section of Shawn and Mary Beth teaching children how to sign.

 

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Theda Phoenix

Theda Phoenix is an Intuitive Singer and a Songwriter with a passion for spiritual growth and healing. She uses her voice and spontaneous intuitive songs as a medium to inspire and remind people of their divinity and infinite potential.

Theda knows that music expressed from the heart has the power to open the hearts of others, deepening the connection to self, spiritual essence and our innate ability to live a life of joy, love, freedom, and fulfilment.

Theda has three soothing CD’s, Remergence, Suspended and the newly released Crystal Calm.

 

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Matthew Kocel

Matthew Kocel – Imagine a voice emanating exquisite harmonic overtones, bursting forth like a fractal universe over the pulsing drones of Tibetan and crystal singing bowls,
harmonium and conch shell.

From Canada to Colorado, California to Costa Rica, audiences are raving about the feelings they experience while listening to the otherworldly sounds of
American throat singer Matthew Kocel.
People consistently say they experience deep meditative states, even profound visions while listening. His music does not consist of songs, per se, it is more like a collection of meditations or sonic prayers for healing.

 

Matthew Kocel – Mediation and Sound

 

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Denise Hagan

Denise Hagan is a sacred and inspirational performer dedicated to opening the heart of humankind through sound, story and song.

In her late twenties, a severe health condition called Denise to search deep inside herself in way she had never done before. Facing something that the world might call incurable, once again her music became that vehicle for healing and releasing the deep physical pain that she was in. At this huge crossroads, it became obvious to Denise that it was time to write more openly about her long time faith in the divine source of all life.

‘For those who hear…’ is the album that beautifully reveals Denise’s inner world at that time (2006). It seems to give voice to the inner listening of this young woman in a way that most writers would never reveal. It is a delicate and astute observation of her relationship with the divine source of all creation.

“I wrote this album to save my life, I cannot say it more plainly than that. I wrote these songs to comfort my aching heart and to give myself hope for a better day. I was smart enough to know that what was going on inside me was a matter between God and I – I wasn’t expecting a hero outside of me to arrive.”

“I recognized that I was the voice that would determine my survival in this world. I knew that the message I gave myself would either take my life or restore my life – the options were clear to me.”

 

World Kindness Concert ~ Denise Hagan

 

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Stefan Mitchell

Stefan Mitchell is emerging as the vocal artist of awakening consciousness on the planet. His rich, multi-dimensional vocal style, poignant lyrical tapestries and captivating stage performance give listeners the soul searing depth of a longed for spiritual connection. From the power that moves through his performances to his wry sense of humor, Stefan lives his belief that we are all made of one spirit. He feels that the deeper the recognition of that single spirit in our self and others, the better the planet will heal.

Stefan’s purpose in this work is to heal the planet one song at a time. It’s happening now. Stefan has been a presenter for spiritual organizations and metaphysical conferences throughout the U.S., Mexico and Canada. He has performed in New Zealand, the UK, Australia and Japan and shared the stage with internationally known personalities such as Deepak Chopra, Marianne Williamson, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Jean Houston and Dr. Jane Goodall. All over the world, people wonder how Stefan can make the tension between the deep spiritual reach of his songs and the playful, light-hearted way he approaches life resolve. Every concert receives a standing ovation. Or two. Or three! He humbly responds that it is just the very real way our Creator has manifested talent THROUGH a spiritual being having a delightfully physical experience here on earth.

Ten of these spiritually rich and reflective songs are on the CD, From Within, released in 2005. Stefan’s first original song is the title track. Perfect Mystery came next in 2006. Its upbeat pop/rock feel enhances the messages of hope and resolution of the human condition in a different way. Five original songs are the true substance of this work including Lean into Me, a One Vibration Radio favorite. That song plus The Other Side of Letting Go and Remember to Breathe all made Boadjam.com’s top ten songs.

 

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Joseph ‘Pepe’ Danza

Joseph ‘Pepe’ Danza is an electrifying percussionist and multi- instrumentalist. A native of Montevideo, Uruguay, he began classical guitar studies at age eight, and started his professional career at thirteen. He continued his studies in guitar as well as in piano, composition, music history and the physics of sound at the National Conservatory. All along he was naturally immersed in his native Candombe rhythms, the national groove of Uruguay and a fundamental element in the identity of all Uruguayans.

Pepe developed an early keen interest in world music and different expressions of spirituality which eventually led him to spend three years in Japan studying Shakuhachi and Buddhism , another two years in India and Sri Lanka for Indian music, Yoga and Tibetan Buddhism,Brazil for studies in Afro-Brazilian practices, Samba and Bossa Nova music, and shorter periods in Indonesia (studying gamelan), Koreaand the Philippines. He also has lived several years in Europe and the USA, performing and recording Latin , Jazz and Contemporary music with a number of local ensembles, and studying systems such as Sufism and the Gurdjieff Work.

Moving to Canada in 1989 he specialized in the study of world percussion while quickly establishing himself as one of the foremost drummers and band leaders on the West Coast. His credits include performances with South Indian master drummer Trichy Shankaran, singers Ann Mortifee and Christine Ducan, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir, and concert tours throughout Europe, Asia and New Zealand. In his extensive touring he has shared the stage with the likes of Ani DiFranco, Oscar Lopez, the Dalai Lama andDavid Lindley. Pepe is the leader of his own groups: Drum Prayers, a multi-cultural drumming ensemble and The Upbeats, and African and Afro-Latin drumming ensemble formed with his students

He has been featured for the last four years as a headlining performer and workshop leader at the Seattle World Rhythm Festival. one of the largest drumming Festivals in the U.S.A.

 

Pepe Danza – Seattle World Rhythm

 


 

 

 

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James Twyman

James Twyman is an internationally renowned, best-selling author, filmmaker and musician who has a reputation for traveling to some of the world’s greatest areas of conflict, sharing his message of peace. He has been called “The Peace Troubadour” and has performed his peace concert in countries like Iraq, Northern Ireland, South Africa, Bosnia and Serbia, drawing millions of people together in prayer to influence events of world crisis.

James has written twelve books including Emissary of Light, Emissary of Love, The Art of Spiritual Peacemaking and more recently The Moses Code, The Kabbalah Code and The Proof. He has also produced or directed four films including the award winning Indigo, and the film version of The Moses Code. His CD’s have inspired hundreds of thousands of people, and his performances at the United Nations, US Capitol and Pentagon, as well as grass roots projects like The Cloth of Many Colors, have made him one of the most influential spiritual peacemakers in the world.

James is also the president of The Beloved Community, an inter-religious organization that has ordained over 400 ministers of peace around the world, and the founder of The Seminary of Spiritual Peacemaking.

 

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Rickie Byars Beckwith

Rickie Byars Beckwith is one of the 21st century’s most revered singer-songwriters whose transcendent music opens the heart, touches the soul, and uplifts the spirit. Rickie is the Music and Arts Director of the Agape International Spiritual Center where she directs the 200-member Agape International Choir. Together with her husband, Rev. Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, their powerful partnership has resulted in a dynamic catalogue of songs that enable transformational healing through the power of music. She has performed in five sessions with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, at Green Festivals across North America, and at countless Peace Concerts that promote unity and the principles of non-violence.