Music For The Goddess Discussions - Traveling within the World
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Scrapbook
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2010-11-17T01:27:24.441Z
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<font size="4">Scrapbook</font> <br></br>
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Finally! Here are some pictures of us performing live<br></br>
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Beltane 2002<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><br></br>Closed, due to concert
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<br></br>Rich and Wendy at Beltane 2002
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</font><h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Pagan Pride Day, New York City, 2001</font></h2>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><br></br>Wendy at PPD, Washington Square park, Sept 29, 2001
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Finally! Here are some pictures of us performing live<br/>
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Beltane 2002<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><br/>Closed, due to concert
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<br/>Rich and Wendy at Beltane 2002
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<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><br/>Wendy at PPD, Washington Square park, Sept 29, 2001
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Hands of Change: Joe Dzielak Remembered
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2010-11-17T01:24:47.138Z
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<div align="center"><h1 class="wht"><font size="3">In Loving Memory of Our Dear Brother Joe Dzielak</font></h1>
<p align="left" class="wht"><img align="right" alt="Portrait of Joe" border="0" height="300" hspace="6" src="http://www.handsofchange.org/images/joePic.jpg" width="221"></img> On Thursday, March 18, 2004 at approximately 11:30am our dear brother, Joe Dzielak, surrounded by friends and family, slipped beyond the veil<br></br> into the Summerland.</p>
<p class="wht">A<em>nd we will tell your stories,</em></p>
<p class="wht"><em>and we will sing your songs,</em></p>
<p class="wht"><em>and we will still remember you long after…</em></p>
</div>
<div align="center"><h1 class="wht"><font size="3">In Loving Memory of Our Dear Brother Joe Dzielak</font></h1>
<p class="wht" align="left"><img src="http://www.handsofchange.org/images/joePic.jpg" alt="Portrait of Joe" align="right" border="0" height="300" hspace="6" width="221"/> On Thursday, March 18, 2004 at approximately 11:30am our dear brother, Joe Dzielak, surrounded by friends and family, slipped beyond the veil<br/> into the Summerland.</p>
<p class="wht">A<em>nd we will tell your stories,</em></p>
<p class="wht"><em>and we will sing your songs,</em></p>
<p class="wht"><em>and we will still remember you long after you are gone.</em></p>
<p class="wht"><em>For we have been together as now we are apart,</em></p>
<p class="wht"><em>and you are with me always since I keep you in my heart.</em><sup>1</sup></p>
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<hr class="wht"/><p class="wht">On March 18th at about 11:30AM Joe Dzielak surrounded by his loved ones passed beyond the veil and the Pagan Community of New Jersey is short a pair of really large hands.</p>
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<p class="wht">Have you ever noticed online, how you can always tell when someone important to people passes? Their messages get shorter. On the Jersey lists today the messages are very short.</p>
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<p class="wht">For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, Joe Dzielak was the quiet guy who looked like a welder, probably because he was a welder and the fact that he was too busy doing what needed done to<br/> stop and talk. When I think back I still remember seeing his eyes light<br/>
up when he talked about what he could do with metal. Joe liked the fact<br/>
that he could rely on metal, it was strong, we liked the fact that we<br/>
could rely on him he was, "of metal".</p>
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<p class="wht"><img src="http://www.handsofchange.org/images/joeandgaia.jpg" align="left" border="0" height="209" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="144"/>Joe was a volunteer at most of the events in New Jersey and if you were ever in need of help, a shadow would pass over you and stuff moved<br/> around, got set up, got taken down, often without words. When I think<br/>
back it's kind of funny, if it was anyone else you may have felt<br/>
threatened but Joe was a good and selfless man and you just knew you<br/>
were in safe hands.</p>
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<p class="wht">Joe and Charlene were some of the first friends who crawled "out of the woodwork" back in the mid-late 90's when the New Jersey community started to come out in the open and gather together. I<br/> was struck with the old "these are nice people" and "they're serious<br/>
too" feelings when I talked to them and as it turned out we all have<br/>
become fixtures in the future of New Jersey Paganism and familiar to<br/>
each other.</p>
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<p class="wht"><img src="http://www.handsofchange.org/images/joeishtar.jpg" align="right" border="0" height="209" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="144"/>Joe and Charlene were some of the "hands" that helped build what has become one of the strongest communities in the country and anyone who ever<br/> enjoys a gathering in the state should look back a moment to thank the<br/>
people who made it happen.</p>
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<p class="wht">I know that I will see Joe in the future, he has probably run ahead to get things set up for us when we get there, after all there's important work to be done there too. I also know that for right<br/> now it doesn't help, as we miss a man who was a pillar of our community.</p>
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<p class="wht">The next time we meet Joe, he may look a little different but I know I'll recognize the hands.</p>
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<p class="wht">Our hearts and the hearts of our Coven go out to Charlene, the family and Hands of Change, we will stand with you and offer our humble hands in his stead.</p>
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<p class="wht">Blessed be,</p>
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<p class="wht"><strong>Steven E. Repko</strong></p>
<p class="wht">NatureWise Coven</p>
<p class="wht"><em>Reprinted from the Witches' Voice</em></p>
<p class="wht"><br/></p>
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Part 3: The 500 hats of Madam Musician
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2010-11-17T01:22:21.803Z
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<h2><font size="4">Part 3: The 500 Hats of Madam Musician</font></h2>
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<p>Let's be honest. We had absolutely no money. I had maybe enough to press one thousand CDs and do some minimal marketing (around $3000). Lucky for us, one of the band members owned a bedroom studio with some
sophisticated equipment, and is normally a producer and engineer. And<br />
here I broke my own rule, and we didn't have a written agreement with<br />
our producer/engineer, partly at his request, and this caused some<br />
problems…</p>
<h2><font size="4">Part 3: The 500 Hats of Madam Musician</font></h2>
<br />
<p>Let's be honest. We had absolutely no money. I had maybe enough to press one thousand CDs and do some minimal marketing (around $3000).
Lucky for us, one of the band members owned a bedroom studio with some<br />
sophisticated equipment, and is normally a producer and engineer. And<br />
here I broke my own rule, and we didn't have a written agreement with<br />
our producer/engineer, partly at his request, and this caused some<br />
problems later on. This also has to do with the fact that we are all<br />
friends, too, and at the time, a vague verbal agreement seemed adequate.<br />
In all likelihood, if he had told me how much it was going to cost to<br />
record, the project would have stalled right then and there.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>But I'm getting ahead of myself.
</p>
<p>I will be the first to admit that we broke a rule when we recorded, and that was because of the fact that one of us owned the
recording studio. We did do some writing in the studio. We finished the<br />
lyrics, melody and general structure of the song, but we went into the<br />
studio cold and with no or minimal rehearsal before we started laying<br />
down tracks. So we weren't as efficient with our studio time as we could<br />
have been. And so I declare<br />
<br />
</p>
<blockquote><b>Music Biz Rule Number 3: PRACTICE! You should be able to play all your material in your sleep!</b></blockquote>
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<p>I had been in the studio before, recording demos. Demos for bands I was in so we could get gigs and demos as a songwriter to try to sell the
songs (or get the fabled record contract). The most I ever did was 4<br />
songs, and I was a neophyte and let the engineer produce. I told him<br />
what sound I wanted and he did it or something close, or if he had an<br />
idea, I would let him go with it, and it turned out very nicely, even if<br />
I didn't hear it that way when I had written the song.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>This time the engineer was in the band, and was a co-writer, and a co-producer. Almost ten years had gone by since my last studio
experience, and I had some definite ideas of what I wanted on the album.<br />
I took a page from Hollywood: since it was my cold, hard cash that was<br />
financing this project, I became the Executive Producer, which meant<br />
that I was ultimately responsible for the entire project. This included<br />
scheduling, and attending every recording session, even if I wasn't<br />
playing or singing that night.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>There are many jobs that need to be done when your band is recording an album. Someone has to make sure all these little details
are covered Since I was the Executive Producer, and no one else was<br />
stepping up to the plate, all these things fell to me:<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Scheduling of recording sessions and musicians. This meant booking time in the studio and making sure that the musicians were
available to play and that they knew their parts. Of course in reality,<br />
this didn't work as smoothly as it sounds. I decided that having "guest<br />
guitarists" play lead guitar on different tracks would be a cool thing.<br />
One of them lived 2000 miles away. It was an interesting experience<br />
finding a studio over the phone and coordinating everything down to<br />
sending a rough mix of the rhythm tracks on ADAT overnight mail. And of<br />
course, my out of state friend's life decided to get completely out of<br />
control just then, and she couldn't record the tracks.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Provide a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere for the performers. If you are freaking out or stressed, and your players know it, they are
going to be nervous too and you're not going to get the best out of<br />
them. Know when to get out of the way, or have a trusted friend gently<br />
remind you. You can come back in the studio and hear what's been done<br />
later after you've calmed down.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Attending every recording session to make sure the tracks are being done properly. Even if you aren't playing in that session. I do
admit that I was unable to do this, and none of the other band members<br />
were comfortable enough to make decisions. Even when I wasn't there in<br />
person, I was there on the phone. I had to decide things like whether to<br />
use tracks recorded in less than optimal conditions, or wait two weeks<br />
until that player was available. And sometimes the decisions are hard.<br />
Do you let the release date of the album slide out one month? Two<br />
months? Will that make you miss the holiday buying season? Or do you go<br />
with what you've got and get something out?<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Attending the mixdown. If the final sound of your album matters to you, be there for the mix. The mix can make or break a song. Lots of
problems with recording can be fixed in the mix, and many engineers will<br />
tell you that, especially if you are not happy with a recording you<br />
just made. If you've got the time and the stamina however, do a retake.<br />
The cleaner your original tracks are, the better the final product will<br />
be. There are limits to what you really can fix in the mix.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>And please, <i>please</i>, make sure you have your tracks put on some kind of stable media (like tape). A hard disk is only good until it
crashes. And it will crash at some point. Back up your data, or be<br />
prepared to start all over again. If your studio uses hard disk<br />
recording instead of tape, make sure that all your files are backed up<br />
to another media. Things to request include backing up to a different<br />
physical hard drive (not another partition on the same disk!), CD-ROM,<br />
digital audio tape, or analog tape. Make sure it's in your contract with<br />
your engineer. Anyone who has any length of experience with computers<br />
knows that hard disk storage is not permanent. It's a matter of time<br />
before the hard drive becomes damaged in some way. Yes, you can get<br />
lucky and get 5 or even 10 years out of a hard drive, but play<br />
pessimist, please. Assume that the disk will crash right after you've<br />
done a rough mix, and that all your tracks will be gone. It's been known<br />
to happen. So here is<br />
<br />
</p>
<blockquote><b><font color="#FF0000">Computer rule number 1: MAKE BACKUPS!</font></b></blockquote>
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<p>And while you are recording and doing all of that stuff, don't forget about packaging. The big companies have staff that takes care of all of
this for you, and many CD manufacturers also have staff that can handle<br />
these jobs as well, and for pretty reasonable fees. However, being the<br />
masochist that I am, I took on all of this stuff as well.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Cover concept and execution. This is what a potential buyer will see and it will factor into whether they purchase your CD or not,
especially if they haven't heard of you or heard the songs on the album.<br />
The graphics and text should relate in some way to your music. Both<br />
music and art evoke emotional reactions from people. The emotions should<br />
be consistent (for instance, you probably won't see a fuzzy kitten in a<br />
basket of yarn on a thrash band's CD cover). You want your listeners to<br />
enjoy the music, and believe that their money was well spent. So<br />
hopefully, they'll tell everyone they know how great your CD is, and go<br />
and buy it.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Typesetting and layout for the insert, Jewel case tray card and CD itself. This can be a lot of work if you are not trained in graphic
arts. The look of your packaging is the listener's first impression. It<br />
is well worth the couple of hundred dollars (if you have it) to have a<br />
professional lay out your artwork and text. They know the formats for<br />
the printer, and all the details like color separations, registration<br />
marks, file formats, etc. Make sure that your proof prints are exactly<br />
what you want, and that there are no defects. You will be asked to<br />
approve them before production.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Photos of the band. These are very important. What is the purpose of the band photo? Are you putting it in the CD? Are you handing
our 8 by 10 glossies to fans? Are you making a press kit? If you can<br />
afford a professional photographer it can be well worth the results.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Selection of manufacturer. Choosing a good CD manufacturer with a proven track record is really important. I say this only because I went
with someone I never heard of, because a good friend was working for<br />
them at the time, and they undercut a market leader by a few hundred<br />
dollars. What should have taken two to three weeks took four months.<br />
Because of this delay, we missed out on many marketing and sales<br />
opportunities. After being burned like this, I will say that you<br />
basically get what you pay for. In retrospect, I should have cancelled<br />
the job when they laid off my friend (which they did at the beginning).<br />
Also, be aware that the time period from September to November is very<br />
busy for CD manufacturers. That is when they start producing high volume<br />
Christmas sales items, and small jobs get pushed aside.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Obtaining permission to use copyrighted material. You actually should have these before you start recording (because if you don't get
them, why spend money and time recording something you can't use?). You<br />
can contact the publisher of the music, the performance society (such as<br />
ASCAP), or the author him/herself for permission. You should get it in<br />
writing, and make whatever royalty arrangements you need to make in<br />
writing as well. If you don't know who wrote something, you can check<br />
the copyright archives on line.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>And because I didn't have enough to do, I started preliminary marketing in the form of the band's website. I admit that I really enjoy
doing websites, so it wasn't what I would call a hardship. There is a<br />
lot to know about how to make a site good looking and also easy to use.<br />
More than is appropriate for me to tell you here. All I will say for now<br />
is that you can put a website up for little or no money, and every band<br />
should have one. </p>
<p><br/></p>
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Part 2: Planting Seeds
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<h2><font size="3">Part 2: Planting Seeds</font></h2>
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<p>You drop little seeds as you travel through life. A word here, a<br></br> kindness there, and you move on, oblivious. But the Universe isn't<br></br>
oblivious. Some of these seeds take root and grow. (Sometimes these<br></br>
seeds are not planted in kindness, and the fruit that these plants bear<br></br>
can come back to trouble you. So plant with care, forethought, and<br></br>
awareness.) I didn't know it at the time, but I was planting seeds…</p>
<h2><font size="3">Part 2: Planting Seeds</font></h2>
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<p>You drop little seeds as you travel through life. A word here, a<br/>
kindness there, and you move on, oblivious. But the Universe isn't<br/>
oblivious. Some of these seeds take root and grow. (Sometimes these<br/>
seeds are not planted in kindness, and the fruit that these plants bear<br/>
can come back to trouble you. So plant with care, forethought, and<br/>
awareness.) I didn't know it at the time, but I was planting seeds among<br/>
the local Goddess community. I attended local rituals and celebrations,<br/>
met new people and made new friends. Many times we would form<br/>
spontaneous drum circles, or just play, since there were quite a few<br/>
people who were musicians. Sharing in that way, just playing and giving<br/>
were the seeds that I planted. We discovered that we could make music<br/>
together. The fruits of these seeds answered me when I put out the call.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Ironically, the responses I received when I put the word out that I was<br/>
starting a recording project were overwhelmingly male. So be it. The<br/>
door to my band is never closed, and perhaps some day I will make music<br/>
with some women, but for now, it's me and "the guys".<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
I work in the corporate world. I am a cog in the great machine of<br/>
business and technology. I have been modestly successful, and I have<br/>
learned about being part of a group and leading groups to achieve a<br/>
certain goal. Some of the things I've learned are highly applicable to<br/>
working in a band and making a record.<br/>
<br/>
</p>
<p><br/>
<br/>
I required a commitment from my men, and I gave the same: a year and a<br/>
day. A year and a day is a significant length of time in the Pagan<br/>
traditions that I follow. We sat down at the table and talked business<br/>
before we ever played a note together as a band. We put stuff in writing<br/>
so that there would be no confusion later. At least we thought so at<br/>
the time. If you don't get lawyers involved, there always seems to be a<br/>
loose end or two when you get done.<br/>
<br/>
</p>
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<br />
<p><br/>
<br/>
I have heard enough analogies that a band is like a family, and I<br/>
suppose that sometimes it is. I didn't want to follow that model for the<br/>
band, because that would make me the Mommy, and I already have that job<br/>
at home, thank you very much. So I made the analogy that a family is<br/>
like a company, and we will run the band like a business. If that makes<br/>
me the boss, well, at least that's better than the Mommy. Bosses don't<br/>
change diapers.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Let's think about the band/company analogy for a moment. A band is a<br/>
business proposition. We were together to create something. We were<br/>
together to make something. We were together to work. The songs we were<br/>
composing together become real, tangible, <i>intellectual property</i><br/>
with an intrinsic material value (a commodity). Whether someone would be<br/>
willing to pay money for it was still a matter of conjecture, but there<br/>
are legal and financial ramifications when a group of people agree to<br/>
do this sort of creative work together. We were all mature, grown-ups<br/>
who had been through the music mill for a number of years in a variety<br/>
of roles. None of us were music virgins. So it was important to iron out<br/>
the business details first.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
First we laid the ground rules regarding writing. The rule we followed is described in "<i>The Songwriter's Guide to Collaboration</i>," by Walter Carter (Writer's Digest Books). Simply: <b>whoever is in the room while a song is being written is a co-writer</b>.<br/>
This is because you don't know where or from whom the inspiration for<br/>
that great lyric or melody will come from. It could be someone sitting<br/>
on the couch talking about something completely unrelated that triggers a<br/>
memory or a flash of insight in you. If they weren't there, would you<br/>
have thought of it? Also, from a practical standpoint, it keeps gawkers<br/>
and girlfriends out of the writing sessions (yes it could be boyfriends,<br/>
too, but "boyfriend" doesn't alliterate with "gawker") if you know<br/>
you're going to be cutting them in on the copyright and royalties. Which<br/>
brings me to<br/>
<br/>
</p>
<blockquote><b>Music Biz Rule Number 2: PUT IT IN WRITITNG.</b></blockquote>
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Whatever rules you and your band decide to follow is fine as long as<br/>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<p>everyone agrees, and you then follow your rules. That's what writing<br/>
things down does for you. And if you still have trouble, post what you<br/>
wrote on the wall so you can see it.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Then we set a goal. It is important for the group to have a goal. The<br/>
goal doesn't have to be achievable in the short term, but if it is, or<br/>
if it is <i>perceived to be achievable</i>, it helps keep people<br/>
focused. The job of the leader is to keep people focused and then get<br/>
out of their way. I think our first year's goal was pretty reasonable:<br/>
"Let's put a CD out in a year." And we focused on that.<br/>
<br/>
We scoured our existing collections of music to see if we had anything<br/>
that would be appropriate to add to the album. There were a few songs<br/>
from the past that we wanted to record, and there were others available<br/>
as back-up.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Then we started writing. I had a vision for our first CD, and I started a<br/>
bunch of songs, and finished others that I had started earlier. We<br/>
wrote together and separately, in pairs, trios and the whole quartet.<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Then it was time to record.<br/>
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Part 1: So you want to be a star
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<h1><font size="4">So You Want To Be A Star</font></h1>
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<i>A five-part series about music and business and the music<br />
business. All persons and events are fictitious even if they are not.<br />
Names and events have been modified significantly to make them funnier.<br />
Even if they are not.</i><br />
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<h2><font size="3">Part 1: Big Ideas</font></h2>
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<p>The lights. Standing on stage looking at the sea of faces. Heart pounding. Terrified. Elated. Worried that I'll forget all the lyrics, even though I wrote…</p>
<h1><font size="4">So You Want To Be A Star</font></h1>
<br />
<i>A five-part series about music and business and the music<br />
business. All persons and events are fictitious even if they are not.<br />
Names and events have been modified significantly to make them funnier.<br />
Even if they are not.</i><br />
<br />
<h2><font size="3">Part 1: Big Ideas</font></h2>
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<p>The lights. Standing on stage looking at the sea of faces. Heart pounding. Terrified. Elated. Worried that I'll forget all the lyrics,
even though I wrote them. That I'll trip over a cable. That my voice<br />
will crack. Having the best fucking time in the whole world. That's <i>the high</i>.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>
I did feel <i>the high</i> once. <i>The high</i> is the feeling that you are exactly in the right place at the right time doing exactly what you were born to do. When you get <i>the high</i>,<br />
it shows. You glow with your inner light. You smile, and everyone<br />
watching you can see you are having an incredible time playing for them.<br />
<i>The high</i> is infectious. It leaks off of the stage and onto the audience.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>
At least that's what I think it'll be like. I've never played to a large<br />
crowd. Well, maybe once, if you count Louis Wu's Birthday party (yeah,<br />
that was me in the "Tokyo with Mirrorshades" room, dressed as the<br />
cyberpunk Geisha) at Boskone 3. That crowd was about 300 people or so.</p>
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<p>
I felt <i>the high</i> in a bar in Bound Brook, New Jersey. The place<br />
was a dive, but they had a stage, and we had a band, and we sounded<br />
pretty good, and we had a future. Or so I thought. I thought the four of<br />
us were friends. I thought we were a good writing team. I thought that<br />
two women fronting the band, one on guitar and one on keys was unique at<br />
the time; it was our hook, our in, our… wait a minute…<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>
I guess I was too enthusiastic. Too happy. Too good. Roze Budd, the<br />
blonde guitarist, started dating the drummer. All of a sudden, they<br />
decided that the brunette with the cleavage (me) was excess baggage, and<br />
what had I done for the band this week, anyway? A secret booking and a<br />
phone call later, and I was on my own.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>
That's the lot of the female musician. Probably lots of male musicians,<br />
too, but I'm a fem, so I can only speak for myself. If you're a chick<br />
looking for a band or people to jam with, this is what you can expect<br />
when you answer ads in the local Rock tabloid:<br />
<br />
</p>
<blockquote>
"We're not looking for a girlfriend."<br />
<br />
<br/>"Can you bring a nightgown to the audition?"
<br />
<br/>"Our girlfriends would never let us have a girl in the band because we'd all end up sleeping with you."
<br />
<br/>"Are you willing to dance topless?"</blockquote>
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<p>It didn't matter that I could play. It didn't matter that I could sing. I felt frustrated and humiliated and somehow inadequate. You keep
telling yourself that it's "them" - "they" have the problem, not you.<br />
You have to keep on looking. And of course, I did. And from this, I<br />
learned<br />
<br />
</p>
<blockquote><b>Music Biz Rule Number 1: NEVER GIVE UP.</b></blockquote>
<br />
<p>I kept dreaming my dreams of <i>the high</i>. I kept writing songs. I collaborated with fine musicians and excellent guitarists. I dated bass players (<i>that</i> was a big mistake). I jammed every chance I got.
</p>
<p>At the same time, I was exploring my spirituality. And I got my BIG IDEA. I had been told many times that I would be successful when I
was working for things greater than myself; that if I was selfish I<br />
would fail. And I had many selfish failures. I was told that the more<br />
you want something, the more elusive it becomes; that when you <i>stopped</i> wanting it would just <i>come to you</i>. This is one of the hardest things to practice.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>
Think about it. You are alone, you crave companionship, you desire a<br />
lover. It eats at you like a heroin jones. It consumes your thoughts,<br />
your actions. You are desperate. The desperation is visible for all to<br />
see. And anyone who would be your companion is scared off, or turned<br />
off, and they stay away. The only ones you meet are the sharks that feed<br />
on your desperation, taking your love, your time, your money, anything<br />
they can get their hands on.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>Of course, this had happed to me, and eventually, I got burnt out and disgusted with the whole thing, and <i>I didn't want a relationship</i>. And guess what happened. I met someone. And because I wasn't desperate,
because I wasn't in need, it actually worked out. Amazing.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>
So back to my BIG IDEA. I was going to put a project together whose goal was <i>not</i> to get a record deal, was <i>not</i> to be the Next Big Thing. I put an ad in the music paper:<br />
<br />
</p>
<blockquote>SACRED MUSIC FOR THE GODDESS. Wicca/Pagan band forming. Looking for guitar, bass, drums, strings, woodwinds, brass.
Electric/eclectic, all styles, genders welcome, etc., etc., blah blah<br />
blah.</blockquote>
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<p>The idea was the Music. The idea was to Create, to Provoke, to Glorify the Sacred. Money didn't enter into it. The goal was to Make
some Music. That was my BIG IDEA. I didn't care if we were popular. I<br />
didn't care if we became famous. I didn't care if we made a profit.<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>
And I didn't have a name for the band. Sacred Music for the Goddess was<br />
what we were going to be doing. And then a drummer called about the ad,<br />
and thought that Music for the Goddess was the band's name. And a<br />
guitarist did the same. And I thought "<i>Why not? Music for the Goddess, so be it</i>."<br />
<br />
</p>
<p>I saw my path stretching out before me. A glorious adventure awaited me. I adjusted the burdens that I always carry onto my back, and
I started forth.</p>
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Music for the Goddess has been rocking the Pagan<br/>
community since its formation on Mabon (the fall equinox) 1998 with an<br/>
eclectic mix of music, musicians and instrumentation. Their songs range<br/>
from Celtic-influenced folk to hard rock and everything in-between.<br/>
Their second album, Dancing With Hecate, features 10 tracks, including<br/>
dance tunes, celtic rock, folk, hard rock, jazz, blues and a power<br/>
ballad.<span class="" id="wikiSecondPart"><br/><br/> Their debut album,
Goddess Mandala, provides one hour of music that has something for<br/>
everyone, and has almost sold out of their first pressing.<br/>
<br/>
The band has toured throughout the North Eastern United States and<br/>
Canada, at outdoor festivals and conventions, including Starwood<br/>
(upstate NY), Free Spirit Gathering (Maryland), the Mid-Atlantic Pagan<br/>
Alliance Beltane festival (New Jersey), Spirits of the Earth Festival<br/>
(Ontario, Canada), Caduceus Festival (NJ), The Gaia’s Gate Music<br/>
Festival and the Millennium Philcon (the World Science Fiction<br/>
Convention in Philadelphia PA). Additionally, the band has supported<br/>
Pagan Pride Day with concerts in Manhattan and New Jersey.<br/>
<br/>
Wendy Sheridan is back in the studio, and expects to have some new songs available for digital download later this year.<br/><br/></span><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Music+for+the+Goddess">http://www.last.fm/music/Music+for+the+Goddess</a><br/>
Goddess Mandala CD
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<hr size="1" width="100%"></hr><h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Music for the Goddess debut CD</font></h2>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><img align="right" alt="Goddess Mandala CD cover" border="0" hspace="3" src="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/images/gmcover.gif" vspace="10"></img> <br></br>
</font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">We are proud to announce the release of our debut CD, <i>Goddess Mandala</i>, on Moon & Star Records.<br></br> In this hour of original music, you will find songs of celebration,<br></br>
songs of love, songs of loss, songs about initiation, and about life.<br></br>
This CD celebrates the Goddess in…</font></p>
<hr size="1" width="100%"/><h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Music for the Goddess debut CD</font></h2>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><img src="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/images/gmcover.gif" alt="Goddess Mandala CD cover" align="right" border="0" hspace="3" vspace="10"/><br/>
</font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">We are proud to announce the release of our debut CD, <i>Goddess Mandala</i>, on Moon & Star Records.<br/>
In this hour of original music, you will find songs of celebration,<br/>
songs of love, songs of loss, songs about initiation, and about life.<br/>
This CD celebrates the Goddess in song.<br/>
</font></p>
<p></p>
<h3><font face="Arial,Helvetica">The songs</font></h3>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica">We've recorded eleven songs for you. <a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/music/songclip.ram">Click here to listen to the sound clips from the entire album (2 MB / 7 minute RealAudio file).</a> You need the <a href="http://www.real.com/">RealAudio</a> player to listen to this file.<br/>
</font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">These are the clips:</font></p>
<ol>
<li type="1"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#round"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Round and Round</font></a></li>
<li type="2"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#quarter"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Calling the Quarters</font></a></li>
<li type="3"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#belly"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">In the Belly of the Mother</font></a></li>
<li type="4"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#may"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">On Eventide of May</font></a></li>
<li type="5"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#gaia"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">When Gaia Wears Purple</font></a></li>
<li type="6"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#shaman"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Shaman's Dreams</font></a></li>
<li type="7"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#wizard"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Wizardwood</font></a></li>
<li type="8"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#baby"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Baby I'm Falling</font></a></li>
<li type="9"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#miles"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Miles Before Dawn</font></a></li>
<li type="10"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#love"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Love Has Nine Lives</font></a></li>
<li type="11"><a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddessmandala.html#mandala"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Goddess Mandala</font></a></li>
</ol>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Here are some song descriptions that you won't find in the liner notes. <a name="round" id="round"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Round and Round</font></h4>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><i>Wendy Sheridan writes:</i> I was<br/>
drumming in a drum frenzy at a Beltane party, and after 3 or so hours of<br/>
drumming, my spirit was transported to this place in a magical forest<br/>
where there was a bonfire and dancers, and all manner of things. This<br/>
song commemorates that experience, and incorporates elements from the<br/>
closing of our Wiccan rituals. We say "The circle is open, but never<br/>
broken. Merry meet, merry part, and merry meet again. Blessed be."<br/>
</font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/926/926594.html" target="_blank">Click here for MP3 version</a> <a name="quarter" id="quarter"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Calling the Quarters</font></h4>
<br/>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica">This is a song of invocation. In the<br/>
opening of a Wiccan ritual the four directions (East, South, West and<br/>
North) and elements (Air, Fire, Water, Earth) are called to join the<br/>
circle as the candles are lit. You are also invited into the circle with<br/>
the Goddess and the God in Perfect Love and Perfect Trust.<br/>
</font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Guest guitarist <b>Jim Incollingo</b> adds his bluesy melodies to the endeavor.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1027/1027305.html" target="_blank">Click here for MP3 version</a> <a name="belly" id="belly"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">In the Belly of the Mother</font></h4>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica">This song commemorates the major Sabbat of<br/>
Imbolc (the return of the sun). This Sabbat occurs on February 2nd every<br/>
year. It is a time for cleansing and celebration, for we notice that<br/>
the days are getting longer, and spring will soon be here. It is the<br/>
festival of the Goddess Brigit, patroness of poets, bards, and<br/>
musicians, Goddess of the fire: candles, forges and the internal fires<br/>
of creativity, Protector of pregnant women, midwives and women in labor.<br/>
We dedicate this song to Her.<br/>
</font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><i>In the Belly of the Mother</i> features Rich Sheridan on lead vocals.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/926/926492.html" target="_blank">Click here for MP3 version</a> <a name="may" id="may"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">On Eventide of May</font></h4>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica">This previously unrecorded work is from<br/>
Daxe's catalog, written by Daxe and Michelle Augustyniak. Beltane, or<br/>
the Rites of Spring, is a fertility festival. It is the celebration of<br/>
the Sacred Marriage of the God and the Goddess. It is the time of<br/>
planting in the fields. The celebrations can be wild and passionate. And<br/>
sometimes there is a price to pay.<br/>
</font><p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Wendy Sheridan sings lead vocals on this track. <br/>
<a name="gaia" id="gaia"></a><br/>
</font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">When Gaia Wears Purple</font></h4>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Another song of Daxe's from his "One Vote Zygote" CD. We just had to do our version of it. The Old Womyn of the Forest shows off her creativity.<br/>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/971/971075.html" target="_blank">Click here for MP3 version</a> <a name="shaman" id="shaman"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Shaman's Dreams</font></h4>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">This instrumental peice is a rythmic excursion from the brains of Daxe and Vonorn. A different version of this song appears on the Daxe CD "God Doesn't Play with Dice".<br/>
<a name="wizard" id="wizard"></a><br/>
</font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Wizardwood</font></h4>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica">This is a song about an initiation. It is not based on any particular Wiccan or Pagan<br/>
tradition. Rather, it is a metaphor for self-discovery and personal and spiritual growth.<br/>
The theme of spending some time alone in a sacred place where you confront yourself and<br/>
learn to come to grips with your dark side is a universal one.<br/>
</font><p><a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1019/1019408.html" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">click here for MP3 version</font></a></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Rich Sheridan is the featured vocalist on this track, and guest artist Bruce Katz provides the wonderful guitar work. (Bruce and Rich performed together in the<br/>
original heavy metal band Axcelerator - <a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1093/1093159.html" target="_blank">Click here for Air Raid, by Axcelerator</a>).<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<a name="baby" id="baby"></a><br/>
</font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Baby I'm Falling</font></h4>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">The Wizard from the previous song is ready to return to the "mundane" world and find the magic that is part of everyday living. This song was written as an admission and question<br/>
to a new love. It is unabashed pop from the song catalog of Wendy<br/>
Sheridan and Bob Lame.<br/>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Bob Lame plays guitar on this one. <a name="miles" id="miles"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Miles Before Dawn</font></h4>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Can you remember a time when all you wanted to do was stay up all night with someone and just<br/>
feel good? When you weren't looking for a relationship or a commitment?<br/>
Then this song (another from the Sheridan/Lame catalog) is for you.<br/>
(Wendy wants to point out that she loves horn sections - even if they<br/>
come from a module).<br/>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Guest guitarist Bob Lame appears on this track. <a name="love" id="love"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Love Has Nine Lives</font></h4>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">When everything is dark, this song reminds us that there is light at the end of the tunnel. It was written in the aftermath of a very intense relationship. From the songwriting<br/>
duo of Sheridan/Lame.<br/>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Bob Lame plays guitar on this track as well.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1093/1093181.html" target="_blank">Click here for MP3 version</a> <a name="mandala" id="mandala"></a></font></p>
<h4><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Goddess Mandala</font></h4>
<font face="Arial,Helvetica">We think no one has attempted something<br/>
quite like this since the "album sides" of the 70's. During the fifteen<br/>
minutes of this work, you will hear some familiar Pagan chants, and some<br/>
melodies that appear in other songs of this album. We also invoke the<br/>
names of over <a href="http://www.musicforthegoddess.com/goddesslist.html">150 Goddesses</a><br/>
uncovered with the assistance of "Goddesses in World Mythology, a<br/>
Biographical Dictionary," by Martha Ann & Dorothy Myers Imel. We<br/>
will be including information about these Goddesses shortly. We invite<br/>
you to listen and meditate, dance or whatever strikes your fancy.<br/>
</font><p><a href="http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1014/1014669.html" target="_blank"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Click here for MP3 version</font></a></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Namaste.</font></p>
<hr size="1" width="100%"/><h2><font face="Arial,Helvetica">About Moon & Star Records</font></h2>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Moon & Star Records publishes and distributes music for the global neo-pagan community, and proudly supports Music for the Goddess. Future releases will include more Pagan Rock, New Age, Goddess<br/>
Spirituality, Feminist music, Children's music and spoken word recordings.<br/>
</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica">For inquiries, contact <a href="mailto:msr@musicforthegoddess.com">msr@musicforthegoddess.com</a>, or write to:<br/>
<br/> <b>Moon & Star Records <br/>PO Box 1825 <br/>Rahway, NJ 07065</b> <br/>Please note that we are not accepting
unsolicited material at this time. <br/></font></p>
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Inanna, Lady of the Largest Heart
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<p><span class="title">Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart</span><br></br> <span class="subtitle">Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna</span></p>
<p><br></br></p>
<p><span class="BodyHeader">By Betty De Shong Meador</span><br></br> <span class="Body2">Foreword by Judy Grahn</span></p>
<p><br></br></p>
<blockquote><p class="quote">"That these poems deal immediately with the very popular 'goddess literature' and with an individual woman in a most important historical situation should give this work…</p>
</blockquote>
<p><span class="title">Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart</span><br/> <span class="subtitle">Poems of the Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna</span></p>
<p><br/></p>
<p><span class="BodyHeader">By Betty De Shong Meador</span><br/> <span class="Body2">Foreword by Judy Grahn</span></p>
<p><br/></p>
<blockquote><p class="quote">"That these poems deal immediately with the very popular 'goddess literature' and with an individual woman in a
most important historical situation should give this work widespread<br />
appeal."</p>
<p class="source">—John Maier, SUNY College at Brockport, cotranslator of the <cite>Epic of Gilgamesh</cite></p>
<p class="source"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br/></span></p>
</blockquote>
<p>The earliest known author of written literature was a woman named Enheduanna, who lived in ancient Mesopotamia around 2300 BCE. High
Priestess to the moon god Nanna, Enheduanna came to venerate the goddess<br />
Inanna above all gods in the Sumerian pantheon. The hymns she wrote to<br />
Inanna constitute the earliest written portrayal of an ancient goddess.<br />
In their celebration of Enheduanna's relationship with Inanna, they also<br />
represent the first existing account of an individual's consciousness<br />
of her inner life.</p>
<p>This book provides the complete texts of Enheduanna's hymns to Inanna, skillfully and beautifully rendered by
Betty De Shong Meador, who also discusses how the poems reflect<br />
Enheduanna's own spiritual and psychological liberation from being an<br />
obedient daughter in the shadow of her ruler father. Meador frames the<br />
poems with background information on the religious and cultural systems<br />
of ancient Mesopotamia and the known facts of Enheduanna's life. With<br />
this information, she explores the role of Inanna as the archetypal<br />
feminine, the first goddess who encompasses both the celestial and the<br />
earthly and shows forth the full scope of women's potential.</p>
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<p>Betty De Shong Meador is a Jungian analyst in private practice, who also teaches at the California Institute of Integral Studies and at New
College, both in San Francisco, and at Pacifica Graduate Institute in<br />
Santa Barbara.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/meaina.html">http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/meaina.html</a></p>
Dancing With Hecate CD Lyrics
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<pre>Gracious Maiden, will you guide us with your light?<br></br>My Hecate, holy lady of the night<br></br>We call…</pre>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/><a name="dwh" id="dwh"></a><blockquote><h3>Dancing With Hecate</h3>
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<pre>Gracious Maiden, will you guide us with your light?<br/>My Hecate, holy lady of the night<br/>We call out to thee of air earth and sea<br/>Faces of three -- Hecate<br/><br/>Skin hair muscle and bone, maiden mother and crone<br/>Water fire air stone maiden mother and crone<br/>You are never alone maiden mother and crone<br/>Looking at the unknown maiden mother and crone<br/><br/>Gentle mother bringing life up from the dawn<br/>Fierce Hecate famous bringer of the storm<br/>Your magick inside, powers abide<br/>Our loved ones and friends, the dance never ends<br/><br/>Ever standing at the crossroads in my life<br/>Amidst sacrifice and happiness and strife<br/>We call out to thee of air earth and sea<br/>Your faces are three -- Hecate</pre>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/><a name="lotd" id="lotd"></a> <br/><h3>Lord of the Dance</h3>
<p class="byline">Lyrics by Wendy Sheridan © 2005. All rights reserved.</p>
<pre>Lord of the dance, Heart of the flame<br/>Seen in a trance, We call out your name<br/><br/>Son husband and father to our triple Queen<br/>It's an honor to meet you, to know what you mean<br/><br/>The Squire the Knight, bedecked and adorned<br/>Danced with the Maiden as their bond was formed<br/>In shining armor or sweat, paint and skin<br/>Pleasure and fun, always striving to win<br/><br/>I next met the Father, a pearl without price<br/>He knows of true love and he knows of sacrifice<br/>Some battles he has lost, but the war he has won<br/>Carries his burdens for his daughters and sons<br/><br/>The sage stood nearby, his staff in his hands<br/>Looking backwards and forwards, reviewing his plans<br/>A lifetime's experience, a head full of wisdom<br/>You can learn at his feet, just sit still and listen to the<br/><br/>Lord of the dance, Heart of the flame<br/>Seen in a trance, We call out your name<br/></pre>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/><a name="ral" id="ral"></a> <br/><h3>The Ram and the Lamb</h3>
<p class="byline">Lyrics by Wendy Sheridan © 2000. All rights reserved.</p>
<pre>Winter has gone away, away, snow dissolved in rain<br/>Light and dark the same today, spring is here again<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/><br/>Maiden, garland in your hair, find the secret hidden<br/>Mother, bring the child you bear into your heart unbidden<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/><br/>The Lady walks upon the earth escorted by her lord<br/>Promises are kept in birth from tides the chalice poured<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/><br/>The wheel rolls ever onward breaking winter's hold<br/>Now's the time for planting fields the furrows have been rolled<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/><br/>Wise woman smile upon us all engaged inside our folly<br/>We shall reap what we have sown when oak gives way to holly<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/><br/>Winter has gone away, away, snow dissolved in rain<br/>Light and dark the same today, spring is here again<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb<br/>Time for the ram, time for the lamb</pre>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/><a name="kyimh" id="kyimh"></a><h3>Keep You In My Heart</h3>
<p class="byline">Lyrics by Wendy Sheridan © 2005. All rights reserved.</p>
<pre>I saw your body laid to rest, I knew you weren't there<br/>You left this place some days before, a spirit in the air<br/>Tonight we get together while you visit Summerland<br/>We hope that we will meet again and then walk hand in hand<br/><br/>And we will tell your stories and we will sing your songs<br/>And we will still remember you long after you are gone<br/>For we have been together as we are now apart<br/>And you are with me always since I keep you in my heart<br/><br/>I've known you just a little while, I've known you all my life<br/>You brought me into this world, you comfort me in strife<br/>You've been many things to many people, you've always played your parts<br/>You travel now in Summerland, thought you're alive in all our hearts<br/><br/>And we will tell your stories and we will sing your songs<br/>And we will still remember you long after you are gone<br/>For we have been together as we are now apart<br/>And you are with me always since I keep you in my heart<br/><br/>We miss you friend, child and lover, miss you sister miss you mother<br/>(<em>alternate lyrics:</em>We miss you husband, son and brother, miss you father miss you lover)<br/>We miss you so much now that you are gone, leaving all of us to carry on<br/><br/>And we will tell your stories and we will sing your songs<br/>And we will still remember you long after you are gone<br/>For we have been together as we are now apart<br/>And you are with me always since I keep you in my heart<br/><br/></pre>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/><a name="fmr" id="fmr"></a><h3>Full Moon Rising</h3>
<p class="byline">Lyrics by Wendy Sheridan © 1995. All rights reserved.</p>
<pre>Full moon rising, her pale light shines in the cloudless sky<br/>Full moon rising, the stars are her children<br/>Full moon rising, take my hand and walk with me<br/>Full moon rising, where the earth is sweet<br/><br/>Take me down now, take me down<br/>Her pale face watches us from above<br/>Lay me down now, lay me down<br/>The stars around her are our garland<br/><br/>Full moon rising, be with me forever stay with me tonight<br/>Full moon rising, take the stars from the sky and put them in my eyes<br/><br/></pre>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/><a name="tl" id="tl"></a><h3>Tuesday's Lament</h3>
<p class="byline">Lyrics by Wendy Sheridan © 2005. All rights reserved.</p>
<pre>Death has touched me. She is here<br/>Standing at the shoulder of my friend<br/>She is no more of this time and place<br/>Now she travels with the Crone to the Summerland<br/><br/>Here I sit<br/>Here I cry<br/>And I wonder when Death will come for me<br/><br/>Death has touched me. Touched me in my heart<br/>She has taken. She has taken away my friend<br/>She has taken so many others before<br/>But this time it is personal<br/><br/>Here I sit and write these words<br/>And I wonder when Death will come for me<br/><br/>Death heas touched me. Just a passing glance<br/>Leaving me here<br/>Leaving me here warm and alive<br/>Leaving me here to carry on without her<br/>Leaving me here without my dear sweet friend<br/><br/>And I sit<br/>And I cry<br/>And I wonder<br/>When Death will come for me<br/></pre>
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<hr noshade="noshade" size="1"/><a name="uruk" id="uruk"></a><h3>Uruk</h3>
<p class="byline">Lyrics by Wendy Sheridan © 2005. Additional words by Betty Meador. All rights reserved.</p>
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<pre>Chant:<br/>Brick by Brick, stone by stone, we build Uruk, it is our home<br/><br/>Chant:<br/>Inanna, Inanna, child of the Moon God<br/><br/>Spoken:<br/>On her smooth brow she paints fire beams and fearsome glint<br/>Fastens carnelian, blood red and glowing around her throat<br/>And then her hand clasps the seven-headed mace<br/>Steps, yes, she steps her narrow foot on the furred back of a wild lapis lazuli bull<br/>And she goes out, white sparked, radiant<br/>In the dark vault of the evening sky<br/>Star-steps in the street through the Gate of Wonder.<br/><br/>Chant:<br/>I, Innanna, circling the sky, circling the Earth<br/>I, the Lady, circling the sky, circling the Earth<br/></pre>
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<p class="byline">Lyrics by Wendy Sheridan © 2003. All rights reserved.</p>
<pre>Chant:<br/>Hail to Ishtar, Hail to Ishtar, Lady of the Largest Heart.<br/></pre>
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