We did it! Correction: YOU did it!
I am thrilled to report we hit our goal of $9000!
Now I have some serious work to do to honor your pledges - including produce our gorgeous new songs written expressly for Hope Sings!
I will be back in touch shortly requesting info from you so we can get you your "stuff" and so we can prepare your personalized rewards.
In the meantime, I want to share the video of one of the first songs that inspired me to create Hope Sings: "Alma de la Calle," written by singer/songwriter Soraya. (with credit to her myspace page for the info below).
Soraya, one morning over coffee at her Miami home, read about a shoeshine woman in Bogotá who’d won a national poetry award. Moved by this inspirational story of triumph over adversity, Soraya traveled all the way to Colombia to find the woman known as Alma de la Calle (The Soul of the Street). Their meeting inspired this song.
Soraya's story? She was a young Latina singer-songwriter who made the difficult cross-over over into Adult Contemporary with her bilingual songs. A rising star whose ascent was abruptly halted by a diagnosis of cancer, but who beat back the illness and won the 2004 Latin Grammy for Singer-Songwriter, beating out such living legends as Joan Sebastián and Juan Gabriel.. Who went on to record the album (co-prod with Sebastian Krys) that contained "Alma." Who ultimately lost her life to cancer at age 37, but remains much beloved in the Latin music community.
"Soraya, forever in our hearts / 1969-2006."
http://www.myspace.com/sorayamusic
Here is the video. It made me weep.
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Our undying gratitude!
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Advance release of three tracks from the album PLUS our undying gratitude
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Advance release of the whole album (remember: it's good music for a good cause!) PLUS our undying gratitude
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Advance release of the album PLUS pads of post-its printed with inspirational sayings ( we call these "Hope Sticks" and we put them everywhere) PLUS our undying gratitude
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Your name on our website as a "Hope Singer" (a supporter of the album) PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS Advance release of the album PLUS that undying gratitude
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Your name on the liner notes as a Hope Sings "Patron of Change" PLUS your name on our website as a "Hope Singer" PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS Advance release of the album PLUS even more gratitude
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Free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS advance release of the album PLUS gratitude for days
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Flip Cam video of a personalized Thank You Ditty penned and performed (probably a cappella) by award-winning lyricist (and Hope Sings founder) Beth Blatt, to be posted on the Hope Sings youtube channel, making you feel publicly warm and fuzzy for 30 days PLUS free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS your name on our website as part of a Hope Singer PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS advance release of the album PLUS oodles of gratitude
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Audio recording of a Hope Sings Star singing Happy Birthday to you (or the recipient of your choice) (how cool a gift would that be?) PLUS free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS advance release of the album PLUS gobs of gratitude
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Video recording of a Hope Sings Star singing Happy Birthday to you (or the recipient of your choice) (much cooler than just the audio recording) PLUS free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS advance release of the album scads of gratitudes
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Original Xtranormal animated video about you (or the recipient of your choice, but by now you probably get that) from our team of awesome, award-winning writers PLUS free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS advance release of the album PLUS boatloads of blessings
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Associate Producer credit (a much cheaper way to get the credit than actually writing the checks. Believe me.) PLUS free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS "Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS advance release of the album PLUS A big e-kiss!!!
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