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June 22, 2015 · Mark's Thoughts, Videos

Too Much Information

lis-june-21-2015-ssI’ve been pacing back and forth this morning…

I normally start my day with my song blog. But today I want to share something that is “behind the songs”.

I have been writing songs compulsively and obsessively since 1974. By 1976 they started to be acknowledged by the people who heard them as “amazing”. But the very personality traits that make me a good songwriter made me almost incapable of actually “getting them out into the world” in any “professional” way.

Over the years my personal challenges around this FORCED me to do deep and often excruciatingly difficult work on myself. Every thing I’ve learned in the fields of energy healing, NLP, Hypnosis etc was motivated by this 35 year urgency to get the hell out of my own way so that I could share these songs in some significant, meaningful way with people who actually might want to hear them.

So this video is a little bit about that.

I have a feeling that this video is too personal. It’s not my intention to make anyone uncomfortable and if you are uncomfortable with real feelings from a person who isn’t stifling or stuffing his emotions down and out of sight, you might want to skip this.

After my morning gig at Unity Church in Albany, I usually come home, have a quiet meal and take a nap so that I’m centered and energized for the evening “One Song” service where we go deep with chant and readings from spiritual traditions all over the world.

Yesterday, I just couldn’t rest. Something was just bubbling up in me the way a song that wants to “come through” starts to press in at me, demanding attention.

So I turned on the video camera and opened my mouth. No plan. No script. Just my thoughts and feelings at that moment.

I’ll admit it right now, I got a bit emotional. I’m not embarrassed by that, but some people may be.

I’m not sure how long I’ll leave this video up.

It may be TMI, “too much information”.

It may be too long.

It may be “too this or that or too something else.”

If you find it valuable great. If not, that’s ok too.

Here’s the video.

Thoughts?

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Enjoying your songs so much…

Hello Mark. I am enjoying your songs so much! I’d love to see you play live somewhere.

Marianne

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

Jeremy

You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

I loved the song and listened to it 3 times….

Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

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Brilliant! I LOVE seeing the words to all these beloved songs, thanks!

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Your music is taking over my life and it’s awesome!

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Love your music! Love your lyrics!

Robin Bridgeford

I Love listening to all your songs…

Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

Cheri

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I sh*t you not when I say I’ve been singing the chorus to Honest Rock since the first day I heard it. I sing this every single day. Many times a day. Seriously. It’s like a mantra to me. It soothes me:-)

Gene Moore

Your song was just perfect to start my day…

Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

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Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

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Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

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Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

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‘Let’s Run’ is MY FAVORITE so far.. I LOVE THIS ONE.. great job.. total awesomeness!!! I thank Jana Stanfield for introducing me to your gifts. I am grateful.

Merril

For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love…

Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

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