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A Life In Song: 4 Decades of Original Music

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1997

1997 (check out the world events below the song index)

Song #270   |   Fifty Thousand Footsteps [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #271   |   Coin Song [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #272   |   I Like to Eat! [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #273   |   I know Lots of Animals [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #274   |   Temporary Tattoo Blues [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #275   |   Keep Your Hands to Your Self! [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #276   |   I’m Thinking [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #277   |   I like to Move, I like To Groove [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #278   |   The Rain Forest [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #279   |   I Am The Humpback Whale   |   Breathing Underwater CD [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #280   |   Navigate   |  Breathing Underwater CD [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #281   |   I Didn’t Do It!   |   DrumSongStory Live! CD [Uriah Hill School Songwriting Residency]

Song #282   |   Purest Form of Trance   |   Purest Form of Trance CD

Song #283   |   Candle In The Window

Song #284   |   Waltz of the Dancing Granola Bars

Song #285 Best Day of Your Life   |   Thirsty For The Sky CD

Song #286   |   Light Over Your Shoulder

Song #287   |   Paying Attention (version 1)

Song #288   |   Ancient of Days

Song #289   |   Shifting Shape

Song #290   |   I Appreciate Your Company

Song #291   |   I Wreck My Soul (version 3)

Song #292   |   Season of Light

Song #293   |   Alleluia (Light of Light Come Fill)

 

Just in case you forgot, here’s a little bit of what was going on in the world in 1997:

World Events

World Statistics

Population: 4.378 billion

population by decade

Nobel Peace Prize: International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Jody Williams (US)

More World Statistics…

  • Hebron agreement signed; Israel gives up large part of West Bank city of Hebron (Jan. 16). Israeli government approves establishment of Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem, a setback in Middle East peace process (Feb. 26). Background: Middle East Peace Negotiations
  • US, UK, and France agree to freeze Nazis‘ gold loot (Feb. 3).
  • Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule (June 30).
  • Khmer Rouge hold trial of longtime leader Pol Pot (July 25).
  • Swiss plan first payment to Holocaust victims (Sept. 17).
  • European Union plans to admit six nations (Dec. 13).

U.S. Events

U.S. Statistics

President: William J. Clinton
Vice President: Albert Gore, Jr.
Population: 267,743,595

More U.S. Statistics…

  • US shuttle joins Russian space station (Jan. 17).
  • O. J. Simpson found liable in civil suit (Feb. 5).
  • Heaven’s Gate cult members commit mass suicide in California (March 27).
  • US Appeals Court upholds California ban on affirmative action (April 8).
  • Clinton exercises new line-item veto (Aug. 11).
  • Timothy J. McVeigh sentenced to death for Oklahoma City bombing (Aug. 14).
  • Two convicted in New York Trade Center bombing (Nov. 12).

Economics

US GDP (1998 dollars): $8,110.90 billion
Federal spending: $1635.33 billion
Federal debt $5498.9 billion
Median Household Income(current dollars): $37,005 billion
Consumer Price Index: $160.5
Unemployment: 4.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.32

 

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Total awesomeness!!!

‘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

Love your lyrics!

Love your music! Love your lyrics!

Robin Bridgeford

Brilliant!

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

Mary F.

Been singing the chorus since the first day I heard it…

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

Never fails to move me…

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

Paula

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

Just awesome…

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

Eric

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

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 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

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

They love (your song) and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

My name is Cecile. I teach kindergarten at OMSD. I had the pleasure of using your song Together We Can Change The World to help my students make a difference in this wonderful world! They love it and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

Cecile Arvizo

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.

Gail Russ

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred…

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

Gina Sullivan, Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album…

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!

Dan Z

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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