IT TAKES A VILLAGE OF MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS!!! PLEASE HELP ONE OF OURS.
EUSKIR MUSIC FUND
CLICK ON picture of MAD BEAR TO DONATE !(paypal)
Some of you have told us that you are having trouble with PayPal etc... SO:
You can send anything from money orders,checks (these should be made out to Anodyne2),piggybanks or just well wishes to Federico:
Anodyne 2
PO BOX 1894
Palm Desert, California 92261 USA
You asked: Who's Mad Bear? Scroll down a bit...
Our dear friend Federico needs our help right now! He has been struggling with burdens for some time that would have collapsed a normal human. He never speaks of it, but we're going to!
He ALWAYS manages to promote music in his beloved Beunos Aires and around the world with rare grace and knowledge. He also ALWAYS spreads warmth and love to all who cross his path on and offline. In a time when live music venues are vanishing almost daily,music publications are folding,musicians are trying to survive in the new digital reality, his is a voice tirelessly singing their praises.
Please donate whatever you can and we'll pass it all on to him in Beunos Aires.
November 8,2009 UPDATE: Your response is heart-warming and humbling. The situation is much better thanks to you.
You have no idea how much this means and it's a big human thing...our family in music globally. These are such hard times everywhere and there's always a fear that if you make a personal situation public, it might somehow reflect back in a negative way on that person's work,what they're trying to do. Some might say,how can he create this great service for musicians if he has such troubles?
Well, we musicians and artists are no strangers to these troubles and know they have NOTHING to do with quality of the work (except nickel and diming does take its toll on us all).We are learning that THIS family truly cares and takes care of its own.
Federico continues on with his work regardless. He is building an alternative non profit music management company. He's keeping the light on and your support is keeping the wolf from the door.
You are all wonders,each one of you, exceptional artists and human beings.
December 28,2009
Greetings of Light & Love to you all. We are looking forward to the adventures in store
for all creative beings, carriers of the flame, in 2010 & over the next decade. It's our time to shine, so SHINE ON.
THANK YOU...IT'S MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
Elli Fordyce http://ellifordyce.com Fabulous Jazz Great! http://twitter.com/ellifordyce2
William Ney http://newcombat.net Top Writing on Social issues,arts & politics.
Sheila Greer Herself who is beautiful!
Sean Barr Musician,Singer
Ali Askin Musician/Composer Extraordinaire
http://askin.info http://twitter.com/alinaskin
Juan Carlos Hernandez Remarkable photographer of all the jazz legends and more. Huge Heart!
http://juancarloshernandezjazzphotographer.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/jchernandezjazz
Dorothee Hahne Composer/Musician http://newsic.net
Wilfred Tiedtke Writer Words4U
Lisa Percy A lover in the Big love choir
Ellison Bay Pottery Diane! An angel. Thank you.
and you know who you are!
Mad Bear was member of the Bear Clan of the Tuscarora Nation of Six-Nation Iroquois Confederacy. An activist,medicine man and world leader.
" Public Social behavior in our culture comes close to being pathological. (In Asia) I got used to seeing people behave communally-like family-even in crowds. In our society, we are swimming in a sea of public paranoia and Mad Bear picks that up. Did you ever notice how people act in places like elevators? They stiffen up, hoping on hope that no "strangers" make the slightest body contact. We people are uncomfortable with each other. Remember we were talking before about empathy? That's Mad Bear's medicine. Empathy."
From: Mad Bear by Doug Boyd,1994
MUSIC-the great medicine. Oh yes, it is the red road...
Photograph: Birney Imes 'Po Girl Juke Joint