Thank God It's Toby Highlights

Hundreds of years ago in the land of Uranallee, a powerful wizard creates a blue orb capable of amplifying directed thought with just a few words. It lies dormant for many years, until a coven of vile witches discovers it and develops a plot to take over the world.

Zarcon is a great wizard who fears the witches have the legendary blue orb that provides them with more power the longer they possess it. One day after he hears someone riding toward his castle at a frantic pace, he opens the door to Jasmine, a young woman who has just stolen the orb and somehow escaped from the pack of wolves chasing her. After she enlists help from Zarcon to help her protect the artifact from the witches who will do anything to get it back, they must embark on a perilous journey to seek help from another. Will they succeed in their quest or will the witches catch them and once again obtain the orb?

In this fantasy story, a young woman and a great wizard set out on a journey to protect a powerful artifact from evil witches determined to keep it in their possession so they can rule the world.

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Buddhawrld grew up many places but is forever Brooklyn’s own. It’s been doing music all it’s life . My uncles and father have be known signed rappers just about all my life and never really cared to help me or develop me. So I’ve always just been doing my own thing . I can go on and on lol just let me know if theirs anything you’d like to ask or whatever then we address it I’m pretty great on hand.

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The summer of 2017 four musicians, two Spanish and two English, united through the international language of music and formed a band. They had three objectives, one to make music that consisted of of a thumping blend of slick rhythms and epic hooks. Two, to bring a pop rock live action energy to their groove and three, to write lyrics that told stories of hope and overcoming life’s challenges.

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Gifted with a beautiful, powerful, classically trained voice, American singer John

Riesen straddles the line between Opera and Popular music with ease. Originally

inspired by the voices of Josh Groban and Michael Buble, John pursued a career as

an operatic tenor where he performed more than 40 leading roles with opera and

musical theater companies throughout the United States including Atlanta Opera,

Michigan Opera Theatre, Des Moines Metro Opera, Anchorage Opera, Opera

Birmingham, Opera Columbus, Shreveport Opera, Pensacola Opera, Intermountain

Opera Bozeman, Tri-Cities Opera, Ithaca Opera, among others. 

Recently John was seen in his Lincoln Center debut as the voice of Tony in Leonard

Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite as well as the tenor soloist in Stravinsky's Les

Noces with the New York City Ballet, and tenor soloist in Rachmaninoff's Vespers

with the NY Oratorio Society. He will be making his Carnegie Hall Debut as Tenor

Soloist in the Messiah December 2021.

Seen most recently in classical crossover collaboration with Emmy-Nominated

pianist-composer and PBS TV star Marina Arsenijevic singing new arrangements of

Crossover standards by Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé, Tom Jones and many others. 

This touching, heartfelt song was written 20 years ago by my father, Craig Riesen, for the

passing of his mother (my grandmother). I recall its conception vividly. My father had written

a letter saying many of the things he'd wished to say to her (as we knew she was dying from

cancer), and soon after she passed away. He was heartbroken.

I remember him sitting in the living room, with tears rolling down his face as he began to play

this simple, sweet, and longing melody. Soon, words came flowing out with the tune, and this

song was created. At the time, I could not sing. I was still an avid baseball player, but as the

years passed and my vocal talents became apparent the song was passed from my father to

me.

I get chills to this day, recalling how it felt to say goodbye with song. Needless to say,

You're The Best; has been an important part of my life for many years, and I believe that it

can touch other people in the same way that it has touched my heart. We all have

experienced loss or nostalgia for our loved ones, and this piece pulls at those strings.

Originally composed for piano and voice, we have expanded the instrumentation to add solo

violin, electric bass, slight percussion, and synth to fill out the texture. It is a truly special

song.

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Shani Rigsbee ( SHANI), is part of a rare power pack of American stars that are equally fluent

both on stage, recordings and on screen. Her credits as a Recording Artist – Singer, Composer

and Producer appear in major motion pictures and she has performed at some of the world’s

most prestigious venues.

After relocating to Los Angeles at the end of her high school years, she honed her talents and

was introduced to a wide range of International music. She was then invited to tour, write and

record with some of the entertainment industry’s finest - both globally famous such as

International Pop Icon, ANDY and as well as an array of Artists. Soon her work became featured

in film, television, and new media with a special emphasis on globally diverse projects. With 4

Solo albums released Internationally, she has also released a variety of singles and

collaborations. Her musical, humanitarian venture called “We Hear Your Voice”, was an original

song penned and produced by Shani and features some of the World’s greatest voices singing in

solidarity and unity with top Producers and musicians in the industry lending support.

She has parlayed her skills both in the music world and her experience as both a performer on

screen and stage into also producing and directing. The Warner Brothers released feature film,

AMERICAN WRESTLER features Shani as a singer in the end title credit song she co-wrote

called “Rise” also performed with ANDY and the music video features Shani as also Director.

She has created and performed works for many other television and features which include her

song, “El Llamar de Pasión - Call of the Wild” in the ACADEMY AWARD WINNER for Best

Picture, CRASH. On screen, Shani has played a variety of roles from a sultry femme fatale to a

seductive ancient temptress. In GUARDIAN ANGEL, she plays a Detective and has also written

and performed the theme / end credit song “Far and Away” for the film. Shani was the Featured

Vocalist in the 20th Century Fox epic, ONE NIGHT WITH THE KING and also appeared in and

provided music for THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (Dreamworks). In THE KEEPER – THE

LEGEND OF OMAR KHAYYAM (Guide Company Films) with Academy Award Winner Vanessa

Redgrave, she played the exotic “Court Entertainer” and was also the Executive Producer of the

soundtrack and created original music for the film. One of her first major credits was being

chosen as the featured Vocalist for Sony Playstation’s PARASITE EVE, a mega popular and

ground-breaking International Hit. Her debut film role was the feature film CROSSWORLDS with

Josh Charles and Jack Black and she also has several episodic television credits in her archives

from her earlier ingénue days in Los Angeles.

Her upcoming project CITY OF CROWS is scripted feature film where she serves as a Producer

and is also a featured cast member and will provide the film’s theme song.

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The full name of the song is Warm Long Johns (In the Wintertime)

The Scott Daniel Band - the songwriters are Scott Oatley and Dan Tholen

The Website is www.warmlongjohns.com

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Musa was born and raised in Augusta, Georgia, he has served in the military and released 6 projects/albums in one year.

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Ever evolving and daring, glamorous and fierce yet in touch with her emotions, London King started writing songs at the age of 11, and never quitted ever since. Born in Rome and travelled to foreign countries since childhood, she often likes to cite the thirst for knowledge and the contact with other cultures a major source of inspiration for her writings. King began acting at the age of 4, being part of a children theatre company called The Mad Hatter. During her acting days, she discovered singing and musical. A spark within ignited the never-ending passion for music, that brought her to write her first song in her pre-teen/ late childhood, and later on, form a rock band at age 14. She broke her first band in 2012. Then, shortly after graduating, she moved permanently to London. The passion for this city started when, for her fifteenth birthday she received a birthday trip from her parents in the capital. Once settled in London, she began her solo career, recording her first solo track Sinking in the Darkness with multi awarded musician James Colah, which was the re-reprised version of a demo she recorded in Los Angeles, in 2008. The track describes King’s battle with depression at the young age of 15. She started playing live in various venues across London and continued recording music until 2014, when her first EP Hysteria came out. Highly regarded musicians such as Cornell Sorian have taken part in the creation of the EP. The EP’s bluesy, dark tones explore the troubled past of King. In 2014 she took part in the London regional competition Teen Star, ending runner up. In 2017, she took a break from music, and went back in the US for some inspiration. When back to England, she began working with award winning producer Aubrey Whitfield on her second EP Antichrist Child. The EP sees the 80’s and 90’s as a main influence, musically. In terms of lyrics, its bittersweet tones are what underline a new twist in her style. Whilst continuing performing in renowned venues all across London, in 2018 King begins working on her third EP, Solaris. The EP originally was meant to be more ‘happy’, but King took a turn for something more conceptual and focused on humanity as a whole, and its struggles. Although rather serious and at times philosophic, the last track of the EP, is a lighthearted, loving take at unconditional love and pure feelings. The Ep gained great recognition, specifically the track Half The Wolf I Know, where once again, King describes her battle with PTSD and depression. In February 2019, King was invited to Sky program Chrissy B Show to raise awareness about mental illnesses, and perform her music live. In 2020, she released her brand new single Take Care, which will be part of her debut album, coming out in late 2021. The song is a strong ballad about an abusive relationship and the freeing feeling of unchaining yourself from toxic love. She is currently working on finishing off her new musical project and completing her novel. 

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Like Confessions of a Clueless Rebel, this is a true story that brings us back in time. Partly serious and largely humorous, this tale captures the real story of an idealistic band of youthful Americans who journeyed halfway around the world in response to President John F. Kennedy’s call to ‘…ask what you can do for your country.’ They signed up to serve in the Peace Corps back in those waning days of Camelot when fervor and innocence trumped experience and common sense. Little did they realize what that decision would entail.

These recollections from the author and several aging members of India-44, a well-meaning if ill-fated Peace Corps group, serve as a reasonable proxy for those early volunteer days…what later would be known as the ‘wild west’ of overseas service. The group served in what were considered comparatively difficult Peace Corps sites, pre-industrial villages in rural India where some provided health services and others agricultural advice. Unfortunately, virtually none of them were technically prepared for the roles they were expected to play.

In hindsight, it was a situation ripe for disaster or great humor, depending on your view the world. Despite the challenges, their experiences manage to capture some of the best of our people and our country, as well as provide much at which to laugh, wonder, and sometimes even weep. This is no sugar-coated tale of heroic deeds and boundless success. Far from it! They were simply a bunch of smart kids doing their best in a very difficult, almost impossible, situation. Join them as they sought meaning, love, understanding, and purpose in places and situations that challenged them to the fullest and, for the most part, made them more complete human beings. It really did seem like a good idea at the time. In the end, it was!

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Allan Grosvenor has led technology development projects in aviation, energy, and space launch that used some of the world's most powerful supercomputers to invent new tech for NASA, Department of Energy, and DARPA. Now, his company MSBAI have created a cognitive Artificial Intelligence-driven assistant, named GURU, to enable engineers to harness the same capabilities for their own projects.

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