Work Life 24

In this episode, I share the first five recordings of my re-telling of Alice in Wonderland. the work is a mixture of narration and original music. I hope you enjoy!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MiwPoFj9xnjzcqiOhVJm4

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uLljA-vBnONLOJIniA-ZaDTICDtCyaP&si=GgjAl-aKPr-vMLS9

Looking back on this in 2024, I shake my head in amazement.

This recording was originally uploaded in 2019, two years into me recording new music and pairing it with videos I shot on my iPhone.

I was new to mobile videography and still learning how to build community on YouTube.

I was also in the thick of my Alice in Wonderland project, an 11-video series where I sung the first 4 or 5 pages of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.

"She had a bottle labeled "Drink me" and a cake that said "Eat me" and I thought, oh wow! This is a metaphor for our phones and digital devices and all the hyper-connectivity that these things bring to us."

Below are links for four tracks on Spotify and the full 11 video cycle on YouTube

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MiwPoFj9xnjzcqiOhVJm4

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uLljA-vBnONLOJIniA-ZaDTICDtCyaP&si=GgjAl-aKPr-vMLS9

This year, I am re-telling the Alice in Wonderland story through a music and dance video web series that unfolds in the woods of Northern California. Come with me on this journey as Alice explores reality, truth and beauty.

This is a the narration for the 90 second trailer of Down The Rabbit Hole - A Musical Journey Based on Alice in Wonderland

Below are links for four tracks on Spotify and the full 11 video cycle on YouTube

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MiwPoFj9xnjzcqiOhVJm4

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uLljA-vBnONLOJIniA-ZaDTICDtCyaP&si=GgjAl-aKPr-vMLS9

In this episode, I return to the podcast after a month of creating a new album launch. I talk about the challenges of the launch with an eye on three pieces of advice.

1. be adaptable
2. understand your why
3. don't hesitate

Below are links for four tracks on Spotify and the full 11 video cycle on YouTube

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5MiwPoFj9xnjzcqiOhVJm4

YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6uLljA-vBnONLOJIniA-ZaDTICDtCyaP&si=GgjAl-aKPr-vMLS9

Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2SRMpwpzKxJnWBnSmFRqWG

Purchase digital downloads or CDs: https://chantmagick.bandcamp.com/album/a-dance-for-trees

So people ask me all the time. What are you doing? What is Chantmagick about? I say it's about feeling joy, it's about me modeling so for other people, people listening to the music. It's about peace. it's about kindness and connection, especially in nature. It's a series of musical statements about hope and the feeling that can reconnect to ourselves with nature and to each other.

In this week's podcast, I talk a little bit about a favorite quote which is "Your purpose is what you say it is. Your mission is the one you give yourself."

My purpose is to access and bring music from all of my sources out to the public.

My job is to find images, movements and sounds that help people reconnect with all knowing, loving source.

My task is to stop, evaluate and make subtle shifts so that I don't dilute my energy and waste the time that I have.

What is your purpose?

This weeks talk was inspired by a quote I saw that referred to "whole hearted people living from a deep sense of worthiness."

For some reason, these words move me deeply!

"Be the one you are dreaming of." This week I discuss that statement and what it has meant to me as a creative person.

"Relax . . . intuition thrives on relaxation. Sit with your worries and let them pass over you like clouds."

In this episode, I share some thoughts about the statement above and tell a short story about telling the truth, relaxation and intuition.

These thoughts come up as I create my work as a musician. All work can be found on https://chantmagick.com

In this episode, I share some thoughts about Dr. Amit Goswami's ideas about creativity and consciousness. Dr. Goswami is a retired full professor in the department of Physics at University of Oregon from 1968 - 1997.

A video version of this podcast along with over 100 original music videos can be found at https://chantmagick.com