Musicians: Get Involved

Mungo Jerry

Why Should YOU as a musician, get involved with helping out the planet? 

Music is a form of art that has no boundaries, and artists who create it have enormous power to influence and inspire people globally. At the same time, environmental charities are organizations that work to protect and conserve natural resources, endangered species, and ecosystems all around the world. Let's elaborate on why musicians should get involved in environmental charities. Firstly, musicians have a massive audience base that can be utilized to raise awareness about environmental issues. Secondly, musicians have the ability to convey powerful messages and emotions through their music, which can influence audiences to take action against environmental problems. Thirdly, music can be used as a means to fundraise for environmental charities, and this can be very beneficial for such organizations.

Musicians have a huge fan base that can be used to raise awareness about environmental issues. Fans follow their favorite musicians on social media platforms, concerts, and events. Musicians can use these platforms to share information about environmental issues such as global warming, climate change, and deforestation. By sharing links, articles, and spread awareness using these platforms, musicians can create an impact among their followers. Musicians have the ability to get their fans to care about the environment since fans look up to these artists, and they trust their opinions. By involving themselves in environmental charities, musicians can draw the attention of their massive audience to environmental issues.

Musicians have the ability to convey powerful messages and emotions through their music, which can influence audiences to take action against environmental problems. Music is an essential tool for conveying messages and emotions. Musicians can use music to create awareness about environmental issues and inspire their fans to take action. For example, a musician can create a music video that shows the effects of pollution on the environment. Using a catchy tune and meaningful lyrics, musicians can produce a song that resonates with people and motivates them to think about their actions and take steps to reduce their carbon footprint.

Music can be used as a means to fundraise for environmental charities. Musicians have the ability to produce music that people can buy to support environmental charities. For example, artists such as Jack Johnson, Dave Matthews Band, and Jason Mraz have used their music and concerts to raise awareness and funds for environmental charities. Other musicians can follow suit by hosting concerts, creating merchandise that promotes environmental awareness, and donating money from their album sales to environmental charities. Funds from these events can be used to support research, organize rallies, and spread awareness about environmental issues that require attention.

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Musicians can create partnerships with environmental charities to support their causes. By partnering with environmental charities, musicians can amplify their message and spread awareness even further. These partnerships present an opportunity for musicians to collaborate with environmental charities on fundraising efforts, creating educational content, and hosting awareness events. For example, The Foo Fighters partnered with Rock the Vote to encourage their fans to vote and become politically involved in environmental issues. Such partnerships are beneficial as they help increase awareness and amplify the message the musicians try to get across.

Environmental charities and musicians can collaborate together to spread awareness about environmental issues and create change. By joining forces, environmental charities and musicians can host events, rallies, and concerts, all of which would have a significant impact on creating awareness around environmental issues. For instance, environmental charities can host events where musicians can perform, and the proceedings raised can go to support the charity's mission. This type of partnership not only supports the environmental charity but also gives musicians an opportunity to use their platform to raise awareness.

Musicians can use their influence to raise awareness about specific environmental issues that require attention. Musicians can choose to focus on one of the many environmental problems that require attention, such as deforestation, water pollution, and climate change. With this initiative, they can amplify the message and raise awareness of these issues, which will draw attention to the root cause and encourage people to take appropriate action. This way, musicians can effectively target a specific issue, communicate with their fans, and work towards promoting more sustainable lifestyles.
Musicians can encourage their fans to make small changes in their daily lives that have a significant impact on the environment. They can use their platforms to promote sustainable activities such as recycling, public transport, and reducing the use of single-use plastics. By normalizing sustainable lifestyles, those efforts encourage fans to take small steps towards making changes that can benefit the environment. Musicians can create distinct campaigns that promote different sustainable changes, such as touring using carbon-neutral methods.

Musicians can support the use of eco-friendly products through endorsing and partnering with companies that produce sustainable merchandise, such as clothing made from organic cotton or accessories made from recycled materials. They can also use their influence to advocate for policies that support environmental protection and conservation. By using their platform to promote eco-friendly practices, musicians can inspire their fans to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle and contribute to a healthier planet.

So, if you have decided you'd like to help, then get in touch with us at Minds Behind the Music. We're actively looking for musicians to release "singles" in aid of Greenpeace and various other environmental and animal charities. All the chosen releases go MAINSTREAM and are released on every single platform world-wide and we will press release and promote every single at our cost. Simple. 

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An Interview With Lorenzo Gabanizza About Their New Single, "I Don't Want To Live Without You" Plus about him..

I had the opportunity to hear "I Don't Want To Live Without You". It is a magnificent track even in it's ruff state. I truly enjoyed the guitars, and the story that is being told. the background singers sound like angels! This is just an fantastic track. this track had me bobbin my head, again to a  truly stunning track. This track is something to look forward to, reader's. You will truly love it. I also had the great opportunity to interview Lorenzo Gabanizza about the track and some of his other thoughts.

                               The Lorenzo Gabanizza Interview

1.    What made you want to become a musician? How did it all start?

To answer the first question, I could say that it was a natural and obvious process. Because there was no desire to become a musician: I just was a musician. At the age of three I began to sing, without anyone forcing it on me, at five, to play a small two-octave orange accordion. At seven years old to play drums and guitar, so you see, it was just a process. I suppose I've already answered the second question, but I could tell that I remember one day in particular, where I saw my brother Max tinkering with our old Europhon record player. He had hooked up a microphone to the speakers and put the Beatles record "She loves you" on the turntable. He invited me to try singing and so did my parents. At first, hearing my voice coming out of the speakers was such a bizarre sensation that I couldn't stop laughing. Then I really started singing and never stopped.


2.    What inspired you to write "I Don't Want To Live Without You"?

One of my favorite books is Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I suppose because the passionate,

virulent, tantalizing love of the two protagonists suits my inner torments and the essence of who I am and how I love. Therefore, inspired by a personal experience, I developed the theme and I wanted to sanctify it, so to speak, with the presence of a magnificent gospel choir. The deep meaning of the track will be partially revealed in the video clip, but I can't reveal anything, firstly because it would ruin the surprise and secondly, because it is right to leave the audience free to elaborate what they will see and hear.

 3.    What was the process that you had to go through to make this track?

 A long and hard chiseling process. To say the truth, not yet finished. Above all to include each tool and enhance it. Anyone who understands mixing knows perfectly well that having many instruments together is like working in a cupboard crammed with precious porcelain. Of course, I could have included fewer instruments in the arrangement, but that would have twisted the original idea: this song was supposed to be epic, mighty, glorious. Because these are the adjectives that fit eternal realities like love and death, which the song is about.


4.    What’s the bands line up?

Terrific. Judge by yourself. On Lead and background vocals Jeff Christie and myself. On drums, Paul Fenton which is currently T-Rex drummer. On bass, the one and only Kev Moore, who’s the bass player of many projects, not least his band “Witch Cross” that is getting the stages of all Europe in fire. I have to add that the song will be released also in a orchestral version: orchestra, bass, acoustic guitar, piano and voices. In that version, it will be my brother Max playing bass. On piano Hale White, a Nashville talented guy who worked among the others with Pam Tillis, Lorrie Morgan, Collin Raye. On dobro, Patrick Lyons who works for country mainstream star Colter Wall. On strings, arranged and directed by me, Richard Curran who worked for the great Bert Jansch (Pentagle and Donovan inspirer). On trumpets, we have John Heinrich (Barry Gibb, Percy Sledge, Ronnie Millsap) and Mike Casteel (Connie Francis, Sting). On Back vocals, the gospel choir FORTUNATE Which I’d like to thank from these pages. Takisha Frost, their Manager and Karen Ksoul Bowden, Constance Devone and Tomeka Pierce: Thank you Sisters!!! The mixing is by Corey “The Magician” Moore. Mastering, by 63 times Grammy awarded Greg Calbi (worked for such as Dylan, Lennon and Bowie) and Steve Fallone, winner of a Grammy in 2022 for his work with Lady Gaga. The release date is not known yet, but it will be around End April if things are going as planned.

5.    Is the band Christie getting back together?

Certainly, many have thought about this and asked themselves the same question. Fans around the world etc. But I have to say no. This is not going to happen. Christie is the past. Surely a glorious past and an integral part of who Jeff and I are as musicians, but neither of us are interested in a resurrection of the band. We prefer to keep moving forward rather than keep looking back.

6.    What are the essential qualities that make a good musician? 

Have a good ear. Have an open communication through the inner world and the outside world. Being honest. Being able to establish a connection with their audience.



7.    What was the best concert you’ve seen and why?

I remember two concerts. And it will surprise you because they are two culturally polar opposite musicians: Donovan and Mike Shinoda. At the Donovan concert I attended as a staff member and led the lighting rig and partially sat at the mixer with Pat. An unforgettable experience, and the opportunity to see from within a true myth of music and an exceptional person. Concerning Mike’s gig, it's a different story. Chester Bennington had recently died and that concert in Milan was a post-traumatic group therapy for everyone, including Mike. It must be said that, at the end of the concert, I delivered my personal letter to Mike's bodyguard but I never received a reply. It would be interesting to find out if the security guy kept his promise to deliver it in his hands.



8.    What accomplishments do you see yourself achieving in the next five to 10 years?

I don't predict the future. And I don't care to predict it. I have hopes, sure. What I hope is to be able to do this job with serenity.



9.    Which instrument is your favorite to play and why?

I play many instruments, but the guitar is the one I use the most because of its ease of handling and versatility.


10.    Are there any musicians who inspire you? What qualities do you admire about them?

Many, actually. Jeff Christie, because he was there at the beginning and he became part of my childhood: I really admire his ability to play all kinds of music, his melodic and scratchy voice when needed and he is also a fantastic multi-instrumentalist. There is so much more than a Yellow River! Then, Elvis Presley. I admire him because he owns all the qualities. Bob Dylan, for his intelligence and his ability to create vehicles of thought for the masses. Neil Diamond, for his way to marry melody and love together without being sappy. Barry Ryan, Freddie Mercury and Chester Bennington for their extraterrestrial voices. Edith Piaf, for her ability to bleed her voice on stage… And many many more like Jan Matthews, Brian Hyland, Bread, Kate Bush, Donovan, John Carter, Kincade, Linkin Park, Gordon Lightfoot, Stamford bridge, Engelbert, Dawn, Beatles, Etc.


Interview  by: SchizoFranic
Link: https://linktr.ee/SchizoFranic

Hit Songwriter Launches New Album

NUMBER ONE HIT SONY/BMG SONGWRITER RELEASES NEW ALBUM

Award-winning, hit songwriter, Tom Tikka is back with a brand new album packed with what his record label calls, “hit after hit.”

The album, entitled “Better Man”, is released on 20th May world-wide on every platform from the Minds Behind the Music Record label. The distribution is via their mainstream deal with Sony Orchard.

Tikka has been working closely with Minds Behind the Music on the album. It all started when his song “Venetian Rubber Boots” was selected to the label’s upcoming environmental fundraising compilation album to support the fight against climate change.

Now Tom and MBTM have released Tikka’s sophomore effort entitled Better Man. The album features the hit single “By 2022” (#14 on iTunes Canada), a song that’s been reviewed in multiple music blogs and is also now nominated in the single of the year category at the ISSA awards 2022.

Tikka said: "Better Man is my attempt to write one of those records that I grew up with. I thought it’d be nice to try to reproduce some of the magic that the great singer-songwriter albums of the 60s and 70s had – albeit with a modern twist. This was also an era when the Top 40 was a lot more eclectic than it is today. There could be many artists from radically different genres on the same week’s Billboard chart: Uriah Heep, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Kris Kristofferson, Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye and Three Dog Night. This was yet another aspect I wanted to revisit."

Formerly the songwriter of the Sony/BMG & Warner Music band, Carmen Gray, Tom Tikka has managed to build a rather successful career for himself as a solo act. Tom’s previous album, This Is My Happy Face included three international iTunes smashes. Both "Doormat" & "With Eyes Closed" were #1 hit singles, while “Heart’s on Fire” made it to #2. Tikka has been featured on Huffington's Thrive Global, Authority Magazine, Melody Maker Magazine, Ballroom Blitz, The Hollywood Digest, VENTS Magazine and many others, while his music videos have won at film festivals around the world.

Tikka is also an ISSA Award winner (Emerging Male Artist of The Year) as well as a Josie Music Awards and Hollywood Music in Media Awards nominee.

"Tikka has been at this a long time so I rue not discovering him sooner…" – THE HOLLYWOOD DIGEST

"I don’t normally use the word genius for many musicians, however the cap fits with Tom Tikka." – TUNEDLOUD


Contact: MBTM for press packs/photographs officialmbtm@gmail.com

Record Label: https://mindsbehindthemusicrecords.carrd.co

Album available here https://orcd.co/betterman_tomtikka