Sparks from the Fire

New Beginnings - Inspirational Piano Music

To begin again.  What a great opportunity we all have as human beings!  To begin again…  and again, and again.  And even have a specially appointed time of year to do so.  The New Year.  This, to me, is the real Inspirational concept behind the whole idea of New Years Eve.

This past moment in time as the ball dropped and the Missus and I stood out on our terrace overlooking Times Square in the cold night air, it struck me, as the roar went up from the million or so below, that this was really a dumb thing to do and really meant nothing at all except, for most people, getting drunk and kissing your date at midnight.  A pretty hollow holiday.

But since, as I have been preparing Watchfire Music’s new CD, New Beginnings, for January release, I’ve begun to get inside the idea of having a starting point each year at this appointed time to leave the bad stuff behind and move forward with new life and hope. (more…)

OK, so here’s my head start on our Christmas List for 2010 for Watchfire Music.  Getting ahead of myself?  No, not really.  Just puttin’ it out there in the atmosphere.  As you will see, it’s a pretty heady wish list, but I believe entirely possible and necessary for the continued development of the company.

Is this an announcement of what’s coming?  I’d like to think so, but I know better considering all that would have to happen to get it all done.  That’s why I’ll still consider it a wish list rather than an announcement.  But you can bet on the fact that we’ll be bustin’ our tails this next year to try to get these things done for you.

First, our new major effort of expansion will be an entirely new division of Watchfire Music entitled “My Father’s House” – a spiritual community for youth of all ages to visit, meet, discuss, workshop, interact with, and explore.  Watchfire Music is partnering with youth leader and visionary, Matthew Hoffman of Tampa, Florida in this dramatic build-out of the site.  The first focus will be Hoffman’s modernization of the Ten Commandments, a musical trans-denominational interpretation on CD entitled “Laws 2 Live By”.

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