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Nahko at Lucidity

9/16/2015

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Nakho and Medicine for the People.

Last year at the annual Lucidity Festival they performed a truly amazing set.
This was the fest time I saw the band in person and only recently had I been introduced to them.
I was vaguly familiar with Nahko from the epic music video, Aloha Ke Akua, which is filled with nature images of divine spirit.

Nahko transcends the bridge of spiritual music and mainstream.

This type of music fuels your soul like a hug from a good friend. If you like his music then you resonate with it on a soul level and feel connected at a core level to this tribe.

Love the tribe or loath it, you are connected. In whatever form you show up in, you are connected. The tribe may appear like a washed up 60s hippie band, or wearing the latest counter culture trends. Such as a woven beanie or the popular long haired man bun(s). The crystals and feather earrings with a scarf and fedora. Or maybe your tribe-ness is less expressed from your outward style appearance, and instead it emerges from your inward being radiating love and light.

However you show up, if you stayed and loved Nahko, you know you are part of this tribe.

I could feel that at Nahkos 2014 Lucidity performance.
It didn't matter if half the crowd was on some kind of drug induced trip or if you were life high, the crowd was connected.
I could tangibly feel this. We were connect on the same level, same field. We were riding the same wave on the same high that is Nahko's music.




 The words, lyrics and melodies bring up the awareness of community connection. Themes of interconnected ness to nature and striving to improve the environment ecologically. socially, and politically, arise from each cord.

 If you have yet to hear a note I highly suggest taking a listen, a breath in and open up into the nurtured soul music of Nahko.

 It completely sums up the spiritual counterculture of today who isn't into the hype or bs. They aren't the airy fairy hopeful duds who sit on their ass and meditate the day away. The ones that listen to Nahko actually give a sh*t and do something about it. They change the world while Nahko opens our hearts and reflects back what's in our soul. If you feel it you know.
You're in the tribe.

As Nahko doesn't skirt around the issues, his story is deep and raw with a fine finishing of freedom within spirit.
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Just Fall into Fall

9/17/2014

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Summer is wrapping up and fall is approaching. Summer season is normally associated with light hearted care free activities while Fall is more rooted in the earthly hazards of life. The Fall and Winter seasons can be tremulous for some.
 
The first verse of this song completely describes my October last year. Upon first hearing these words I couldn't help but cry. 

I had gone through a traumatic break up and move during last October that took me a while to get back on my feet from. I'm still gaining balance emotionally from all the surprise bombs and memories. Like the homeless man's story in the music video,  too didn't know where I was going to stay from night to night. Fortunately for me I never had to resort to sleeping in a grave yard as there was always a friends couch to crash on or a yoga room to sleep in. 
I knew immediately once this readjustment phase started that it was going to be hard to get through but that I was going through it for a reason. I felt like this was my true testimony to God that I will always be taken care of even when I was at rock bottom. Four times it came down to the wire of having to move from where I was staying and not knowing what was next or where to go. And then like magic out of no where the perfect opportunities came up for me to take. Going from the last day at a place not knowing where to go next, to moving day and a place suddenly being available for me. It was something I couldn't have planned, only God could have lined up for me. That happened because I believed and trusted I would be taken care of. 
Fall can be painful and bring loss. As we brace ourselves for similar potential energies this Fall I would hold onto this song in your playlists. Here is "Just Fall" by Anthem Lights. 

Just Fall Official Lyric Video 

While watching the Official Music Video and hearing that man's story, not only did I relate but heard my own call from God to do more for helping others. People who are close to me and those I have yet to meet through offering my services and talents in business. This has to be the most powerful music video I have seen in a while. It helps to have a mini documentary spliced in and tied to the song. The main message here is to surrender your troubles to God, who will break your fall and line things up for you to be taken care of. 
Enjoy your Fall!

Just Fall Official Music Video

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Dear Hollywood, The Lights are Calling!

3/3/2014

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Dear Hollywood, The Lights are Calling!

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Anthem Lights that is. The band is calling you out! The four man singing group is asking for Hollywood to be more in the light! I mean come on, Los Angeles, it's the City of Angels yet produces so many vampire shows and horror movies. Its where artists go to make their dreams come true yet so many are crushed. They continue waiting tables for a living instead of having their passion profit. 
It's a big sprawling city with many neon lights, it doesn't get too dark. Yet the dark side is always shown on the silver screens. Unnecessary vulgarity, violence and negativity shows up in the movies, music, and celebrity puffing that Hollywood produces. It's rare to find a direct positive message or movement coming out of the content produced there. Yet that's not as rare when you listen to music from bands like Anthem Lights on stations such as Air 1; the positive alternative. You have to know where to look for that. Hence why I have created this site, Conscious Content, for you to find content that is uplifting. 
In college I had the amazing opportunity to attend a sustainability projects class. My teacher continually told us how we as California students have an edge of influence on the world as they look here for what's cool and what on trend. If the trend that we set is one of caring for the environment and all things related, we would have a huge influence, especially when put in the media. Because as the song says "Dear Hollywood, there's so much good that you could do. With so many eyes watching you." 

One of the most powerful lines in the song, 
"Broken hearted but pretending that you're alright. Lived out every dream but something's missing." 
I've followed this band for some time as a fan. They create amazing vocal harmonies in their covers of popular songs. Covering mostly in unique acapella and mash up versions. As I fan I had to comment right away.

I posted the following on their youtube lyric video "I've been waiting for this!! Awe it makes me cry. The lyrics are so powerful and on point! Way to go guys! I hope this gets lots of views and in the news!" And notice the angel number in the length of this video, 4:44. The meaning behind 444 according to Doreen Virtue's book "Angel Numbers" is 
"444 — Thousands of angels surround you at this moment, loving and supporting you. You have a very strong and clear connection with the angelic realm, and are an Earth angel yourself. You have nothing to fear—all is well." 
The angels support this message and this band! And you should to. Share the message! Spread it! Re-create Hollywood. We can do it. And we can start with youtube, public access and creating you own content. At least on social media we can control what is presented and posted :) 
In light and Love - Melissa Laine
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A True Conscious Artist; Demi Lovato

3/23/2013

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Being amongst a spiritual community I have revered, encouraged and blogged about accomplishments of others because they have inspired me. I promote and blog through this site out of my heart because I love to share with others what gets me up. What helps me to feel good about myself, determined and confident. This is one of my labors of love. Much like a musician with their music. 
Just like a musician you can do your dream as a hobbyist or a budding professional. Though when you go into the professional realm, people will do things for fame or to further their career that may not match up with their true essence of their love for that passion. This can happen with almost a guarantee every time in the music industry. Well all parts of the media industry for that matter. And I have seen friends and acquaintances sacrifice some of their purity to get ahead. That can hinger their creation and or themselves. I can go on and on about the negative, manipulative, dirty, and un-godly energy swirling around the entertainment industry, but I won't cuz you get it. Its really hard as an artist to stay pure to your heart creation while still paying your bills and eating. Also once successful one can have the same struggle to keep their creation in the highest light energy field from praying mantises who want to put their own energy spin on what the creation should be like.

A Conscious Artist is about staying true to you no matter what. As that is what connects and grows an audience. Being a true Conscious Artist is not just about having inspirational lyrics set to music people will actually listen to. A Conscious Artist has the following. 

A real connection to their audience. 
Vulnerability.
Authenticity.
Adds value to their fan's lives.
Walks their talk.
Humility.

These artists are not only found outside the mainstream. My honorary TRUE CONSCIOUS ARTIST AWARD goes to the MTV Documented, Tabloid Scrutinized, Disney Star, DEMI LOVATO.
I have been singing her song from hearing it on a top 40 station for months without knowing who she is. I found out, and I like! 

From growing up in the spotlight with Barney, Disney channel shows and movies, Demi caved under the pressure system of hollywood. The pressure to perform, stay skinny and be a role model (or false prophet). Well now she has earned her role model status by admitting and openly talking about her struggles, with bullying, anorexia, bulimia, depression and cutting. She went on talk shows and even had an MTV Documentary about her personal issues showcased to her fans and the world in hopes that speaking out could give a voice and a chance for others to get better. 
This is truly an inspirational artist to be so forthcoming with things most people would try to avoid talking about, especially in the public eye. 

Within the conscious community I have seen most people wanting to only talk about the positive. In any community really we want to portray ourselves like we have it all together. "How are you doing today?" "Great" - we say after we had an existential breakdown in our car about the purpose of our life, before we saw that person at our local health food store. That leaves no room for a real connection, community, or help. It leaves the most compelling thing about you tucked away in the corner collecting dust or worse mold! And we're allergic to mold! Conforming to the mold and fitting into one. It's just not for us! 

It's a little counter conscious to say but it's true. Revealing these types of things, pain, discomfort, and distorters actually doesn't harm you, it helps you. Revealing is to put in the light. When things are looked at long enough in the light and at the right angle, they can become clear. You can come to a clear understanding of why you went though that, why you have been kept clear of certain people, why you feel a certain way, it's all ok. That is exactly Demi's message. For revealing her secretes hasn't harmed her, its helped her, in recovery, connecting to her fans that feel similar and ultimately furthering her career. In the right light, the dark can become bright. So say what might be scary to say. It can save you and your career. 

So with your creations, people, please, don't sugar coat it! Don't let someone else change your vision or misrepresent your work, or under represent it! Be you, be bold, be brave! Don't cave!

My fav Demi song "Together."

A link to watch the full MTV special Demi Lovato's Stay Strong
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Nicki Minaj's Gem

9/4/2011

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Nicki Minaj's Song "Fly" featuring Rihanna is a true Gem. Coming across a song on mainstream hip-hop radio that has the feeling of positive passion that this song has, is a rare find.  

The song glistens in its lyrics.
"We come alive in a time of fear." 
"I am levitation, I represent an entire generation." 

And soars through the chorus. 
"I cam to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive. I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise. To fly." Knowing why you are here, why you were born on this earth and what you came here to do is crucial in these times or great change. This song captures what it is to know your purpose and gives a great motivation to let it fly! 
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Good Life

8/6/2011

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I recently heard the song "Good Life" from the band One Republic off of their album Waking Up, while flipping through stations in the car.

It's great to see such a simplistic yet powerful positive message come through the radio. 

I couldn't help but to look up the song and play it over and over again on youtube. The video below is the version I like to play continually. Not the official video as it is too busy for my eyes. Not the 'Live at Walmart' version either, though the lead singer does have a great opening message that I quoted below, his voice does this weird high pitch thing on the word "this" that I can't stand to hear. But the simple fan video does the trick. Enjoy.


 “Everyday when you wake up you get to choose how that day is going to be. It can either be terrible or it can be good. I have a theory that you can decide to make whatever day a good day. And as cheesy as that sounds, I believe it’s true.” – Ryan Tedder, Lead Singer. 

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