Santa Barbara based Conscious Music Artisit, David Segall has embarked on an epic Europe musical tour. I caught up with David right before he left for the tour. See the interview below as he takes a break from packing on his sail boat to chat with me about his musical influences as well as all the projects he has going on.

You can help David along his joinery in Europe by contributing to his crowdfunding campaign. There are some pretty nice perks including sailing adventures and yoga classes. Stay tuned to David as he just started the "Soul of the World" video series that documents his travels in Eurpoe as well as lessons he's learned along the way.

Donate to David Segall's crowd funding campaign. 

"Godspeed" is David Segalls brand new music video! Inspired by a 30 ft sail boat his band use to play on, Godspeed embodies the relaxed sailing life David leads.

Purchase David's Music on itunes! 

Clayton Joseph Scott Band is now renamed to Brightside.
Brightside's music is for sure sunny! Their feel good lyrics and reggae pop sounds are sure to put you in a good mood. Hailing from Venice Beach the music reflects the surf and sand lifestyle in LA.  
They are great during a live show as their jam band style comes out extending the songs to really let you feel the music and dance it out.
Other members of the band include lead guitarist, Daniel "Knoscious" Krieger who is also a member of the band The Luminaries, who had great success with songs about Peace and Hemp.
Together Clayton and Daniel also work with the Conscious event production team LuFamPro, that produces a weekly music show at a bar with kombucha on tap.

See more about the band on their website below.
http://cjsband.com/

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."

    Christina Aguilera is not normally an artist that comes to mind when writing about Conscious Music. Growing up listening to mainstream pop music I loved to dance to Christina's music and imagine I was a singer like her. My friends and I even got so close to almost meet her backstage at a concert, but we soon learned that a gifted used meet and greet pass for the opening band doesn't get you in to meet the headlining artist. Oops, we were fifteen.
Reflecting on the music I was idolizing, now I would not let myself listen to it let alone a 15 year old girl. With her first single "Genie in a Bottle" it was cute and catchy enough to overlook the underling message of subservient femininity to dominating masculinity.  


With her Lotus Album I actually see a flower growing through the crack of the asphalt.  To break down that metaphor lets look at the true spelling of ASS FAULT. Who is to blame, or better yet where does the program come from that runs through the music industry of demeaning the feminine? From some ASS hole, that's who's FAULT it is. From a demented masculine energy that has been controlling the mainstream music industry, that only creates successes out of those that follow their distorted agenda to degrade the feminine. Whether an artists knows it our not they have to play that game to be successful. Christina played it and is still playing it through even this album. With the super catchy cute song "Your Body." It's actually a great song when you hold it in the purity of loving someone and appreciating the ability to give them love through their body. Ahh that's an amazing and beautiful feeling, isn't it? To love someone with all your heart and to be able to express that on the physical plain is awesome!!! 


Yet in Christina's music video for the song she murders every guy she comes in contact with but only after getting her sexual satisfaction from them. It went from in her early career, giving her power away to men to now having so much power over them that she doesn't need them and they are disposable that she can express her heartlessness over it. That is a demented femininity that was set forth by the ASS FAULT to be bought by young teens coming into their femininity to distort it before they even know what they goddesses essence truly is. 

Yet some how within the album of Lotus I can feel what songs Christina pushed for to be on the record. I can feel her true femininity being expressed as the innate rightful goddesses she is. I hear it through "Lotus Intro," "Let There Be Love," "Make the World Move," and "Light Up the Sky." 


Naming her album Lotus reveals the true aspects of femininity. The Lotus flower's meaning is one of spiritual transformation. 


The Lotus Flower grows in the deep mud, far away from the sun. But, sooner or later, the Lotus reaches the light becoming the most beautiful flower ever.

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I think Christina is in a great place in her career, where she can balance the dark and rise to become her own Lotus Flower. She looks beautiful in the video from the American Music Awards, below. She is portraying a health body image, loving her curves, herself and exuding self confidence, but from a true source of Femininity.