... is posted at http://soundjourney.wordpress.com. : )

Thank you for stopping by!

Much love,

sM

I've answered this question in song - and here's a video.  Note: the last two minutes are entirely improvised. ; )

Enjoy, and please post your responses: what does prosperity for all mean to YOU? : )

You may or may not be aware yet that I am a Partner in a project called Prosperity For All 2008.

I am participating in this event because I am clear that the future of humanity depends upon those of us who are willing to stand up and declare ourselves its architects and builders, and I am not willing to wait for lawmakers, politicians, and heads of corporations to lead the way. They won't.

If you haven't visited the site yet, I am inviting you to click the link above and poke around - and if you're inspired, get involved. You'll find a video I recorded the other day of a song I began writing, as well as a podcast with Michael Skye, founder of VisionForce, and some other goodies.

If you've been paying attention to what's happening in the world - even where you are - you'll notice that things are starting to look pretty precarious, and you may have even already started feeling the impact in your own life.

The good news is that with conscious intent and the right actions, you can put yourself into the groove with folks who are connecting and joining forces to create a future that inspires and calls forth the best that humanity has to offer.

Go visit www.prosperityforall2008.com and start creating YOUR prosperous future!

I say we can.

Check out:  www.prosperityforall2008.com

I just posted a video there with the beginnings of a brand-new song, and today I did a podcast with Michael Skye where I talk about the One Prosperous World Tour 2008, Conscious Celebrations, and how we can work together to create a future that inspires us and calls forth the best that we have to offer.

Enjoy!

sM

Announcing the One Prosperous World Tour 2008:

 

A series of Conscious Celebrations created by and for those who are standing and working to create prosperity for all in our lifetime – co-created, facilitated, and marinated in the musical magic of Shawn Madden, a dynamic and versatile performer who puts the party in prosperity!

 

This tour is all about celebration of collaboration and collective transformation; individuals, groups, communities and organizations all over the world are right now creating a peaceful and prosperous global civilization, building the foundation for a sustainable human presence which honors all life on planet earth.

 

You don’t see this on the nightly news, but it’s happening – and I am inviting those who hear this call to join with me in creating events to celebrate, invigorate, and accelerate this movement.

 

I bring performance skills as a singer-songwriter, DJ, emcee and host, and I am fully prepared with the equipment and the know-how to create an event that will rock your community, energize your people, and vitalize your projects. We are catalyzing the movement with dancing and commemorating it in song; we are giving it a voice – the voice of humanity singing together, hearts open wide!

 

The first event of this tour will be Prosperity For All 2008 the week of June 10-15 in Austin, Texas, where I am providing audio equipment and the soundtrack for an alliance-building event where fifty visionary leaders from around the world are uniting to face everything, avoid nothing, and stand together for prosperity for all in our lifetime. From there, I will go for a loop through the central United States, creating magic and celebration, leaving joy and gratitude in my wake!

 

Here is the itinerary as it stands today (dates for unconfirmed events are approximate):

 

• June 10-15 Austin, TX – Prosperity For All 2008

• June 18 Dallas, TX – Looking for partners, sponsors, and co-creators

• June 19 Tulsa, OK – Looking for partners, sponsors, and co-creators

• June 20-22 St. Louis, MO - Indie Buzz Bootcamp, a weekend workshop for musicians passionate about being a part of the creation of the future of the music business. Musicians and music business professionals looking for new pathways to success must be at this event. Discounted registration until April 30th. Only 150 seats. For more information, contact me using the information below.

• June 23-25 Cedar Rapids, IA – Performance / celebration at the Matyk building in the New Bohemia section of town, where as we speak a community of creative visionary entrepreneurs, artists, and others are creating a prosperous culture in the heart of the midwest!

• June 26-27 Omaha, NE – A celebration in the early stages of planning

• June 28-29 Boulder, CO - Looking for partners, sponsors, and co-creators

• June 30 Denver, CO - Looking for partners, sponsors, and co-creators

• June 31 Taos, NM - Looking for partners, sponsors, and co-creators

• July 1 Amarillo, TX – A visit to Lovelock, an eco-village that is in the early stages of being built

• July 4 Austin, TX – Prosperity For Austin! Homecoming Celebration

This is the first of three legs of this tour; the second leg will begin in late August, after we’ve had a chance to integrate the learning and the expanded resources of the first.

I am looking for short-term and long-term partners and sponsors. If you are inspired by what you have seen here, I am inviting you to contact me ASAP and let me know what you would like to do to help.

Want to help?  Here are some of the things that you can do:

Here are a few of the projects I'm working on.  Check them out.  Comment.  Get involved.  Enjoy!

Prosperity For All 2008 - This June 10-15, fifty visionary leaders from all over the world will gather in Austin, Texas to launch a global movement to create prosperity for all human beings on the planet.  Will you be among them?

The Affluent Artist Alliance - A blog for musicians and other artists who are on the leading edge of the movement to empower independent artists

Indie Buzz Bootcamp - June 20-22, 2008 - a groundbreaking event for 150 of the world's leading independent musicmakers and music business people.  Seats are going fast, so register today!

sM

I updated my profile today, with HOT information.

This is who I am evolving as, and it's happening even as I write this.

If you are looking for a way to grow your business or community initiative,
and you want to have an absolute BLAST doing it, contact me and let's create.

sM

This morning I am deeply present to how beautiful it is to be human.

I'm grateful because I often have this experience; yet, this morning, there's something even more special about it.

I have taken part in many workshops and consciousness-raising events, and this one was the gentlest, sweetest powerhouse punch to the gut I have ever been a part of.

Essentially, it's a call to awakening.  Its message is timely, heart-centered, and urgent.  The Pachamama mission is stated clearly:

To bring forth an environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling human presence on the planet as the guiding principle of our time.

Wow.  Doesn't that hit it on the head?  Isn't that what Zaadz is about?  Gaiam?  VISIONFORCE?  Isn't that what we're all standing for? 

I'd like to hear from folks about this.   What are your thoughts?  Have you participated in the Symposium?  What did you think?  How has it impacted your life?

Please comment.

Imagine:

Events where people gather, artists perform, films are viewed, vendors share their creations - arts, technologies, philosophies, techniques and methods for solving the problems that we face as a unified humanity …

Imagine a global celebration of the human spirit: a main event, somewhere beautiful, with a million people participating, and hundreds of thousands at satellite events occurring simultaneously all over the planet; and imagine that the performances and happenings are also broadcast online, such that millions of people are tuning in from their bedrooms, living rooms, and cafes.

Imagine events that *create* more energy than they consume; events which leave the local economies in which they take place in better shape for the long-term than before the event - events which turn the idea of “leaving no trace” into “leave the site better than you found it” …

Imagine the human race united in song, dance, celebration, innovation, and the creation of a truly sustainable planetary culture …

Imagine a combination of the best elements of the Green Festivals, Peak Experience Productions events, the Sustainable Planet and Elevate Film Festivals, WOMAD, the Entheos Gathering, Sunrise Celebration, and many other gatherings around the world that are awakening humankind to the very real possibility of living peacefully and in beauty and grace on earth.

That is my vision, and that is what I am working to create. I'm on a mission to create life on earth as a sustainable system, powered by love, and fueled by Conscious Celebration. Won't you join me?

Please visit my music store to hear - and purchase - some of my music for a buck-a-song. Each dollar you contribute allows me to continue pursuing this vision.

I look forward to creating with you!

Much love,

Shawn