The Calling

Listen to "The Calling" on Spreaker. The moment someone brings up being called to serve their art we instantly connect it with a religious experience. Is it because the world of spirituality is more open with where great moments come from? I don't think so. I believe a lot of wanderers expect good things to happen. If they hit a wall three times the fourth attempt will be getting through it. Being called to lead at work, home or around the neighborhood is like identifying the reason why singer/songwriters get into music. Inspiration, influence and or the desire to prove to yourself that what you feel on the inside has the strength to relate with others. But what happens if that calling you've answered comes with the identity of Christ? We hear preachers and other circles speak of that moment when decisions were made. But why them? Rush Limbaugh once talked about how many people are called to play baseball but very very very few of them get to play in the major leagues. In all walks of life its the same story. Religion is no different. Radio the same, banking, marketing or serving your community at the nearest grocery store. What is your calling and how did you accept it as such? Or are you still ignoring the voice in your head and heart?

Brandyn Burnette

Listen to "rBeatz Music Update Brandyn Burnette On John Mayer" on Spreaker. Inside this MP3, EP download generation the idea of creating full albums almost seems passe. Until you take note of the movement of today's singer/songwriters who are using techniques and tricks from the masters before them. For Brandyn Burnette The Fray, Cold Play and John Mayer knew how to use lyrics to keep an entire album fresh and connected. The latest release from Brandyn on rBeatz Radio is Escape.

Alan Walker

Listen to "rBeatz Music Update Alan Walker On Inspiration" on Spreaker. Asking someone who inspired them to be creative reaches beyond the depth of better understanding them as a creative mind. Inspiration and influence carry a lot of weight. We've heard of the typical responses connected to music's explorers and top performers. Alan Walker strolls a different path. His fans and followers get the credit. His latest release on rBeatz Radio is Alone.

Sam Maggs

Listen to "Sam Maggs author of Wonder Women" on Spreaker. Sam Maggs chronicles the lives of smart, pioneering women from the past in Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History (Quirk Books; October 4, 2016; $16.99). Maggs, who has an MA in Victorian literature, presents readers with a collection of international bad-as-heck babes who broke barriers as scientists, engineers, mathematicians, adventurers, and inventors (before their male counterparts stole the spotlight and took credit for their work). With Wonder Women, Maggs proves that smart women have always been able to achieve amazing things, even when the odds are stacked against them, including: Women of Science: Otto Hahn won a Nobel Prize for discovering nuclear fission but in fact it was Austrian nuclear physicist Lise Meitner who made the discovery and consequently explained it to Otto! Women of Medicine: As a Hindu woman, Anandibai Joshi overcame religious persecution in order to travel to America to become one of the first female doctors to practice in India. Women of Espionage: Inspired by a novel about a female pirate, Sarah Emma Edmonds cut off her hair and began dressing as a man in order to emancipate herself from the realities of being a nineteenth-century woman. Using her newfound freedom she joined the Union army and became a spy and the only woman admitted to the Grand Army of the Republic. Women of Innovation: Chinese textile pioneer Huang Daopo mustered the bravery to escape an abusive home life and arranged marriage, which gave her the freedom to pursue a career that allowed her to innovate in the textile industry—she invented the cotton gin five centuries before Eli Whitney! Women of Adventure: American aviatrix Bessie Coleman overcame racism to pursue her dream to become the first Black pilot. In addition to spotlighting women from history, Wonder Women contains Q&As with several of today's visionary females, such as STEM Women founder Dr. Buddhini Samarasinghe and disaster researcher Mika McKinnon. These women, both past and present, will inspire and empower readers to overcome barriers and follow their passions.

Laurence Juber

Listen to "Laurence Juber Can't Stop Playing The Beatles" on Spreaker. GRAMMY-winning fingerstyle guitarist Laurence Juber will release LJ Can't Stop Playing The Beatles! (Hologram Recordings), a third collection of his celebrated solo acoustic arrangements of Beatles tunes. Tthe recording showcases Juber’s unique acoustic guitar touch and tone on this collection of Fab favorites.   This new album follows the “fantastic” (Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine) LJ Plays the Beatles (2000), which was voted one of Acoustic Guitar Magazine's all-time Top Ten albums, and LJ Plays the Beatles Vol. 2 (2010), “a keenly pleasurable journey through some of the best music ever created” (Acoustic Guitar).   LJ will be in New York and New Jersey March 3-5 for BeatlesFest: http://www.thefest.com/2017-fests/new-york-metro-march-3-4-5-2017/ New York Metro (March 3-5, 2017) | The Fest for Beatles Fans www.thefest.com Klaus Voormann Musician, Artist: Performed/Recorded with John, Paul, George, & Ringo, Member of Manfred Mann Band. Klaus returns to the New York Metro FEST for the ...   Watch the promo video here: https://vimeo.com/201770337  

And So...

Listen to "And So" on Spreaker. In radio we call them crutches. That go to place in a talking break that sounds more like a time killer then a physical connection with listeners. Radio isn't the only game playing the same. As creative minds and builders there's something you do in your everyday that puts movement through your journey forward. Look at the way we treat people when we believe the conversation is over. We use vocal tones as a crutch. It signals the passerby that we're pretty much done. Grocery store checkout clerks say the same thing over and over again to their customers. It's a crutch! Instead of engaging in brand new conversation they rely on whatever it takes to make the line shorter. I usually choose to break the ice first by asking them questions about the outside world. Then I rely on my own crutches to pull a smile from their company cover. Which is the reason why I love sharing conversations with the nations top comedians. They've mastered the art of connection by way of listening then growing into a small collection of thoughts which leads to the passerby to be eased into something new. Doctors and Dentists are totally addicted to crutches. Mechanics and car salespeople are horrible with crutches. Are you aware of what's making you stale? Me asking questions all the time. A total crutch!

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 62

Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 62" on Spreaker. What is your requirement? To wake up in the morning. Brush your teeth. Head to work then return home to spend what little money you made? We all carry forward a personal requirement. Not necessarily a purpose but a requirement. You challenge yourself daily to reach a place of security and or acceptability. You see struggles headed your direction and instantly you require yourself to prepare for the passing season. I ask a lot of questions. Not to be a know it all. I only want to better understand the requirement. And in asking those questions I wonder how I might be serving better. But you have to watch out for moments like this. To make yourself available means you have to meet the requirement. This opens a huge can of worms. Do business leaders truly mean their door is always open? Are you available to help heal beyond just being in the mood for it? It's an incredible feeling to say you are going to help usher in change. But a darker storm grows forward when those you shared it with fell witness to a lack of fruit being produced. What is your requirement?