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An Evening of Songs and Stories
Celebrating
Wintertime,
Christmastime
and the
Holiday
Season |
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Online on Zoom |
Sunday,
Dec
20
4:00pm
PST
(Seattle
time)
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Howdy
Holidays to you, my friends. Those
of you who have my
two
Holiday albums, Songs of the Season
and Winter Tales, probably knew
I was going to do this. But I
didn’t. Y’all left me out of the
loop, I guess. So I was kind of the
last one to know. But now I’m very
excited to be notifying you and
planning the evening. It starts
early, matinee-early on the West
Coast, at 4pm. That is so that our
friends on the East Coast and all in
between don’t have to stay up after
midnight to be there.
 Two
days before Thanksgiving I created a
concert on Zoom and just posted it
on my facebook page. I wanted to
give it a try and see how it would
translate. I’ve been hosting
classes on Zoom for Breathing and
Meditation these last six
months, and singing songs at our
online gatherings, I thought maybe
I’m ready to do a whole concert. I’m
so glad I did it, I truly could not
have asked for a more enjoyable,
heart opening evening. And we
laughed a LOT! So many folks told me
it was magical to them and well,
what more can you go for than that?
So on Sunday, Dec 20 at 4pm (Seattle
Time) I will tell you stories, make
you laugh, possibly bring a tear or
two to your eyes, and sing beautiful
songs all evening. Many of you may
not know that I released
TWO
Holiday albums in the last few
years. There is a mix of my original
songs of Winter and Christmas, and
just as many classics that I found
new ways to interpret and sing with
love and kindness. Because is there
anything we need more than that?
 HOW
TO WATCH and LISTEN; Quite a few
folks connected their computer or
phone to their big TV and watched
and listened that way. If you’re
watching on your computer, that can
be good too. I recommend that you
either have speakers hooked up or
put in your ear buds or wear
headphones. I’ve manage to get
remarkably good sound on Zoom —
which was not created for music. But
I heard wonderful reports after my
Thanksgiving concert. If you don’t
already know how to hook to your TV,
go you youtube and type in “how
to connect computer/phone to TV.”
There are simple, clear examples. In
most cases, you just need an HDMI
cable you can order from Amazon.
However you listen or watch,
I’ll be putting my heart into it and
speaking to you as if you’re in the
front row. In fact, you’ll be
surprised at how intimate it feels.
To you, with my face plastered up
close on your screen, it will look
like I’m three feet from you and
singing only to you the whole time.
So don’t leave me needing to blow my
nose without telling me, okay?
 I
will play some songs from throughout
my many albums, but mostly the songs
will come from my two Holiday
albums. If you’d like to order the
CDs or the Downloads,
just
click here. And by the way, you
probably didn’t know I’ve created a
beautiful album of musical spoken
word meditations too It’s called
Breathe
the Sky and you may order it or
any of my many albums right here on
my website. I personally sign and
fill all the orders. So if you’re
buying for a friend, let me know and
I’ll make it personal.
 I
hope to see you at my Christmas
Concert on December 20. It’s going
to be a lot of fun and feel like one
great big sigh.
Yer ol’ fren in
the sideways rain,
~Michael
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NOTES about audio;
I recommend that you
connect your computer to
your TV. If you don’t
know how, there are
youtube videos that show
you how. Just go to
YouTube and type in “How
to connect my computer
to TV” You can order an
HDMI cable or whatever
you need from Amazon
quite inexpensively.
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| If you listen on your computer, I highly recommend ear buds or head phones. Also, if there are several of you watching at your house, you can buy a splitter that allows you to plug several sets of head phones at once. |
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If you have never
experienced Zoom,
it’s free to join and
extremely simple. Go too
Zoom.us and join up.
Then go to my website to
register for this event.
I’ll email you your link
and invitation the day
before the show. |
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