This CD took three years to write, produce and record. It came from a heartfelt desire to help others.
Meditation, and the use of affirmations has changed my life so completely, I wanted to share this valuable knowledge and inspiration with others through my music.
An affirmation is a positive thought or idea that you consciously focus on in order to produce a desired outcome.
“Soul Affirmation” is a simple, yet powerful CD that can help transform your most deeply held beliefs about yourself and your world. What are beliefs anyway?
Beliefs are merely successive, repeated, habitual thought patterns, solidified in the mind. Since every thought you think is creating your future, why not re-create your thoughts and beliefs?
Learn to overcome negative thought forms and direct more positive thoughts your way.
I believe I have created a new genre of music called ‘Affirmation Music.’ I have always believed in the power of words and music.
The sacred power and healing effect of music and affirmations will change your life too.
You can play this record over and over to help reinforce positive messages and reprogram those negative beliefs and compulsive mind chatter we habitually replay in our heads everyday.
On another level, you can dance, or just sit back, and allow the music to affect your subconscious mind.
A mantra is a sacred word or phrase used in Hindu and Buddhist prayer or mindfulness meditation. Mantra is pure consciousness in the form of a sound. Mantras are powerful tools to help spiritualize and focus the mind.
They act to create subtle refinements in our mental and emotional bodies. Om Namah Shivaya means: I bow to Shiva.” Shiva is the supreme reality, the inner Self. It is the name given to the consciousness that dwells in us all.
Since attraction, harmony and resonance are such great factors in life, I believe that musicians hold the keys to the Universe. Musicians work with finer matter, melody and lyric. They weave fleeting, subtle pearls of truth and beauty, only heard in the moment.
This album is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and band mate, Tom Shirah. Tom was a very pure being and a long-time meditator.
I managed to get him in the studio to record his horn part on “It Comes From Me” not long before he passed. His memory lives on in this song.
My greatest thanks go to Amy, my beloved. Her divine voice rings so true in this work. Thank you for putting up with my endless detail and relentless fight to see this work come into existence.
Thanks to Chris Rosser, Carlos Fernandez, Duncan Wickel, Elsbeth Van Tongeren, Richard Shulman, Peggy Ratusz, Darin Kohler, Julia Simon, devotees of Ananda Marga Yoga Foundation, Ben Leinbach and Kit Walker’s production skills and friendship.
If I could impart one thing, it would be to remind us of how Divine we really are. It is our responsibility to manifest this power and to realize our Divine potential. In so doing, we do the highest service for the inevitable evolution of mankind.
There is nothing but God in a sea of God. At the deepest level of Being, we are one with All That Is.
With Love and Devotion,
Ken LaDéroute
Track List & Credits
1. It Comes From Me — (K. LaDéroute) referring to the sacred spark of Individualized Pure Being or Consciousness present in each of us.
Amy: vocals
Ken: guitar
Kit: programming, keyboards, bass
Tom: Cornet
2. For Today — (K. LaDéroute) One day at a time sweet Jesus
Amy: vocals
Ken: acoustic & electric guitars, bass, piano, drum programming
3. Shanti – (K. LaDéroute) Sanskrit for: Peace
Amy: vocalsKen: acoustic guitars
Kit: piano, bass, drum programming
Carlos: percussion
Julia Simon: Sanskrit narration: Let us be together, let us eat together, let us be vital together; let us be radiating truth, radiating the light of life; never shall we denounce anyone, never entertain negativity. OM Peace, Peace, Peace Upanishads of Krishna Yajur Ved
4. I Come From A Place of Love — (K. LaDéroute) Love is All There Is.
Amy: vocals
Ken: classical guitar
Richard: piano
Duncan: violin
5. It Constantly Comes To Me – (K. LaDéroute) There is abundance in the flow of Creation.
Amy: vocals
Ken: classical guitar
Kit: keyboards, bass, drum programming
6. I Choose Forgiveness – (K. LaDéroute) Inspired by the beheadings that took place during the Iraq War. What we do to others, we do to ourselves.
Amy: vocals
Ken: classical guitar, string arrangement
Richard: acoustic piano
Chris: strings
Elsbeth: cello
7. My True Self – (K. LaDéroute) “ There is but one reality and that reality is Myself.” Swami Rama Tirtha
Amy: vocals
Ken: classical guitar, bass, electric piano, strings, drum programming
Carlos: congas, bongos, percussion
Duncan: violin
8. Baba Nam Kevalam – (K. LaDéroute) Sanskrit mantra for: Love Is All There Is
Amy: vocals
Ken: classical & steel string guitars, bass, drum programming
Richard: piano
Elsbeth: cello
Devotees of Ananda Marga Yoga Foundation: choral
9. Om Namah Shivaya – (K. LaDéroute) Sanskrit mantra for: “I bow to Shiva.” Shiva is the supreme reality, the inner Self. It is the name given to the consciousness that dwells in All. Shiva is the name of your true identity – your Self.
Amy: vocals
Ken: steel string guitar, drum programming, keyboard
Kit: keyboards, bass, drum programming
Chris: dotar
Peggy: vocals
Darin: vocals
10. Simply Be – (K. LaDéroute) All we have to do is be.
Amy: vocals
Ken: classical guitar, strings
Kit: keyboards, bass, drum programming
Duncan: violin
Mixed and mastered by Ben Leinbach at Old Bull Studios in San Anselmo, CA www.benleinbach.com
CD cover from a painting by: Rosalvo Leomeu Vidal
Photography by Kim Cornell
Artist Web Site: LaDerouteMusic.com
