A Magnificent End of the Year! - December 4, 2009
Dear Friends,
What an extraordinary year it has been! Yes, it’s been one year already since we left our home in the Emerald City. Although we still miss our community in Seattle, we are grateful to have cultivated new friendships throughout the many beautiful places we’ve visited. Destinations were many, and it’s fun to muse over all our trips, plane rides, and multiple events at which we sang. We traveled to Bali (were we filmed a live video of So Much Magnificence) for a month and a half, drove the West coast in its near entirety three times, headed East to Montreal and New York City, West to Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, spent long weekends in the Bay Area and Santa Monica, and finally landed in our new coastal home in the San Diego area. Overall we sang in more than 20 cities, for more than 3000 people, during more than 100 events! Wow! We want to thank all of our ever so kind and generous friends, our very own constellation of *Lucky Stars*, who have hosted us in their homes.
Steve and Anne-Émilie performing "So Much Magnificence" live at Pondok Pisces in Bali, 2009
Unofficially, that was our “So Much Magnificence” Tour. And officially, we are closing the tour with a special promo – warning….unblushing display of promotion here! - We want every one to hear the sound of our musical waves. This season, please consider gifting your friends and family a copy of our CD. If you order more than one album this month through CD Baby, you’ll get a HUGE 30% off. It’s like getting your gifts at a wholesale price. Thank you for supporting us in spreading Magnificence!
Now officially, we are announcing our 2010 Let Your Heart Be Known Tour! We are working out dates with studios in the Northwest, the East Coast, the Bay Area, and Europe. As soon as dates are confirmed, they are added to our online Show Schedule. Let us know if you are a yoga teacher or studio owner, and if you would be interested in hosting and promoting us in your area.
So you know that we have a great two-song EP called Let Your Heart Be Known, after which our 2010 Tour is named. But you may not know that we are working on many more songs for a NEW ALBUM! We don’t have the title of the new album quite yet, but we are ecstatic because it is a collaboration with producer extraordinaire Ben Leinbach (Grammy nominated production for Jai Uttal, and Deva Premal and Miten). One of the songs that he is already producing for us puts to music a duo of mantras from India:
Om shrim shriyei namaha
Sat patim dehi parameshwara
The men sing out “Salutations to the divine creative energy. Please bring more feminine energy into my life,” and women respond in harmony “Please give me a man of truth who embodies the perfect masculine qualities.” We trust that you’ll know to adapt them to your personal gender preferences. Deva Premal who taught us the mantras, warned us jokingly that there is no remedy! This chant is dear to both our hearts. We met while we were singing it! In fact (and thank you, Ben) the first mix of the song was delivered to us on the anniversary date of our first acquaintance, six years ago! Now, isn’t that Divine timing!?
We want to continue communicating all these great updates to you, and want to keep it relevant to where you live. So, please add wave@somuchmagnificence.com to your address book, as this is the new email address from which you will be receiving our updates. You can change your information or unsubscribe at any time by using the link at the bottom of the email.
We want to thank all of you for being part of our supportive and creative community.
May your Holiday Season be filled with Joy and Peace,
Anne-Émilie and Steve
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Shiva Rea’s Calling in the Light, a Ritual of Renewal with Yoga & Kirtan
Saturday & Sunday, December 19-20
Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice, CA
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Saul David Raye’s Annual New Year's Urban Healing Weekend
Kirtan & Live Music
Friday to Sunday, January 1-3, 2010
Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice, CA
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Concert at the Esalen Institute
as part of the Yoga and Meditation Retreat with Charu Rachlis, also open to the Esalen community
Tuesday, February 2, 2010, Time TBA
Esalen in Big Sur, CA
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San Francisco Yoga Journal Conference
Saturday & Sunday, January 30–31, 2010
Live Music for Shiva Rea and Saul David Raye
www.yjevents.com
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2010 Let Your Heart Be Known Tour
Click here to see dates in your area
Dear Friends,
At last! We’ve landed in our Solana beach shack near San Diego after 10 months on the road! This time of year, the ocean water temperature is an acceptable 63 degrees, and when I’m not working you can find me in the water. The surfing sessions were brief though, and home making was cut short… we barely had enough time to unpack our worldly goods before we left for 12 days of performance and recording. If you’ve been following us on 
So much has been happening on our path of music for yoga and kirtan! We are still based out of San Diego for now and we travel a lot to share our music and sing everywhere we can! In the last few months, we have continued our journey which has led us to sing for our yoga teacher Shiva Rea and her hundreds of students on multiple amazing occasions: in Venice Beach, CA, for her Foundational Teacher Training, at the Esalen Institute for a magical weekend retreat, and as Shiva's special guests for Bhakti Fest in Joshua Tree! We will also be joining Shiva at the Yoga Journal Conference in Estes Park, CO, September 24th and 25th. What's more, we brought our music to Montreal and New York City where yogis warmly welcomed us!
Last week we were fortunate to have lunch with singer and songwriter David Gates from the 1970's band Bread.
While in Seattle this week, we've been visiting our new friend Ben at 
Dear friends and singers,
Welcome to So Much Magnificence!