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“Midnight Mind” – Lyrics Video

Best Music Video Award – ITWIFF!

“Midnight Mind” – Film Trailer

Modern English Announcement!

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Surprise! 🎉 It was a joy creating an homage to

Surprise! 🎉 It was a joy creating an homage to the legendary Loreena McKennitt’s timeless song “The Dark Night Of The Soul” this summer! This piece features violins and guitars by the world-class musicians, my friends, Rose Baldino and Brian Buchanan (of the bands House of Hamill and Enter The Haggis). The mixing and mastering are phenomenally done by my esteemed colleague Clyde Rosencrance (Republic Audio Studio). 🌟
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It has been a major privilege of my life that when I reached out to Ms. McKennitt and her label Quinlan Road for permission, they gave their blessing and shared that they enjoyed this version and the lyrics video I directed (with videography by the enormously talented J. Jeff Ungar)! 🎥 I am forever grateful for the genius and kindness of this true heroine, Loreena McKennitt, and the phenomenal people she chooses to work with 💙
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“The Dark Night Of The Soul” will be out for wide release September 19th (iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, etc.)!!! AND, leading up to the big day, the song is being played and/or featured on many remarkable radio stations that I will be posting about during the coming days! 🎶
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THRILLED to announce that my music video "Midnight

THRILLED to announce that my music video "Midnight Mind" featuring J. Jeff Ungar has been selected to screen at the phenomenal Hudson Valley Film Fest!!!! The affair is this August (8/20/2020) at the -- wait for it -- legendary Warwick NY Drive-in Movie Theater! What a perfect way to have an event this summer! And, as some of you know, I grew up in the Hudson Valley of NY and taught at Warwick Valley High School 💚 This fest is in its fifth year and has screened so many tremendous pieces of art. We are sincerely honored ⭐️
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Some of you folks know about the fantastic news we

Some of you folks know about the fantastic news we shared last year regarding new music coming 2020 with living legends - the brilliant ⭐️ Modern English⭐️ ! So it's no surprise that they are the finale in my most impactful albums challenge in J. Jeff's and my #artmeld series!
Now, technically this album should be cover art from ME's After The Snow record -- but the transcendent graphic designer Vaughan Oliver (who passed in December 2019) recently created this beautiful poster for their genre-defining song "I Melt With You." I could not resist melting/melding with it for this series.
I was fortunate to discover ME as a kid when I saw a spot they did on a sit-com (which they were way too good for), and it opened my eyes/ears to a world of quality, complexity, and edgy beauty. Their music also helped bring Jeff and myself together in the early 2010s 💜

Jeff and I were thrilled to support the creation of Modern English's 2018 LP: Take Me To The Trees -- which is outrageously great. And it's an honor now ... to call them friends ... and to look forward to our original EP, Modern M, featuring their mad genius!! Here's to Modern English! Here's to 38 years this month since the release of After the Snow! The future's open wide ✨⚡️
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Two tulips at f1.4 using #vintage glass. This one

Two tulips at f1.4 using #vintage glass. This one by my #amazing and #talented #husband.
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Ultravox 🖤 Another in our merging with art seri

Ultravox 🖤 Another in our merging with art series. Most impactful albums challenge. #artmeld #music #art #love #artphotography #steel #creativeportraiture #avantgarde

Since today is a happy day for our family ❤️❤️❤️ my Mom's biopsy came back negative❤️❤️❤️ I wanted to post a record that makes me happy for the 'most impactful album challenge' in Jeff's and my #ArtMeld series! Merging with art 💜 This artist saw me through Junior High School and far beyond. She's a poet, a survivor, she's sensitive and tougher than diamonds. I am grateful for her artistry. I'll never forget talking about this album during art club, and singing it at countless sleepovers, harmonizing with it on road trips to gymnastics meets . . . PS: This one was not a planned shot, but Chance absolutely insisted on being on my feet for the shoot, and we loved how he looked up at Jewel ~ Photo by Jeff Ungar . . . #heroine #10albumsin10days #poetry #music #folk #wings #cat #stayhome #blue #photography #art #hope #creativeportraiture

10 albums in 10 days challenge. Loreena McKennitt

10 albums in 10 days challenge. Loreena McKennitt was one of the first albums I ever sought out and bought for myself. I remember hunting through FYE at my local mall. I performed self-choreographed dances dances at talent shows to these tracks. I listened to them endlessly on repeat. I imagined magic was real and that the ribbon of time could be looped past to future. I read through the liner notes and lyrics to glean the secrets. “Dante's Prayer” still echoes in all the music I make today. Grateful to have been impacted by this noble genius -- @loreenamckennitt -- many times over ❤ .
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Our fruit trees are blooming (the squirrels will b

Our fruit trees are blooming (the squirrels will be excited, lol) 🌺🌟 #legacyglass #vintagegear #nature #hope #coping #socialdistancing #flowers #flowersofinstagram #spring #plum #pear #soft #pink #cherry #depthoffield #trees #bloom #blooming #photographylovers

NOW! This excellent show begins! 9 PM eastern! so

NOW! This excellent show begins! 9 PM eastern! so honored that my song Midnight Mind will be featured with these other incredible artists 🙂 .
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From the host: “The show must go on! Tonight at 9 pm in honor of March being women’s history month, Popko will have an hour of music featuring only women/women fronted bands. You’ll hear from Mara Katria, Gabby Borges, Just Joy, Mandy May Blest, Tatiana Tell, Shannon Marsyada, The Frost Duo, Sweetnest, Cierra Cellerari, Eye on Attraction, Tori Viccica, The Charming Beards, Livi Dillon, and Ellie Rose.
There are SO many talented female musicians who are such an important part of the NEPA music scene. If you aren’t featured tonight it’s only because we only get an hour for the show. Or we may not even have your music in which case please submit that to us at altnatives@alt921.com. Brought to you by Axelrad Screen Printing and TheVspot Bar.”
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Tomorrow, Saturday, I am having an online celebrat

We’re having an online premiere for our brand ne

A breezy Manhattan street or under the sea? 🌊 .

A breezy Manhattan street or under the sea? 🌊 .
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Just for fun - the moon from the plane window last

Just for fun - the moon from the plane window last year - nowhere exotic 🌙 .
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Leap Day news!! I am euphoric to say that this Sat

It is midnight according to eastern time - midnigh

It is midnight according to eastern time - midnight on the release date for the "Midnight Mind" single song. The radio will play it for the first time in the morning at 10:30am -- but I can't help but feel the beautiful chills now -- midnight -- "Midnight Mind" -- years in the making -- so it begins -- my God, it's full of stars! .
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Featuring @j2ungar - eMastered @realworldstudios .
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The release date for my debut single "Midnight Min

The release date for my debut single "Midnight Mind" is officially set!! Three years in the making, the song will be available everywhere on Thursday, February 20th a.k.a. 2/20/2020! You might already know this piece features J. Jeff Ungar and was mastered at Real World Studios. And, now it will be available to stream or download (Amazon, iTunes, Spotify). Though, if you are like me and often prefer a hard copy, then you might be pleased to know that we're going to have some truly cool, collectible options ⭐️ Not to mention that before it’s available online, it will be aired on FM radio that morning Channel 98.9FM (I’ll post a link next week). “My God; it's full of stars!" ⭐️
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Happy winter times to you ❄️ . . . #winter #se

Happy winter times to you ❄️
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So thankful to say that “Midnight Mind” has be

So thankful to say that “Midnight Mind” has been awarded Best Music Video by the incomparable Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival! A link to the 2.5 minute announcement video is in my bio 🌟

The level of talent and meaningful art at this annual event is humbling. Thank you to co-founders Patrice Francois and Susie Francois! Our appreciation to the entire ITWIFF team including the interns, jury, supporters, and sponsors (like Cyberlink, FL Studio, and ALOHA Collection). Congratulations to all the outstanding filmmakers who were featured at ITWIFF 2019. And, my gratitude to J. Jeff Ungar whose visage, cinematography, and artistic inspiration are all invaluable parts of “Midnight Mind.” Writing this song and directing this film have been a part of my soul these recent years; this honor means more than I can describe <3

For those of you who have kindly shared in our excitement, you know that “Midnight Mind” will be released to the wide public this winter. That is when the song was composed . . . during the short days and cold nights when the stars shine the brightest. ✨
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A never before seen clip of “Midnight Mind” in

A never before seen clip of “Midnight Mind” in honor of the Imagine This Women's International Film Festival this weekend 💜 Thrilled our short film / music video "Midnight Mind" (featuring J. Jeff Ungar - written and directed by yours truly, e-mastered at Real World Studios) is being screened at this beautifully curated and professionally organized event 💜 11/7-11/10 - Brooklyn! .
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This image on the left was taken in the dressing r

This image on the left was taken in the dressing room I was lucky to use before performing on the stage of The Strand this past weekend. @j2ungar captured this moment when, without knowing it, I was mirroring Annie Lennox, an ultimate heroine of mine, in the "Why" music video (see the comments for a neat graphic). "Why" is one of my favorite songs of all time. Surreal <3 .
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It is lovely to mention that the event was hosted by the outstanding New Jersey Paranormal Investigations — J. Jeff Ungar and I were asked to be special guests by our friend and superb speaker Chris Di Cesare!
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