http://beforethelightscomeup.com Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:34:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A year ago last January, I had the distinct pleasure of stumbling in to a life changing week aboard "The Rock Boat - Niner," a 5 day music cruise with over 30 bands and singers performing round the clock. The event was amazing, but the highlight, musically, was not simply ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=204 "Nobody  told you that nothing plays out like it seems; twenty years now, running scared of all of your dreams; Is it everything you thought it would be?" Green River Ordinance  - "On Your Own" from the album "Out Of My Hands" Every time I question life, and art, and my ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=197 Sometimes, the worst of circumstances can bring out the best in all of us. In New York City on Monday night, the power of giving was on full display, as local musicians and music lovers came together for a five-hour fundraising concert. The show, organized by the charity NYsings.org, will donate all proceeds to Doctors Without Borders and other medical ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=192 Welcome to my site - new readers and Rock Boaters alike. I know many of you were promised tons of awesome audio interviews, video of live local music, and concert reviews, and all of these are on their way shortly. I am working with my design team and fellow music ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=188 "... did you ever think that maybe if you're not happy, it's because of you?" Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers - 4th of July (Click for downloadable audio to hear track) This lyric, and this song, have a way of recurring in my head every time I get frustrated, with life, but ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=144 "If you want to be somebody else, if you're tired of losing battles with yourself, if you want to be somebody else, change your mind, change your mind." Sister Hazel - "Change Your Mind" from the album "Fortress" So after I went and wrote a post about not taking another break from posting, ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=142 "I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never going to keep me down... We'll be singing, when we're winning we'll be singing... I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never going to keep me down." Chumbawumba - "Tubthumping (I Get Knocked Down)" - from the ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=139 "Let your soul shine, it's better than sunshine, it's better than moonshine, damn sure better than rain; Lord now people don't mind, we all get this way sometimes, gotta let your soul shine, shine till the break of day." Allman Brothers Band - "Soulshine" from the album "Where It All Begins" This is ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=136 "Say everything you've always wanted, be not afraid of you really are, cause in the end we've got each other, and that's at least one thing worth living for..." Chad Vaccarino/Ian Axel - "This is the New Year" unreleased Before I worked last night, I had the pleasure of hearing Chad play ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=131 "Take your headphones off little girl, listen to the sounds of the world, put your heart in to it, it's all intuitive; paint a picture black and white, write a book about the meaning of life, you got to use what you've been given to change the world you're living ... http://beforethelightscomeup.com/?p=129