Music Stars Unite to Save the Planet
Members, past and present of some of the worlds biggest bands including:-
Status Quo - Genesis - Jethro Tull - Deep Purple - Bad Company - The Damned - INXS - Steppenwolf - Iron Maiden - The Who - Player - Herman’s Hermits - Thin Lizzy - Uriah Heep - Ron Sexsmith - Mungo Jerry - Supertramp - Black Sabbath - Fairport Convention - Ambrosia - Toto - Little River Band - Steeleye Span - Blue Oyster Cult - New York Dolls - Krokus - Christie - The Tremeloes - The Byrds - Clannad - U2 - The Waterboys - The Turtles - Canned Heat - Mental As Anything - Skid Row - Damn Yankees - The Dandy Warhols - Manfred Mann - Suzi Quatro - Marty Wilde - Bobby Rydell - Mothers of Invention - The Hooters - WHAM - Great White - Free - Small Faces - The Troggs - The Dakotas - Quiet Riot - Rough Cut - Arrival - Argent - Blood, Sweat and Tears - Men Without Hats - Keel - Candlebox - EMF - Marmalade - The Youngbloods - and many many more….
MUSIC STARS UNITE TO SAVE THE PLANETWhat does Francis Rossi of Status Quo think about global warming? Does Ian Gillan of Deep Purple think we’re doing a good job of caring for the planet?These questions and more are tackled by going to the source and asking them. Suzi Quatro, Don McLean, Kenney Jones, Marcella Detroit, Ian Anderson, Simon Kirke and many more.Over eighty music stars, past and present, are quizzed on their opinions about religion, aliens, politics and of course, the issues of climate change.Why? To raise awareness about the plight the planet is in.Nothing speaks to humans more than music and the influence these legends of rock and pop have is immense.Funny, thought provoking and eye opening, Minds Behind the Music is a book unlike any other. So settle down with a nice environmentally friendly cup of tea and enjoy whilst listening to the fundraising album of the same name featuring indies and stars like Mungo Jerry and Simon Kirke of Bad Company. An album of unique and special songs recorded especially for Minds Behind the Music.PRESS
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Born Free held an auction of special signed albums, books, dvd's and more by the stars and all sales went to the Born Free Foundation (Charity number 170906.)We also released two fundraising compilation albums featuring both music stars and indies. These albums have been worked on for months by all those involved and trust me, they're amazing! The revenue from these will also be going to the Born Free Foundation.The Born Free Foundation is an animal charity that’s passionate about wild animal welfare and Compassionate Conservation. Founded by Virginia McKenna OBE, Will Travers OBE and Bill Travers MBE in 1984, they work tirelessly to stop the exploitation and suffering of individual animals living in captivity or in the wild.
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The Albums
OUT NOW in 167 countries and over 600 outlets, the two Minds Behind the Music Albums. Spotify, amazon, Apple, everywhere!Album Art on album one was kindly done by Reg Mombassa of the band, Mental As Anything.
Musicians On The Albums
This album came about by pure accident. Like-minded musicians coming together to create an album that had meaning. It is not just about the planet, it is about being human.Buying or streaming this album will help to fund wild animals being placed back into the wild where they belong. It will help the Born Free Foundation carry on it’s important conservation work. It’s not going to save the planet in one go. But you can’t put all the stranded crabs back into the ocean at once. But it does matter to the one you do. Make a difference!Please also go to our youtube site and watch and share the videos! The ad-revenue from people watching them goes to The Born Free Foundation! Just by watching and sharing you are helping!Thanks so much for taking the time to visit! Now go hit them hard!Mungo Jerry
Well, to be honest, Mungo Jerry is a music legend. Who hasn’t heard In The Summertime! Find out more at his website! www.mungojerry.comSimon Kirke (Bad Company)
The legendary drummer and member of Bad Company and Free, so It’s Alright Now!
Find him here www.officialsimonkirke.comCoen Rhys
Coen Rhys is a positive over-thinker and experimental singer-songwriter drawing inspiration from music through the ages, balancing reality with hope for a better future.
He first started writing music after picking up the guitar at the age of 11, and has since written music to “diarise” his thoughts while trying to work out this wonderful yet mad world.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/coenrhysmusic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/coenrhys
Instagram: www.instagram.com/coen.rhys/
Apple Music: www.music.apple.com/gb/artist/coen-rhys/1520099282Fendahlene
Fendahlene are Paul Whiteley (guitar, lead vocal) and Ashley Hurst (bass, backing vocal). Their influences are broad, ranging from 60s rock and soul through punk and garage to modern indie. After ten years as regulars on the Sydney live music scene, they moved to the UK, and after a lengthy hiatus, released the single Burnt Out in June 2020. Their latest album High and Low and Back Again was recorded at Urchin Studios in London and was released in 2020.
Website: www.fendahlene.comHardland
Hardland makes modern day rock music and mixes it, in their own unique way, with the amazing characteristics of the 70’s and 80’s. Yes, we’re talking about long hair, even longer guitar solos that sound as if they’re coming from a wall of Marshall amplifiers, extensive keyboard parts and catchy lyrics that you’ll gladly sing along with.
Visit www.hardland.netJoe Matera
Australian singer/songwriter/instrumentalist and guitarist Joe Matera is a melodious troubadour, having amassed quite an impressive track record in his career. This includes playing guitar for famed British music legend Steve Harley (Cockney Rebel fame) to performing on the festival stages in Europe to scoring a Top 20 hit on Radio Berlin in Germany. His songs and music speak with authority and emotion straight from the heart.
Official Website: www.joematera.commAncient
Haakon Rian mAncient Ueland is an artist, DJ, healer, therapist and Viking Buddha. Since 2018 he has been a pilgrim monk. His music genre is called 'Earth House', which is also the name of his charity. His music can be found on all the major services - search for "mAncient" - and is healing. He started with music at the age of four, 51 years ago, and his best friend and bodyguard is called Trollheads Nessi.
Web: www.mancient.one
Producer Dimitriy NaumovWhitman Rinaldo
Whitman Rinaldo is a songwriter who led several rock and jazz bands over the years in Fairfax VA and Washington DC. He won several awards, including Honorable Mention Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest, Songwriters Association of Washington and Broadjam Top Ten with "Struggle", "Los Soldados" and "Lamb Jam." Luke Warm and the Red Hots featured Hot Licks guitar players Michael Fath and Paul Bell, and sax by former Chuck Magione Chris Vidala and Trumpeter Ray Disney.
www.soundcloud.com/whitman-rinaldoDoctor Zee
Just a stunning band from Sheffield, England, who stepped up and gave us an amazing song for the album, End of the World. A true anthem for the Save the Planet movement.
Find them here www.twitter.com/DoctorZee8The Star Prairie Project
The Star Prairie Project is the brainchild of Nolen R. Chew Jr., a song writer from Star Prairie, Wisconsin. The purpose of his recording project is to write original songs and make them into records. Nolen collaborates with musicians and producers from LA to London to bring his songs to life. The Star Prairie Project is named for the village of Star Prairie (50) miles NE of Minneapolis/St Paul and the Alan Parsons Project from back in the day.
Find them here www.thestarprairieproject.netRockin’ Engine
Founded in 2015, Rockin' Engine started their career as an entertaining cover band, showcasing the greatest hard rock and metal hits from the '80s and '90s era. After a few years, the formation decided to write their first album as a personal project, in an attempt to discover themselves musically. To their biggest surprise, their compositions soon became very popular in several radio stations throughout the world.
Find them here https://linktr.ee/rockinengineJro and the Master of One
Soundscapist Extraordinaire who has shared a stage with Korn, Deftones, B.O.C, 3rd Eye Blind...
Find him here https://jasonroach1.bandcamp.comPrimaudia Record
Dark Synth Artist and Member of Electronic Music Alliance
Find him here www.Primaudiarecord.bandcamp.comALBUM TWO - BORN FREELorenzo Gabanizza
Lorenzo is a long life singer songwriter. Starting at an early age, 3 years old, he worked with legends and hit makers such as multi platinum Jeff Christie, Snake Davis, Rusty Wright, Vic Elmes, Grammy fiddler Ian Cameron and many more. Romantic (he likes to be remember for being born in Verona, town of the Shakespeare 's tragedy) passionate, always exploring and expanding, he likes to break barriers as an advocate for freedom in life and Arts so that you may find him on multi genre patterns from symphonic to country music. He often involves himself in important human rights, health and social campaigns like Mercury Phoenix Trust, R. F. Kennedy H.R., Mbtm, 320 Changes Direction etc.SchizoFranic
SchizoFranic is an musician from Toledo, Ohio USA. SchizoFranic started this journey in music when she was six years of age, ever since her father introduced her to music. Over the years SchizoFanic has learned how to play an array of instruments, but mostly concentrated on guitar and piano. For the most part SchozoFranic is a self made musician that has a passion for ambient electronic music, music from the soul... Music that expresses peace, happiness and tranquility.Those Men
Those Men are a UK based progressive art pop project.The duo work in the area of concept albums dealing with subjects ranging from the disposability of the modern world (Sobgod 2007) to a day in the life of a municipal car park (Car Park 2003); pollution on the earth in its many facets (Ponky Hates Pollution 2000) to reflections on the overrated concept of movement (Why Move? 2006); a musical interpretation of the pituitary gland (Pituitary 1999) to a four second internal journey of a middle aged man’s thought processes in response to his wife’s question ‘What’s the matter darling you don’tseem yourself?’ (Theman Simpulse 2010).
Using diverse musical forms ranging from pop songs to prog epics, from ballads to comedy moments, from dance to new millennium psychedelia Those Men have addressed these issues in a number of recordings and videos stretching over four decades. Their latest release ‘Fecundness’ (2022), which pays homage to the energy of The River and its associated elements of growth, has been released on the Minds Behind The Music label.Phillip Foxley
Phillip Foxley is a multi-genre songwriter and musician. He writes and produces music from his home studio in Conwy, North Wales, UK.
With influences from every corner of the world, Foxley has long experience in writing music in any genre, including original blistering blues rock guitar and soft acoustic and piano tracks, and is delighted to have a track selected for the Born Free compilation album released by MBTM in July 2022.mAncient
Haakon Rian mAncient Ueland is an artist, DJ, healer, therapist and Viking Buddha. Since 2018 he has been a pilgrim monk. His music genre is called 'Earth House', which is also the name of his charity. His music can be found on all the major services - search for "mAncient" - and is healing. He started with music at the age of four, 51 years ago, and his best friend and bodyguard is called Trollheads Nessi.
Web: https://earthhouse.church/Coen Rhys
Coen Rhys is a positive over-thinker and experimental singer-songwriter drawing inspiration from music through the ages, balancing reality with hope for a better future.
He first started writing music after picking up the guitar at the age of 11, and has since written music to “diarise” his thoughts while trying to work out this wonderful yet mad world.
Twitter: www.twitter.com/coenrhysDoctor Zee
Doctor Zee are a family based band comprising of Will Jack - electro acoustic guitar & Vocals; Willie Jack Lead guitar & backing vocals; and Paul Ringrose - Bass guitar. With songs destined to be classics, they perform ‘anthems' for festival crowds to sing along to epic choruses & soaring
guitar riffs written for the 'lockdown generation.' Vocals that convey an angst ridden 21 st century message link with subtle dynamics & melodies delivering hook's which make Doctor Zee something truly special! They are about to shake up the jaded mainstream music scene and bring about a 'musical revolution!' with songs that are simply.."too good to be ignored!".The Star Prairie Project
The Star Prairie Project is the brainchild of Nolen R. Chew Jr., a song writer from Star Prairie, Wisconsin. The purpose of his recording project is to write original songs and make them into records. Nolen collaborates with musicians and producers from LA to London to bring his songs to life. The Star Prairie Project is named for the village of Star Prairie (50) miles NE of Minneapolis/St Paul and the Alan Parsons Project from back in the day.
Find them here www.thestarprairieproject.netBad Skullianz
They say that music is the language of the soul, and nothing could be truer for this Rock Band.
Composed of a group of inspirational musicians and skillful performers, the artists behind Bad Scullianz have earned their reputation as a talented band to look out for. From live gigs to studio sessions and more, they continue to touch fans around the world with their distinct and enjoyable musical style.Jay Elle
Jay Elle is a singer, songwriter, and guitar player currently residing in New York City. Jay Elle has a soothing and passionate voice, blending perfectly with unique guitar arrangements. His songs bring together lyrics and music in a singular fashion.Tom Tikka
Tom has had an illustrious career with number one hits, awards and more. In 2021, Tom Tikka won the ISSA award for International Male Emerging Artist Of The Year. He was also awarded four Josie-Award nominations as well as a nomination in the prestigious Hollywood Music In Media Awards. His new album, Better Man, was released in 2022 under the Minds Behind the Music Record label. He also appears on Born Free!Get the album HERE https://orcd.co/mbtm_bornfree
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