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THERE IS LIGHT HERE 'EP' - OUT NOW!

I am so happy to bring you the 'THERE IS LIGHT HERE' EP and music video! 

This 4 track release has been a while in the making. And this song has had its own energy all along the way. 

Barry Goldstein and I wrote the song sitting on the back porch of my house in Malibu, back in summer of 2018. Barry had come to visit and it was our first 24 hrs together in person; the intention being to see if we could create together. We wrote 3 complete songs that day, and half-finished 2 others. But 'There is Light Here' immediately stood out. In fact, it gave us goosebumps as we were writing it, or should I say, as it was coming through us. 

In Spring of 2019, I travelled to Arizona to record the song at Barry's studio. I remember crying at one point in the vocal booth while singing. I like crying, and this was definitely a 'happy cry', but I don't cry very often, so that was a sign for me that something was going on with this song. And then last month, during lockdown, I filmed Steven for the video, dancing in various locations by our home, but first, in our garden. It was only when the video was complete that Barry pointed out to me that Steven was dancing in our garden just meters from where the song was first written. A true full circle moment. 

We created the song for the ending of JOURNEY INTO YOUR HEART; a one hour long channeled message and guided meditation from me, for which Barry produced the musical score. That full length recording charted at Number 2 on the Billboard New Age Chart in its week of release last November. But until now, the song has never been available separately. 

So track 2 of the EP is the 'Journey Into Your Heart' mix. It's more orchestral, intimate, tender and is the one that concludes 'Journey Into Your Heart'. 

The first track on the EP is the version we created the video for. It's more of a 'cinematic radio song' version, which we knew we wanted to release at some point. 

The song was mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, who masters for artists such as Lady Gaga, Adele and Harry Styles, so it was a treat to have his ears on it, and he did a great job. 

We are really proud of these 4 pieces of music. Tracks 3 and 4 are the instrumentals, and they are beautiful, revealing instrumentation and details you don't get to hear when my voice is present. 

So we hope you enjoy the video and the EP. 

More than anything, releasing a song with a message like this at a time like this, somehow feels so appropriate. My hope is it brings you (and all who hear it) the light it is designed to carry, and remind us of, on the days where light may seem more distant. 

Big love to all of you and thank you for being here, for watching and for listening. 

Lee 

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BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE VIDEO FOR 'INSIDE LOVE'

CLICK HERE to read some behind the scenes info from Lee, and an interview with star and director of the INSIDE LOVE video, Sasa Pavlin Stosic. 9.26 MB

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Inside Love 

So this past 6 weeks or so, we were quietly getting a song and a music video ready for you. We were going to release it all in May. 

But then, the unexpected happened. Our world went into lockdown, and two weeks ago, we realised just how pertinent the energy and the lyrics of the song are for right now. 

I wrote the lyrics in January 2019 in response to my experience of the California Wildfires. My memories of driving my car alone with our two cats in the back, through falling ash and black smoke clouds, not fully knowing if we would easily get to safety. And in that moment, realizing two things. That these were the kinds of new challenges we were dealing with in our world now. And that in times of fear, I needed to listen to my instinct, and not my fear. And that if I did, I would know what to do in moments when the world as I knew it turned upside down. So the song is a deep call to self-love, self-reliance and 'going within' when the world outside 'spins fast' (as the lyrics put it).

So as you can see, the song is also very 'now'.

For that reason, we have been speeding everything up behind the scenes to get this song out for you. The music video is quite complex, so that will take a few more weeks. But the song will release in the first week of April. (This is all so fresh that the ‘actual’ date is still to be decided, but by April 7th for sure, and hopefully a little earlier.)

For any of you who are members of my community The Portal, you will have heard an earlier and simpler version of this song accompanying some of the monthly MP3s. That version (recorded live in Costa Rica and then added to afterwards) will be the B-Side. 

For this new version of the song, Davor and I have created it with a more robust and cinematic sound.

We sent it off to mastering engineer Greg Calbi earlier this week and he did a beautiful job. Greg is responsible for mastering many classic albums, such as Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’, Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ and last year, the newest release from the brilliant Bon Iver. 

It was a treat to have his ears and hands put the final touches to our track. 

I will let you know more very soon, but to say we are proud of this one and excited to give it to you, would be a huge understatement. 

The single cover above was designed by Trent Barfield and photographed by Tanya Malott. Tanya took this shot of me in January 2019 amidst burnt trees right by our home, and on a day when I was working on the first version of the song.

Big love, 

Lee, Davor and the team

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