A Love Lesson

'Give everything I've got. Give everything.  All the time.  It's great fun. And it is liberating. Absolutely liberating.' Dr. Maya Angelou. 

I will not limit myself to conform, but will be authentic and radically honest in sharing my thoughts and experiences and desires.  I will remain true to my music and to what lies deep within my heart and spirit.  I will be open and more open and then again, more open...to give everything...to be totally present in every moment, so I can give everything I've got...

Thanks JCJCJC for creating this extraordinary energy within me that germinated this music. 

M.

Give Everything

There is a world within me that defies logic, is beyond explanation…it creates and floats and soars, and it is not a part of my mortal physical self. And yet, energies found here on earth can set my inner world alight…where the heavens above are mirrored within.  To catch this energy, so much alignment in the real world is necessary, but it is not impossible.  What does this new energy sound like?  Who has pushed it out of me?  Where is it going next?  

My dear Ángel (my divine twin who passed away recently) said to me, ‘M, the wind doesn’t always blow the sails. There is a time for rest.’ My answer to him was, ‘When the wind disappears, I create it myself. I, and only I, am responsible for my own wind.’

I am the center of the energy, always have been, always will be…but I welcome and am always grateful for those who contribute and make it wild…a wild intense ride…

‘Philosophers teach us how to think. Composers teach us how to love. It is a love lesson.’ Paul Tortelier. 

A Love Lesson 




‘Without solitude, 
Love will not stay long by your side.

Because Love needs to rest, 
so that it can journey through the heavens and reveal itself in other forms.

Without solitude, no plant or animal can survive, no soil can remain productive, 
no child can learn about life, no artist can create, no work can grow and be transformed.

Solitude is not the absence of Love, 
but its complement.

Solitude is not the absence of company, 
but the moment when our soul is free to speak to us and help us decide what to do with our life.

Therefore, blessed are those 
who do not fear solitude, who are not afraid of their own company, who are not always desperately looking for something to do, something to amuse themselves with, something to judge.

If you are never alone, 
you cannot know yourself.

And if you do not know yourself, 
you will begin to fear the void.’ 

~ Paulo Coelho

‘The art of creating is nothing without the vast ongoing participation and collaboration of the real world, nothing without the thousandfold harmonizing of things and beings; and the creator’s pleasure is thereby inexpressibly rich because it contains memories of the begetting and bearing of millions. In a single creative thought dwell a thousand forgotten nights of love, which infuse it with immensity. And those who come together in the night, locked in thrusting desire, are gathering nectar, generating power and sweetness for some future poetic utterance that will sing the rapture.’

-Rilke (from Letters to a Young Poet)

“I am mostly made of scars” she said.

“You spelled stars incorrectly” he replied. 

-Kalen Dion Poetry 

Sometimes I wonder why we live…why all of this?  To live is such a confusing and mysterious endeavour. To fill our time with what? To amass things for what? To create for what?  

Everything we do, is because we have not been given a choice. We were brought here to live from moment to moment…from birth, to old age and then fade away.  Everything we are disappears and yet we carry on in the love we have left behind in the strangest of places…the tiniest of spaces…in the hearts of those we touched. 

So to live is to love…the active sense of love. Love in action, in creation, in sharing, in growing, in offering moments of joy and respite to those we meet along this journey. To smile and laugh and feel the joy of purely being alive…we live for those moments.  

To transform our scars into stars is our destiny…to help those around us do the same, is an even greater blessing. 

Today, I am transforming some scars into stars for myself…and to heal some of the deep wounds inside me. This in turn will resound to those near me and around me…

My blessings are great…I am deeply humbled and crumbled…as I open up to new spaces within and out…my heart cannot contain the gratefulness I feel to everyone and everything around me.  

This music is born of this energy. 

M.

Thank you JCJCJC 😻, for everything.

From Scars to Infinite Stars

From Scars To Infinite Stars

I’m constantly in a state of searching…it’s almost incessant, this cycle that creates my music.  It’s become so second nature to me, but it still takes me by surprise…it hangs me out to dry, every time! 

Alongside happiness and settling into my two homes, lives excitement and intensity, and huge dollops of existential angst.  We are here and then gone…it never makes sense. I’m constantly confused as to why…and why all this music?  

I am meeting new energies head on, I refuse to hide and hold my head up as I bare myself…how painfully intense to just lay bare the soul, the heart of what we are…what we desire…

This music is born of this baring…and I make it so I can dance within it…it is my atmosphere, when everything else makes no sense, the music allows me to breathe…to understand something about life and the invisible entity that we are. In spirit we arrive, inspirited and inspired we live, out of body we die, but our spirit lives on forever…

From this day, the day of this musics’ birth (June 26, 2023, my spirit will live within this music forever…I need not worry where my spirit will go when my body dies. 

M.
Thank you JC 🥰, I and E 💕

The Dancing Pole Waltz

We travel alone in all the important times that we grow. We have our tribe, our friends, our family, to help us along the way. But it becomes so quiet and still when we need to truly grow. Growth and fear and grappling with the unknown in this world and in our next travels, feels highly volatile…the perplexing instability of the human life form that is neither particle nor wave, but a figment of a fraction of our time spent in this human life form. 

I cannot settle my spirit. It had known settlement and comfort, but that illusion dulled my senses, my inner thoughts and knowings. And although it brought me great pleasure and happiness for the time it was present, deep down I always grapple with our humanity and our purpose as a species…time is of no essence…the spirit lives in its own time and space.

So what am I describing in this music? What have I written?  I know exactly what I have sketched out. I’ve sketched out our infinite search for when our spirit will find a home…whether it’s beside a lake, in the eyes reflecting back at us, in the stars, in the wind whipping through our hair, in the smell of the fire, in the touch of a loved one or in the sounds of a song…our spirit dances and soars and takes infinite shapes as we journey and grow…

I write something of this journey…

For JC and his Dad

Touching The Infinite

I’ve collided with a star…it is raining down stars. I am swept away by loving energy…ecstatic love…a deep soulful connection that feels like stars are flickering and shooting all around me. 

Emotions and energy are sacred to me…as they are the source of my creative process. I use them to turn my life into music…and in the music contains the exact emotions that are stored within me. 

Those who give me this energy and are not afraid of emotions, are welcomed as loving stars within my constellation (globular star cluster). 

I go beyond what is touchable to a place where music begins…’go there M, go find your new music’, the stars whisper. 

I go…

Thank you TA for giving of your loving energy.

It's Raining Down Stars

On the other side of this discomfort, is my lesson. My ultimate love lesson. 

I have tried to create a way to live in this world where I don’t lose love. That nothing can break the bonds of my connections. 

I must be able to live in this poly world that I have imagined is free and open and loving and accepting. This is my future. To let go and let things ebb and flow in and out of my orbit. 

What is meant for me, will be here for me. 

So today I release the energy that was directed in one place, into the energy of the world. 

Right now, the energy of the world needs artists to speak up…we need to collectively stand against war, against that which is faulty in this world. In the same way I need to take a stand on how I live and love. To change what I perceive is faulty in this world. To possibly change creation. To collectively affect our evolution. I see one thing happening and need it to move in a different direction. I will take all my will to move it…

This new music is about seeing the faulty, the inherent faultiness of human nature, not giving up, channeling it into energy, transforming it into music and watching it move us collectively into a different space. 

I have never been here before…and I now see that on the other side of my discomfort, there is a great lesson…and it will change me…forever. 

‘What is inherently faulty in human beings, is responsible for our slaughtering of human life and such vehement hatred.  War is never the solution and hate perpetuates hatred. The Israel/Palestinian war is heart wrenching and absolutely terrifying to watch. The world needs to move into a different way of living and loving. We are slowly killing ourselves here. 

What if there truly was a way to love, without measure, without hurt, accepting each other, no matter what? What would that outcome look like? Would we have peace then?  Is peace the possible outcome of loving without limits?’ M

The World Learning To Love

Renowned Toronto soul & reggae singer Tréson has paired up with extraordinary post-classical composer, producer and cellist Margaret Maria to create a pop song, ‘Music Can Change The World’ that they dream will travel around the world. 

The new music that is Margaret Maria and Tréson is as unique as the artists themselves.  The classical world is colliding with the genres of funk, soul and pop, with a fresh new sound and a musical playground for Margaret Maria's creativity and Tréson's songwriting and vocal talents along with contributions from the likes of Canadian jazz legend Mark Kelso who provided drum stems and eminent pop music producer Craig McConnell. 

“As artists, we have the duty to raise our voices in support of peace and love and humanity around the world,” says Margaret Maria. “This song was created from love, and a deep love of the world and all the creatures that inhabit it. Our hearts want to share it with you, for you too: cover it, sing or dance to it, remix it and make a music video to post it up on social media sites around the world.

“No matter how you express it, we want your contribution,” adds Tréson. “Even if it’s singing the bridge and chorus while strumming your guitar, we want your voices to join us. Music saves lives, and it is my mission to send that message to those who are being raised or helped by music. You are not alone in this:’  

Both artists have been saved by music time and time again and believe that music can change the world we live in. Margaret Maria puts this in practice as the co-founder and conductor of the social change through music program in Ottawa called OrKidstra and Tréson uses his platform as one of the lead singers of the beloved Canadian reggae band The Human Rights to share his message of unity and peace.

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Music Can Change The World

Music Can Change The World - Mix:master Full

Dance Remix:
Remix Producer: Julian Reig (Argentina)
Vocals: Tréson
Cello: Margaret Maria 
Drums: Julian Reig 
Organ/keyboards: John Roby
Bass: Neil 'NeMo' Morris
Guitar: Francisco Gil Guerrero
Choir Vocals: Vera Garcia Reig, Mariana Pertuso

Original Song Stems:
Music and Lyrics: Margaret Maria and Tréson
Producer: Margaret Maria 
Co-producer: Tréson
Mix and Mastering: Craig Robert McConnell
Singing/vocals: Tréson 
Cello: Margaret Maria
Recording Engineer: Margaret Maria

Emotive Soul/Reggae singer Tréson has paired up with the extraordinary post-classical composer, producer and cellist Margaret Maria, to create a pop song that they dream will travel around the world. 

Tréson and Margaret Maria are raising their voices in support of peace and love and humanity around the world.  This song was created from a deep love of the world and all the creatures that inhabit it. Their hearts want to share it with you, for you to: cover it, sing it, remix it and make a music video to post it up on social media sites around the world. 

The audio stems and the sheet music is provided for free at https://margaretmariamusic.com/music-can-change-the-world for anyone to use and upload onto any free platforms.

Music Can Change The World - Dance Mix

Margaret Maria and Tréson COVER GORDON LIGHTFOOT'S 'SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT' 

The new music that is Margaret Maria and Tréson is as unique as the artists themselves. The classical world is colliding with the genres of funk, soul and pop, with a fresh new sound and a musical playgroud for Margaret Maria's creativity and Tréson's songwriting and vocal talents. Being courageous and brave to collaborate and venture into uncharted territories, this duo is set to change the world in a way that will not only surprise you, but delight your sonic sensibilities. 

Their first single 'Music Can Change the World' was released December 15, 2023.

Song For A Winter's Night - credits 

Composer: Gordon Lightfoot 

Vocals- Tréson 

Cello- Margaret Maria 

Instrumental Arrangement: Margaret Maria 

Mix and Master: Craig Robert McConnell 

Producer: Margaret Maria 

Recording Engineer: Margaret Maria 

Videographer: James Nickle - Cleveland Sound Labs
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Song for a Winter's Night - Lyrics  
The lamp is burnin' low upon my table top 
The snow is softly falling 
The air is still in the silence of my room 
I hear your voice softly calling 
If I could only have you near 
To breathe a sigh or two 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
On this winter night with you 

The smoke is rising in the shadows overhead 
My glass is almost empty 
I read again between the lines upon each page 
The words of love you sent me 
If I could know within my heart 
That you were lonely too 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
On this winter night with you 

The fire is dying
Now my lamp is growing dim 
The shades of night are lifting 
The morning light steals across my window pane 
Where webs of snow are drifting 
If I could only have you near 
To breathe a sigh or two 
I would be happy just to hold the hands I love 
On this winter night with you 
And to be once again with you

'I rarely make covers, but this one came in May 2023 just after Gordon Lightfoot passed away. My dear friend JC mentioned it was his favourite Lightfoot song, and I decided to make him a special Birthday present. So the cello instrumental was a present at first. 

I met Tréson at another friend's Birthday Party in July 2023. We connected and said we would do music together! We were talking about covers one day, and I mentioned to him that I have one made already!! He was thrilled when I said it was a Gordon Lightfoot tune! Tréson came into my closet studio to record the vocals (my first time doing any vocal recording!) and it was mixed and mastered by my amazing Rage Angel co-creator, Craig Robert McConnell. 

So here you have both versions...which I love dearly.' - Margaret Maria

Song For A Winter's Night

Vocal Version

Song For A Winter's Night - Tréson and Margaret Maria

What is the secret of life?  This definitely describes a beautiful part of that secret and it continues my Love Lesson series...to love with a full and open heart...no matter what...the sun shines and the moon beams rejoice in a love that holds no bounds and can never be broken. 'The Goddess of Edges has turned herself inside out and discovered the secret of life itself.'

Secret of Life

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Margaret Maria’s music can be heard on WWE Raw, WWE Smackdown, Top Gear, Moonbase 8, Worst Roommate Ever, Legendary Locations, Expedition Unknown, Social, Homicide Hunter. For licensing check out her APM catalogue in the linktr.ee.