We are grateful for your consideration in the following categories:

*Best American Roots Song
*Best American Roots Performance
*Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals

"it takes a Miracle" the song is an anthem of hope, empathy, and understanding, and the soundtrack for the documentary, "it takes a Miracle (Sound of Survivors)", the untold story of four women who share four common threads, music, resilience, breast cancer and survivor - available on YouTube.  

Thank you for your time and consideration.

~CREDITS~
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Nona Brown
Cindy Paulos

PRODUCERS
Nona Brown
Cindy Paulos

WRITERS
Nona Brown (Nona Lisa’s Music - ASCAP)
Cindy Paulos (Practicing Aloha - ASCAP)

MUSIC & ARRANGEMENT
Nona Brown 

PIANO
Tammy L. Hall

STRING ARRANGEMENT
Bob Luna

Violin 1 and 2: Benedikt Brydern
Viola: Jimbo Ross
Cello: Nika Ross
Additional Cello: Charles “Buddy” Ware, Jr. 

RECORDING ENGINEER
Oscar Autie

MIX AND MASTERED BY
Oscar Autie

RECORDING STUDIO
El Cerrito Records

Additional Recording Engineers: Ira Ingber (Muscletone Village Studio) and Charles “Buddy” Ware, Jr. (BWarehouse Studio)

it takes a Miracle

"Ulma"is one of the featured tracks from Yang Zhang's award-winning album "The Road To Wutumeiren", featuring a new landscape of cinematic and futuristic Asian atmosphere by blending Asian-oriented folk acoustic instruments, vocal recordings and creative mixing. The whole album including this track just won 2024 Little Talent Awards Gold Medal for Best New Age.

Particularly for this track, Yang created a dialog between vocal duos to depict a mystery goddess hidden beneath the ocean: Ulma. The myth around her remains unresolved, echoing the unexplainable nature of desire in Eastern philosophy. 

The vocal parts feature the Mongol singer Daiqing Tana and the male vocal was performed by Chen Xibo.  All of the folk instruments were performed by the top national musicians in China and the recording session was conducted in Beijing, China. The lyric comprises and mixes Mongolian, Mandarin Chinese, and self-created languages that were designed to be melted within the aura of an Asian abstract atmosphere.

The Road To Wutumeiren

Ulma

Player Haters is written vocal arranged by Angel Sessions with vocal rap by Jay Ezra. Its a message that speaks about those who hate on others who are doing well, or successful and they don't want to be happy for them. The message is real that we have run across people who are player haters. Stop being a player haters and work on loving others.

Player Haters

Apple Music

Player Haters Ft Jay Ezra

O Bel Mattino (Schubert Serenata)

O Bel Mattino (Schubert Serenata) (FYC For Best Arrangement, Instruments & Vocals)

True Concord’s newest album, "A Dream So Bright" features two world premiere recordings of works by Jake Runestad. His EMMY®­-winning choral/orchestral work, "Earth Symphony," with poetry of Todd Boss, was commissioned and premiered by True Concord in 2022. "Dreams of the Fallen," Runestad’s prize­-winning work for solo piano, chorus & orchestra, features pianist Jeffrey Biegel and is based on texts of the poet Brian Turner, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.

The album has been submitted for consideration in the following categories:
Best Choral Performance
Best Contemporary Classical Composition (Jake Runestad: "Earth Symphony")
Best Instrumental Solo (Jeffrey Biegel)
Best Engineered Album (Steve Kaplan)
Producer of the Year (Peter Rutenberg)

Streaming & Purchase: https://listn.fm/adreamsobright/
More Info/Order CDs: https://trueconcord.org/watch-listen/a-dream-so-bright/
More about True Concord: https://trueconcord.org/

A Dream So Bright - Sampler Track

This album is about nature, choosing what is right and admiring beautiful people.

Aski

Mr Blessed

Ghost

Waniska

We've all been there.  

It's about leaving the bad stuff behind...sadness...abuse...unhappiness... loneliness...loss...and taking that next big and difficult step towards happiness, and to where you truly belong.

"Home" written by Eric Alexandrakis.

Produced by Eric Alexandrakis and Mark Scandariato.

Mixed by Paul David Hager [Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Jonas Brothers, Devo]

Performed by:

Eric Alexandrakis
Ryan Hoyle [Collective Soul, The Pet Shop Boys, Anna Vissi]
Akis Amprazis [Pyx Lax]
Mike Surratt
Mark Scandariato [Maypo Deluxe]

Mastered by Zach Ziskin.

Inspired by Melanie Safka, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, John Taylor, and Noel Gallagher.

Available only on Apple Music.

©℗ 2024 Minoan Music

ERIC ALEXANDRAKIS BIO:  

http://tiny.cc/EABIOPRESSPHOTOS

www.ItsABeautifulDayToday.com

"2 x Grammy® Nominated, discovered by Duran Duran's John Taylor, collabs with Dolores O'Riordan, Ric Ocasek, John Malkovich, David Lynch, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon…he can't be ignored, and clearly won't be..." - Madame X

"HOME"

I've had enough, of all this stuff,			
That brings me down, I'm all but drowned.	
I don't need much, for my life's clutch.
I have no crutch as such, no loving touch.	

I'll call my bluff, and pretend to be oh so tough.
Pack a bag and take a drag, pacing in a restless zig zag.
Too many sunsets wasted on this scene.
Too many pockets emptied over burning kerosene.

I see the train passing every day from my front porch.
Burn down this house of pain with a blazing torch.

I'm leaving this town.  I'm leaving this frown.  I'm coming home. 

Sleeping with snakes and fakes, the venom, it's all high stakes.
Those razor blades of lies, hidden in freshly baked pies.
Stuck in the mud and always, swallowing blood.
No voice to talk or lamp to rub.  No path to walk, or heart to flash flood.

Gotta leave this place fast, I always knew it would never last.
I'm still alive, my time's not at all passed.
My hands are tied and my, love has lied,
To them, to you, and to me myself and I.

I hear the train's whistle calling my name to hike,
Beyond the prickly thistle, just itching to strike.

I'm leaving this town.  I'm leaving this frown.  I'm coming home. 
I've lost and I've found.  I won't turn around.  I'm coming home.

Life is like the gift that keeps on taking,
Not the gift that keeps on giving, or forgiving.

Life is like the gift that keeps on aching,
And the gift that you keep on making. 

I've packed my bags, and left behind my rags.
I've shaved face, and combed my hair, neatly in place.
I took a breath that's deep, behind the door that I used to weep,
Suitcase firmly in hand, flying away to land. 

Day after day the door's shadow shapes, a wedge upon the floor,
As I open slowly it gets bigger, from the sunset's roar.
I take my steps a new, into the sunset's orange hue.
Across the field the train, has on their list my last and first name

It's not so easy using decision's sharp knife.
Better to slowly breathe than risk cutting the cord to life.
I hear the train's whistle calling my nerves to strike,
Like a call to action for a suffocating pike.

I'm leaving this town.  I'm leaving this frown.  I'm coming home. 
I've lost and I've found.  I won't turn around.  I'm coming home.

I'm leaving this town.  I'm leaving this frown.  I'm coming home. 
I've lost and I've found.  I won't turn around.  I'm coming home.

I'm coming home.

Home

Get ready for some soulful house music. Chazz Oliver and Tiffany T'Zelle bring you that heat on this one. You will love the vibe.
Music and lyrics by Garrett Chazz Oliver
Lyrics by Tiffany T'Zelle
Vocals Tiffany T'Zelle and Chazz Oliver
Produced by Chazz Oiver
(c) 2024 ISMRecordings

Ulma

Yang Zhang

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