Here's a new song posted yesterday on vimeo by grammy nominated singer Angela McCluskey. She's always been one of my favorite vocalists, ever since hearing her sing with Telepopmusik. Below the video is the story behind the song.
before the song is over from alan mccluskey on Vimeo.
From MySpace:
a little wake up call
Current mood: thoughtful
Category: Life
Well where to start
at the beginning I suppose....or at the end of a wonderful sun-fried fun-filled day here in los angeles.
The end of the night was near and we all stood round the piano whilst Tobias and Lance played a beautiful melody...I received a email on my iphone which normally I wouldnt have looked at...but i did...
It was one of those ...send this around emails that normally just get in the way..but this was a poem form a terminally ill young girl that stopped me in my tracks..as i started to read the words i began to sing with the melody..someone taped it on garageband and my brother put a little vidoe of him sitting outside a glasgow starfooks.
The words are heart breaking and true..the letter with the poem was lifted from a real letter and used in this hoax email to get peoples info but instead i have turned it into something good i think.
This was a real letter from a real kid in a NYC hospital who obviously was smart and knew her time was up..this is her little message to us all. so I want her to be heard and for you all to stop for a minute and listen to the words and maybe go into your own community and search out these kids..if your a musician go play for them...or volunteer...DO SOMETHING to help raise awareness a lot of these kids are in free hospitals that need every dime they can get...so send this to all your friends and lets make this a positive thing instead of an ugly corporate way to collect peoples emails...
angela tobias and lance...SLOW DOWN
I know your not all happy rich and well fedd out there, but your alive and have the power to change things,,as Ghandi said:
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE
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