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shanti michelle

Music...My Paralyzing Passion

About Me

I am content spending hours in a room with my guitar, playing with no interruptions, so it eludes me why I have the desire to go out into the world and perform, yet I am compelled to do it again and again. The music I write and the songs I choose to perform do not express who I am. Everything I write, be it music or words, feels more like the expressions of what I am not. As if the words were the misfit elements within me that had to escape and be free from the confines of "me." That is perhaps why I find it so difficult to write about myself. Meanings dissipate in the very act of describing...

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Member Since: 3/24/2007
Band Members: My 3 Peace Band is our name. It includes Bruce on bass, Darrin on anything with strings and me doing whatever it is that I do!
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My Blog

the floodgates have opened

I'm in love. There is no "with _____" that follows.  It is my state right now.  My heart has been in lockdown now for far too long, and it just cracked open and all the joy of life has been ...
Posted by shanti michelle on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:58:00 PST

My 3 Peace Band

O.K.  So, I have a band now.  My 3 Peace Band. It consists of Bruce, on the bass, Darrin, on guitar, and yours truly.  I am so excited about playing with these guys.  They are so m...
Posted by shanti michelle on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:49:00 PST

Update

As many of you have noticed...I haven't written much on here lately.  So I'll give you an update on what I've been up to.  As you know, I was in Mexico for awhile this summer.  Unf...
Posted by shanti michelle on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:50:00 PST

It's raining...

I love the sound of rain, the feel of rain, the smell of the air when it rains.  I love the way the sky is cloudy yet bright with light when it rains.  I love drinking tea and opening up the...
Posted by shanti michelle on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:36:00 PST

my current mantra

"Do not to be too concerned with the fruit of your action - just give attention to the action itself.  The fruit will come of its own accord."  Eckart Tolle True Story--I was picking ma...
Posted by shanti michelle on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:36:00 PST

Embarrassment

Life is too short to get embarrassed.  Besides, what's the point?
Posted by shanti michelle on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:36:00 PST

Lesson Learned .1

I had a realization last night.  When you are in the middle of song and it is not going the way you want, the way you planned, embrace it anyway and in that moment make it a different song than t...
Posted by shanti michelle on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:19:00 PST

METRO ENTRANCES --june 16th

I am proud to announce the opening of Sebastian's collection "Metro Entrances" at The Irving Arts Center on June 16th.  This is a beautiful collection of oil paintings.  I have had the oppor...
Posted by shanti michelle on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:56:00 PST

I'm in Mexico

So I have left the U.S. to disappear in Mexico for awhile.  I'll be back in July unless I fall madly in love and give up all my hopes and dreams of being a musician.  No--Music is my lo...
Posted by shanti michelle on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:17:00 PST

I'm in Hawaii

Hello, If you are trying to get a hold of me or want to know why I'm not responding...DON'T take it personally, it's just that I have found myself floating on a piece of land in the middle of an ocean...
Posted by shanti michelle on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:51:00 PST