RELEASE DATE:
June 2009
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Rickie Byars Beckwith
PRODUCED BY:
Georgia Anne Muldrow
DIRECTOR OF A&R:
Dudley Perkins
SONG CREDITS:
Tracks 1, 2, 3 & 4 Produced, Arranged & Recorded at Someotha Ship.
Connect by: GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW
Track 2 vocals recorded by JEFF PAYNE at Eleven Studios
Track 2 mixed by KENN MICHAEL at CodeKraft Studios
Track 4 mixed by DJ ROAMES
Track 5 Recorded & Mixed by PAUL HOFFMAN at Blue Music Studios
Tracks 6 & 7 Live excerpts recorded at AGAPE INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL CENTER.
Audio Engineers: Jeff Payne and John Potoker. Mile Hi Church, Audio Engineer: Nathan Marschall
Tracks 6 & 7 Live Fusion Remixes by ZANNE HOLLINGSHEAD & JEFF PAYNE recorded at Eleven Studios
Tracks 8 & 9 Recorded Live at AGAPE INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL CENTER. Audio Engineer: Jeff Payne
All live tracks are Courtesy of AGAPE INTERNATIONAL SPIRITUAL CENTER,Culver City, CA, Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, Spiritual Director; and Courtesy of Mile Hi Church, Denver, CO, Dr. Roger Teel, Senior Minister
RICKIE BYARS BECKWITH:
Lead & Background Vocals, Acoustic Piano on Tracks 5, 6, 7 & 9
GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW:
All Instruments, Programming & Background Vocals on Tracks 1-4
MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH:
Interwoven Spoken Word on Tracks 6-9
MILE HI CHURCH MUSIC TEAM:
Tracks 6-7: Kent Rautenstraus--Piano / Freddy Rodriguez - Keyboards & BG vocals / Susan Mikulich-Gilbertson - Bass & BG vocals / Mike Marlier -- Drums / Jennifer Burnett - BG Vocals/ Thom Lich -- BG Vocals
AGAPE HOUSE BAND:
Tracks 6-7: Chris Woods - BG Vocals and Violin / Idris Hester -- Percussion / Rashid Lanie or Christian Klikovits -- Keyboards / Rob McDonald, Joy Julks or John Hart -- Bass / David Neal or Miles Joseph -- Guitars / Xavier Marshall, Orlando Boyd or Gerry Brown - Drums
AGAPE HOUSE BAND:
Tracks 8-9: Ming Freeman -- Keyboards / Joy Julks -- Piano / Idris Hester -- Percussion / Iaji Hampden -- Drums / Miles Joseph -- Guitar / Dwyane Augustine - Bass
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS:
THE AGAPE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR; and Tim McAfee-Lewis for his closing vocals on "We Let It Be."
PROJECT MANAGER:
Zanne Hollignshead
MASTERED BY:
Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering Lab
COVER PAINTING & INSIDE SKETCH:
Tokio Aoyoma
PHOTOGRAPHY:
http://www.freetheslaves.net/
GRAPHIC DESIGN:
Jelizen for Frolabs.com
INTERACTIVE ALBUM:
Rikk Galvan and Camile Orillaneda and Rich McKnight - taking music to the next level! Thanks for letting us share your LOVE with the world!!!
ALBUM NOTES:
I would have to rise at four o'clock toget ready for Sunday services and it was already midnight as I sat at the pianoin somewhat of a quandary. I had completed the original version of "Teleprompter" but in my mind, the issue that prompted the song remainedunresolved. "Turn on the light... change the reel of this unreal movie." How do we do that? How do we move from the confusion to the answer?
I sensed that I should make the shift harmonically and go from minor to major. I played an Eflat major seventh chord, the Heavens opened up and my heart began to sing, "Love, be encouraged. Love, will see you through..."
Sincerely, I could feel the tenderness of Marvin Gaye guiding not only the way I sang, but the way I played. My fingers played two more chords in succession that were also "very Marvin" in how they made me feel. Of course! LOVE is the answer to the question I had posed. "LOVE, gives you courage. LOVE, mends your heart. LOVE, is the best thing. LOVE, you can't go wrong with LOVE..."
The answer is elegant, simple and deeply profound. And "The LOVE Song" was born. Everyone loved "The LOVE Song" so much that we decided to name the whole project, "The LOVE Project." It is only fitting that "The LOVE Song" is dedicated to the memory of Marvin Gaye. Thank you, Marvin, we love you. May your soul rest in Eternal JOY.
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