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June 26, 2008
So, here we are after months of work making music, designing digital distribution systems, and creating general materials ready, with pride and much excitement, ready to announce the official release of Erik Shepard’s Chasing Storms.
Chasing Storms is the debut solo album from musician and long-time HEAL friend and supporter Erik Shepard. For those of you who might know Erik’s previous work, Chasing Storms is an amazing collection of acoustic tracks that, while a stylistic departure, is familiar enough to far from disappoint. Erik has decided to experiment with an initial all-digital release for his first solo work and, taking things one step further, has offered this digital release to HEAL as a special donation incentive.
Through this promotion, Erik and Heal would like to highlight the amazing work of the Shinners’ art development and marketing initiatives. A primary goal of the Shinners is self sustainability in both the women it serves and in the program itself. Toward that end, Shinners has worked to recognize and develop the significant artistic talents and potential of Kisumu’s local women (and men). The results, creatively, have surpassed expectations however little of this has translated to resources due to a lack of available market for the work. HEAL’s goal, in this initiative, is to meet a portion of the startup costs of developing outlets for these artistic endeavors.
The HEAL blog will give provide regular project updates along with artist interviews, descriptions and images of works both complete and in progress, and much more. This is an exciting time – Check back often!
Visit the HEAL HOME PAGE or the CHASING STORMS project page for more details and to donate. All folks donating, regardless of amount, will receive a one time link to download Chasing Storms in DRM-free MP3 format.
-Matthew
