John Ross Bowie Videos : Get On The Train - For World Peace

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Get On The Train - For World Peace

An original song/video, inspired by my sister, Susan, Nile Rodgers and the "We Are Family Foundation" (WAFF; www.wearefamilyfoundation.org) - a not-for-profit organization dedicated to world peace. About 5 years ago, my sister, Susan, called me and: (a) informed me that, as part of her involvement with WAFF, she had an exciting and unique opportunity to participate in "two recording sessions" with a world-renown, legendary songwriter, musician and producer - Nile Rodgers (who also founded WAFF, and who wrote the song, "We Are Family" for Sister Sledge in 1979; he still tours the world with the group he founded, CHIC, whose number-one hit, "Le Freak" remains as Warner Bros.' biggest-selling single of all time; he has also produced, written or played for a number of the industry's greatest artists, including Madonna, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Duran Duran, and the B-52's), and... (b) she also asked me to help her by writing two songs for her (or us) to bring into the recording sessions, which Nile would then record and produce. I also later learned that in order to best help with the project, I would need to come up with recorded "demos" of the two songs, in addition to the sheet music scores, so that his recording engineer(s) and he could hear everything in advance. I then found myself wiping the cobwebs off, and quickly reviewing the owner's manual for, a 12-channel recording deck I had in my music room - a place where my ...

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