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Linda Bonadies Music Newsletter
Bringing the Concert To You!
October 2009
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Special thanks to my husband Anthony for sharing the journey of learning about love and intimacy with me.
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INTRO TO SONG
This new song is based on the  book Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue
Johnson. It's about relationships! Boy, when we love with all our heart we make
ourselves so vulnerable. We're wide open
for joy and wide open for hurt. It's
awesome when we connect and painful when we don't. The pressures of life don't make it easy. The demands of raising children, maintaining
careers, and keeping the day to day things going make it very easy to lose
connection and become emotionally disengaged.
When this happens we often react with anger, criticism and demands.
"Most fights are protests over emotional disconnection, a longing to
reconnect." However the effect is usually what I refer to as "THE EXACT
OPPOSITE SYNDROME!" The fighting or the distancing
only reinforces our lack of connection.
Yikes! We're in trouble now! So
how do we communicate in a way that promotes a positive emotional
connection? How do we say "Hold Me" to
our partners in a way that will make them take us back into their arms and give
us the love we so desperately want from them!
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In the studio working on "Hold Me" with Producer Michael Terry and cellist Becky Patterson.
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Five Star Review for Linda - "She sings like she means every word!"
"Unlike
way too many female vocalists nowadays, Linda Bonadies seems always
unpretentious, direct, and honest. As a performer, she's almost unique
in her ability to deliver her messages without being melodramatic,
shrill, vain, or egotistical. She doesn't have to resort to
interpreting her work, bending notes all over the staff, showing off
how high or low she can sing, or how loud, or how long. Like a seasoned
instrumentalist, she's always right on key, on pitch, highly focused,
and she can be very intense. Her flawless enunciation allows everyone
to hear and understand the verse, and therefore get the message
accurately, the first time, and every time. Since much of her
repertoire is inspirational/motivational, shouldn't that be a
requirement?
As a performer who performs only her own work, WOW. She is breaking the
gender barrier, and it's about time. Who says ladies can't be great
composers? Linda Bonadies' excellent contributions clearly demonstrate
the under-appreciated value of a classical education in music."
CD Baby Reviewer
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Songwriting Instruction for children and adults
With a Masters in Music Composition, Linda offers songwriting instruction for kids or adults. Creating a song involves many skills. Writing skills - writing a song is like writing a story. You must have a strong developed theme where your thoughts are expressed in just a few short lines. The use of metaphors, similes, and imagery add power to your message. And of course rhyme is often important. Song Structure and Music Theory - link your lyrics to music within song structures that work. Understand chord progressions and the marriage of melody, harmony and rhythm. Performance - hone your performance skills. Record your song onto CD for it to last a lifetime. If you do not have an instrument, Linda will set your lyrics and melodies to music. $35 per hour
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Song for a Special Occasion
Whether it's a large Fundraising Event or a Landmark Birthday, let Linda write a custom song for your special event or special someone. You can provide thought and ideas, partial lyrics or full lyrics, instrumentals, whatever.....Linda will take what you have and fill in the rest!
Listen to "LOVING ME" - a song written by Linda from the loving lyrics of a 8 year old girl for her father's birthday.
Listen to "FRIENDSHIP" - a group of 20 girls called "The Tween Tribe" wrote down their ideas on what friendship meant to them. Linda took ALL of their original lines and thoughts and jig sawed them together into a song.
Other Specialty songs
"I WANNA BE A TIGGER" - Tribute Randy Pausch
"YES WE CAN" - Obama's acceptance speech made into a song
Call to discuss pricing and your specific needs
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My inspiration
In my work as a songwriter I seek to follow these inspirational words of William Faulkner:
"I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail." William Faulkner
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Excerp from Book - A Must Read!
"The demise of a
marriage begins with a growing absence of responsive intimate
interactions. The conflict comes
later. As lovers we poise together
delicately on a tightrope. When the
winds of doubt and fear begin blowing, if we panic and clutch at each other or
abruptly turn away and head for cover, the rope sways more and more and our
balance becomes even more precarious. To
stay on the rope, we must shift with each other's moves, respond to each
other's emotions. As we connect, we balance each other."
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Look What my Friends Can Do!
 When my husband, Anthony, and I got involved in the Big Brothers Program in New Haven we were very lucky to have Kamaal Bittle and his family become a part of our lives. Kamaal has used his life experience as a springboard for learning and for becoming the man he is today. A motivational personal trainer, Kamaal will whip you into shape in no time. He's a real people person and a joy to be around! Contact Kamaal at BKamaal@yahoo.com
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Linda
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