Meet Patty.
Originally from Colorado, she has traveled across the world to help the
women and children trapped in South Africa's rape epidemic. Her stories
are of incredible pain, unbelievable sadness, and unimaginable grace.
Enter my Ma.
Check
it: She gets to hear from a lot of cool people through her
transformational art business. Well, a customer wrote one day, one
thing led to another, and she found out about Patty's cause. So, coming
from strong German farmer roots, mom kicked it into high gear with a
ridiculously short deadline, my brothers joined in the fight, and...
Cut
to: Mad scientist Josh, cooking up sonic stews in his...OK, I won't
refer to myself in the third person. Is that the third person? There's
so many of 'em in my head, I lose track.
ANYways, I wrote a song for the site. It's available for download under the "Non-Profit Art"
section of the site. Yes, you gotta pay, but every dime goes to Patty.
Actually, three of them go to PayPal, but you know how that goes. Interestingly
enough, in what started out as just a side project song turned into my
best one yet! It's got vocals, cool chords, and a neat little intro
hook. I really hope you'll download it, and help support those women
and children. They could really use it.
I'm very excited
about the cause, and about my song. Help the world, and help Patty help
the world! If you've learned something cool from this blog, or my
articles, or would just like to help, download that song, man!
You
know how they always say that it's good to write from different
perspectives? I wrote this song from that of a Zulu woman. That's sort
of a reverse-Michael Jackson morph right there! Amazing...