Song: Freedom Over Fear
Music by: Tembre de Carteret

Notes: Which freedoms do we get to choose? What are the places or times in your life when certain freedoms were not available? Have you ever lost freedoms because of violence or threat? Sometimes it's hard to release fears that may have helped protect us in the past -- and sometimes the feeling of letting go of fear is like standing on an ocean cliff, proclaiming again and again, "I choose freedom over fear!"

Songwriter Info: Tembre de Carteret lives in County Clare, Ireland, and has led a beautiful online singing circle called "We May Sing" since 2020. You can learn more about her and the way in which she facilitates, mentors, and builds song communities at her website, www.tembresong.com

Sharing Info: Tembre says: "This song is free to share with your circle of loved ones and singing group. I just ask you credit me and I whole heartedly welcome any recording/video you do of the song with your group, please send to me."

Song Learning Time Stamps:
Start time of teaching: 00:03:45
Start time of reprise: 00:16:35

Links:
Tembre's website: http://www.tembresong.com 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tembre.decarteret 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tembredecarteret/ 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5NOOeWM2w3Og68acT2zPei 
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhgwiqOGcvICIjSsJq6iJg 

Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, major, 3-layer

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Song: Over/Under
Music by: Lyndsey Scott

Notes: Lyndsey Scott talks about her radical trust in life, how she perceives energy, the playfulness and generosity of cyclical wisdom. She shares the origin story of this song, Over/Under, and wisdom from her co-creator, Anthony R. Rhodd about gratitude. We were recording the Thursday after the US elections -- as I listen to the focus on how to find resources and energy, I realize how depleted I felt in the moment of recording. And yet talking with Lyndsey buoyed me -- the deep attunement that she practices shines through our conversation -- I feel like I can really feel the truth of "I am the love that doesn't leave..."

Songwriter Info: Lyndsey Scott is a multimedia artist, songleader, songwriter, and ritualist committed to exploring community singing as a technology of belonging and a strategy for mutual liberation. She currently co-facilitates the yearlong cohort of emergent earth-based ceremonial study with Earthkeeper Wisdom School (Hartsburg, MO), leads song for politicized somatics practitioners in Embodying Racial Justice’s yearlong program, Opening to Freedom (Millerton, NY), and teaches "Community Singing as Collective Power" at the University of Iowa School of Music's Grant Wood Fellow.

Sharing Info: The song is free to share but Lyndsey always welcomes financial and/or networking support if/when folks are so moved.

Song Learning Time Stamps:
Start time of teaching: 00:05:15
Start time of reprise: 01:06:15

Links:
Lyndsey's website: https://www.lyndseyscott.earth/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lila.gaia/ 
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lyndseyscott 
We Do This 'Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us 
What It Takes to Heal by Prentice Hemphill: https://prentishemphill.com/book
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/250673/the-wild-edge-of-sorrow-by-francis-weller/ 
Song Carrier Toolkit by Liz Rog: https://www.centerforbelonging.earth/store/p/song-carrier-toolkit 
Earthkeeper Wisdom School: https://www.earthkeeperwisdomschool.org/ 
Rebeccah Bennett, Root Teacher, The InPower Institute: https://inpowerinstitute.com/ 
The Milk-Eyed Mender by Joanna Newsom: https://joannanewsom.bandcamp.com/album/the-milk-eyed-mender 
Meredith Monk: https://www.meredithmonk.org/ 
Emma Koeppel: https://soundcloud.com/emma-koeppel 
Anthony R. Rhodd: https://substack.com/@anthonyrrhodd 
Woman Stands Shining (Pat McCabe): https://www.patmccabe.net/ 

Nuts & Bolts: 4:4, minor, unison or harmonized, call & response section

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