244. I Am Listening with guest singers

Song: I Am Listening

Music by: Jordan Mudd

Song Learning Time Stamps:

Start of teaching: 00:04:01

Start of reprise: 00:18:27

Lyrics:

I am listening

to what is calling for me

I am deepening

into all I can be

I am listening

to what is calling for me

And I won't turn my back on what my heart is

longing to reach for

I will let it lead

Notes: Recording this episode was sheer joy -- I was with a community of vocal improvisors at Back to the Well at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY (see shownotes for links to participate next year!) -- and I shared Jordan's song with a small group of us who were free one afternoon. Please sing with us, letting the song sink in and sing inside you in whatever way is just right today. I love the way this song remembers me into Howard Thurman quote: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Songwriter Info: Jordan Mudd is a songleader, vocal coach, grief tender, and ritualist based in Boston, MA. He co-founded Boston-Area Singing Circles in 2023, where he leads regular community singing gatherings combining oral tradition songs, vocal improv, and ritual, as well as training workshops for aspiring songleaders. He has been catching & leading songs for a decade, and is committed to using song as a tool for personal, collective, and spiritual liberation.

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

SINGERS:

Laurie Ellington -- suspensionbridgejazz.com

Suzzette Ortiz -- suzzetteortiz.com

Eileen Webb -- IG: @leenwebb

Linnea Dolf -- IG:@linneasings

Patti Shaffner -- jazzdakini.com

Roy Willey -- voicecirclecolorado.com

Giovanna (Gio) Velino -- IG:@giovanna.velino

Rosi Amador -- IG:@rosiamadorlala

Onome -- onome.org IG: @onome.om

Paola Faoro -- IG: @circlesingingboston_jp