THE
ART OF LIVING-
What's it all about?. . .
Through
his trademarked "New Paradigm Music™" and
landmark "The Art of Living: What
Do I Think About It?" two disc music
project, Raja embraces the role of a
messenger whose capacity for raising
the human dialogue beyond racial, religious,
political, educational, ethnic and economic
boundaries is both inspired and inspiring.
In speaking to our collective humanity
as well as our individual quest to better
know ourselves, our purpose and our connection
to all that is, "The Art of Living" unfolds
a journey of enlightenment, inspiration
and self-discovery that is beyond compare.
Drawing
upon the influence of myriad musical
styles to underpin messages
of self-love and collective responsibility
- "The Art of Living: What Do
I Think About It?" is a blissful
blend of the philosophical thrust of, "Wake
Up Everybody," "What's Going
On?" "We Are The World," and
another of Raja's favorites (an old James
Cleveland gospel song) titled, "Ordinary
People."
From "Spiritual
Revolution" to "Have
Mercy," "Anytime We Come
Together," "The Necessary
Understanding," and "Rise" (tracks
from disc 1), on to disc two, and "The
Decree," "The Called
and The Chosen," "The
Kingdom of God is Within," and "I
Come - A Song of Spiritual
Renaissance," Raja's talent
for deeply insightful, informative
and inspiring song crafting is
artfully supported by dynamic,
varied and equally inspired musical
composition; spearheaded by his
production cohort Peter Moore,
of Black Jacket Music Production,
also in Atlanta.
Living true to his calling,
Raja is passionate about arousing,
awakening, inspiring and imploring
us to "get our true life groove
on." Sharing the inspiration behind
the album title, which he received
in 1989, he shares that "Each
of us is commissioned to make our lives
a masterful work of art. Each thought
we think, and every word, action and
emotion we deploy adds a stroke to
the canvas, sounds a note of resonance
or discord to the composition or, in some
fashion, lands a blow to the chisel
that both sculpts our lives as well as
collective consciousness."
Raja
declares that he is here to sing
and speak a revitalizing truth to
usher
those who hear him back into alignment with our essence
or spiritual core. And, while it is
often unavoidable to have an artist's
quest to speak to spirituality stall
along the narrow path of his or her
personal convictions, that's not where
Raja takes us. "The Art of Living:
What Do I Think About It?" is
a timely musical enticement that simply
beckons us to listen to and live after
the highest tenets of our
humanity.
In
response to questioning his decision
to release a two disc project in the
midst of what are reasonably difficult
financial times, Raja responds that
his decision is "purpose driven." In
considering "The Art of Living" much
needed food for the human soul, spirit,
and psyche, he says he could not, in
good conscious, hold any of it back.
So, he laid out the whole banquet,
which includes five spirit-infused
instrumentals which rounding out Disc 2.
From
Disc 1 - track 3 - titled, "Anytime
We Come Together - A World Anthem," Raja
shares, "If the conditions in
the world are going to get any better,
we've got to come together and stop
fighting one another, making havoc
and war; and prepare our minds for
a new way, so that our spirits can
soar." Raja's "The Art of
Living: What Do I Think About It?" is
a labor of love that - while providing
each of us plenty to think about -
unleashes a surge of self-validation
and inspiration that should provide
a much needed boost to cause our collective
sense of well-being to soar, indeed!
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