Jamie McGonnigal "Where have all the Flowers Gone?"
Tiffany Grant and Jan Scott Frazier "Eve of Destruction"
Mike McFarland "Rooster"
Me, Brittney, Greg, Jan and Doug
Me singing "War Again"
Voices for Peace
The Voices for Peace project is something that is very near and dear to my
heart. In January of 2006, I got a phone call from Jan Scott Frazier, asking me
if I would like to be part of a project she was putting together. The project
was called Voices for Peace. As Jan explained, it was a war protest album, not
the current war, but war in general. She wanted to get voice actors from all
over the country to perform on the album. It was to be a collection of war
protest songs, but old ones and some newer ones, sung by voice actors. All off
the profits from the album would be going to several charities and that was
definitely something I could get behind. I told her to call me, and keep me
posted on what was going on.
In less that two months she had gotten together an amazing band in Chicago, and
was on her way to Houston with the tracks for us to record. We assembled in a
Studio 6 bathroom and recorded most of the Houston Portion of the album. Various
others recorded their songs in other places both in LA and NYC. The results were
pretty amazing
While all of this was going on, Jan was getting together with amazing artists in
the Anime and Manga community here in the U.S. and they were all working on art
work for the album and for publicity.
In late April and Early May, we had our first press conferences and panels
regarding the album and have actually done concerts at two Anime Conventions,
with hopefully more to come.
The amazing thing is that in doing this Jan formed the “Voices for…” organizaion.
Which will hopefully continue this work of bringing together talented vocalists,
musicians, and artists to raise money for worthwhile charities and other causes
that could use both attention and financial aid. It’s something I’m very proud
to be a part of.
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Jamie McGonnigal "Where have all the Flowers Gone?" |
Tiffany Grant and Jan Scott Frazier "Eve of Destruction" |
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| Greg Covering Amanda Winn Lees "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | Mike McFarland and Chris Patton working on a Harmony |
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| Jan and I "War Pigs" | Greg "One Tin Soldier" |
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| Brittney "For What It's Worth" | Jan Playing Harmonica for "Eve of Destruction" |
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Mike McFarland "Rooster" |
Me, Brittney, Greg, Jan and Doug |
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Me singing "War Again" |
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