Dec. 8th, 2009 – The Heart of Santa Fe, double CD compilation.
Santa Fe, New Mexico. On Thursday, December 10, 2009, Warehouse 21, Santa Fe Teen Arts Center will be hosting a CD Release Press Conference on a new musical collection entitled “The Heart of Santa Fe” featuring established musicians from Santa Fe. Special guests will include First Lady Barbara Richardson and Mayor David Coss. The Day will be proclaimed as the Heart of Santa Fe Day by Mayor Coss.
The press conference will be held at Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87501. The time is from 11am-12pm. The press and community are invited.
Since June 28, 2009, following the loss of four of Santa Fe’s teenagers in a fatal car accident on Old Las Vegas Highway, our music community has come together to mourn and honor the lives of Rose Simmons, Julian Martinez, Kate Klein, and Alyssa Trouw, and also to support Avree Koffman, the only teen to have survived the accident.
Renowned musicians David Manzanares and Chris McCarty initiated a musical movement by writing a song “Anything To See Them Again” that was produced at Stepbridge Studios as a tribute to the teenagers. Other notable Santa Fe-based artists involved in this recording include Ramon Bermudez, Lydia Clark, Mark Clark, Jack Clift, Susan Holmes, Pat Malone, Busy McCarroll and Jeff Nelson. Edgard Rivera and Andrew Click, producers and owners of Stepbridge Studios, also donated the use of the studio and engineered the first record.
Since then, some of Santa Fe’s finest musicians, singers and composers have contributed songs that will comprise a twenty eight song, double album set called “The Heart of Santa Fe.” The combination of musical styles that range from Latin, Rock, Folk, Blues and Jazz truly represents our eclectic and wonderfully diverse professional musical community.
CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, the sponsor of this dual CD states: “With our St. Vincent Hospital Foundation, we have sponsored this CD because of its heartfelt tribute, and because the profits benefit the families as well as treatment, education and prevention efforts. Let’s help each other never start the bad habits and dependencies our society has encouraged for so long. And let’s help people showing early signs of binge drinking, self-medicating and recreational drug use from moving toward the slippery slope of dependency, so that we can all live fearlessly.”
DWI’s are a societal problem and St. Vincent Hospital Foundation and its community outreach program are the initial partners for creating awareness of this community health issue through Prevention, Education, Music, Technology and the Arts.
Proceeds from the sales of this extraordinary CD will support W21’s Music and Media Arts Programs and will provide interns the unique experience of working with music industry professionals while learning the business enterprise skills of music production, publishing, sales, licensing, record orders and distribution. Further, the program includes a youth-driven Media Literacy awareness campaign about the issues surrounding drinking and driving. These programs will offer scholarships through a special tribute to Rose, Julian, Kate, Alyssa and Avree.
Musicians in “The Heart of Santa Fe” CD are:
Some Santa Feans, David Manzanares, Chris McCarty, Jono Manson, Manzanares, Matthew Andrae, Esteban, Lydia Clark, Billy D. & the Hoodoos, Ronald Roybal, Busy McCarroll, Doug Montgomery, Laurianna Fiorentino, Mark Clark, Nacha Mendez, Robert Sequoia, Chris Ishee, Ramon Bermudez Jr, Susan Holmes, Sol Fire, Pat Malone, Lumbre del Sol, Jack Clift & The Cedar Hill Refugees, Sara K., George Adelo, Jim Almand, Joe West, Jadoo, SF AllStars, Jesus Bas, Michael Manzanares and Sharon Gilchrist.
Credits:
• Executive Producers: David Manzanares & CB McCarty
• Compilation mastered by: Andrew Click at Stepbridge Studios
• Graphics and design: Zina Jundi
• Logo concept: Sara Diaz
• Artwork, concept, design & logo creation: David Manzanares
THANK YOU TO:
• CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and the St. Vincent Hospital Foundation for their generous donation to this project;
• Edgard Rivera and Andrew Click of STEPBRIDGE STUDIOS for being there! For saying YES when we needed you most;
• Ira Gordon & everyone at KBAC and Hutton Broadcasting for supporting this community music project. You truly are the “Community Radio Station”!
• Aggie Snyder for your interest and commitment to this project and for opening up the doors to financing.
• Zina Jundi & Adverti-Zing! for taking our ideas to the next level. Thanks for making it look so pretty!
• Andie Manzanares for your creativity, editing, writing & PR;
• Sara Diaz for your creativity, support & enthusiasm;
• Bob Witsenheusen and Alberto Romero at The Sound Gallery Recording Studio in Santa Fe for contributing time and space during the making of this project;
• Steve Piersol at High Desert Guitars;
• Jon Hendry & Local ITASE 480 for your support and willingness to contribute your time and efforts to our entertainment related project;
• Nancy Laflin and the New Mexico Music Commission for your help in championing this important New Mexico musical endeavor;
• Sharon Maloof for your great ideas and heartfelt support;
• Governor & Mrs. Bill Richardson for your loving support for this heartfelt Santa Fe community project.
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Warehouse 21 has since 1997 served thousands of Santa Fe’s youth ages 12-21 and young adults ages 20-30 in the performing, media and visual arts. W21’s unique approach to personal development fosters a particular type of creative energy that is exemplified through project-based learning models, youth access to artistic resources and instruction, and a practical “do-it-yourself” ethic that fosters artistic independence and entrepreneurism. W21 also supports youth employment through its YES! Youth Entrepreneurial Services Program – a special training program supporting W21 enterprises in the arts.