MUSICIANS
 
Jami Lula, Musical Director – is an amazingly talented vocalist, musician, songwriter and teacher. Winner of L.A. Music Awards’ Best Vocalist of the Year in 1997, Jami is committed to inspiration through music. Jami’s music has lent support to many charitable organizations including the Special Olympics, AA, Project Angel Food, and Hope for Abused Women Foundation. His soulful eclectic groove musical quartet LULA obtained much recognition and released two records, Waiting and Live Groove on Circle Up Records. LULA's music has been featured in the film Student Body and on The Jeff Foxworthy Show, and showcased on a number of alternative radio stations. Jami teaches voice, songwriting, stage movement, creativity workshops and performance at MI, Musicians Institute, in southern California ; he is a featured soloist with the choir TAG at Agape International Center of Truth. See his website at www.jamilula.com for more about Jami.
 
Valerie Joi Fiddmont, is a musicians’ musician dedicated to teaching music as ministry. She conducts three gospel choirs in the Santa Cruz area – the Inner Light Ministries choir, Inner Light’s Singing Circle, and the UCSC Gospel choir - each with 60 to 100 voices. At the 2005 Monterey Jazz Festival she was featured as one of Tim’s Top 10 Picks, the director’s favorite artists for the weekend. Valerie Joi was also the director of the choral ensemble of the 2005 San Jose Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Jeri Allen on piano. As a New Thought Practitioner with an MBA from Rice University, she is grounded in the practical and the divine. Her CD of original compositions, Singing the Sacred Yes, is available through Sounds True Publishing (www.soundstrue.com).
 
Charles Holt is a divine emanation of the Love Intelligence that governs the Universe, fulfilling the purpose that he has chosen and serving the greater good of the people on this planet. After starring on Broadway in Lion King, Jesus Christ Superstar and Smokey Joe’s Café, Charles has found his own unique voice and gift of song to share with the world. He is a recording artist signed with Agape Media International, traveling the land spreading the fire and message of healing, freedom and transformation. “We are a part of the greatest unfolding in the history of humanity, and for that I am thankful.”
 

Mari Anne Jayme made her first Asilomar appearance in 2006 with Chicago Center for Spiritual Living’s House Band. 

She formerly served as musical director for Center for Spiritual Living in Chicago, in addition to teaching jazz voice at Columbia College. 

Her voice has been heard internationally and throughout the United States, and in recent years for U.S. military audiences with The Lt. Dan Band rock band, fronted by actor Gary Sinise. 

Mari’s voice is on recordings with Chicago jazz artists Kelly Brand, Band of Joes, Acoustic Chicago, and Hard Art Groop.  She has performed with jazz legends Joe Williams and Bunky Green, at Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Program, and at the Thelonious Monk Institute’s International Jazz Vocals Competition.  Her record label, Corn Puddin Records, features her original jazz/R&B/pop compositions, as well as New Thought and Spirit-inspired music.

Mari became a Licensed Practitioner in 2007.  She currently studies and teaches the Nia Technique, Breathwork, and prosperity workshops that infuse movement, creativity, and music.
 

Erika Luckett creates a powerful expression of world-inspired music. Poetic and rich, her voice conveys lyrical depth, and her fiery, innovative guitar playing creates an orchestra of sound with only six strings. Growing up in a fluid current of culture, savoring the richness of the Amazon, the urban rhythms of Sao Paulo and the percolating warmth of the Caribbean gave Erika an early appreciation for the interconnectedness of people and cultures.

This is an artist whose music and intention are about building bridges, upholding the beauty and depth of our human expression, and inspiring her audience. Her music, partnerships and recognition span the globe. She has collaborated closely with international environmental organizations as well as those striving to expand human consciousness and open the heart.  From her performance at the 20th Anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize Forum to being honored as “One of the 100 Most Outstanding Women of the Year” by both The Jewish Post and Modern Woman Today Magazine, Erika Luckett shows the power of music to transform and unite people across the planet.
 
Kyan was Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to parents who met, fell in love and married while in service of the US Navy. Kyan Started playing drums at age seven in Bullhead City, Arizona. The extreme weather led him to practice a great  deal, leading him to the discovery of his true passion.  Releasing tension and hardship through drumming. By age  ten his grandfather Frank Ortega a professional pianist, composer, and arranger ( 77 Sunset Strip, Rosemary Clooney ) took him  under his wing and started teaching him jazz and music theory. At age 14, Kyan went on the road with his grandfather for two weeks of one nighters with The Woody Herman Big Band. From that moment on, Kyan sought to be a professional  musician. Kyan has been playing the Los Angeles Singer-Songwriter Circuit since 1997. Some of the many artists Kyan has performed with include; Renee Stahl, Titus Fotso, George Clinton, Danny Peck, Sheila Nicholls, Trespassers William,  Jennifer Terran,  Gina Rene, and Jami Lula.
 
Martin Lund was born to play music. In fact, he had no choice as his Mother and Father would invite a steady stream of jazz musicians to come into his home to jam as he sat alongside them in his crib. That was almost 60 years ago, and since that time, Martin has become a virtuoso, multi-instrumentalist on piano, saxophone, clarinet, flute, including a variety of ethnic flutes, and accordion. An amazing composer and arranger of great variety and depth, Martin is equally at home in front of a ninety piece orchestra or playing in a band from northeastern Brazil.Martin learned as he worked in the studios of Los Angeles where his beloved Earth was covered in concrete, that what he really wanted was to be in a place where he could create music that would be healing to others. He packed up his array of instruments and headed for an island in the peaceful seas and majestic mountains of the Pacific Northwest where he soon began writing the music that was in his heart and that reflected how he felt inside. His new album, "Sketches of the Heart" is a beautiful work that is said to soothe the soul, and with every listening, feels fresh and new.
 
Daniel Nahmod Los Angeles-based Singer/Songwriter and Humanitarian DANIEL NAHMOD (www.DanielNahmod.com) has performed his profound, heart-opening original music for over one million people in 45 U.S. states and Canada since beginning his music career in 1999... selling 55,000 CDs to date and receiving literally thousands of standing ovations along the way.  His poetic and evocative message of peace, love and compassion across all nations, cultures and faiths has found overwhelming acceptance wherever he has performed.  Daniel has presented his spectacular music and message for nearly all of the world's major faiths, including Christian, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Bahai, Mormon and Unity audiences, and has worked with some of the most influential and brilliant speakers and leaders in the world --- including Jean Houston, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Mark Victor Hansen, Arun Gandhi, Yolanda King, and Neale Donald Walsch.  Fifteen of his songs have been recorded by over 35 artists in just the past three years; one of those recordings, "I'll Remember For You", recently reached #56 on the CCM national charts, and his song "You Could Be Fred" appeared on a top-selling CD from Blue Note artist Jackie Allen.  Daniel's latest CD "WATER" (his eleventh) features 11 beautiful, profound folk songs written under the powerful influence of a three-month sabbatical in the red rocks of southern Utah... evocative expressions of faith, serenity, and surrender. It's a deep and thought-provoking chapter in the life and work of this brilliant musical artist
 

Harold Payne, Harold’s songwriting credits extend from Rod Stewart & Patti LaBelle to long time collaborator Bobby Womack-- literally from Peter Paul & Mary to Snoop Dogg & Kelly Rowland of Destiny’s Child. He has played just about every imaginable venue… from amphitheaters, festivals & house concerts to corporate events, churches & conferences/retreats. Having played in such exotic places as India, Japan, Russia, Hawaii, Cuba, Ireland. Bali and Bora Bora; Harold has developed his own style of audience interaction, which usually includes his notorious song improvisations. His performances are soulful, heartfelt and humorous, and he plays both solo and with the group Gravity. He performs at New Thought churches across the country, as well as concerts, festivals, conferences, retreats and house concerts. He is known for his gift of improv and creating custom songs.
 

Orgena Rose is an inspirational singer/songwriter, recording artist, actress, and vocal coach who travels around the world giving concerts and leading vocal workshops called, Yes! You Can Sing.

She has performed in Ragtimeon Broadway, Jelly’s Last Jam, Porgy and Bessat Carnegie Hall, on Rosie O'Donnell, the Tony Awards, the Today Show, in two PBS specials where she sang back-up for Patti Labelle, numerous commercials, industrials, voice-overs and movies such as, Longshot, Jake’s Corner, Pandemic and Running On Empty where her music is featured. She has over 15 years experience as a vocal coach, director, choreographer, dance and drama teacher and music director for many conferences, schools, theatres, and arts organizations. 

She can be heard on 2 CDs produced on her music label Sacred Rose Music, It's All About Love, a collection of her original songs and Orgena Rose Live. She also co-produced with Karen Russo the CD compilation, Music for Wealth and Well Being which includes other New Thought artists such as Rickie Byars, Daniel Nahmod and Karen Drucker. Her soon to be released CD, Inspiration, features the choir she directs at Creative Living Fellowship in Phoenix, Arizona. More information can be found at www.orgenarose.com.
 

Eddie Watkins Jr. has been creating new thought music since he began attending the Spiritual Life Center in Las Vegas in 2007 where he now holds the position of music coordinator with Reverend Doug Foglesong. Born in Detroit, originally Eddie had a career as a session bass player. You’ve been listening to songs Eddie has played on for many years without realizing it. His hard driving bass licks have supported such R & B classic recordings as: Dan Hartman's "I Can Dream About You", The Pointer Sister's "Automatic", Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” You will also hear him on soulful ballads such as Pattie Austin's "Come to Me" and Billy Preston’s “With You I’m Born Again”. 

Eddie’s first CD “The Answer” was written, produced and manufactured in the first six month of his discovery of Religious Science. Eddie’s second CD “We Come Together will be released in June of 2008. Eddie has an amazing voice and powerful delivery, which is spellbinding whether delivering a funky Motown beat or a quiet meditative song. Although Eddie has enjoyed success in his professional musical career, the sharing of the music from both CD’s is the highlight of his life. He says, “I finally know exactly what I am supposed to be doing the rest of my life, sharing this music”. 

 
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