I love when a song comes into my head. I go straight to iTunes and buy it.
What a killer record! I’ve Seen All Good People
Stories From an Undeclared War (documentary)
April 30th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
Sunday night, at the Newport Film Festival, we saw a new documentary about the Freedom Writers Diary, “a collection of journal entries written by 150 at-risk students from Long Beach, California, who were once considered ‘unteachable’. Encouraged by teacher, Erin Gruwall, and inspired by Anne Frank, the students discovered a new way of expression and began to care more about history, humanity, and perhaps, most importantly, their futures.”
This incredible story was helped to reality by our Music is Hope Foundation president John Tu.
JJ, composers Daniel Rojas & Andrew Raiher, executive producer John Tu, Erin Gruwall & MIHF's Richard Martinez
Digging the Past with the Future
April 20th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
Roger Greenawalt has such a sympathetic style for the singers that he works with. The result is refreshing, vibrant and important.
Johanna Chase totally blows me away! Her rendition of Hey Jude is beyond!
See Emily play
April 11th, 2012 § 1 comment § permalink
By some miracle of science, I have been privileged to hang out with Emily Richards, three times in the past month!
She’s always up to some good, and I’m not far behind!
Emily in the House!
One Moment in Time Steve Ferrone Drum Session Photos
March 22nd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
Be True To Yourself – Engineered and Mixed by Stuart Breed at the Record Plant and the Music Grinder in Hollywood in 1996…
Featuring, Richard Martinez, Steve Ferrone, Stuart Breed, Davinci, Tim Lauber, John Jones, Ken Roberts.
Hope the Video
March 21st, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
HOPE(HD/字幕) – Nick Wood feat. Julian Lennon, Tetsuya Komuro, and BEYOND Tomorrow Students from SynTokyo on Vimeo.
Along with John Jones, Michael Thompson and Randy Cooke.
Buy the Hope single:
iTunes Canada – iTunes Japan – iTunes USA – iTunes UK
This inspiring song is dedicated to the ongoing recovery of last year’s Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.
All proceeds from the sale of the song and video will be donated to Beyond Tomorrow - www.beyond-tomorrow.org.
Nick Wood – Hope – British Chamber of Commerce
March 11th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
Nick Wood spoke to Guy Perryman at the British Chamber of Commerce Japan’s Road to Recovery event today in Tokyo. After a quick talk with British Ambassador Sir David Warren, Guy talked to Nick about the song Hope and how it came to be.
http://guyperryman.com/?p=3658
Look down the page for the audio interview
Friday evening after-NAMM-jjsongsalon Reunion
March 8th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
After another fun day in Anaheim. Imagine finding this many friends so close to Disneyland!
Hope on iTunes
March 8th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink
Nick Wood‘s Hope, featuring Julian Lennon, Tetsuya Komuro, Todd Hayen, Beyond Tomorrow Students and the Boston Boys And Girls Club, and John Jones, is now available for purchase at
This inspiring song is dedicated to the ongoing recovery of last year’s Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami.
All proceeds from the sale of the song and video will be donated to Beyond Tomorrow - www.beyond-tomorrow.org.
Hope – Song for Tohoku Earthquake Relief
February 29th, 2012 § 1 comment § permalink
The song to benefit the Tohoku Earthquake Fund by Nick Wood and Julian Lennon that I have been working on is now finished.
Mixing across the Pacific using VG and Skype with JJ and Nick.
Nick has been traveling the world the past few weeks with stops in New York to shoot video with Julian and here in Los Angeles to work on the track with me, Randy Cooke and Michael Thompson. See here – HOPE
Go to Nick’s Blog and see more photos and links to the recordings.
If you can read Japanese, here is an article about the children’s choir from Beyond Tomorrow - Yomiura News article