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Please don’t forget that SUMMERTIME is an entry for best Pop duo or group performance on the Grammy ballot!

Summertime by Meninos do Morumbi & Julian Lennon

Thanks for the warm reception for Summertime by Meninos and Julian.

Some links:

The Satellite Santa Monica – The Music Is Hope Foundation has released a groundbreaking “Summertime” Cover

Liz Kelly of Examiner.com –  “Julian Lennon new ‘Summertime’ EP released to support Music is Hope Foundation…”

The Official Summertime page.

Summertime – Meninos do Morumbi & Friends with Julian Lennon

Summertime the CD!

This is the cover and CD of Music is Hope Foundation’s SUMMERTIME, by Meninos do Morumbi and Friends with Julian Lennon!

Meninos do Morumbi perform in 2007 at the Parque Ibirapuera in Sao Paulo, Brasil

“Please call a Scot, and urge them to vote no to secession? We can’t be the United Kingdom without our Scottish brothers!” – Mrs. Madge Midgley.

The Music is Hope Foundation’s next release for Meninos do Morumbi and Friends with Julian Lennon, was mastered by the amazing  Bernie Grundman, at his beautiful Mastering Studio in Hollywood, this week.
Also at the session were mixer; Skip Saylor, and MIHF manager Richard Martinez.

Richard Martinez, Skip Saylor, Bernie Grundman and John Jones

“The qualifications of a successful sound mixer represent a unique and rare combination of skills. He must be adequately, technically oriented, understand and evaluate the performance of the various electronic and acoustical devices with which he works. He must have sufficient musical aptitude to interpret the wishes of the arranger/ conductor. He must be creatively artistic, imaginative, have a flair for showmanship, be willing to try the impossible, and have the ambidexterity of an octopus. He must have the unique talent of being able to communicate with artists and directors at any artistic level and to perform his functions deftly under extreme pressure. Above all, he must have the patience of Job.” – Bill Putnam (J. Audio Eng. Soc., Vol. 37, No. 9, 1989 September)

Richard Martinez, John Jones, Ian Blanch, Skip Saylor

Another fantastic mixing session in the Valley at Skip Saylor studio, for the soon to be released, Meninos do Morumbi & Friends single, by Music is Hope Foundation!

Terry McDermott, who we have always known, is the VOICE, stopped in our town for a show last Friday, while on tour with the fantastic Miggs!
They played at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip, with Terry opening the show with John Luzzi on guitar! Fortunately we had the super talented DZR to keep us on the straight and narrow!

Terry is graciously going to sing a song for the Meninos Do Morumbi project for Music is Hope Foundation!

John Luzzi of Miggs, with Terry McDermott, performing at HOB, West Hollywood