MUSINGS...by Beverly Rieger

Photo (c)2010. Conrad Satala. Sacred Space of Paq'alib'al. Usually I think about January as a time of hibernation. Not this year! Daily OM featured the Healing Music for the 21st Century CD yesterday, and it was fun to see how someone who doesn't know me writes about my music. They produced a fabulous article, and I am already getting comments through Facebook from DailyOM visitors. Here's a really fun thing: they called me a music teacher and travel guide. I have to say that is not how I would have described myself! If you would like to see the article, click on this link: http://www.dailyom.com/articles/3/2011/27271.html. Radiance is now up on CDBaby and they gave me an enormous boost by sending the link to anyone who has ordered my music through CDBaby over the last many years (10+). This level of support by a distributor is invaluable to a musician. Thank you CDBaby. The link is http://cdbaby.com/cd/rieger7. As with all of my music that CDBaby carri...

Another early morning....and it's raining with the temperature about 35 degrees. Thank heavens! Without that above freezing temp, we would have ice all over everything. After this rain, and then wind, we are going to have more snow and the temperatures will be near zero by tomorrow evening. When you live in Indiana, you don't get too attached to any particular "look" outside, and you learn to live with change. The photo in this blog is of a display of all of the artwork connected to my CDs. You are only getting a little bit of this display, but it is awesome to see Emergence and Heart of Sky/Heart of Earth, by Ann Beeching; The Beloved, Mayan Dream, and Journey of Joy by Ilene Satala; and Radiance by Jamie Rieger.....all original artwork on display. Yesterday and today have been good days for my creative self and everything is flowing smoothly. The only glitch was trying to use the online customs forms and finding that USPS has a problem this week. It keeps t...

Mayan Dream Productions is a small business which has been around for 20+ years. As a small business owner, I spend some of each January wrapping up the finances of the preceding year, and getting ready for taxes. Indiana sales tax is due the end of January. Every year, this gives me the opportunity to look at the support that I receive from my music. The support is certainly financial, but more importantly it is the relationships that have built over the years that I treasure. As I look at each month and its shipments, I remember stories that have been told about individuals' creative projects, and how my music has affected their lives, families and pets. Thank you to all of you who are a part of my life. Usually, as I take inventory, I find things that I thought were lost forever. Radiance is now on CDBaby and I have to finish writing the description, etc for that and also get Radiance up on Amazon. This January, I will be playing guitar again because Walt bought me a guit...

Thanks to some pretty quick action on the part of National Media Services during a busy holiday season, the Radiance CDs are now here. They arrived on Friday, December 17. We had a lovely time with family yesterday....celebrating the 16th birthday of a granddaughter and also Jamie's birthday. This Christmas will be wonderful with all of family coming back to Fort Wayne. What a celebration with good times and happiness! Tomorrow is the winter solstice...the time of the beginning of the return of light. We are already in a deep freeze with darkness seeming to prevail. The reality is that, beginning tomorrow, every day will be a bit longer. The deep freeze will continue yet for almost three more months, but the hibernation is necessary in order for life to emerge again in the Spring. It's a marvelous cycle. Radiance.....in hibernation right now in the outer world. However, the Radiance music has changed my life in profound ways....bringing me into a new place of peace with...

Photo (c) 2010 Conrad Satala. Vision. I have a final shipping date from National Media Services, and that date is December 20th for the Radiance CD. My birthday is December 21 and the birthday of the artist who did the cover art is December 20th, so this a great birthday present of Radiance for both of us, Radiance is also a gift for the new year 2011. It's so easy to get caught in the outer difficulties of these last years: financial distress on a global level, weather that is more extreme because of global warming, fighting everywhere. Radiance brings us back to center: we are not these outer things. We are radiant beings of light who come from love and can radiate love and kindness to everyone around us. We are creative beings and this will overcome all destructive outer events if we allow the creative love to prevail. The music of Radiance goes beyond centering music. It is music of transformation and it is certainly transforming me. What a gift for myself from t...

I love this photo and included it on the Radiance video because it is the portal of new beginnings. The photo was taken in the area of Santiago Atitlan by Conrad Satala. What is the new Radiance video all about? The video celebrates the beauty of plant, tree, water, fire, and seasons and the light that radiates from the center of everything. The link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSM1nhRSxc. My purpose with the Radiance video is to provide you, the viewer, with photography and music that uplifts you and supports you in happiness throughout your day. The video reflects the little girl of the album cover artwork who is innocence and joy. Her face shines with delight! Anytime that I compose new music, it asks me to become someone different....the person who can actually perform the music. With the Radiance music, my life has become more quiet, more reflective and happier. The woman of the album artwork has lifted the chalice to drink, she will begin her next journey in li...

The music of Radiance celebrates the possibilities for our lives. Radiance....light and joy and love radiating from our core throughout our body and out into the world, touching those around us with the same light and joy and love. As I light a candle and experience that flame, I know that the same flame exists within me. We are light radiating! Abundance is track six of the Radiance album. This is gentle music....coming through water and the sounds of water birds....with soft instrumentation. The abundance music has taught me that abundance is not a struggle. It is all around me and supports me with gentle hands. The flame of Radiance bring abundance with it. I don't have to do anything but say "yes" to my life. Today.....Susan will upload the cover, back tray, disc label to National Media Services for printing and duplication. I will send in the gold master CD and all of the paperwork for the music. Then within a few days I will have a hard sample copy fr...