Creative Souls, Katianne (“K808”) and Khaled (“Khaledzou”), are a love story woven with threads of musical notes. They are a modern Indie-Pop and music marvel duo, creators of MUNNYCAT.
MUNNYCAT is K808 and Khaledzou’s music-child through which they honor their talents and dreams. Together, they have released several songs, including “Giddy Up,” “Honest,” “So Fresh,” and “Boom!” available to stream everywhere. Their latest album, “‘Till Death We Do Art,” gives listeners a one-of-a-kind experience with their vinyl version -it can be used as glasses to see the stereoscopic 3D artwork within it. The duo also directs and produces fantastic music videos, and they have a line of apparel and accessories available in their online store.
Originally from Youngstown, Ohio, they currently reside in L.A.. K808 and Khaledzou attended the same high school, shared the same interests and friends, and were declared the most musically talented in their yearbook. They even studied digital media in college, but didn’t know of each other’s existence until years later.
As time went by, Khaledzou had his popular rock band, The Zou, and K808 was performing solo gigs around town. On one occasion, after a packed show, K808 was asked by the owner of the venue to help with the next music event for the town’s St. Patrick’s music festival at a new bar. She was in charge of booking the bands to fill three stages, and The Zou was highly recommended. When K808 looked them up on Facebook, she realized that they had about 450 friends in common. She invited him and the band to be part of the show, and they agreed to participate. Khaledzou was smitten by K808’s creative brilliance, finding her presence in his life imminent. By Christmas of that same year, they started dating.
Khaledzou’s genre is pure rock, and K808 is more like Paramore. Different, but the same, they complement each other through their love for music and the endless possibilities in their vast creative souls.
They organically gravitated to working on each other’s projects; K808 even collaborated with his band and contributed to a few songs and music videos. Working together but separately, helping each other reach their goals and achieve their dreams. Then, MUNNYCAT was born.
Khaledzou had written down the name MUNNYCAT (meaning,lucky cat) back in 2009, not knowing what it would become. With MUNNYCAT, they wanted the style and genre to be fun. “Which songs made us dance when we were kids? That’s the music we love and wanted to create,” the duo explains. Influenced by 90s music (Spice Girls, Ace of Base, The Dixie Chicks, to mention a few), they started following their gut to write and produce music that aligned with who they are. MUNNYCAT has allowed them to reinvent their repertoire, giving Indie-Pop music an entirely new Hyperpop take.
Twice a year, they began to attend music conferences in L.A. to find a home for their songs. They submitted their separate music, as well as the ones with MUNNYCAT, and they got the most compliments for the songs they did together. Finding limitless possibilities for growth in the City of Angels, in 2016, they made it officially their home.
They signed a licensing deal with a company in Portland, learning how to work with publishers, and narrowing down their music path, choosing to pursue the music sync licensing route. To date, they have had over 500 placements, including Apple, Crest, Xbox, H&M, and the 2019 FIFA video game, among others. Their first sync placement came as a surprise for a JCPenney commercial that was shown on national TV. Then, they landed a song for a Polish McDonald’s commercial. As a result, they generate a supportive group of fans, helping MUNNYCAT to become notable. They have also served as mentors and panelists at major sync events, such as the Hawai’i Songwriting Festival.
In August of 2022, they got married, adding a harmonious balance to their relationship. “We wanna spend so much time making art that the fact we work together helps enrich the marriage and work towards something that feeds us emotionally and as artists,” K808’s words reflect how their love has helped them have mutual respect, support, and the courage to not be afraid to set healthy boundaries and stay true to themselves.
K808 and Khaledzou are enchanting the world with their unique magic and hyper-vibing music. They inspire us to unbind the child within, and from time to time, dance, jump, and sing carefree as a lucky cat.
“We don’t have to do anything. Instead, we get to create something, so, fall in love with the process of creating and making things. It removes the pressure. Art heals … it makes full the void of fear and pain.” -K808 and Khaledzou, MUNNYCAT
Have you ever witnessed an oak tree grow? Most of the time, we stumble upon giant oak trees, not realizing that it takes many sunrises and sunsets to have a strong bark and flourish evergreen. Creative Soul, Deraj, is an admirable artist whose journey took divine timing and wholehearted dedication to become the mighty oak he is today.
Deraj is a Hip-Hop artist, singer-songwriter, music producer, graphic designer, voice actor, coach, and mentor, founder of See & HearⓇ and rep.indieⓇ. He’s a creative entrepreneur and top-liner music sync artist, with one of his songs featured in the trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther.
Inspired by creating things that catch our eyes and ears, Deraj established See & HearⓇ, a one-stop music house for Hip-Hop, R&B, and Pop for TV and Film, serving as a sync agency for indie musicians. Together with his team, Deraj caters songs for trailers, commercials, and games, having landed placements with Fortnite, NBA, Samsung, Armani, and Call of Duty, to mention a few.
Music was merely a hobby for Deraj, who wrote his first rap at age 9. Born and raised in Maryland, Deraj grew up witnessing music through his older brother, who was part of a rap group. In middle school, joined by his step-brother, Deraj started creating beats and having fun with music. When his family moved to Virginia, Deraj continued making music as a high schooler. He began performing at the youth group talent nights at his church, showcasing his music for the first time to an audience. His music was well-received, and he started releasing records and having a feel for live shows.
Deraj took on sketching for a little while and doing some photography as well. Appreciating how fond Deraj felt towards the creative arts, his father guided him to attend Full Sail University in Orlando, Florida, where he earned a degree in digital arts and design.
Connected with a broader group of creatives in Orlando, Deraj continued making Christian Hip-Hop, performing at churches and open mics. He got inevitable recognition, standing out with his self-made and well-represented brand.
After graduating from the university, Deraj got a job with Reflection Music Group as a branding designer for other artists. At the time, the label was unaware of the fruitfulness of Deraj’s music. A few years after working for the label, the first artist he designed for saw Deraj rap and mentioned to the label to check him out. In 2014, Deraj officially signed with the label.
A smart-minded-creative, Deraj was working full time as a graphic and brand designer for a church and balancing his performances. His music was streaming well, providing some revenue, but not enough to leave his day job. “I don’t know all that I did, but it is working now, but back then it was a question lingering, trying to figure it out: Who was I in relation to my music,” Deraj explains that although things unfolded organically for him, he was trying to see the big picture of his life, along with his wife, trying to put the pieces together for his music career. “Figuring out how to get ahead. I wanted to develop and max my talents, noticing patterns that were not helping to max my potential.” With strategy, development, and kin admin skills, Deraj worked on the next chapter of his life, creating music that resonated with his soul.
Being with the music label exposed Deraj to all the details behind the music business, helping him hone his skills as an artist and entrepreneur. His first sync placement came as a surprise to everyone, including the label, when he landed a song with ESPN from the first EP recorded and produced by him. “This was a light-bulb moment for me,” Deraj recalls, realizing the potential to grow even more with his music.
Even though Deraj had a positive experience and relationship with Reflection Music Group, in 2019, he left the label and became an independent artist. “I was growing and had new goals in mind,” expresses Deraj, whose focus shifted to synchronized motion to picture (SYNC), researching all he could to get his music to the right people for sync placements. Deraj later joined a course by Cathy Heller, learning about music sync licensing, and receiving the right tools to keep moving forward. “It was perfect timing, and it really helped me build a solid foundation of what this industry is, what type of music I need to be creating, how I needed to be thinking in this space?” Soon thereafter, Deraj started making music for briefs, reaching out to music supervisors and agencies, attending conferences, and submitting songs to music libraries.
Within a year and a half, Deraj landed placements on projects such as Law & Order, Cruella, Lucifer, All American, and many more. No longer a sapling, Deraj had reached the sky with his flourishing branches, earning a sustainable income which allowed him to leave his job of 11 years to dedicate all his time to his music path. When he got to earning six figures with music placements, Deraj thought of offering his formula to success to indie musicians. In 2020, he built an audience in Club House, expanding his next work independently, mentoring, coaching, and being there for artists step by step on how to get placements on TV and film.
“I like results, and not just results for myself but results for those who are a part of my community. I don’t want us to get excited about the idea of licensing because that’s fleeting. We need something substantive where artists know how to become businesses and actually figure out how to make it sustainable,” explains Deraj, who launched rep.indieⓇ to welcome indie artists to join a solid community where they receive a well-rounded system and education to align with their music, vision, and goals. “I would just bring more into the fold and help artists really understand and be able to partake in this space that we call SYNC, and be able to find the type of sustainability for a music career I know everybody is looking for, and to be able to do that with some like-minded artists and have a clear path and clear mentorship to get there.”
Besides music, indie artists can benefit from Deraj ventures by affiliating with concept art.Ⓡ, a contemporary clothing brand that embodies the essence of the modern creative*. This online store features hats, t-shirts, hoodies, and sweatshirts expressing positive messages.
With each sunrise and sunset, Derja takes conscious action to keep sprouting, honoring his family and faith with the colors and sounds within his core. Deraj is a keystone for the creative arts community, inspiring us to build strong roots, See ourselves, Hear the calling of our souls, and become the majestic oak trees we are here to be.
“Not to relent from the things that you’re hoping for. Don’t ignore those things that you are sensing inwardly. They are there for a reason. Don’t let the internal or external conversations discourage you from what’s possible. It seems so cliché, but the only thing that prevents us from getting it is ourselves. Be relentless, with encouragement and grace, know that everything is absolutely possible.” -Deraj
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Creative Soul, Chris J., is a bright artist with a raw voice and songs that pump the heart with feel-good vibes. Chris allows his talents to reveal the layers of ingenuity that thread his soul.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Chris J. is a singer-songwriter and music producer based in Las Vegas. He specializes in Hip-Hop, Pop, and R&B with four music projects under his belt, including “Liquor Store,” “Toxic Melodies,” “New Me,” and his latest, “Thank God I Survived,” available to stream everywhere.
Chris didn’t think music would become his ultimate passion until he got to college. There, he learned to make beats, rapping in groups, and slowly getting into the groove of the music world.
Up until then, Chris was doing music just for fun, networking, and establishing relationships with other musicians. He also produced for others while working on his own sound, and in 2018, he released his first project, “Allday.”
During the pandemic, Chris began learning about sync and later took a workshop with Sync Secrets by Ash, getting educated on music rights, publishing, and licensing for visual media productions. “I started writing differently but I think it helped me to write better.” Chris describes how he began focusing on writing better songs for sync, and the encouragement doubled when he got his first placement on the TV show “The Game.” Chris has also collaborated with peers to build a catalog exclusively for sync opportunities.
Chris is a sharp, creative entrepreneur who wears many hats in the development of his music career. He edits his music videos and is the director of marketing for his brand, attending listening sessions, events, and seminars to expand his knowledge and artistry. Chris’s potential is unlimited, and he’s taking the world by surprise with a modest heart and preeminent music.
“Don’t give up. Keep going and enjoy the journey.” -Chris J.
When we know what we know and feel sure of what we know, all that’s left to do is work with audacious determination and let no one or anything make us doubt ourselves. Creative Soul, Constanza, was born with the unshakable certainty of who she is and what she is here to do. She has fulfilled her artistic dreams with sweat, tears, and smiles, making her music and art beacons of hope.
Constanza is a multi-dimensional artist – she’s an actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer from Chile, currently living in Los Angeles. She also teaches voice and breath lessons, and she plays the piano, guitar, and ukulele. Most recently, she started playing the harp, an instrument that suits her Goddess’s presence. “My main instrument is my voice,” Constanza trusts in her vocals to carry a message of honesty, reflection, and a little bit of spice and fun.
Between the ages of 11 and 12, Constanza started to sing with friends in small bands, joining the high school chorus, and focusing on acting, dancing, and painting. Though she felt more like an actress, when she was 15 she was elected to sing a solo for an audience of about 1000, and at the end of her performance, she received a standing ovation. People were coming up to her with tears, congratulating her, wanting to meet the one with the angelic voice. “If a voice can have this much power to impact people’s lives, then I need to explore it,” Constanza recalls having this reflection after such a powerful experience, and it made it easier for her to decide to pursue a music career.
“I’ve always been an artist,” Constanza expresses in the most humble ways the certainty she’s had since childhood of the star within, and she’s embraced her innate talents and has worked earnestly to reach her aspirations.
Her college days were combined with gigs, performing at events, including weddings. At one of those gigs, she got discovered by producer Gustavo Pinochet, who had led KUDAI to become a multi-platinum Pop-Rock band in Santiago, Chile. He was looking to start a new band and Constanza joined Gustavo on a journey that led to success. They even opened for Mexican Latin Pop group, RBD’s Nuestro Amor tour, when they went to Chile in 2007.
At 20, Constanza had already tasted stardom and the world was wide open for her to keep exploring and growing. With time, the music industry began to change and the record sales declined, making it difficult for her to move forward with the band. This led her to decide to move out of her country to the Big Apple to study Musical Theater and combine all of her skills and passion for the performing arts.
“Chile’s culture is so different,” expresses Constanza recounting the bold move she took to fly out of her parent’s nest, something unusual to do in her hometown at such a young age. She explains that the first few weeks were fearful and challenging, but things just got better and better from then on. Constanza earned a 5-year degree in Music and Singing, and a Certificate in Performing Arts from the prestigious American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York.
About a decade ago, there were very few opportunities for getting into Musical Classical Theater, however, for Constanza, it’s natural to be in front of the cameras. “I felt like a fish out of the water in New York,” shares Constanza, who started to pursue more acting roles and was guided by a friend to relocate to the mecca of acting, Los Angeles. She’s considered Ethnically Ambiguous, meaning they can’t quite figure out where she’s from, and with her striking beauty, she’s picked to fit several roles.
Constanza has acted in shows such as “Jane The Virgin,” “LA to Vegas,” and “Kevin From Work,” to mention a few, and she’s done dozens of commercials, being the face of Lexus car commercials.
She also starred in a movie in Thailand called “1 Million Followers” available to stream on Apple TV, Prime Video, and at selected theaters in the USA.
Being in L.A. helped her discover new parts of her artistry, inspiring her to write as a soloist for the first time. Constanza worked diligently alongside producers to make her music streamable, and in 2016, she released her first Electro-Pop album called “Make It Happen”. She’s released several more smashing songs including, “Miel,” “Come Home,” and “Dimelo”. Her latest singles include, “I Miss You” with Joelii, and “Dame Más,” a Spanglish-R&B-Pop song that will make your body dance involuntarily.
Constanza has been invited to several TV shows in her hometown and her projects keep earning her a great reputation. She has been educating herself about sync opportunities, taking workshops such as Sync Secrets with Ash, for possible placements on film, TV, commercials, and so forth, and earning a sustainable income with her songs.
Constanza and her sister Daniela founded Palave-Sisters Productions, where they produce content for different brands and have their own YouTube channel “Palave-Sisters”, sharing the most hilarious sketches about fantasy vs. reality, family, and love.
Constanza is amiable and talented beyond this world. She invites us to take a leap of faith in ourselves and let go of doubts about our life’s purpose. It may take us some time to get there, but we can find inspiration in creatives like Constanza to keep going after our heart’s desires and to be sure that when we know what we know the only blockage is our potential to believe in our talents and to know that we can. ¡Claro que sí podemos!
“Everyone’s gifts are so unique. Your art is needed in the world, so everyone is going to bring something different. Art creates change. It is needed for our evolution.” – Constanza
Cuando sabemos lo que sabemos y nos sentimos seguros de lo que sabemos, sólo queda trabajar con audacia y determinación y que nada ni nadie nos haga dudar de nosotros mismos. Creative Soul, Constanza, nació con la certeza inquebrantable de quién es y para qué está aquí. Ha cumplido sus sueños artísticos con sudor, lágrimas y sonrisas, haciendo de su música y su arte faros de esperanza.
Constanza es una artista multidimensional: es actriz, cantautora y bailarina de Chile y actualmente vive en Los Ángeles. También imparte lecciones de voz y respiración y toca el piano, la guitarra y el ukelele. Más recientemente, empezó a tocar el arpa, un instrumento que se adapta a la presencia de su Diosa. “Mi principal instrumento es mi voz”, Constanza confía en que su voz transmita un mensaje de honestidad, reflexión y un poco de picante y diversión.
Entre los 11 y 12 años, Constanza comenzó a cantar con amigos en pequeñas bandas, se unió al coro de la escuela secundaria y se centró en la actuación, el baile y la pintura. Aunque se sentía más bien una actriz, cuando tenía 15 años fue elegida para cantar un solo ante un público de unas 1.000 personas y al final de su actuación recibió una gran ovación. La gente se acercaba a ella llorando, felicitándola, deseando conocer a la de la voz angelical. “Si una voz puede tener tanto poder para impactar la vida de las personas, entonces necesito explorarla”, recuerda Constanza haber tenido esta reflexión después de una experiencia tan poderosa, que le facilitó la decisión de seguir una carrera musical.
“Siempre he sido una artista”, Constanza expresa de la manera más humilde la certeza que ha tenido desde la infancia de la estrella que lleva dentro, y ha abrazado sus talentos innatos y ha trabajado seriamente para alcanzar sus aspiraciones.
Sus días universitarios los combinó con conciertos, actuando en eventos, incluyendo bodas. En uno de esos conciertos, fue descubierta por el productor Gustavo Pinochet, quien había llevado a KUDAI a convertirse en una banda de pop-rock multiplatino en Santiago, Chile. Pinochet estaba buscando comenzar una nueva banda y Constanza se unió a él en un viaje que lo llevó al éxito. Incluso abrieron para el grupo mexicano de pop latino, en la gira Nuestro Amor de RBD, cuando fueron a Chile en 2007.
A los 20 años, Constanza ya había probado el estrellato y el mundo estaba abierto para que siguiera explorando y creciendo. Con el tiempo, la industria de la música comenzó a cambiar y las ventas de discos disminuyeron, lo que le dificultó seguir adelante con la banda. Esto la llevó a decidir mudarse de su país a la Gran Manzana para estudiar Teatro Musical y combinar todas sus habilidades y pasión por las artes escénicas.
“La cultura de Chile es muy diferente”, expresa Constanza al relatar la audaz decisión que tomó para salir volando del nido de sus padres, algo inusual en su ciudad natal a una edad tan temprana. Ella explica que las primeras semanas fueron aterradoras y desafiantes, pero que las cosas mejoraron cada vez más a partir de entonces. Constanza obtuvo una licenciatura de 5 años en Música y Canto, y un Certificado en Artes Escénicas de la prestigiosa Academia Estadounidense de Música y Drama (AMDA) en Nueva York.
Hace aproximadamente una década había muy pocas oportunidades de ingresar al Teatro Musical Clásico, sin embargo, para Constanza es natural estar frente a las cámaras. “Me sentí como pez fuera del agua en Nueva York”, comparte Constanza, quien comenzó a buscar más papeles actorales y un amigo la guió para mudarse a la meca de la actuación, Los Ángeles. Constanza es considerada étnicamente ambigua, lo que significa que no pueden entender de dónde es y, con su sorprendente belleza, la han elegido para desempeñar varios papeles.
Constanza ha actuado en programas como “Jane The Virgin”, “LA to Vegas” y “Kevin From Work”, por mencionar algunos, y ha realizado decenas de comerciales, incluyendo ser la cara de los comerciales de automóviles Lexus. Constanza protagonizó una película en Tailandia llamada “1 Millón De Seguidores” disponible en Apple TV, Prime Video, y en cines seleccionados en los Estados Unidos.
Estar en Los Ángeles la ayudó a descubrir nuevas partes de su arte, inspirándola a escribir canciones como solista por primera vez. Constanza trabajó diligentemente junto con los productores para hacer que su música se pudiera transmitir y, en 2016, lanzó su primer álbum de electro-pop llamado “Make It Happen”. Ha lanzado varias canciones más sensacionales, entre ellas, “Miel”, “Come Home” y “Dimelo”. Entre sus últimos sencillos se encuentran “I Miss You” con Joelii y “Dame Más”, una canción Spanglish-R&B-Pop que hará que tu cuerpo baile involuntariamente.
Constanza ha sido invitada a varios programas de televisión en su ciudad natal y sus proyectos le siguen ganando una gran reputación. Se ha estado educando sobre las oportunidades de sincronización, tomando talleres como Sync Secrets con Ash, para posibles ubicaciones en cine, televisión, comerciales, etc., y obteniendo ingresos sostenibles con sus canciones.
Constanza y su hermana Daniela fundaron Palave-Sisters Productions, donde producen contenido para diferentes marcas y tienen su propio canal de YouTube “Palave-Sisters”, compartiendo los sketches más divertidos sobre fantasía versus realidad, familia y amor.
Constanza es amable y talentosa más allá de este mundo. Ella nos invita a dar un salto de fe en nosotros mismos y dejar de lado las dudas sobre el propósito de nuestra vida. Puede que nos lleve algo de tiempo llegar allí, pero podemos encontrar inspiración en creativos como Constanza para seguir adelante tras los deseos de nuestro corazón y estar seguros de que cuando sabemos lo que sabemos, el único bloqueo es nuestro potencial para creer en nuestros talentos y saber que podemos. ¡Claro que sí podemos!
“Los dones de cada uno son únicos. Tu arte es necesario en el mundo, por eso todos aportarán algo diferente. El arte crea cambios. Es necesario para nuestra evolución”. – Constanza
Have you ever felt deeply inspired by a song so much that it elevates your spirits to exhilarating heights? Songs that touch our souls, filling our hearts with hope and light. Sarah Packiam’s songs have that effect! Her music is as beautiful as she is, and she’s here to enchant the world through heartfelt lyrics, unforgettable melodies, and iconic songs.
Creative Soul, Sarah Packiam is a singer-songwriter, nominated for an International Emmy for her participation as a TV Host of HBO’s music show, A Tiny Audience. Sarah has released four studio albums, with memorable singles such as Love Yourself, Never Find Another Like You, and She’s A Riot, all anthems of life, uplifting our spirits to go after our dreams.
Photo by Nina Rodriguez @imninarts
East meets West with Sarah Packiam. She has an exciting mixture of cultures – her talented father, Peter Packiam, a blues guitarist and singer-songwriter from India, and her mother, Joy, an elegant bohemian goddess and poet from Ireland. Sarah felt drawn to music, learning how to play the guitar at an early age. At 14, she represented Ireland with a song she wrote called Homeless Teenage Girl, setting off her Creative Soul to soar and sign with EMI Records.
In 2000, Sarah relocated to Spain, where she honed her craft alongside her family band, on stages of bars and restaurants up to eight times a week. Through the 8 years of live performances, she had time to fine-tune her favorite instruments: guitar, mandolin, piano, and harmonica. All the while, still writing songs and collaborating with producers.
In 2004, Sarah’s talent drew the attention of Grammy Award-winning producers in Miami, who recognized her potential and invited her to collaborate on recording and writing projects.
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Sarah embraces her roots with admiration and humility and has beautifully blended both cultures, showing this in her choice of rhythms inspired by indie-pop, folk, and some rock-and-roll. In addition to her impressive musical repertoire, Sarah has toured as a backing singer and guitarist for Shakira, and in 2024, she performed at Sugarshack Live Sessions, in Bonita Springs, Florida.
With a spectacular and distinctive voice, Sarah’s songs are empowering. She enjoys songwriting, telling stories that connect her to raw and deep emotions while having fun. Her music makes us reflect on the value of relationships: when we experience heartbreaks when we miss our loved ones; when we need to love ourselves.
Her songs can make us dance, sing, smile, pick up the phone, call our families, and tell them how much we love them. We can find her music on Spotify and iTunes, subscribe to her YouTube channel, watch her starling music videos, and follow her on Instagram to keep in touch.
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“It’s okay to allow things to fall into place as they come and enjoy the process of creating,” Sarah wants us to embrace our creativity. Her motto is Quality over Quantity, and she encourages us to create and create. Most importantly, to not beat ourselves up when we don’t complete a project.
“These times have helped us to think about our dreams, and it has allowed us to focus more on our true purpose – our calling,” Sarah explains, motivating us to focus on our heart’s desires, knowing there are infinite ways to feel happy and do what we can to reach our goals and see our dreams come true.
Today, Sarah resides in the countryside of Miami, where she finds solace in tending to her garden and creating music in her home studio. Her latest release, “More Love to Save the World,” reflects a return to her roots, channeling the same heartfelt messages that captivated audiences in her teenage years, now intertwined with themes of peace, women’s rights, self-love, and the will to keep going through times of struggle.
Sarah is a stunning Creative Soul.
“Create with purpose, but above all, never stop creating and support other artists.It’s okay to allow things to fall into place as they come and enjoy the process of creating.” – Sarah Packiam
We often search for and do things that can help us feel happy, and sometimes the feeling doesn’t last long, but every day we can find reasons to smile if we give it a chance. Creative Soul Logan is a cheer creator, and he is sharing the elixir of happiness through songs that carry an important message, setting us up for a joyful experience.
Logan is a Musician, Motivator, and Hypeman, from Maui, Hawaii, living on the Big Island. He’s also a Jiu-Jitsu professor, runs an academy for children, and dedicates time to teaching music to kids at local schools. Logan plays drums and ukulele and enjoys playing with words and freestyling on the spot.
He can be considered a modern-day troubadour, with the ability to observe a room full of people, feel their vibes, listen to what each person has to say, and within minutes, Logan can throw down a freestyle folky rap that would leave anyone stunt. The flow of his words has a way of threading parts of our souls with an enriched message, adding humor, sweetness to the heart, and a connection like no other.
Throughout his life, Logan dabbled with music and after college, he drifted from his passion, but eventually, he reconnected with it. “Those times were pivotal steps in learning strength in life to embrace music,” Logan recalls the difficulties throughout his journey of letting go of what no longer served him, embracing the person he wanted to become, and living up to his life’s purpose.
As a Jiu-Jitsu professor and a continuous student, Logan has built strong self-discipline on the mat and in his life in general, helping him become a better son, service member, and community member activist. Both music and Jiu-Jitsu allow him to be in a floating state of mind and keep him in a good balance.
For over 10 years, Logan has been volunteering with the Brotman Family at the Hawaii Songwriting Festival on the Big Island of Hawaii. He’s been playing a big part in the program, inspiring him to appreciate his talents as a musician.
Logan started the Project Happy Chair, online and in person, with a sign that reads ‘IF YOU WANT CHEER, SIT HERE’, inviting people to take a seat and be courageous to receive cheer free of charge. Logan asks two simple, yet open-ended questions: What do you do? and, What is your favorite? How the person answers them, helps him discover parts of them to improvise a cheering song.
“It’s the struggle and pain in our lives that connect us,” Logan explains that he tries to honor people with his songs, making them feel better no matter what they have gone or are going through. He loves that he gets to meet someone for the first time, learn about them, and heal them with music.
Project Happy Chair has allowed Logan to connect with people from Egypt, Canada, Saudi Arabia, England, and Chile, impacting their lives in the humblest ways. Even if it’s done virtually, we can feel the cheerful energy transmitting through the screen, taking us to a phenomenal level of happiness.
“I’m grateful to be in the developmental stage of my life and be a source of joy for others,” Logan keeps defining and giving shape to his discipline and self-improving, constantly trying to learn and do better, and sharing his gifts with others in an empowering and estimable way.
We can certainly use a good cheer to remind us what happiness feels like. No matter where we are located in the world, Logan is making sure that it becomes a reality, creating a memorable moment to lighten our days.
“We are so similar, and I’m here to help and bring cheer.” – Logan
A poem inspired by Louie, my furry friend, turned into a fun and happy song by Kuu Sound. Magic!Noemi :))
I find your pretty eyes Illuminate my nights Melting in your looks You make my heart go woof My furry friend you are Inspiring my whole life At times when I feel blue You make my soul shine through Wagging your tail in excitement Barking at the top of your lungs Oh my rascal friend With you all days are fun Curious as a cat The best guard dog there is My love for you runs deep You make me feel complete
ABOUT
Kai, known as Kuu Sound, is a singer-songwriter and Music Producer, from Oregon, currently in Transylvania.
‘Save me, Sálvame’ is a song for which the lyrics were written by Rob Burkhard and Noemi Capote. Surprising each other, every time again, with new lines in English or Spanish, the song took its own course and grew into a track about the loss of loved ones. A song, also, that would definitely need two voices.
Maje, a talented singer from Venezuela, became involved in the recording of this song. Sound engineer, Pablo Peña, mixed the recordings together and made this song into a duet.
‘Save me, Sálvame’ brings together collaborators from 3 continents. Have a listen, and if you like it, please know that you can really support us by finding the song on Spotify, YouTube, or any of the other streaming platforms, and adding it to your playlists or favorites.
At times, we need to prioritize our responsibilities and relationships over our creative dreams, and it may feel as if a light has gone out and a part of us is missing. Then, come other times when we are ready to replace, remake, restart, and go after our biggest passions with all we have. Creative Soul, Christina, has walked the artist road, sacrificing her desires to nurture other parts of her life, but ultimately, being reunited with her dreams, filling the world with creative love.
Christina Thomas Taylor is an artist, music producer, songwriter, and composer from Boston, under the pen name Octoberture. Her love for music began when she was just a child, begging her mom for piano lessons and instantaneously becoming best friends with this majestic instrument. “It heard all of my sad stories,” Christina shares how she became intimate with the piano, learning classical music in the process. She was also part of her school’s chorus and vocal jazz ensemble, and at the age of 22 after learning the guitar the songwriter in her was born.
Christina is also now in an acoustic duo band, North Woods, with her friend Sherry Aviles, playing at local venues with several tracks available to stream everywhere.
Music stretched her senses as a songwriter and she knew it would be an important part of her life’s journey, but love and family awaited her and after meeting her husband, Christina explains with a soft smile that she became too happy to write any songs, although she continued to play on her own. 20 years passed, kids, different jobs, and other life changes put her music career on pause. Christina took on painting and fixing up old houses, theater, poetry, photography, and dancing, and she even started a few businesses along the way. Christina loves doing anything that allows her to express her creativity freely.
After starting to play music again with friends in a band called Blue Amber she started writing songs again. This group eventually whittled down to North Woods. When the pandemic hit and her plans to open a business seemed unfeasible, she learned that there may be a career in music after all, joining a music academy and learning about the music business and music production. “Music feeds my soul more than anything else. It has taken over my life now”. Christina shares that even though she ventured on different paths, she has now solidified her career as a musician and she’s working arduously to make her dreams come true.
As a Music Producer, Christina’s potential has expanded greatly. “My goal in life was always to make the world a more beautiful place in everything I do, but now with music production I have upped my game. I want to create magic!” She describes how music production allows her to bring music to life the way she has always heard in her head, making listeners feel as if they are part of the journey with her unique sounds. ”I want to take listeners to a different place, a different immersive world that we can travel through together”. She finds her writing inspiration in the natural world, in psychology and the mind, the nature of reality, and relationships.
In just 2 ½ years, Christina has released over 23 songs solo and with talented collaborators from all over the world, all produced by her in her tiny home studio. Her genre is hard to define but tends to fall into the categories of chamber pop and indie pop being haunting and atmospheric as well as some songs that are fun and quirky. Among the many beautiful songs in her catalog are the spooky “You Can’t Hide” featuring rapper TY Avery, “Secrets,” one of her favorites in which she uses samples of her vocals to create instruments, and “Snow & Fire,” written during the lowest point of the pandemic, with a twist of optimism, finding a spark in the fire within us all.
Christina’s main focus is the world of music synchronization (T.V. and film), focusing the first two years post-COVID on building her catalog, learning production and honing in on her sound, and in the last year, she’s been pitching music for briefs for film, T.V., commercials, video games, and more. She’s also studying to become a Master Engineer, and she has been collaborating with other musicians, digging deep into songwriting, and creating new sounds that people haven’t heard before.
Bewitching anyone with her curious and allegoric melodies, Christina is an example that even if we steer away from our true passions, in due time, we get reconnected with our life force. Once we do, the rays of light appear and we can start creating real magic, as Christina has been doing hand in hand with her greatest love, music.
“Dig deep within yourself to find that creativity you know you have .. we can use it for everything. Think outside the box and go back to the openness you had when you were a child. Be as bold as you can dare to be… allowing that creativity – to go even further.” – Christina Taylor
“Inside Out” – “It is a song inspired by the magical worlds of shows like Legion and Arcane where people enter a strange new world or perhaps an altered reality.” – Christina
M is a music producer, beatmaker, and music writer, exploring different genres and charming everyone’s hearts with amazing music.
M also edits the most impressive videos that take us into realms of neon colors and transcendental inspiration. We can be captivated by the music videos on M’s Instagram, helping the viewer understand the emotions within the songs in their own way.
M has always been keen to learn something new and enjoys connecting with other creatives. M is eager to keep making music that can make a difference in someone’s life and impact the world in a positive and loving way.
There’s no denying that music can bring us together in the most magical ways and M’s music is connecting us at a soul level, inviting us to enjoy the present moment with the colors and sounds that our lives are made of.
“I want to prove that music has no limits and music has the potential to communicate with everyone in this universe or with the universe itself!!….” – M.
