HAPPY BIRTHDAY Musical Activist MICHAEL BERRY!

May 1, 2024

Don’t think one person can make a difference? When it comes to delivering a high-voltage message in music, our teammate Michael Berry will knock your socks off.

Using his musical and writing gifts Michael proves the essential ingredient to a kinder world is COMPASSION and supporting and loving each other

Delivering high-powered performances on TWO of our tracks on the soundtrack Songs For Mary.

I swear Michael juggles and navigates 100 full time jobs, but he still found time for this special project 8 states & 1200 miles away from Houston Texas

Michael invested his time to try and save this old house …

Michael saw this as a unique opportunity to expand his knowledge about a lost story and a chance to write music that could “DE-CLAW” some of the anger out there in the world.

LINK https://songsformary.com/rap-musician-with-cerebral-palsy-30-featured-on-a-cd/

The songs are about forgotten, lost and neglected stories found inside this home: Black History – Woman’s History – Sports History – Architectural History and even a Classic Car story…… All lost in the dust of yesterday… WE brought them back!

Back to the music which is now available on ALL STREAMING platforms.

If the Walls Could Talk is our song that connects us to the energy of this beautiful old house. The song is a love letter to Opera Legend Mary Cardwell Dawson that promises she will never be forgotten or hurt again. We even added JayZ and Alicia Keys into the lyrics!

I wondered what would happen if boxing legend Joe Lewis and Lewis Hamilton met up could they wipe out hate &  racism forever?  In the track you can even hear the sound and energy of the F1 racing car and a little poem grew into this dynamic track with Michael Berry.

There is a primitive power in this song and the message. “Our Future is on the Line” I fell in love with Joe Lewis and I thought he deserved to come back in 2024 for the biggest fight of his life.

We have turned this entire project into a musical and Michael’s character is the lead. We are fundraising to get this project work shopped and Grammy Award Winner Patti Austin has agreed to play Mary Cardwell Dawson!  But we still have lots of work to do, can you help us?

Help bring this Musical to stage: If we can raise enough money Grammy Award Winner Patti Austin will share the stage with Michael and tell this magnificent story
All donations are accepted through Over My Shoulder Foundation and tax deductible.

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