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photos by Jennifer Strader |
Kelly Buchanan needs your help. She's a talented
artist who has worked very hard for years developing a career
in music. For those of you that don't know, the life of an
independent artist is not easy and the road is not paved
with gold. You work for years to develop your skills
as a singer/songwriter/musician or whatever you choose to
be. You pour every available penny into your craft
and development. And why do you do this?
Because it is who you are! Most artists don't have a
choice! It is our soul and our being that commands
this of us. The artists' job is to contribute to
society by creating music or whatever art form they
pursue. It is a giving life and artists make a
difference in society. They bring color and sound
into being for everyone else.
So Kelly's story is not much
different. She has worked very hard. She
created and financed her own tour down the east coast of
the US twice. By financing, that means she drove her
own beat up vehicle for miles, broke down, got stranded a
couple of times, but kept on going, booked her own shows
in a various clubs, bars and coffee houses, and lost more
than she made financially.
Then there's the thousands of dollars spent in studio time
and equipment... But, in the pursuit of ourselves,
we are willing to sacrifice because it's a labor of love.
The payoff, if you're lucky, is that you get signed to a
big record label and you actually make money. But,
even without a big contract, you still sing your songs and
bring joy to people.
Kelly Buchanan was at the point where MTV was interested
in doing work with her and
she was signed to a label. An exciting step in her life.
Suddenly, an accident caused her traumatic brain injury to
the point where she had to learn how to walk and talk and
do basic things again. Her prognosis for a full
recovery is good, but she's got a long
way to go. Interestingly enough, the CD she was
working on is entitled "Healing."
So, like many others in our world, Kelly could use the support of good
people and the support is as easy as buying one of her CDs
at
http://KellyBuchanan.com . She wrote a letter to her friends and
we've included it here because it tells about her road to
recovery.
Read Kelly's
Letter
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