I’m totally excited to be releasing this brand new remix of RISE featuring one of my favorite downtempo and yoga music producer’s DJ Taz Rashid. It’s been almost three years since the release of the original “RISE” music video which brought over 1.2 million souls together to celebrate vulnerability. We are in a time of great divisiveness and I truly believe that the gift of vulnerability and song have the power to be the golden bridge that will unite all beings in this great awakening. My prayer is that we continue to wake up to the power within each of us. May we lay down our armor and connect heart to heart as we weave this new world together. RISE Yoga Challenge Who’s in?!? Let’s have some fun!!!! |
Dear Family, When I wrote my new single “We Are Safe”, I was scared out of my wits. This year like most everyone… I witnessed situations, events and traumatic images, both personally and globally, the magnitude of which I never could have ever before imagined. There were too many moments to count when the world I woke up to became unrecognizable and looking very much like a nightmare. In a time when myself and my closest friends and family felt most terrified, I finally reached a breaking point where I could no longer tolerate another moment of being suffocated by the fear that had consumed me. While at the same time feeling so completely powerless, I wanted to take a stand and most sincerely try to at least make an attempt to contribute something to the planet that could be of help and assistance to those of us who wanted to regain and return to a place of strength within, self reliance, safety and healing from this avalanche of trauma both in the present and from the ghosts of my past unresolved that kept turning up in my psyche throughout this year like ghouls from a classic Stephen King horror novel. I discovered there were many places in my being of grief from my childhood still unhealed. This year has unearthed and uprooted so much. This song is a prayer, an affirmation, a mantra and ultimately a statement of hope. My wish for all of us, is that this song is of help during those isolating moments of fear, doubt, when it appears that all is lost and we may feel left alone where there is no where else to turn. Ultimately this song is an anthem of Faith and the inner journey of developing the belief in the possibility of arriving at the moment where reconciliation within becomes reality. Even as I share this and as the song is being released into the world, fires in California are raging… sacred land inhabited by some of my dearest friends and inspirational leaders of sacred music who have now been ordered to evacuate without any certainty that they will have a home to return to. My heart continues to ache and it is only through my daily spiritual practice and my unwavering belief in the power of Music itself, that I haven’t broken to the point where I’ve become paralyzed/immobilized in the face of the year I never expected to find myself or any of us in. Thank you for listening and receiving this music and whatever elixir it may contain for you. Please keep up the fight to keep your heart open, even in the moments where it feels and appears that that the world is conspiring to crush it. And know without a doubt that I am in your corner fighting along side with you, with the hope and the faith that we will ALL live to see the day arrive where we can be reunited together again and sing this song to each other. I’ll look forward to meetIng you there and hearing how loud WE will sing. From my heart to yours, Mikey |
BIG News! My new single: WE ARE SAFE comes out this Friday 8/21!!! I’ll be releasing this song with Ineffable Records which is home to such artists including: Steel Pulse, Mike Love, Trevor Hall, Nattali Rize and more!!! blessings, |
Tomorrow I am hosting the second rendition of a brand new virtual music festival called: Weaving Earth Festival Chapter 2: The Great Liberation featuring: Mose, Marya Stark, Tubby Love & Amber Lily, Elijah Ray, George Bertelstein, Michael Brian Baker, Chava Mirel, Kayla Diana, Madhu Anziani and your truly. About Weaving Earth Festival: Chapter Two’s theme is The Great Liberation. My thought about this is that we are globally impacted by COVID and at the same time the fear. There is nothing wrong with fearing the virus as many in my community do. It’s a human emotion. In my Earth Based Torah class that I am participating in this semester, we have been studying the impact of plagues. In the story of Passover the”10 Plagues” was a time of great challenge for the Egyptians and at the same time these plagues were an act of liberation for the Israelites. I’ve been sitting with how I can honor what IS, and at the same time envision the way this virus is creating liberation for all people. I see this liberation creating new sustainable systems that truly hold all life being sacred and brought from the margins into the center. Join us for our second Virtual Weaving Earth Festival on Sunday April 19th from 8:30am-8pm (PT). Each act will host their offering on their own Facebook Artist or Business pages. I play at 10am on my facebook artist page: Mikey Pauker Artist Page |
NEW MUSIC Just Released: MISS YOU |
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT: |
I’m honored to be playing at the spring Joshua Tree Music Festivals with the likes of: Moonhooch, Afrolicious, Mamuse and more! Grab your tickets! |
I’m stoked to be joining my friend David Block the founder of both: The Human Experience and Gone Gone Beyond with special guests Moontricks and yours truly. I’m stoked to return to play The Miner’s Foundry (Nevada City) and Public Works SF (San Francisco)! I have always wanted to play these two venues! Grab tix before they sell out! blessings |
Greetings fam! I’m home fresh from playing at Cali World Fest and resting up today before I head out on tour with Mike Love this week all over the Midwest! Looking forward to seeing you and your loved ones at these shows!! |
Looking forward to an amazing summer of touring! Mark you calendars!!!! |