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Obama!
Thursday, January 8, 2009

I’m really excited about the prospect of positive change in America! It’s so amazing that a person can inspire a nation and a world of people to make lives better.

I’m thinking about this, and it occurs to me how profound it is that we feel inspired when something like this happens. Whether it’s Bush or Obama that inspires us, we have the innate ability as human beings to feel wonder, awe and joy. How amazing it is that we can choose to feel this way. How funny it is that we feel beholden to these people, these leaders to somehow “make” us feel this way, how funny that we are so likely to believe that without people like this, we cannot feel this power of inspiration and hope.

The reality is that we choose this feeling. Think about it: how do Obama or Bush somehow “transmit” these feelings to us? The truth is WE CHOOSE IT. And this means that we see something in the world that we respect or cherish, and we cause ourselves to experience our own innate ability to feel hope and wonder at the beauty and pristine clarity of our own vision of how the world can be.

What an incredible experience we relegate to the unlikely event of a leader being eleced under unprecedented circumstances.

M.
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"My song Magic Spell was just awarded Grand Prize by the Vision 4 Music Songwriting Awards! Their generous cash reward will go a long way on my next record! I’m honored to be recognized for this award, and if you’d like to know more about the awards and Vision 4 Music, go here:

www.vision4music.com

More updates to come on this! Complex State Of Attachment has been virtually flying off the shelves at CDBaby.com/markhildreth2, and I’ll be appearing LIVE in Florida and Chicago coming up in the New Year! Hope everyone is well!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

With Love,

Mark.
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"3. Have you ever recorded songs and not released them or written songs and not recorded them? If so why?

I have about 100 songs that I have never recorded, mostly because they are good songs but didn't belong on Complex State Of Attachment. I have just finished recording some new songs, as well as a couple of covers, with Warne, solo versions of 6 more songs. I'll be releasing them through my website in the coming months, at www.mark-hildreth.com. Fans can also buy my record there.

5. Since Complex State of Attachment has the main theme of love (by definition of the Dalai Lama), do you have ideas as to what the theme of your next album will be?

I have been thinking a lot about that, but I haven't settled on a concept. Probably something in the realm of Change Your Mind.

18. Do you have any upcoming projects that you are particularly excited about or would like to share with us?

The Tudors season 3 will be coming out soon in the US, and I'll be appearing on the CW Network's Supernatural in the coming months. I'm also voicing the lead character of Vert Wheeler in a new animated series called Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5."

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