I’ve got to know a person who not only writes books that are helpful to millions, but who lives his teachings. Dan stayed another couple of days in Hamburg and I had more opportunities to spend some wonderful time with him. We recorded the interview as planned, which I later edited and fused with the track. Once again I noticed that Dan was honestly interested in everyone, giving them his undivided attention. Having arrived at the studio, he gave everyone a friendly hello and took his time to chat with every person he met. Despite a sinus infection resulting from all his travel, he was ready to drive straight to the studio without even checking into his hotel first.
Our first meeting was tremendously enjoyable, as Dan (who, by the way, is also a former world trampoline champion) is as uncomplicated as you can get. To achieve the most authentic result possible, I planned to ask him a number of questions in my studio, then to summarize the essence of his answers and weave them rhythmically and artistically into the “Warriors” track. I was able to contact Dan and suggested we create a track based on the “Warriors” topic together. In October 2008 I learned that Dan was on a lecture tour throughout Europe. They’ve always inspired me and helped me through various situations and had a great influence on my personal growth. I’ve know Dan’s books for a long time, including his two gripping, semi-autobiographical books, Way of the Peaceful Warrior and Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior. Below you will find his letter, as well as links to… “Warriors” (and a 2-minute video interview he did with me). Our little collaboration turned out nicely. So -įor those of you who enjoy inspiring music, I present my friend and musical visionary Ansgar Ueffink – producer and recording artist in Germany. And while it is not my intention to single out only one of so many gemlike talents around the world, I happened to meet a new friend in Germany, who asked me to help with a piece he had conceived. Many musicians have enjoyed my work, as I enjoy theirs. I appreciate all music well done, every kind - and I celebrate musicians everywhere - those in the limelight and on stage, and unknown artists, in creative fevers in their room or garage forest meadow, writing, composing, listening to their muse, waiting for that perfect chord or riff, that auditory gift of inspiration, the music of the spheres. There’s hard rock moving our third chakra of power, and some classical and modern music that resonates the fourth or heart chakra, and other music, like the mental creativity of jazz, that resonates the mind - and some “angelic” pieces in every musical genre that we never tire of, that can play up and down our spines and lives. Music celebrates, for humans, not only the gift of sound, of vibration, but also its unique ability to resonate different chakras, or energy centers. There’s a poster on my office wall that says, Without music, life wouldn’t be fair - a creative and quirky idea, yet somehow it rings true.
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