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IN LIFE,

TRAVEL SAFE.

TRAVEL LIGHT.

USE THE GPS

OF

"GOD'S PERFECT SIGHT".

 

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DISTRACTION IS THE STRONGER BROTHER OF DISCRIMINATION.

THE DESTINED DERAILMENT OF DREAMS.

NEVER LOSE FOCUS. NEVER LOSE FAITH.

 

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"CREATIVITY WITHOUT CAPITAL IS THE CONCEPTION OF STILLBORN DREAMS."

 

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TO CLAIM DAWN IS TO ALREADY HAVE WON.

 

BREATHE. SMILE.

 

LET THE MUSIC TAKE YOU HIGHER!

 

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...AND OUR IS THE CHOICE TO BRING THE SUNSHINE

OR THE RAIN TO THE DAY.

 

SEED THE CLOUDS WITH PURE JOY!

 

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AT THE SUNSET, I SAID NO "GOODBYE". PLEASE DON'T CRY. SMILE. FOR WE SHALL SHARE AN ETERNAL SUNRISE.

SMILE.

 AND REMEMBER GOOD TIMES WE SHARED. BE HAPPY. I AM NOW FREE. IN OPEN WATERS. UPON GOD'S SEA.

AT THE SUNSET, I SAID NO "GOODBYE" PLEASE DON'T CRY.

 

JUST REMEMBER THE LAUGHTER,THE MOMENTS WE SHARED

IN OUR LIVES.

FOR I ENJOYED THE RIDE.

EVEN THE BUMPS,WAKES, AND TIDES.

 

AT THE SUNJET, I SAID NO "GOODBYES". PLEASE DON'T CRY.

SMILE.

 

FOR MY NEW PORT  IS IN SIGHT.

YET, LEAVING MY LOVE IN YOUR LIFE.

 

SMILE.

 

AS MY SAIL IS COMPLETE.

 

IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD.

 

I AM AT PEACE.

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PAINT THE HOURS HAPPY TODAY.

A CUP OF COFFEE.

A LIL' REGGAE

GOOD VIBES IS WHAT I PLAY.

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LIFE IS THE GREATEST SONG EVER WRITTEN.

AND PLAYED WITHOUT A REMIX!

ONLY ONE TAKE.

NO AUTOPLAY.

MAKE YOUR SONG.
LOVINGLY.

IN YOUR HEART'S KEY.

AUTHENIC. BOUNDLESS. BOLD.

FEARLESS. FREE.

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FANS, CONCERNED CITIZENS OF THE WORLD:

HAITI IS WAITING FOR OUR HELP, AND WE ALL CAN HELP IN OUR OWN WAY. MY WAY OF HELPING IS THROUGH MY MUSIC.

NOW, AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD, "HYMN FOR HAITI"

GO TO THE BOBSTORE ON MY THIS SITE, AND DOWNLOAD THE SONG.

YOU WILL BE BILLED TWO DOLLARS. SURELY, A LIFE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF YOUR CUP OF COFFEE.

ALL PROCEED FOR THE HAITIAN SURVIVORS.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, ONE SONG AT A TIME.

THE POWER OF MUSIC IS AMAZING.
MUSIC IS TIMELESS.

LET'S BE THE HOPE, LONG AFTER THE TV CAMERAS HAVE GONE.
LONG AFTER THE SOUNDBITES HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN.
LET'S CARE FOR HUMANITY.
GET A DOWNLOAD! GIVE A DAMN!
AND STILL THE BABIES WAIT!
I WILL PLAY FOR THEM!
I WILL PRAY FOR THEM!

"A HYMN FOR HAITI"

LOVE,

BOBBI HUMPHREY

WITH UNIMAGINABLE DEVASTION LEFT BEHIND, THE NATION OF HAITI HAS ONCE AGAIN BEEN DEALT A PAINFUL HAND. AS WE WITNESS THIS INHUJMMANE SUFFERING, THE QUESTION BECOMES, AND WHAT DID, WHAT COULD, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO HELP THE PEOPLE IN THE AFTERMATH.

HAITI, LONG IGNORED, LONG RAPED, LONG SUFFERING FOR ITS VICTORIOUS PRIDE OVER OPPRESSION, DESERVES A BREAK FROM THE INHUMANE WINDS THAT HAVE PREVAILED OVER ITS ISLAND; NOT THE KIND TRADEWINDS OF MOST ISLAND NATIONS.

AND NOW, THE FEARED TSUNAMI WILL PRESENT ITSELF. THIS TIME, THE MOST DANGEROUS KIND, THE TSUNAMIS OF THE SOUL.FROM WITNESSING TO MUCH DEATH, TOO MUCH LOSS,TOO MUCH FEAR, TOO MUCH DOUBT, IF THE "STORM" IS FINALLY OVER.

I ASKED MYSELF WHAT COULD I DO? AS A MUSICIAN, I WILL GIVE OF MY VERY SOUL. A SONG.
THEN USE IT TO RAISE MONIES TO HELP THE HAITIAN PEOPLE, THUS "HYMN FOR HAITI"

PLEASE LISTEN TO IT, AND SOON PURCHASE IT THROUGH PAYPAL. I'VE ASKED MY TECH TO READY IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE PEOPLE WAIT!

RESPECTFULLY,

BOBBI HUMPHREY, CEO
PARADISE SOUNDS RECORDS

MY THE TIME HAS FLOWN. AND WE'RE THE LUCKY ONES; TO STILL BE AT THIS GREAT PARTY, LIFE. THE GIFT OF FAMILY, FRIENDS AND MUSIC IS TRULY A BLESSING. THIS YEAR, I PROMISE TO WRITE MORE OFTEN. AND SHARE MORE MUSIC AND PHTOS.

ONE NEW EXCITEMENT IS MY UPCOMING PERFORMANCE IN LONDON. HOPEFULLY, ALSO SOUTH AFRICA AS WELL. I WANT TO SPEAD THE LOVE AND THE MUSIC ALL MY LIFE!

RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO GET ME A HOT CUP OF COFFEE AND ORGANIZE SOME OLD PHOTOS!
BYE FOR NOW!

KISSES,
BOBBI

....AND WE CAN THAW THESE ICEBERGS FROM THE WORLD'S "WINTER OF DISCONTENT"; HUMANITY'S PERILOUS VOYAGE OF APATHY, LIMITATION, AND RUDDERLESS NAVIGATION.

FINALLY, THROUGH OUR COURAGEOUS STEERING OF TRUTH, OUR WARM AND LOVING HEARTS OF BROTHERHOOD, OUR VISION OF PASTEL POSSIBILITIES, WE CAN SAIL INTO THE OPEN WATERS OF AN ENDLESS SUMMER OF LOVE AND ABUNDANCE.

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IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE WE VISITED ON MY BLOG. I PROMISE NOW TO STAY IN TOUCH. SO MUCH IS HAPPENING- GOOD AND CHALLENGES; SOUNDS LIKE LIFE.
GETTING READY FOR THE FALL SEASON, STARTING OUT IN PHILADELPHIA ON THE 14TH OF NOV. THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN IN ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOWNS. THEN, PLANNING FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH PERFORMANCES. THEN ON TO THE UK IN MARCH.
ALSO, I LEARNING THE BOUNDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF THE INTERNET. LOOKOUT, I'VE LEARNED HOW TO UPLOAD. IT'S ON NOW. SO, LOOK OUT FOR NEW MUSIC, PICS, AND VIDEO.

THANK GOD FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE, NEW MOMENTS, NEW FRIENDS. AND NEW SONGS. ALSO FOR ALL THE OLD FRIENDS, FAMILY AND FANS WHOM I BEEN BLESSED TO SHARE THIS SPACE AND TIME WITH. EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE TRANSITED, AND I MOURNED SO DEEPLY; THANKS FOR THE LESSONS IN LOVE!
AIN'T LIFE GREAT1
GOOD TO TALK AGAIN.
PLEASE SAY HELLO AT THE GUESTBOOK. AND PICK UP 'PASSION FLUTE' AT MY STORE1
PEACE, BOBBI

SO, I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK FOR ME.

FOR I AM TOO HAPPY TO BE.

FREE.

WITH MELODIES, TREES,SEAS.

YOU AND ME.

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LORD,
PAINT ME WITH COMPASSION AND GRACE.

MAY I BRING THE SMILE TO SOMEONE'S FACE TODAY.

LORD,
SLOW ME DOWN AND TEMPER MY WORDS.

TEACH ME FORGIVENESS FOR ANY HURT.

TODAY MAY I BE SOMEONE'S JOY.

SHARING MELODIES OF THE HEART.


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THE WINDING ROADS OF RED DIRT CLAY.

A DAZZLING FIELD OF DAFFODILS.

A VAST AND AZURE SKY.

TEXAS IS CALLING ME TODAY.

TEXAS, I'M ON MY WAY.

HOME IS PULLING ME.

HILL COUNTRY OF WAITING PEACE.

YEARNINGS FULFILLED.
NATURALLY.

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AS I WILL FOREVER HOLD ON TO THE MEMORY OF FIRST SEEING HIS SEPIA-TONED PICTURE PROMINENTLY PLACED ON A LACED DOILY, ABOVE AN OLD, UPRIGHT PIANO. THIS WAS AT OUR AUNT MARIE'S AND COUISIN OLIVIA'S HOUSE IN NORTH DALLAS ON CADDO STREET; LONG BEFORE I EVER DREAMED OF BEING A WORLD-KNOWN JAZZ FLUTIST. I WAS JUST A YOUNG BLACK GIRL OF TEN YEARS OLD, LISTENING TO THE WONDERS OF MUSIC AND WORLD TRAVEL. THEY, MY RELATIVES, SAID "THIS IS YOUR COUSIN EDDIE, AND HE PLAYS THE TRUMPET AROUND THE WORLD! THAT CLOSED THE DEAL FOR ME. i WANTED TO SEE THIS PLACE CALLED NEW YORK. AND THE REST OF THE WORLD TOO.
TWELVE YEARS LATER WHEN I ARRIVED IN NYC, COUSIN EDDIE WAS THERE. WITH A SMILE SO BIG IT COULD LIGHT UP ALL OF TIMES SQUARE. THER HE WAS INTRODUCING ME TO THIS THING CALLED THE SUBWAY. AND INTRODUCING ME TO THE GREAT DUKE ELLINGTON!

WHAT A "COUS" HE WAS.
A "COUS" WHO PLAYED IN THE "KEY" OF "PURE LOVE".
STILL DOES.
NOW IN HIGHER OCTAVES!

WITH LOVE,
BOBBI HUMPHREY
"COUS"

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MAYBE IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE VASTNESS OF THE TEXAS LANDSCAPE; ENDLESS, MOUNTAINOUS, VALLEY-WIDE. THE TERRAIN RUGGED, SMOOTH, ARID, TROPICAL. OR THE OPEN TEXAS SKY; ILLUMINATING A MILLION STARS THAT LAUNCHED A MILLION DREAMS BEFORE HIM. THIS GAVE BIRTH TO THE SOUL OF A CLASSIC TEXAS SPIRIT THAT WAS EDDIE PRESTON.

SURELY, HIS TEXAS BRAVADO OF "WHY NOT?" WAS BORN EARLY ON IN THIS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF GRAND SCALE;ABSORBED LESSONS FROM THE VISION OF VARIED TERRAIN AND OPEN SKY. THIS WAS HIS FIRST LESSONS OF ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES(IMPROVISATION), COUPLED WITH THE DOWN-HOME SPIRITUAL TEACHINGS FROM HIS MOTHER, BEULAH,AUNT MARIE, AND COUSIN OLIVIA.

LET ME BEGIN AGAIN, THIS STORY. YOU SEE, EDDIE PRESTON WAS MY COUSIN ON MY FATHER MARCELLUS HUMPHREY'S SIDE.HE WAS A GREAT MUSICIAN: TRUMPETER EXTRAORDANAIRE! HE LIVED AND PLAYED IN IN THE RIGHT KEY: "PURE LOVE". BUT EDDIE IS PLAYING IN A HIGHER OCTAVE NOW. GOD SAID "COME AND PAY FOR ME, MY BIG BAND IS NOT YET COMPLETE."
THAT EDDIE WOULD TAKE HIS SPIRITUAL CHORUS ON THE FIRST FULL DAY OF SUMMER (JUNE 22, '09) IS NOT SURPRISING. NOR IS THE THE TIME OF HIS EARTH ENTRY (MAY 9, 1925); AN ERA OF GAIETY AND AND WARTH THAT WAS THE ROARING TWENTIES. A WARMTH AND GAIETY THAT DEFINED HIS LIFE! ALSO, A CERTAIN CONFIRMATION AND CON TINUUM OF THIS WARMTH OF HIS SOUL CAN BE SEEN AND FELT IN MANY WAYS. THE ECHO OF HIS TRUMPET LIVES ON, AS CLEAR, AS TRUE AS HIS TONE. THAT WAS HIS CHOICE. AND CHOICE IS THE MOST POWERFUL GIFT GIVEN TO THE SOUL, PARTICULARLY THE CREATIVE SOUL.
EDDIE MADE HIS "CHOICE" EARLY ON IN LIFE IN DALLAS, TEXAS TO BECOME A MUSICIAN. AND EVEN AS BIG AS HIS NATIVE STATE OF TEXAS WAS, IT COULD NOT BEGIN TO CONTAIN HIS BIGGER CHOICE OR DREAM- TO PLAY HIS HORN AROUND THE WORLD. ARMED WITH THE GREAT TRAINING THAT HE RECEIVED AT LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL IN DALLAS, TEXAS, AND AT THE GREAT WILEY COLLEGE ("THE GREAT DEBATER"), MARSHALL, TEXAS IT WAS NOT LONG BEFORE THE WONDERFUL BIG BANDS OF THE TIME CAME CALLING FOR HIS SPEACIL TRUMPET, INCLUDING DUKE ELLINGTIN, COUNT BASIE, LIONEL HAMPTON, CHARLES MINGUS, LOUIS JORDAN, AMONG OTHERS. EDDIE AND HIS TRUMPET WERE OFF TO SEE THE WORLD AND TO SPREAD HIS SPECIAL NOTE-"PURE JOY", "PURE LOVE".
BESIDES PLAYING BEFORE THOUSAND, EDDIE RELISHED THE SPECIAL MOMENT SHARED ONE ON ONE ENCOURAGING YOUNG JAZZ STUDENTS IN THE PRACTICE ROOMS OF JAZZMOBILE WHILE HE LIVED IN NYC.

AS YOU MAY SURMISE BY NOW, EDDIE PRESTON WAS A COUSIN WHOM I LOVED DEARLY. I WILL MISS HIM CALLING ME "COUS"

WHERE THERE IS DOUBTING VISION, I CHOOSE TO SEE THE NEW PATH BEFORE ME, AND WALK TO MY DREAM WITH MY APPOINTED STEPS.

A PATH OF MY CHOOSING,
NOT THE OFFERED "RIDE" OF CONVENIENCE.

WHERE THERE IS STAGNATION, I WILL NAVIGATE THE RIVER OF "CHOICE" TO FIND THE NEWER, TRUER FLOW OF TRUTH.

THERE I WILL DRILL AND REPLACE DEPLETED LIFE "FUEL" WITH A NEW CHOICE OF "ENERGY" CALLED "HOPE".

FOR EVERY HONEST MOMENT SHARED WITH TRUE FRIENDS , I WILL BUILD A CHERISHED HOUSE CALLED "MEMORY".

THE "BLUEPRINT" FOR ALL NEW JOYS.

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....AND WHAT WE ALWAYS SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

OUR GREATEST GIFT

WAS

TO WELCOME THE MOMENTS

AND EMBRACE JOY!


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SO, I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK FOR ME.

FOR, I AM

TOO HAPPY

TO BE

WITH MELODIES,

TREES,

SEAS,

YOU AND ME.

MUSIC SPEAKS US

FREE!


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TODAY, I WILL PAINT MY WORLD IN PASTEL POSSIBILITIES.

THE WORLD AS MY CANVASS

I'LL COLOR WITH THE BRUSH OF LOVE.


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STORMY WEATHER,

URBAN CLUTTER,

SOULS UNTETTER'D

YET,

WE HAVE SEEN BETTER.

VIEWS OF PARADISE

AND PASTEL POSSIBILITIES.

TO BE ALL WE CHOOSE

TO BE!

BOUNDLESS. HAPPY. FREE!

TO HOPSCOTCH
BETWEEN RAINDROPS.

RIDING "BLACK" OVERTONES.

BETWEEN "BLUES" NOTES.

CARESSING THE CANVASS OF OUR SOULS.

INFINITE LOVE.

HAPPINESS TO BEHOLD!


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