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Although I don't have a regular band, I've played and recorded with some wonderful musicians over the years, including:
Harry Williamson - freelance genius - producer, keyboard player, bass player, guitarist, (formerly of Gong, worked with Anthony Phillips from Genesis)
Felice Del Gaudio - guru of Bass guitarists, from Bologna, Italy
Giita - wonderful singer from San Francisco
Anderson Rocha Rocha - fabulously modest keyboard player from Rio, Brazil
Premik Tubbs - former Mahavishnu Orchestra member, who has also recorded with Santana, Herbie Hancock, Whitney Houston, Jeff Beck and a long list of greats,
And on one song at least with Daevid Allen - well known from Soft Machine and Gong.
A few dozen more, too many to name.
Influences
P.R Sarkar, Donovan, Mozart, Bach, Yes, Santana, Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin, Beethoven, my dog.
Sounds Like
Cat Stevens, Donovan, The Decemberists, Simon & Garfunkel, Don Mclean, John Denver, Nick Drake, Paul McCartney, Quintessence, David Crosby, George Harrison, Paul Simon, Sufjan Stevens, REM, Vashti Bunyan, Sweet Smoke
Hi,
In case you're wondering why I'm dressed like this, I'm from New Zealand and everyone in New Zealand dresses like this.
Well, not quite... I'm a meditation teacher, a monk of Ananda Marga and a yogi, as well as being a writer and musician.
I've been playing music since I was 6, and now I write, record and perform songs about spiritual experiences and ecological or human rights issues. I derive many of my ideas from myths and legends of different cultures and in performance I blend music, stories, humour, multimedia, and spiritual chanting to try and create an uplifting and enjoyable experience for the audience.
I've recorded three albums of original songs, and produced four others. I've been fortunate enough to play with some marvellous musicians including Paul Winter, Premik Tubbs and Daevid Allen and Harry Williamson from Soft Machine and Gong.
I now live in California.
Feel free to email me at dada@eternalwave.com
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I was fortunate enough to win honourable mention and runner up awards in the International Song of the Year Awards in 2007.
Recently I published a book on meditation - click on the image to check it out:
What People Say about this book:
“Thanks so much for sharing your meditation book with me.
I found myself falling into a deep blissful state after reading it!”
Carol Susan Roth - literary agent
“Dada has a rare quality of conveying some of the world’s deepest truths in simple, clear language. He takes us into the depths of a rich world of deeper spiritual realities, but he always takes us by the hand so we never stray too far from its eloquently simple message; it is this balance that Dada strikes which makes this book a must-read for anyone even remotely interested in the practice of meditation.”
New Renaissance Magazine
“Dada Nabhaniilananda’s voice is that of a wise, courteous and truthful friend. He explains meditation without stripping away its mystery.”
Sparrow – Poet and author of Republican Like me; Yes, You ARE a Revolutionary; America: A Prophecy
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In the East for thousands of years, disciples have been sitting by the side of the master, just doing nothing. It looks strange to the Western mind: what is the point of sitting there? If you go to a Sufi gathering, the master is sitting in the middle, and all around his disciples are sitting silently, nothing is happening, the master is not even saying anything. hours pass...
I got to see you at Harmony that was very fun and filled with special energy from all the children there. I know that your show was scheduled at the same time that the closing ceremony was scheduled on stage so that was an interesting overlap.
Wishing you and all an abundace of delight and yuminess.
In this day without date And without hour, In this day without end, I resolved to write a letter for you, Meaning everything what goes in me.
I want to tell you that I love you so much, With you I feel unthinkable things… I see images what never I might see, I never thinking I will have you…
When your hand touches in my hand My heart almost explode my heart stop…
My life changed so much When you made my world revolve;
I don’t know if this feeling is forever, But while it will last this moment I absorb all your being in me…
When I feel yours breathing It is a whirlwind of sensations;
And when you smile for me Even it seems that I lack the air And all the illusions disappear;
And when phallus on “real love” It is not a love between man-woman… In any place. People who really feel something, Not to fall in love, I say in fact to love … it will be handed … You will always be my happiness It is a love between accomplices, People who really feel something, Not to fall in love, I say in fact to love … it will be handed … You will always be my happiness In any place.
Dear Dada Nabhaniilananda: Thank you for YourFriendship. My eight-year-old-peace-activist son Axil's quest for World Peace Before 2021 is gaining momentum! I'm so proud of him. Please embrace him AND his song "World Peace Before 2021" which he sings beautifully. His performance can be seen on MySpace, his webpage www. worldpeacebefore2021. com and/or YouTube (by searching his name Axil Kollist.) It is my intention to post a new video of him singing his song every few months so people can watch his talent grow as impressively as the momentum for his quest! I'm sharing two photos with you. The first is of my son distributing his free world peace bumperstickers and the second photo is of him singing his song “World Peace Before 2021” at Maui's Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Day Festivities in January 08. By all means, email Axil if you’d like him to mail you one of his free “World Peace Before 2021” bumperstickers or if you’d like to invite him to sing for your function. His email address is worldpeacebefore2021@hawaii.rr.com .Very best regards, Axil Kollist’s mom
