nick plays guitar with groups such as the 'magnum trio' featuring tony barba (tenor sax), and conor elmes (drums), 'dave treut and clarify' featuring dave treut (vocals, keyboards, drums, guitar), rob jost (bass, vocals), conor elmes (drums), eric beyondo (trumpet), tony barba (tenor and soprano sax), josh roseman (trombone), stephan zeniuk (baritone saxaphone), the 'chanda rule/nick cassarino duo' feat. chanda rule on vocals, the soulfolk experience featuring maritri garret (vocals, guitar, piano), V (soprano and tenor sax, guitar, vocals), jeff jeudy (guitar, vocals), david pilgrim (bass, vocals), 'ashley gramins and mama rocks' featuring ashley gramins (vocals), 'the barbarians' featuring tony barba (tenor sax), eric beyondo (trumpet), mike gamble (guitar), rob jost (bass), brook martinez (drums), 'paige strackman' featuring paige strackman (vocals), jason michael webb (piano, rhodes, organ), michael olatuja (bass), john davis (drums), alicia olatuja (vocals), 'the cassarino family band' aka 'the world takeover' featuring tracie cassarino (vocals, guitar), paul cassarino (guitar, keyboards, tenor and alto sax, vocals), joshua cassarino (drums, keyboards, vocals), calvin crosby (bass), 'arie thompson group' featuring arie thompson (vocals), bennett miller (bass), malik washington (drums), 'ego alien' bryan mcnamara (alto sax), conor elmes (drums), the 'mike messer band' featuring mike messer (vocals guitar), me (bass, vocals), and i can't remember the drummer's name (drums), 'the jennifer hartswick band' featuring jennifer hartswick (vocals, trumpet), joe davidian (piano), dezron douglas (bass), conor elmes (drums), 'nick cassarino/paul asbell duo' featuring paul asbell (guitar, vocals), 'the beatbiters' featuring fattie b (vocals), s.i.n. (vocals), benny hollywood yurko (bass), caleb bronze (drums), david grippo (alto sax), dj zj (turntables)...
past projects include the nick cassarino ensemble, nick cassarino and the sisters of salvation, james harvey and garuda, the grippo/sklar quintet, bryan mcnamara and souls calling, the anthony santor group, david bratton and the spirit of praise, the nick cassarino trio, giovanni rovetto and pneuma
Influences
james harvey, j dilla, history, future, sobriety, sauce, sauce, new york city, vermont
Uprising..
Through the loss of fear and anger, our inner souls’ strength flourishes,
Our power is realized and change can take place.
We are all one
We are all one
One light connects us all. That light shines from within and from above.
When we allow our souls to shine, they pull toward one another like magnets.
Only then, when we are free of the fear and anger of oppression can our souls unite to rise up.
We all have been and are all oppressed. Oppressed by an ancient system that thrives on greed and power. We have been taught to retaliate oppression with anger. That makes change impossible and oppression possible.
This force is strong but not as strong as the union of spirit; not only the union of people, but the union of souls that are aware and act in honor of the infinite power and oneness that connects us all.
The energy of good over evil, the energy of light over darkness, the energy of awareness and action is flying around like fire in the air and fire in our spirits. Light is coming. Love is coming. The year of infinity is upon us. What we do while our time is running out can and will change the world. Healing is coming. Healing is coming. We can and will find the deep god and goddess healers within us and those healers will bring forth the next generation more powerful than us.
We have had every possible distraction from our inner power force-fed down our throats by popular culture and by the men behind the curtain. We kill ourselves with fast food, cigarettes, alcohol, and sex. We have only been taught how to abuse these things and through that abuse, the focus on the ever-burning fire within is lost. It is not our fault and we are not weaker because of it. Our education says nothing of the power and strength and love that connects us all from within and that can change the world. As Americans we have been lied to, put down, and stolen from. But the energy of good over evil is in the air and in our hearts. Our souls thirst for righteousness. Our spirits long for truth. Our minds are preparing for the knowledge to restore our faith and bring us home. Home is coming.
We are strong. We are beautiful. We are creators. We are psychics. We are love. We are light. We are powerful. We are brilliant. We are capable. We are connected. We are healers. We are one. We are truth. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nick cassarino came from a musical family in burlington vermont. studied with private teachers and began working professionally at age 14. after high school he continued his musical career in the greater burlington area and new york city. now nick lives in new york and is pursuing his dreams to spread healing through his music. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
i dont know who wrote this but read this:
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Dear Red States:
We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you
aren't aware, that includes California , Hawaii , Oregon , Washington , Minnesota , Wisconsin , Michigan , Illinois and all the Northeast.
It may even include Florida and Ohio ; they are seriously considering it. We've given them until Nov. 4th to decide.
We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the people of the new country. Since we're dropping the
middle states we're calling it United America, or simply the U.A.
To sum up briefly: You get Texas , Oklahoma and all the slave states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get
the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood. You can take Ted Nugent. We're keeping Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel. You get
WorldCom. We get Intel and Microsoft. You get Ole' Miss. We get Harvard and 85 percent of America 's venture capital and
entrepreneurs. You get Alabama . We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay their fair share.
Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a
bunch of single moms, and the highest concentration of pregnant unwed teenagers. Please be aware that the U.A. will be pro-choice
and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your evangelicals.
They have kids they're apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show pictures of
their children's caskets coming home.
We do wish you success in Iraq , and hope that the WMDs turn up, really we do, but we're not willing to spend our resources in
Bush's Quagmire. We'd rather spend it on taking care of sick people, and educating our children.
With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the
pineapple and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of America's quality wines, 90 percent of all cheese, 90
percent of the high tech industry, most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and condors, all the Ivy and
Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal Tech and MIT.
With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected
health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes,
99 percent of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson
and the University of Georgia.
We get Hollywood and Yosemite , thank you.
Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is
sacred unless we're discussing the war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent
that Saddam was involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy Redies believe you are people with higher morals then we Bluies..
Finally, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed they grow in Mexico .
Peace out,
Blue States
Hey Nick. Wish I could've stuck around and talked with you a bit after your show last night, but I'm sure you were chatting it up with lots of folk anyway.
I just wanted to say that it was great to see you last week even if only momentarily.
AND your music is freaking amazing! Ha. And I thought you were good in 8th grade!
wassupp, kid? i am at hacienda tonight at 9 30 if you want to come through. the other boys are still gone... miss you. hope that you are well and to talk to you soon. love and light.
hey bud, brother, best-ever huggger... i miss you. i hope you are well & showing China your beautiful light. keep your head up, Nicky... heart&mind open. healing. dreaming. learning. your big extended family waits patiently for your return home :) i love you so much xo
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