Band Members
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Michael Basil
Michael Basil is grateful and honored to be a conduit for poetry and song. He is the voice of Micheal LightBringer and is actively and diligently exploring the liminal space, studying the unseen, listening to the whisper of inspiration. As an active student of many ancient sacred traditions his numerous teachers are helping him to navigate the seemingly opposed realities of living a modern life and being in a prayerful space. Through these practices he endeavors to be an open channel in order to hear and implement the messages from the spirit world while singing praise to all of creation.
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John Whooley
Working as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer and composer, John Whooley brings together a wide range of musical influences into a cohesive sound. He is the musical director and arranger for the internationally touring band Pete Muller and the Kindred Souls, in which he sings, plays guitar, organ bass, and saxophone. His own group, under his own name, combines rock, funk, jazz and world music. He has been producing and engineering records for 25 years and is proud to have produced and contributed to the songwriting for Michael LightBringer's debut release, Initiation.
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Chloe Brooke Watkins
Cello and Vocals on Birdsong, Owe it All, Our Time, Lullabye, and Family
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Michael Julian
Guitar on Plant Teachers and Standing Rock
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Willow Bee
Trumpet on Wounded Knee and Our Time
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Lilac Jay
Alto Sax on Wounded Knee and Our Time
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Daniel Be
Bass on Plant Teachers, Standing Rock and Our Time
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Scott Mueller
Drums on Phoenix, Owe It All, Earth's Children (also recorded and mixed), Wounded Knee, and Home of the White Bird
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David Alderdice
Drums on Plant Teachers, Standing Rock and Our Time
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David Silliman
Drums on Family
Project Support
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John Whooley
Working as a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, producer and composer, John Whooley brings together a wide range of musical influences into a cohesive sound. He is the musical director and arranger for the internationally touring band Pete Muller and the Kindred Souls, in which he sings, plays guitar, organ bass, and saxophone. His own group, under his own name, combines rock, funk, jazz and world music. He has been producing and engineering records for 25 years and is proud to have produced and contributed to the songwriting for Michael LightBringer's debut release, Initiation.
www.johnwhooley.com
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David Snider
David Snider is a Guitarist, Bassist, Keyboard playerDrummer from the New York area who also lived in California and now resides in Colorado. He has played at most major Concert Halls and Venues throughout Europe and the United States, including the original Carnegie hall in NYC. He has played on hit records including:
Janis Ian’s platinum album Between the lines, including the hit “At Seventeen”,
Dusty Springfield’s “A Love Like Yours Don’t Come Knockin’”, Corey Dayes’s hit disco album, “Corey and Me”.
He has toured and or played with Latin Jazz Saxaphonist Gato Barbieri, Pat Benetar, Delmar Brown’s Bushrock, Jesus Christ Superstar, Hit Songwriter Phil Cody and Jazz Rock sensation Sonny Sharrock. He has also graced the stage with Bruce Springsteen, Kid Rock, Dave Mason, Solomon Burke, Johnny Johnston, Buddy Miles, Mick Taylor and many more various Funk, Fusion, Jazz and Rock musicians.
David is currently working on a project with famed guitarist Carlos Santana as Musical Director and keyboard player for a Sonny Sharrock tribute record that will feature Pharoh Sanders, John McLaughlin, Vernon Reid, Kirk Hammet, Derek Trucks, Cindy Blackman Santana as well as band members from Sonny Sharrock’s bands.
David also has his own albums, Be Cool, Echoes of the Masters, Sight of Mind, Michael Davidson/David Snider 30 year collective and the latest Bobby walker releases, Came Out Swingin’” and Shadey Tree Mechanic, recorded at his recording studio Snider Sound Studio.
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Joe Smith
Joe is a certified hypnotist and an award-winning songwriter and musician. His musical Duo Underground Swamis was featured in the Frederick Post in 2021.
In 2016 he released a music video that received 20,000 views on YouTube in 2 weeks. In 2013 his song Rich Man was the number one most played song on kvnf radio in Paonia Colorado.
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Holly Harmon
Designer and website buildout - Owner of 2sense Social
https://www.2sensesocial.com/
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Distro Kid
DistroKid is a service for musicians that puts your music into online stores & streaming services. Then when people listen to your music, we send you money.
https://distrokid.com
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Amanda Campbell
Amanda's ongoing journey to heal led her to Michael LightBringer's side. Their friendship blossomed with a mutual passion for natural healing modalities and living in connection with nature. Amanda laid some of the groundwork to bring LightBringer's music to the world. With a bittersweet so-long, she passed the reigns and encouraged the project to continue. She can be found on the Western Slope playing in the mountains, admiring bees, or sunbathing beside her favorite elm tree behind her home. Connect with her at amanda.campbell.acc@gmail.com
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Rebecca Anne
Poet, Fruitioness & Vital Organizer
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Sue Falls
Sue Falls is an Artist of Nomadic leanings with a home base in Colorado. She enjoys the inspiration of environments traveled and the spirits of her connections. She loves creating in various mediums and Bee Ranching.
Sue created the pencil drawing used as the Michael LightBringer logo.