Author: Christine Rosander

Christine grew up in Northern California embraced by a church-going family and began studying classical piano at the age of four. Growing up she sang in her community, school and church productions. Christine holds a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance and Commercial Composing and Arranging from Cal State Long Beach and later became the first vocalist to earn a Masters degree from USC in Jazz Studies. Her love of music is something she’s practiced her entire life, playing in small clubs to listening rooms. In addition, she’s taught music privately for over 20 years and holds membership in SAG-AFTRA and the Music Teacher’s Association of California. Her new album Been A Long Time is her second release for 2018.

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Foreman's Cottage

Did you ever notice that when we are in flow with the Spirit, things seem to fall into place quickly and easily, without much effort? What does it mean to be in flow with the Spirit? For me it means trusting and listening to that “still small voice” and having faith that God has my back. When I let go, it seems that the entire universe conspires to help me.

That’s exactly what happened in the planning of my music video. My dear friends, David and Ruby Sketchley, of Tiny Octopus Productions, were scouting locations just a few weeks before the shoot date. We’d been talking about two different songs and we were actually leaning toward another song when they went to a barn location in Winters, CA. They called me immediately to say the location was “jaw dropping beautiful” and perfect for my song “Been A Long Time” which was inspired by my Grandpa Ray. David and Ruby said the property was reminiscent of my Grandpa Ray’s farm, complete with barn, a Foreman’s Cottage, which was a little farmhouse with picket fence, a vegetable garden, a tractor, fig orchard and surrounding alfalfa fields.

To make the synchronicity complete, David and Ruby said that we needed someone to portray the farmer and mentioned using an actor. I said, “Well how about my Dad!” Who better to capture the emotion and power behind Grandpa Ray’s legacy than his son and best friend, my Daddy. So with just minimal arm-twisting he agreed to be in the video. Everything came full circle and fell into place so naturally and now in retrospect, it’s easy to see that “Been A Long Time” is the perfect choice for my video. The song shares my roots and the place in my heart where the songs come from. I’m so grateful to have experienced this with David, Ruby and my Dad, who were all part of God’s plan. That’s what can happen when we get in flow with Spirit!

I would love to hear what has happened for you when you get in flow with Spirit; please share your thoughts and experiences below!

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Dreams DO come true! Little did we know when she began with me 11 years ago, the healing effects of music for Lexi would ripple out to thousands across the globe. This spring, my student Lexi sang “Traveling Mercy” at the Light Up The Blues Concert. The evening raised over $250,000 for children with autism. This is one of the reasons I do what I do. I am so so proud of her! Please see this article from Autism Speaks to read about the night’s success and to view pictures.

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Next, a view from backstage!  Watch the video of Lexi singing “Traveling Mercy”:

Want more?  Check out this article about the concert from Fender.com.

The Light Up The Blues Concert has been a catalyst for dreaming big for me as well. I have had an amazing summer recording new songs and production planning for an upcoming video shoot in a few weeks. I can’t wait to share it with you!

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My voice student, Lexington Aaron, is going to be featured on Light Up The Blues Concert, April 13 at the Nokia Theater! She will be singing the gospel-blues song, “People Get Ready”, by Curtis Mayfield. I’ll be there supporting her on piano, along with the CSN band! We are over the moon!

We will be doing a piano-vocal duo; my original song “Traveling Mercy”!

Read the press release to find links to purchase tickets.