Soul Affirmation

LaDéroute | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: CDBY
• ASIN: B0018CWRPK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #930,939 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music To Support a Peaceful, Joyful Affirming State of Mind, December 10, 2008

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Jessica A. Lee "WIO Addict" (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Affirmation (MP3 Download)

I've been doing affirmations for years, with success, but I've found over time that it's easier to be successful when I have more positive things around to focus on. While searching for movies, etc to help me progress forward I found the LaDeroute cd "Soul Affirmation." Every song of this album is absolutely positive, deep and moving. Amy LaDeroute's vocals shine and you can tell that she's devoted to bringing forth all the nuances of each song. It's also easy to see that Ken LaDeroute's 25 years of meditation have greatly influenced this album. Only meditation and devotion could help to produce something that is deeply moving and yet completely calming.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Soul Affirmation, January 9, 2009

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Paul B. Herrick, Jr. "Rick Herrick" (Oak Bluffs, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Affirmation (MP3 Download)

What does love mean? How can it be found and used to transform one's life? I have struggled with these issues for more than fifty years.

"Soul Affirmation," a newly released CD of ten songs, all composed with lyrics by Ken LaDeroute and sung by his enchanting wife Amy, provides helpful answers. With lyrics that read like fine poetry, love is defined. Love teaches that life is sacred. It releases fear, and pushes one toward peace. It flows through a person as a beautiful energy. It gives life purpose, and points to a higher way. It's abundant.

The lyrics are written to affirm positive values. Listen to the words and allow them to wash over you, to penetrate through you. If you do, the music will re-create your thoughts, reprogram negative beliefs, and help you see the world through eyes of love and goodness.

For a CD to have staying power, it needs a great voice. Great singers have more than a good voice. We resonate with them because their sound comes from a place deep within. Amy laDeroute has internalized the values expressed in these songs, which allows her to deliver the music in a voice of purity, beauty, and clarity. You won't miss a word. You will never forget her.

Thank you Ken and Amy for giving us this wonderful gift.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tightly-crafted and well-produced music that is both inspired & inspiring, November 24, 2008

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Joseph Ross "Joe Ross" (Roseburg, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Soul Affirmation (Audio CD)

An affirmation is a positive thought or idea that you consciously focus on to produce a desired outcome. Thus, "affirmation music" encompasses Ken LaDeroute's creative songs for personal awakening, realization and rejuvenation. Built on the premise that we need to awaken our true divine nature, LaDeroute's music strives to yield "strength, wholeness, confidence, passion, power and wealth of the mind, body and spirit." For example, a song like "It Constantly Comes To Me" is a contemplative reaffirmation of one's worthiness. A number of the songs convey messages of Sanskrit mantra -- words or phrases used in Hindu and Buddhist prayer or meditation to help spiritualize and focus the mind. "Baba Nam Kevalam" means "Love Is All There Is." The topics of truth, togetherness, vitality, radiance and being positive are part of the narration in "Shanti" (Sanskrit for peace). By understanding the meaning of Shiva (the Supreme Reality, the Inner Self), it becomes clear what LaDeroute is striving to convey with "Om Namah Shivaya" (I Bow To Shiva).

Amy LaDeroute provides the pensive and reflective vocals that are central to this body of material. Based in Asheville, NC, Ken and Amy have three decades of performing experience in jazz, rock, and funk groups. Now, a new age approach to music is pioneering their own self-proclaimed genre (Affirmation Music) to offer healing and meditation. Besides programming drum tracks and synthesized strings, Ken plays guitars, keyboards and bass. Along for the journey are co-producer Kit Walker (keyboards, bass, drum programming), Carlos Fernandez (percussion), Duncan Wickel (violin), Tom Shirah (cornet), Elsbeth Van Tongeren (cello), and Richard Shulman (piano). This tightly-crafted and well-produced music is both inspired and inspiring. The next time I'm feeling grumpy, I'll cue up "Soul Affirmation" as a stimulating and uplifting way to focus on more positive thoughts. (Joe Ross, Joshua Tree, CA)