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Sonic Peacemakers Orchestrates An Historic Occurrence in Swat Valley
Atif Aslam, Lanny Cordola & Todd Shea singing with the Children of Swat after bringing medical services and relief goods to the flood ravaged area with SHINE Humanity
In September 2010, Cordola found himself in Pakistan with Aslam and Shea, whose organization SHINE Humanity provides desperately needed humanitarian assistance in Pakistan since the 2005 earthquake. They staged the first live performance of music in the once Taliban-dominated, flood-ravaged Swat Valley in over five years when they performed and filmed a video for Todd Shea’s song “We Will Rise Again” with the children of Swat.
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Sonic Peacemakers CreatorsLanny Cordola - Producer, MusicianTodd Shea - Musician, Humanitarian, Disaster Relief SpecialistAtif Aslam - Singer, MusicianBeo Rana Zafar - Poet, Actress
Sonic Peacemakers AmbassadorsDonovan Leitch - Musician, Producer & ActorRumaisa Rahman - Filmmaker & PR/Outreach CoordinatorZaviya Mohyuddin - Corporate Governance Executive with The Hashoo GroupEthan Casey - Journalist & Author of Overtaken by EventsMark Levine - Musician & Author of Heavy Metal IslamShawn Perry - Music Journalist & Writer
ContactLanny Cordola: 562.881.4730E-mail: [email protected] Rumaisa Rahman: 310.902.2165Email: [email protected] Shea: 718.809.5381Email: [email protected]
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SONICPEACEMAKERS
Founded by Lanny Cordola and Todd Shea, Sonic Peacemakers is a multi-faceted, multimedia collaboration between musicians from Pakistan and America of all styles and backgrounds
Imagine if you will, this collaboration taking on new dimensions with World Class Musicians such as members of Guns N’ Roses from Los Angeles in musical communion with Superstar Singer Atif Aslam from Lahore
Sonic Peacemakers is inspired by world music pioneer Manu Dibango's declaration that musicians are “all from the same tribe,” regardless of their race, nationality or religion, and Albert Ayler’s proclamation that “music is the healing force of the universe”
Todd Shea with the Peace Signs of beautiful, innocent, intelligent and battered but hope-filled Children of Pakistan. They need US !!!
Sonic Peacemakers Goals• Present a new social/spiritual music and communication endeavor that supports humanitarian efforts and basic education• Give voice to the most vulnerable children and empower young girls and women• Bring worldwide attention to individuals and organizations engaged in the positive transformation of Pakistan• Erase misconceptions by highlighting the true Islam of compassion, mercy and tolerance practiced by most Pakistanis• Support Pakistan's amazing and courageous artistic community• Build a new cultural bridge of peace and understanding between Pakistan and America and the rest of the world
The mission of Sonic Peacemakers begins in the heart and, like a great song, travels the immaculate highway to all who access its universal laws of compassion, unity and transformation
Photos from the first recording sessions of the conceptual album “The Dreamer Awakes” with Gilby Clarke & Matt Sorum of Guns ‘n’ Roses, Atif Aslam, Sarmad Ghafoor, Sameer Rashid Shami and Lanny Cordola in July 2010
Donovan Leitch and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page. Jimmy has agreed to record “Kashmir” with Kashmiri Musicians to help kids in need
Lanny Cordola, Saima Niaz and Rumaisa Rahman in Karachi with children at the Children’s Academy for the Performing Arts, which is supported by Sonic Peacemakers
In 2011, The Sonic Peacemakers have continued their noble mission, traveling across Pakistan, performing, jamming, collaborating, learning, teaching and bearing witness to the struggles of those in the grips of poverty and war — using the resonance of music to empower people and to unite the rebels of light in those pockets of darkness that so desperately need hope and harmony while shining brightly on those who are currently engaged in profound works of humanitarianism, such as Edhi, who is known as Pakistan’s Mother Teresa
We need your support to show the world the 80 million innocent kids of Pakistan who were just toddlers, infants or unborn on 9/11. To learn more, visit www.sonicpeacemakers.org
