The Creative Nexus™ News

 Sunday, April 5, 2015 

Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The first part of this year has turned out to be very busy, with all sorts of activity, ideas and promotion going on.

Highlights:

• The New World Creative Union (NWCU) continues with a full complement of 250 members. As I am sure you are aware the premise of the NWCU is for artists to present their laudable creative work, share it with others, and to share each other's laudable endeavors, in return; look for some new features to come along as we move further into 2015.

We welcome back the co-founder of the NWCU, Natasha Head who is resuming her previous responsibilities with the NWCU, Nexus Cafe, The Creative Nexus, blog, et cetera.

We also welcome back (by popular demand) the Nexus Cafe and core team: Matthew Hatt, Susie Clevenger, and Natasha Head. The Nexus Cafe will return shortly after the Season 2 opener of the Blue Sky Highway (BSH), which is in Phase 2 (composing the show) at the moment. Speaking of the BSH, our good friend, Adrian Hallam continues on as  Music Consultant for the Blue Sky Highway.

Stay tuned for further news and adventures of  the The Creative Nexus.

Blue Sky Highway™ News for 10.26.2014

Blue Highway © Frank Webster

Monday, October 27, 2014

Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The Creative Nexus is pleased to announce the success of Season One of its Blue Sky Highway (BSH) series! The BSH's first episode was aired on August 8, 2013, and completed 10 episodes prior to going on haitus. It has been an often exciting ride, with all the talented musicians, artists, composers, et cetera. Here are the current statistics for each show.

BSH STATS for Season One

(Listens per episode, BTR and SoundCloud, as of 10.26.2014)

Links will take you to the designated episodes.

"Calliope's Tears" [Ep010]: 464
(air date: 09.07.2014)


"A Kaleidoscope of Music, Sound, & Spoken Word" [Ep009]: 896
(air date: 08.03.2014)

"Through the Broken Doorway" [Ep008]: 1,242
(air date: 06.07.2014)

"Thoughts from Waking Dreams" [Ep007]: 1,077
(air date: 05.04.2014)

"The Imperfect Nest" [Ep006]: 1,024
(air date: 05.04/2014)

"Air Castles" [Ep005]: 1,454
(air date: 03.02.2014)

"A Journey" [Ep004 fea Alan Watts]: 1,446
(air date: 01.12.2014)

"Fortes - Fortuna - Adiuvat" [Ep003 fea John Anstie]: 2,195
(air date 11.17.2013)

"Ride Life" [Ep002 fea Bono]: 2,088
(air date: 10.06.2013)

"A Dream within a Dream" [Ep001]: 1,828
(air date: 08.22.2013)

Total listens to all BSH episodes: 13,793

The Blue Sky Highway - Season One:
Roger Allen Baut,
Michael Ash Sharbaugh,
and Adrian Hallam

The BSH thanks all of its participating artists, writers, composers, hosts, and staff for a phenomenal Season One. 

Many compliments have been received regarding the structure, artists, and program design for the several episodes.

A special thank you is in order for the talented Michael Ash Sharbaugh who has co-produced, hosted, and participated in four unique BSH™ episodes [#005 - Air Castles], [#006 - The Imperfect Nest], [#008 - Through the Broken Doorway], and [#010 - Calliope's Tears]. Check these episodes out if you have missed any of them, and listen to what each episode presents.

and to Adrian Hallam, who is working 

on several new projects, including some new collaborative efforts.





As well as a big Creative Nexus™shout out
and thank you to each of these exceptionally creative souls:

John Anstie
 My Poetry Library

Susie Clevenger
at the Butterfly Poet

Kim Williams
of the Indie Media Weekly

for their ongoing support to art,
artists, musicians, poets and the spoken word!

• Please note: The Blue Sky Highway is continuing on haitus.

"In supporting one another, and
sharing each other's creative endeavors, we all benefit!"

Roger Allen Baut

It's all about the colours of light contained within sound!

Blog featured song: Kim Guy - All My Colours
(Echo & The Bunny Men as seen by The Atwood Machine)

Blue Sky Highway™ [episode 010] "Calliope's Tears" - Update

Blue Highway © Frank Webster

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The latest episode of The Blue Sky Highway™, Calliope's Tears [Ep #010], from Michael Ash Sharbaugh, aired Sunday, September 7th, and is the Tenth episode in the Blue Sky Highway™ series.

Interestingly, from a mythological perspective, Calliope was one of the nine Muses in Greek mythology, and is also known as the Muse of epic poetry. Numerologically, the number 10, or decad, represents a completed cycle, and the starting point of a new one. 

Osho Zen Tarot - X - Change

It also indicates a transition to a new phase or plane of existence. In the Tarot, 10 represents The Wheel, which is also known as Arcanum X, and is representative of the Wheel of Destiny. It seems to me quite fitting this episode takes on the Numerological and Tarotic aspects of the number 10.

Calliope's Tears may be listened to on BlogTalkRadio, and SoundCloud, and may be accessed through the links that follow.

BTR PLAYER

SoundCloud

Please note: episodes are best listened to with headphones

Join the BSH™ in this exciting adventure
in sound, inner-sight, and sensory experience.
 

Featured artists for this episode:

GOTHICSTORM MUSIC - A Universe in a Teardrop

Giyo - Are the Animals Gone

Julsy [fea Quiet Sun] - Before Hibernation

The Inconsistent Juke Box, Renaud Deback,

and Luciole Langevine - L'Inhumanite

Hazel Iris - Spacey Jane

Blood 'n' Tongue [Mr. Fist] - Calling Forth the Spirits

ZebMachine - Destiny

Bam Spacey - Taigan

MBeckmann TVSM - L'Armature

NoisE LaB - The Missing

eyezwitouttaface - In and Out of Time

LeClair - Winter Marches On

Agitation Phi - Om Sweet Om

It is through innovative music, writing, vocals, and thought,
that one may enter into a contemplative state, and thereby,
pass into  into a greater sense of awareness.

BSH STATS

(Listens per episode as of 09.13.2014)

Links will take you to the designated episodes.

"Calliope's Tears" [Ep010]: 292
(air date: 09.07.2014)


"A Kaleidoscope of Music, Sound, and Spoken Word" [Ep009]: 645
(air date: 08.03.2014)

"Through the Broken Doorway" [Ep008]: 1,127
(air date: 06.07.2014)

"Thoughts from Waking Dreams" [Ep007]: 1,077
(air date: 05.04.2014)

"The Imperfect Nest" [Ep006]: 997
(air date: 05.04/2014)

"Air Castles" [Ep005]: 1,386
(air date: 03.02.2014)

"A Journey" [Ep004 fea Alan Watts]: 1,412
(air date: 01.12.2014)

"Fortes - Fortuna - Adiuvat" [Ep003 fea John Anstie]: 1,834
(air date 11.17.2013)

"Ride Life" [Ep002 fea Bono]: 2,049
(air date: 10.06.2013)

"A Dream within a Dream" [Ep001]: 1,814
(air date: 08.22.2013)

Total listens to all BSH episodes: 12,633

The Blue Sky Highway is:
Roger Allen Baut,
Michael Ash Sharbaugh,
and Adrian Hallam

Best wishes are in order for Michael Ash Sharbaugh who has co-produced and hosted four unique BSH™ episodes [#005 - Air Castles], [#006 - The Imperfect Nest], [#008 - Through the Broken Doorway], and [#010 - Calliope's Tears] as he moves forward in developing several new projects.

and also to Adrian Hallam, who is working
on several new projects, including collaborative efforts.





A big Creative Nexus™shout out and thank you to:

John Anstie
 My Poetry Library

Susie Clevenger
at the Butterfly Poet

Kim Williams
of the Indie Media Weekly

for their ongoing support to art,
artists, musicians, poets and the spoken word!

• The Creative Nexus, and its several projects,
are now on a late summer/early Autumn haitus.

"By supporting one another, and
sharing each other's creative endeavors, we all benefit!"

Roger Allen Baut

Blue Sky Highway™ [episode 009] "A Kaliedoscope of Music, Sound & Spoken Word" Update-3

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The Blue Sky Highway™ (BSH) is pleased to announce that Episode #009, A Kaliedoscope of Music, Sound, and Spoken Word, [or simply The Kaliedoscope] will 'air' on Sunday, July 20, 2014, at 11:45 AM, EDT, for the 'live' pre-show on BlogTalkRadio (BTR), and at 12 NN, EDT, (for the SoundCloud simulcast).

Blue Highway ©Frank Webster

BTR PLAYER
Click on the above link and go directly to Ep009

Join the BSH in this exciting adventure in music, sound, and spoken word, with some phenomenal and quality artists for you to enjoy. Look into "The Kaleidoscope" to see and hear:

Marek Iwaskiewski - Oyasuminasai, No. 1

Estelle Parisot - "Come Find Me -
(Junefall Opportunity)

Vast & Harker - Dance of Dawn

Beautiphonic - lights (3.0)

John Anstie - Abigail Baker's Prism -
in collaboration with Blue Room Green

Lady of Fire Poetry - Rain1

Patterns in Plastic - All I Need

Lana Del Rey - Born to Die

(Experimental Feelings Private Remix)

Luke Prater - Small Things

kicked - evolution of god
(another doodle from another night...unfinished)

Soundscapades - Looking into the Future

Bruised Skies - Distant

Susie-Clevenger - Practicality and Fairy Tales

COTXETXE Mashup -
The Cure vs Christina Perri vs Ferdj

jack - Rivers and roads2

Denominated Dreams - it's middle October

(original version)

Unknown Poetry - resurrection

(Moloch Remix)

Zumoko vs Rinzumo - A Moth to a Flame

Stuart McPherson - F.A.M.I.L.Y.
Fear And My Inability (to) Love You

Rek-Ignition - Vanished

everyone moves away - with the night

Carey Rose - Journey in Inches

COTXETXE Mashup - Radiohead vs Orange Crush

The Blue Sky Highway is:
Roger Allen Baut.
Michael Ash Sharbaugh,
and Adrian Hallam

Stay tuned for more 

information/updates on The Kaliedoscope

BSH STATS

(Listens per episode as of 07.16.2014)

"Through the Broken Doorway" [Ep008]: 772
(air date: 06.07.2014)

"Thoughts from Waking Dreams" [Ep007]: 972
(air date: 05.04.2014)

"The Imperfect Nest" [Ep006]: 934
(air date: 04.05/2014)

"Air Castles" [Ep005]: 1,273
(air date: 03.02.2014)

"A Journey" [Ep004]: 1,363
(air date: 01.12.2014)

[Ep003]: 1,806
(air date 11.17.2014)

[Ep002]: 1,982
(air date: 10.06.2013)

[Ep001]: 1,782
(air date: 08.22.2013)

Total listens to all BSH episodes: 10,884

Blue Sky Highway™ NEWS UPDATE 06.04.2014a

You are traveling the Blue Sky Highway

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Global) - On Saturday, June 7th 2014, at 11:00 AM on BlogTalkRadio, and at 12:00 PM on SoundCloud, The Creative Nexus™ launches episode #008 of the Blue Sky Highway™ entitled "Through the Broken Doorway" [fea Buson (translation by Robert Haas)] from episode Producer Michael Ash Sharbaugh. 

You're on the air with the Blue Sky Highway

Producers and Hosts Roger Allen Baut and Michael Ash Sharbaugh will be on hand to give the listeners updates, comments, insights, shout-outs, or answer any call-ins on the live pre-show for the BlogTalkRadio edition.

Special Guest Call-in:
Kim Williams

of the Indie Media Weekly

"Through the Broken Doorway" is this episode's theme for the compilation of tracks in the show. Michael states, "When I set out to compile this eighth episode of the Blue Sky Highway, 'Through the Broken Doorway,' I sought songs and instrumentals that were a bit psychedelic in nature -- a little on the 'trippy' side. Some are classic psychedelica. Some are mystifying. Just as beholding a dilapidated doorway might cause disorientation to one's vision, likewise, these sonic inclusions have the potentialities to bewilder, however much as they enthrall. Hence, 'Through the Broken Doorway.'" 

Through the Broken Doorway

BTR PLAYER

Click on this link to go directly to episode #008
with especially selected featured artists and tracks from:

Michael Ash Sharbaugh: "The Broken Doorway"

DarkStar83: "The Mary Celeste"

Mountain Songs, (fea Brian Reeves):
"Sorry, I'm No Good at That Sort of Thing"

Phonograph Johnson: "Pterodactylope" 

A Beautiful Place: "Hello, World"

HeadPhonesRecord: "Jim Naked-In the Wild"

Messages in Light: "The Journey 2: The Harvest"

Fermented Foam Fishes: "Wander Fog"

Mountain Ash Forest: "Northern Light"

MUSH (not British DJ Mush):
"I Have Everything, I'm Waiting"

Patrick Edward Fagan: "Light of Day"

Blue Room Green: "Falling in Slow Motion"

Irradiated Camera: "Baltic"

Masaya Ozaki: "Ice"

Mono Girl: "Sheep" [demo]

SPECIAL PREMIERE: The BSH will be presenting the latest offering from Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Gold & Water, Patience Dear, during the pre-show. Something you won't want to miss!

BSH STATS

(as of 06.04.2014)

"Thoughts from Waking Dreams" [Ep007]: 779
(air date: 05.04.2014)

"The Imperfect Nest" [Ep006]: 884
(air date: 04.05/2014)

"Air Castles" [Ep005]: 1,150
(air date: 03.02.2014)

"A Journey" [Ep004]: 1,334
(air date: 01.12.2014)

[Ep003]: 1,787
(air date 11.17.2014)

[Ep002]: 1,932
(air date: 10.06.2013)

[Ep001]: 1,765
(air date: 08.22.2013)

Total listens to all BSH episodes: 9,631

The BSH is designed to have an ambient, chill, relaxing, and soundscape flavour to it, so that our listeners may enter into a greater sense of awareness, contemplation, creativity, and relaxation.

We also encourage the sharing and promotion of artists, artisans, musicians, and writers who are featured in this episode, whether in the form of a RT (retweet), Share, and/or Google +1.

The Blue Sky Highway is:
Roger Allen Baut
Michael Ash Sharbaugh
and Adrian Hallam

Follow the BSH on Twitter at:
The Blue Sky Highway

Follow the BSH on Facebook at:
Blue Sky Highway

The BSH recommends:
Indie Media Weekly
The Bardo Group

"If we are going to survive and prosper as a species, it can only be through the mutual 

interaction, benefit, and promotion of the well-being of all people, and the planet!"

Blue Sky Highway™ NEWS

You are traveling the Blue Sky Highway

Monday, June 2, 2014

Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The Creative Nexus™ is pleased to announce that the Blue Sky Highway™ (BSH) episode #008, "Through the Broken Doorway," [fea Buson (translation by Robert Haas)] from episode Producer Michael Ash Sharbaugh airs on Saturday, June 7th, with an 11:30 AM live pre-show on BlogTalkRadio, and 12:00 PM simulcast on SoundCloud. Producers and Hosts Roger Allen Baut and Michael Ash Sharbaugh will be on hand to give the listeners updates, comments, insights, and shout-outs on the live pre-show.

Special Guest Call-in:

Kim Williams
of the Indie Media Weekly

"Through the Broken Doorway" is this episode's theme for the compilation of tracks in the show. Michael states, "When I set out to compile this eighth episode of the Blue Sky Highway, 'Through the Broken Doorway,' I sought songs and instrumentals that were a bit psychedelic in nature -- a little on the 'trippy' side. Some are classic psychedelica. Some are mystifying. Just as beholding a dilapidated doorway might cause disorientation to one's vision, likewise, these sonic inclusions have the potentialities to bewilder, however much as they enthrall. Hence, 'Through the Broken Doorway.'" 

Through the Broken Doorway

BTR player

Click on this link to go directly to episode #008
with especially selected featured artists and tracks from:

Michael Ash Sharbaugh: "The Broken Doorway"

DarkStar83: "The Mary Celeste"

Mountain Songs, (fea Brian Reeves):
"Sorry, I'm No Good at That Sort of Thing"

Phonograph Johnson: "Pterodactylope" 

A Beautiful Place: "Hello, World"

HeadPhonesRecord: "Jim Naked-In the Wild"

Messages in Light: "The Journey 2: The Harvest"

Fermented Foam Fishes: "Wander Fog"

Mountain Ash Forest: "Northern Light"

MUSH (not British DJ Mush):
"I Have Everything, I'm Waiting"

Patrick Edward Fagan: "Light of Day"

Blue Room Green: "Falling in Slow Motion"

Irradiated Camera: "Baltic"

Masaya Ozaki: "Ice"

Mono Girl: "Sheep" [demo]

SPECIAL PREMIERE: The BSH will be presenting the latest offering from Michael Ash Sharbaugh and Gold & Water, Patience Dear, during the pre-show. Something you won't want to miss!

BSH STATS

(as of 06.02.2014)

"Thoughts from Waking Dreams" [Ep007]: 748
"The Imperfect Nest" [Ep006]: 881

"Air Castles" [Ep005]: 1,147
"A Journey" [Ep004]: 1,332
[Ep003]: 1,787

[Ep002]: 1,930

[Ep001]: 1,765

Total listens to all BSH episodes: 9,590

The BSH is designed to have an ambient, chill, relaxing, and soundscape flavour to it, so that our listeners may enter into a greater sense of awareness, contemplation, creativity, and relaxation.

We also encourage the sharing and promotion of artists, artisans, musicians, and writers who are featured in this episode, whether in the form of a RT (retweet), Share, and/or Google +1.

The Blue Sky Highway is:
Roger Allen Baut
Michael Ash Sharbaugh
and Adrian Hallam

Follow the BSH on Twitter at:
The Blue Sky Highway

Follow the BSH on Facebook at:
Blue Sky Highway

The BSH recommends:
Indie Media Weekly
The Bardo Group

"If we are going to survive and prosper as a species, it can only be through the mutual 

interaction, benefit, and promotion of the well-being of all people, and the planet!"

Blue Sky Highway™ [episode 007] "Thoughts from Waking Dreams" ~ Update

Blue Highway ©Frank Webster

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Metro-Detroit, Michigan (Global) - The Blue Sky Highway™ (BSH) is pleased to announce that Episode #007, Thoughts from Waking Dreams, which 'aired' on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at 12 NN, EDT, with 11:30 AM 'live' pre-show, is doing quite well with listeners! 

Baut Images: Thoughts of Waking Dreams

BTR player

Click on this link to go directly to episode #007
with specially selected featured artists and tracks from:

EvenS: "Cosmic Dream"

Pino Rastovich: "KARADUMAN DREAM"

JeminEye Incantations: "I Am You"

Jonas Mix Larsen: "Mixhouse vs. Enigma"

East Elysium: "The Beautiful Possession"

POP ETC: "Speak Up" [Chasing Tao edit/Remix]

Synthland: "Lost/Found"

HH Records: Chants:"Don't Miss You" [fea Ramzi Awn]

COTXETXE: "GMAKS vs Lisa Gerrard" [COTXETXE MASHUP]

Michael Ash Sharbaugh: "Infrastructure"

Luke Prater: "Alice"

DollChe: "Landing of the Dandelion Seeds on the Lake"

Pinscape: "The Moon Woke Me" [IG88 Remix]

Maevyn Davis-Rackerby: "Lost Girls" [As read by Xe Sands]

Cocteau Twins: "Song to the Siren (Here I Am) [Andrew Melt Remix]

Relax your heart: "Gopala 'So Smooth...'"

kenetik: "Departure"

Bonus track:
Otso: "The Beginning of the End"

Background sound/music:
Marek Iwaszkiewicz: "Oyasuminasai No. 1"

Special Announcement: The BSH is in the process of developing a 'special' episode, entitled, "A Kaleidoscope of Music, Sound, and Spoken Word."

If you would like to have your music, compilation, and/or spoken word featured in this upcoming episode of the BSH, please click here for our submission guidelines and contact information.

BSH STATS
(as of 05.06.2014)

Thoughts through Waking Dreams [Ep #007]: 187

The Imperfect Nest [Ep #006]: 843 Total 'listens'

Air Castles [Ep #005]: 1,058 Total 'listens'

A Journey [Ep #004]: 1,315 Total 'listens'

Ep #003: 1,771 Total 'listens'

Ep #002: 1,901 Total 'listens'

Ep #001: 1,754 Total 'listens'

As of 05.01.2014: Grand Total of all BSH listens: 8,829

The BSH is designed to have an ambient, chill, relaxing, and soundscape flavour to it, so that our listeners may enter into a greater sense of awareness, contemplation, creativity, and relaxation.

We also encourage the sharing and promotion of artists, artisans, musicians, and writers who are featured in this episode, whether in the form of a RT (retweet), Share, and/or Google +1.

The Blue Sky Highway is:
Roger Allen Baut - Michael Ash Sharbaugh
and Adrian Hallam

Follow the BSH on Twitter at:
The Blue Sky Highway

Follow the BSH on Facebook at:
Blue Sky Highway

The BSH recommends the Indie Media Weekly:
IndieMediaWeekly

"If we are going to survive and prosper as a species, it can only be through the mutual interaction, benefit, and promotion of the well-being of all people, and the planet!"