Sky Nelson
// singer-songwriterSKY NELSON is a guitarist, pianist, singer-songwriter, and physicist based in Santa Rosa, California. “Try Again [EP]” (2002) was independently released, and “I Forgot I Was Alive [EP]” (2007) is available from the iTunes Music Store, and his singles “Always Lose to You”, “We Are the Ones (We’ve Been Waiting For)”, “A Peaceful Solution”, “Higher Ground”, and “Tied Up Tied Down” are freely available from SkyNelson.com. He is the music director for Global Heart Center for Spiritual Living, where he leads the congregation in a weekly service of original music, and performs regularly at New Thought celebration services and spiritual centers throughout the West Coast. Sky Nelson’s main passion is transforming his own consciousness to empower himself and others to create a more sustainable and loving world. The primary tool for this is his discovery of the science behind synchronicity. He has been published in Science of Mind magazine, and earned music excellence awards from the West Coast Songwriter’s Association and the Indie International Song Contest, and personally given his music to Barack Obama. Sky believes that living in synchronicity as much as possible will transform the world.
Websites: www.expectingsynchronicity.com and www.skynelson.com
Photo: Sky Nelson / SkyNelson.com
Interview:
Music has taught me how to live. Music can instantly transport me to that place in myself where there is “no problem”. This is that presence inside me that ceases to find problems or complaints with the world, my situation, or with myself. Music shows me the value in “being”, so it can stand a chance against all the “doing” in my life. Through developing my musicianship, I have learned how to listen, how to dance, and how to relate to my whole life. In life, as in music, there are many threads being continuously woven in real-time. The music metaphor helps me to step back and orchestrate all of these varied forces that are beyond my control. I learn to influence and suggest, rather than to push or try to control. I enter into a dance with the events of my life. I feel more love and camaraderie from everyone that I jam with. Synchronicity in life happens just as it does in music, in those profound moments when all of the disparate threads merge into a pattern that no human could control or predict. This is where something bigger than ourselves enters, and we feel our fundamental connection to everything a little more deeply.
“Synchronicity in life happens just as it does in music, in those profound moments when all of the disparate threads merge into a pattern…”
– Sky Nelson, singer-songwriter
