{"id":18832,"date":"2016-07-25T14:26:55","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T18:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.hispanicizewire.com\/es\/?p=12359"},"modified":"2017-02-15T11:30:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:30:48","slug":"mantra-good-people-song-music-vid-combats-negativity-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/mantra-good-people-song-music-vid-combats-negativity-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mantra For Good People\u2019 Song & Music Vid Combats Negativity Against Humanity"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOLLYWOOD, CA \u2013 JULY 25, 2016 \u2013 (HISPANICIZE WIRE) – LatinHeat Media Institute (LHMI)<\/strong>, a nonprofit organization in association with Raquela Mejia\u2019s<\/strong> RM Productions will co-present the premiere and launch party for the song and music video, Mantra For Good People, on Wednesday, July 27th, at the Charlie Chaplin Theater on the Raleigh Studios lot located at 5300 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038.<\/p>\n

Mantra, a part Gospel, Hip Hop, Rap song, was written by Tom Van Ruiten<\/strong>, who one day found himself feeling suffocated with all the negative rhetoric against people and humanity. The song will be available on premiere evening on iTunes for .99 cents and streaming music video on www.latinheatcinema.com<\/a> for $1.99. Proceeds will benefit nonprofit children and young adult performing arts programs and the LHMI.<\/p>\n

The Mantra for Good People music video premiere is presented as part of LHMI\u2019s LatinoMediaVisions initiative whose mission is to showcase and develop entrepreneurial Latino Media Makers. The screening also includes the short film Chub, directed by Samuel Albis<\/strong>. Chub is film about bullying and will screen before the big Mantra music video reveal.<\/p>\n

Mejia, a former professional singer and music coordinator, discovered a song a few years ago and knew she would one day record it. The right time had come to release this magnificent song as a reminder of all the good people who work daily in their efforts to improve humanity. She discovered Van Ruiten\u2019s song five years ago, and knew she would one day produce it. When the negative rhetoric against people in our country and abroad started, she knew the time had come to record it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI contacted my friends, talented vocalist and musicians to help me, and without hesitation they all jumped on board,\u201d recalled Mejia. \u201cJust about everyone participating donated their talent and time.\u201d<\/p>\n

On January 9th, over a dozen singers gathered at Abstract Studios in Glendale to record it in English. A week later, performers gathered again to record the Spanish version. The singers flew in from all over the nation and abroad, paying for their own transportation because, \u201cIt was important that we remind America and the world, that we are all of the human race and the majority are \u2018good people\u2019 who inspire compassion, empathy and humanity,\u201d said Mexican singer, Dinorah<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Argentinean born lead singer, Natalie Fernandez<\/strong>, echoed liked sentiments: \u201cThe fact that in 2016 a song like ‘Mantra’ is something so new and refreshing speaks volumes about the state of the entire culture. Singers came together to lend their voices to an idea or concept that gives their audience hope, joy, and knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

YouTube singing sensation and Hostile Border\u00a0film actress, Veronica Sixtos<\/strong> said she did not hesitate to participate because she loves the positive vibe of entire project. \u201cIt was so honestly refreshing to be a part of this amazing song. It felt great knowing that you\u2019re partaking in an effort to inspire and empower people through music\u2014what a great way to respond to the unfortunate high profile rhetoric happening today against people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singer, songwriter, actress, rapper, activist and international recording artist, Maria Isa, flew in from Minnesota. During the recording session, it was obvious that the song needed a rap bridge, and Mejia turned to Maria Isa. It took less than 20 minutes to write a profound addition that magically just fit and worked to perfection. In 2015, Maria Isa starred in David Llauger Meislman\u2019s Strike One, a film starring\u00a0Danny Trejo<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Johnny Ortiz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Award-winning guitarist, Michael Thompson, who first caught our attention when he played guitar for the TV series Fame, soundtrack of Waiting to Exhale, and with a long list of high profile credits\u2014did not hesitate to be a part of Mantra song.<\/p>\n

Mejia\u2019s long-time friend, five-time Latin Grammy Award Winner Kenny O\u2019Brien<\/strong>, also did not hesitate to collaborate. \u201cSometimes, no matter what your profession is, if there is an opportunity to give back to an industry that has been so good to you and at the same time help uplift and bring about goodwill, then it is essential to help,\u201d O\u2019Brien avowed.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien, a legend in his own right is also an accomplished singer, producer and vocal arranger and has worked on Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/strong> Christmas album, Celine Dion, Johnny Mathis, Enrique Iglesias, Placido Domingo, Luis Miguel, Alejandro Sanz, Lionel Ritchie, Christina Aguilera, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli<\/strong> and Destiney\u2019s Child<\/strong>. O\u2019Brien has also worked on music scores for films such as The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas, Assassins, You\u2019ve Got Mail, That Old Feeling, Sesame Street, and a few episode of the classic Frazier TV sitcom. He has also been successful in the commercial entertainment industry and produced and arranged music for popular brands such as Coca- Cola, Coors Beer, Target, Pepsi Cola, Miller Genuine Draft, McDonalds<\/strong> and the California Lottery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

RM Productions was honored to have the sponsor support of L.A. real estate firm, Lowell & Vanderbilt, LLC partners, Cesar Melendrez<\/strong> and Paul Argueta<\/strong>, who also serve as Executive Producers for the al-English video production. http:\/\/www.lowellvanderbilt.com<\/a>. A second important sponsor is real estate entrepreneur, Sonia Cabrera<\/strong>, from Sonia Cabrera Group, whose contribution goes toward the launch party. Air flight tickets sponsored by businesswoman Victoria Rodriguez Gurfein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was important to attract sponsors with like empathy and compassion for humanity,\u201d declared Mejia.\u00a0Beverage and spirits sponsor is by R\u00e9my Martin<\/strong>, publicity by Espada Herrera & Associates<\/strong>, and Hot Mess Cocktail Dress<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Event Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMantra For Good People\u201d<\/strong>
\nSong Release, Music Video Screening
\nWednesday, July 27, 2017, 6PM to Midnight
\nCharlie Chaplin Theater at Raleigh Studios, Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n

Evening Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n

5:30 PM\t\t Press Arrivals
\n6:00 PM\t\t Red Carpet
\n7:10 PM\t\t Welcome
\n7:15 \u2013 7:45 PM \t Chub Screening
\n7:45 \u2013 7:50 PM\t Recognition of Chubs Filmmakers & Cast
\n7:50 PM\t\t Bel Hernandez Intro of Mantra Video
\n7:55 to 8:15 PM Mantra For Good People Screening
\n8:15 PM\t\t Raquela Mejia Intro of Manta Singers, Crew, Q&A
\n9:00 to 11:30 PM Mantra For Good People Launch Party
\n
\nMantra For Good People Performers:<\/strong> Alana Nikole, Natalie Fernandez, Annaliza Torres, Maria de Barros, Dinorah, Maria Isa, Carlos Mario, Leandro Castillo, Adan Castillo, Veronica Sixtos, Jacob Kelso, Dylan Garcia, Ralph Dudley, Vanessa Verduga, Karin, Amber Garcia, Deadra Stanley, Stella Milano, Mila Nieves, Michelle Chel, Chris Chatham<\/p>\n

Voice Over Artists:<\/strong> Alejandro Vargas Lugo, Arturo Gonzalez, Maurice Taylor
\n
\nVocal Arranger\/Music Producer:<\/strong> Kenny O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n

Producer:<\/strong> Raquela Mejia
\n
\nExecutive Producers\/English Video:<\/strong> Cesar Melendrez, Paul Argueta, Lowell & Vanderbilt LLC
\n
\nMusic Video Director:<\/strong> Arturo Zuniga<\/p>\n

Music Editor:<\/strong> BLC Studios<\/p>\n

Mastering:<\/strong> John Greenham
\n
\nEnglish Songwriter:<\/strong> Tom Van Ruiten<\/p>\n

English Rap Bridge:<\/strong> M.I. Perez\/Maria Isa (BMI)<\/p>\n

Spanish Songwriters:<\/strong> Raquela Mejia, Natalie Fernandez, Anna Lopez<\/p>\n

Spanish Rap Bridge:<\/strong> M.I. Perez\/Maria Isa (BMI)<\/p>\n

Musicians:<\/strong> Michael Thompson, Louis Mendez, Jessie Rhodes, Doug Boulware, Mark Einhorn, William Crutchfield, Andrew Flores<\/p>\n

Sign Language:<\/strong> Kookie Williams<\/p>\n

Film Crew:<\/strong> Julien Perez, Wyatt Irmen, Landon Carter, Emi Aguirre, Lara Aguirre, Leslie Rincon, Danh Vuong<\/p>\n

Recording Studio:<\/strong> Abstrack Studios, Glendale, CA<\/p>\n

Craft Services:<\/strong> Deanne Young, Carmen Martinez<\/p>\n

Production Coordinator:<\/strong> Lupita Ybarra Smith<\/p>\n

Guitars Sponsor:<\/strong> Gibson USA<\/p>\n

Photo Credits:<\/strong> Julie Carmen\/Robert Sturman, Liza Pano, Araceli Ofelia, Brianna Tapia, Heather Osborn, Casandra Moreno Lombera\/Uganda Mission\/Amie Acu\u00f1a, Alejandra Chavez, Tom Van Ruiten, Marilla Perez, Fabiana De Lucca, Rory Castillo, Mar Medina, Angel Guzman Garcia, Maria Isa\/JMS Photos, Daniella Mejia<\/p>\n

Video Credits:<\/strong> Erika Hernandez, Michelle Chel\/Hacienda Records
\n
\nPublic Relations:<\/strong> Elia Esparza, Espada Herrera & Associates<\/p>\n

Mantra Angels:<\/strong> Wayne and Daniella Mejia, Bel Hernandez\/LatinHeat Media Institute, BeLisa Serna, Sonia Cabrera, Jordan Strowder\/Sotarica LLC, Mary Chuy, Maria Mandril Hernandez, Jesus and Olivia Rocha, Maclovio Perez III, Sabina Rose Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Mantra Sponsors:<\/strong> Lowell & Vanderbilt LLC, Sonia Cabrera Group, Access Badge, Latin Heat Magazine, Remy Martin, Espada Herrera & Associates, Eva Bello at HMCD, Gibson USA Guitars, Air Flight Tickets by Victoria Rodriguez Gurfein, City National Bank<\/p>\n

\u201cMantra For Good People\u201d is a nonprofit project co-presented by LatinHeat Media Institute. Profits will benefit children\u2019s performing arts programs and LHMI.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, July 28, 2016, \u201cMantra For Good People\u201d song can be purchased on iTunes and video can be streamed on www.latinheatcinema.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

— RM Productions\u2019 Single & Video Kicks Off with Screening Launch Party Wednesday, July 27th in Los Angeles —<\/em><\/p>\n

— Award-winning Latin Grammy Producer Kenny O\u2019Brien Singers from Across the Nation and Globe Come Together To Remind Us Majority of Us Are Good People —<\/em><\/p>\n

— This decade\u2019s \u2018We Are The World\u2019 —<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2346,30,6,2350],"tags":[1725,1730,1729,1727,1731,1723,1726,1107,1336,1728,1724],"class_list":{"0":"post-18832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arte-cultura","8":"category-arts-culture","9":"category-entertainment","10":"category-entretenimiento","11":"tag-humanity","12":"tag-kenny-obrien","13":"tag-latin-heat-entertainment","14":"tag-latino-version-of-we-are-the-world","15":"tag-latnheat-media-institute","16":"tag-mantra-for-good-people","17":"tag-mantra-song-combats-negative-rhetoric-against-minorities","18":"tag-music","19":"tag-song","20":"tag-song-of-love-and-joy","21":"tag-vid-combats-negativity","22":"entry"},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/featured-7.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/featured-7.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"mruiz","author_link":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/author\/mruiz\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noticiasnewswire.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}