Now Hear This!

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Hi there, many might not know that I am a Type 1 Diabetic and have been since 1987. I was 28 years old and at the prime of my career as a musician. I had been offered a job as a drummer with a band signed by EMI and was about to record an album. Of course, I accepted! Then I got sick, very sick, and was tested for everything except diabetes. I was losing weight rapidly and was drinking like a fish. The penny dropped, and I was rushed to the hospital to be stabilized. 2 months later, I was back into the world and ready to continue my life. Sadly, the drumming job was gone, and to this day, I do not know who the band was, and I am not sure I want to. Life would become a battle, and I would take on every bump head-on, mostly on my own; as many will tell you, it is a lonely existence trying to manage a chronic disease in a world that shows little empathy or knowledge.

Before music, there was a sport; my siblings and I played many sports, and besides rugby, cycling was a secret passion of mine, even as a spectator. All I wanted as a kid was a racing bike, I never got one, but I wonder if I had what direction life may have taken. Sporting carnivals in New Zealand were a regular thing for the Manaena families. Besides the running and wood chopping, there were the cycling races.

Fast-forward to 2013, and I got my first racing bike, a Trek Madone, which is lightweight and very sexy gun metal grey. I also discovered Team Novo Nordisk, a team of cyclists who were diabetics. This was inspirational for me, so I began the mutual journey of cycling and diabetes.

I had to give up cycling after neck surgery but continued to follow this team's journey. New bike tech has arrived, and I may well get a more body-friendly bike and reap the benefits both physically and mentally. Oh, and of course, the creative is back as well.

Check out this video on the team, and please pass on this story and/or the link to anyone dealing with something they didn't choose but may need some inspiration. Ask them what they need, and you may be surprised how little it is.... perhaps just a hug and shoulder for a moment, Ma9Na.

https://youtu.be/9M6SSY2GDjc

Poze Productions/Poze Records Inc. is an artist development company and pozeproductions.com is more than just a social network--it's a Social Experience! Here artists can connect with other artists as well as industry professionals and fans from all around the world, which is our main focus. They can showcase their songs while working on their albums as well as their image. Being a member of pozeproductions.com allows you to get feedback from other members about your songs, pictures, and videos; ask questions about production, sound quality, and musicianship; and even have a great chance at a demo review. We also give Pozeproductions.com members a chance, every month, to showcase their talent on our home page, through Poze TV and Poze Radio, to try to help artists get more exposure. Is this a way for our members to submit to labels?--YES! Overall, this is a great chance to get heard!

Poze Productions/Poze Records Inc. have been a music company for over 20 years. We started selling instrumental to artists who needed music to present to record labels. At the same time, we were helping artists shop their music all while making a name for ourselves amongst labels. After developing numerous of artists, we developed a name with our label affiliates. We are able to submit your music to labels that normally does not accept unsolicited material from artists. We are all musicians and artists who know the struggles of getting heard or signed. So we try to keep our prices low while giving you the opportunity that you will get no where else--true help in the music industry.

Originally launched in 2007 as digital download platform for the French market, in 2013 Qobuz left it home borders, becoming the first CD-quality streaming service in United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. It was launched in the US back in 2019.

The majority of streamed music - especially from popular services like Spotify and Apple Music - use compressed audio formats which yield worse sound quality than CDs or vinyl. Qobuz is one of a few options for lossless streaming, competing with Amazon Music HD, Tidal HiFi, and Deezer. In 2021, Qobuz has over 70 million tracks in Hi-Fi quality and over 424,000 albums in Hi-Res quality. For a long time not, much attention was paid to this service, but such rapid growth of the library caught the world’s attention.

The streaming service can be accessed via a web player, or by using a desktop player for Windows. The program window shows five tabs across the top: Discover, My Playlists, Favorites, Purchases, and Offline Library. Hi-res albums are clearly flagged with the familiar "Hi-Res Audio" logo, both in the library interface and playback bar.

Ma9Na's song "SnakeHips'n'LizardLips has sneaked on to the main drooble top 50 @ number 44 and all 3 songs @ number 7 , 14 & 15 on the Rock genre charts. It is the little steps and things that soon add up!

Thank you, Nagamag & SubmitHub for accepting "Blue Blue Blue (Cinematic Orchestral Arrangement) to be shared as a blog review, in a Spotify playlist, in a YouTube playlist, in a SoundCloud playlist, and on one (or more) of their social networks

Nagamag is an indie online music magazine that aims to support beautiful music from great artists around the globe! Nagamag’s primary purpose is to boost extraordinary music that is yet to be discovered by listeners who play a crucial role in its discovery. By carefully selecting beautiful and quality music, Nagamag aims to help its tunes reach an even larger audience that loves such music while supporting and encouraging its songwriters/ music composers/ music artists to bring more fine tunes to people!

Launched with an initial focus on music genres such as Ambient, Neoclassical, Drone, Psychill, Electronica, Trip Hop, Lounge, Downtempo, Chillhop, Instrumental Hip Hop, and Techno, Nagamag is a platform that celebrates diversity in music. It plans to be expanded shortly, as good music has no borders!