Heartbeat Collective

04/15/2026

Sunday is a big day beautiful family. Come on out for Adam Bauer, Onatah, and for the inspiring film, Far Out: Life On & After the Commune later in the evening, all happening at the Montague Retreat CenterApril 19th.

Sunday April 19th sees my return to the Montague Retreat Center for a springtime session produced by Heartbeat Collective, with Onatah Love opening. Come up to this marvelous Montague venue and help us celebrate the return of springtime in the hills!

10/14/2024

We're singin' sing-along songs tonight 5:30-7:30 at the The Hidden Temple, bring a song or just sing along. I'm hosting, and I've still got some inspiration from attending Singing In Love in Pennsylvania last month, where 150 of us shared songs for 3 days!
for more info on the Valley Song Circle, and some samples from previous groups, check out: https://soundseeds.com/valley-song-circle. And on Facebook: Valley Song Circle Collective
tonight (and every Monday) 530-730 at the Hidden Temple, 221 Pine St. Studio 320 in Florence (Arts & Industry / Brushworks building). It's in the rear of building along the river side. By donation.

We welcome your medicine songs, prayers, whimsical ditties, funky jams, and whateva ya got - originals or a song you know that we can all sing-along to (with a bit of call-and-response perhaps).

soundseeds music. Valley Song Circle

07/02/2024

Thank you Sam Lovejoy. Here is Friday's schedule.

05/10/2024

Family of fire. Here are some prompts for you to see if you are feeling called...
Re-establishing a connection to the Land that is reciprocal
Living as artful humans in right relation to nature
Carrying songs of the elements,
Dancing the fire through the night,
Creating and remembering the mystical rites from the connections that are opened
The rhythms of the drums carry us while we experiment with creativity and service
Acknowledging who came before us.
Acknowledging the stories in our bloodlines, even when we are unsure of the names
Honoring the plants
Falling back in love with life
It feels like remembering what we are and what we were always meant to be
This rite has been held on average twice/year for 20 years.
This will be the 40th time it has been offered.
Check out the event in the comments... photo by Rowan Saint John

04/15/2024

come on by and share some songs tonight! i'll be hosting at the Valley Song Circle, a weekly song-sharing circle. Bring a song or just sing along. Piano available! Deets below

02/24/2024

Today is the big day. MELT at the MRC Returns to 4th Saturdays for our 2nd year running. Doors 6pm. Yoga warm up with Cat Tween-w/ live music by Peter Leonard, 8pm cacao ceremony with Kaitlyn Cronin, 8:30 the amazing Club d'Elf ,10pm Ecstatic Dance w/ DJ Father Otter (Nash Otter) and a Closing sonic integration on piano with Jason Cohen just before midnight. Live painting all night by Ryan B Curtis Grab the QR code on the image for tix and additional info. See you soon.

12/18/2023

Another epic night offered up and lived fully.
Thank you to the many hands that made this magical nice so gorgeous. Thank you for showing up and saying yes in all the ways you did.
Thank you to ALisa Starkweatherfor sharing your opening prayer.
Thank you to Dale Reynolds, Chris Millette, Myk Shyck, Nash Otterr & Inky Stainsworth for helping me build this thing, and for trusting me to play with a new design.
Thank you Kotoko Brass for an incredible set and for the opening groove.
Thank you to Acadia Otlowski, Maiz Vargas Sandoval, Jesse Q Thomas (pictured), Adora LaRoche & Dennis J. Carmen for your artful fire play.
Thank you Neill Bovaird of Wolf Tree Programs for sparking the flame with your hand drill.
Thank you to the sun for the fire.
Thank you Autumn McFarland, Scout Savard, Ophir Danenberg, Laura Baron, Brett Roche & Glenn Smith for holding the door and hospitality positions, and for helping out in all the ways that you did.
Thank you Cat Tween & Peter Leonard for the beautiful yogic offering and music.
Thank you Laura Torraco, Sarah Manteiga & Cori Chandler for combining forces and offering the land connection and tree decorating together.
Thank you MRC for being such a potent space for us to explore life upon.
Thank you ancestors for giving us what we have so we can do what we do.
Thank you Casey Morgan Rose for the elixir magic.
Thank you Atira Richards and everyone who vended who I believe we all mentioned above already.
Thank you Ult Mundane for presiding over the HeARTbeat Collective and for showing up with those djun duns.
Thank you Doc Andrews for doing a great job with the sound. Thank you everyone that brought your children. We had such a large wonderful group of kids this time.
Thank you to my dear family for understanding what inspires me and loving me, even when I'm waking the morning after to head back and clean up and give a tour instead of making ginger bread houses together. All of my heart.
Have an amazing holiday season friends.
Thanks to me for working my butt off on this, and for still standing. I think I'm going to take some of January off.
The HeARTbeat Collective will be back with our MELT series returning once again on 4th Saturdays of each month. We start up in February again.
Big Love and Blessings on the Solstice.