by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 3, 2019 | guestbio_2017
GHOST GIRLS (Haunting voices on ‘Forgive Me, My Son’) “Father, what are we doing to ourselves?” “Father, why do we do these things?” This group of students from Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore volunteered to record what became the...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 3, 2019 | guestbio_2017
LITTLE BRODIE BYRNE (Spoken word on ‘Forgive me, My son’) ‘Father, what are we doing to ourselves?” Little Brodie Byrne speaks the lines at the beginning of the song, to which Mark Trueack replies “Forgive me, my son”. United...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 3, 2019 | guestbio_2017
JON DAVISON (Vocals) “What will matter, in the end, is how much love did we give, were we good to others, did we strive to include others rather than just our own personal motivations. There’s a call to everyone to reach beyond, to go beyond the complacency, to...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 3, 2019 | guestbio_2017
HASSE FRÖBERG (Vocals) “For most people it’s obvious the planet is in a desperate state right now and it has in fact been for quite a while. Therefore I didn’t need to think twice before I said yes to join ‘United Progressive Fraternity and the...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 3, 2019 | guestbio_2017
MICHELLE YOUNG (Vocals) “Since Adam and Eve were charged with tending the Garden of Eden, man has had the responsibility of caring for our world. Many cultures have revered and honored the land for its beauty and the sustenance it supplies, but in the age of...
by Ted Ollikkala | Mar 2, 2019 | guestbio_2017
VALENTINE HALEMBAKOV (VAL HAL) (Guitars on ‘Forgive Me, My Son’) “I joined UPF because of this powerful community of fellow musicians, that is very rare nowadays. Everything and everyone seems distanced from each other, using their smart devices and...