Mp3 Thacia - Leslie
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This song is a rock adaptation of a poem written by a female navy veteran about military sexual trauma. It is an attempt to discuss difficult subjects through popular music; giving voice to veterans and educating the public. 1 MP3 Songs in this album (3:54) ! Related styles: Rock: Rock Roll, Rock: Roots Rock, Mood: Patriotic People who are interested in Ben Harper Bob Dylan Janis Joplin should consider this download. Details: Leslie is the first song of many to come out of the new nonprofit Warrior Songs poem to song project. Warrior Songs is a nonprofit which uses music to bring healing to veterans. We also use music to educate the civilian population about veterans issues. Jason Moon, founder and Executive Director of warrior songs, traveled the United States in 2011 promoting his CD "Trying to Find My Way Home"; a concept album about the struggles a veterans encounters upon returning home from combat. He traveled 24,000 miles and raise $13,000 for veterans charities. Along the way he noticed a peculiar phenomenon. All across the country, veterans who heard the songs he had written about his struggle with PTSD and reintegration into civilian society, related to the truths expressed in the songs. Veterans, who'd been unable to ask for help, or communicate their struggles, used the music to "point" to their feelings captured in the music. They would play the songs for the family members and say this is how I felt at this time; this is how I feel now. Therapists across the country at VA hospitals as well as independent veterans healing organizations began to use "Trying to Find My Way Home" as an entry point to begin conversation. While none of this was intended or planned, when Moon realized that his music was providing some kind of relief to the pain veterans suffer every day, pain that he himself has suffered and continues to suffer, he committed his entire being to spreading a message of hope and healing to veterans across the United States. It is now his life's work to use music to help heal veterans. In March of 2012 he founded the nonprofit Warrior Songs. While Warrior Songs has several missions, all revolving around veterans healing
and the arts, the impetus for this song, and the entire "veterans poem to song" project, has a particularly interesting story. In March of 2011, Moon received a phone call from a veteran he had served with in Iraq 2003 -2004. The veteran, who shall go unnamed, was suffering from PTSD and was about to give up. Moon convinced the veteran to join him on a road trip from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to attend a retreat facilitated by the nonprofit Soldier's Heart; the same retreat which Moon attended after a failed suicide attempt in 2008. While they were there they met a female veteran, who had been raped in the Navy while on ship. As Moon and his battle buddy listened to this 20+ years decorated Navy veteran tell her story they were shocked, appalled, and angry. It was the first time either of them had heard the words Military Sexual Trauma. Moon went on to become good friends with the female Navy veteran and MST survivor. She asked to remain anonymous, so for the sake of this discussion, we will call her Kay. When Kay heard Moon's music, she like many other veterans related to the pain the words expressed. However, she had a pain, a traumatic event that Moon had not experienced. Since we write about what we know, and Jason knew not of MST, he could not himself capture the trauma and associated feelings accurately and truthfully in song. He knew this, but Kay kept a journal, and she asked Moon if he would consider turning one of her writings into a song, the retreat ended and so did the conversation. But the unsettling feeling that the knowledge that MST was happening, and at such a terrifying rate to so many female veterans, never left Moons thoughts Shortly thereafter, in October of 2011, Jason Moon again attended a Soldier's Heart retreat in Atlanta, Georgia. This time he was there by request to share his music and help younger veterans open up and begin the healing process. Kay was there also; in fact she paid for his airfare to attend the retreat. She asked again if he would turn her poem into song. It was at that moment when the realization struck. Just because someone has not suffered the same trauma does not mean they cannot help an individual express how they feel about that trauma; Warrior Songs was born. Moon took several poems written by Kay, and began to work on turning them into song. The poem that stuck out the most was entitled Leslie, it was a poem Kay had written to a young woman named Leslie who had been raped while serving in Iraq, and whom she was mentoring. Kay described how one night Leslie was on the verge of suicide and had reached out to Kay. She found herself at a crossroads, in an incredibly difficult position: my friend is about to kill herself because of the pain of a shared trauma. If I act to save her life I will violate her trust; a trust which is been so severely violated already. If I don't act the trust will be intact but my friend will be in a grave. Kay chose to try to
save her life. But by calling 911, in the eyes of Leslie, she broke the bond of trust. As I write this Leslie and Kay are still estranged. The poem Leslie is a beautiful poem from an elder MST survivor to her younger peer. It is a longing for Leslie to forgive and return to the mutual friendship which fostered so much healing for both of them. Jason Moon immediately realized that this song needed to be written by a woman, and so he enlisted the help of his longtime friend and musical partner Thaica Northey. Thacia studied the poem, she sat with it, and she meditated on it, and reflected. She reflected on a friend she knew when she was young, who was the victim of rape. She reflected on the innocence lost, the justice never delivered, and the pain of not being able to console a friend. She knew the memories of rape never wash away. From this poem, and her reflections she created the song you're about to hear. Jason Moon only gave Thacia one rule for guidance: a listener must be able to read the poem and recognize it in the song. It is important to understand that we are not simply lyricizing poems. We are not interested in simply putting words to music. Healing for war and the traumas of war require the cooperation of both the veteran and the civilian. This is collaboration between both worlds. The song was recorded at Surroundinsound studios in Wauwatosa Wisconsin. Thacia sings and plays ukulele. On drums we have Tom Haines. The base, lead, and studio engineering are performed by Jonathan Leubner. Susan Nicholson preforms on violin. I hope you enjoy this song. Please know that all the proceeds from the sale of the song will forever go to help veterans find their voice through music. It is through the expression of our pain that we release it. But often times expressing our pain again and again, story after story, conversation after conversation, only makes us relive it again and again. It is our hope that by expressing the pain of veterans and music, we will help to lift some of their burden, even if only a tiny bit. And by presenting the song to the public, we hope that you, if you are a civilian, will first become aware, and then begin to care, and then take action. Thank you, Jason Moon founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Warrior Songs
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