Kaliyani Music - Inspired Uplifting Heart Connection with Linda Kreter
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Good morning and welcome to Wise Health for Women Radio. I'm Linda Crater. We're going to talk today about healing, music, intonations, affirmations, and other things that we unconsciously or subconsciously know truly help unite us, but we may not be as intentional about it as we could. So I'm going to introduce you to an amazing artist today, Linda Crater.

Her name is Kalyani, and she's featured all over social media and YouTube. And she has a new release that goes into very different modalities than her first two. But I would just love to have her tell you her explanation of what she was doing, her vision, and what she sees as the healing nature of music, music,

and lyrics, and how it makes us feel. Because people forget what you say, they forget what you do, but they never forget how you make them feel. That's Maya Angelou. So with that, welcome, Kalyani. Thank you, Linda. A pleasure. Talk first about what started you on this journey to create this type of music.

Wow, this is a loaded question. Take it anywhere you like. Yeah, because it came very suddenly and it came from this place of I had been doing spiritual work for all my life, just really self-healing. And at a point in my life, I did some deep dive into exploring the archetypes of the divine feminine.

And this passion to give her a voice came through. And that's how Namu's invocation came up. That's the most succinct way that I can say it. And then Tears for a Nana came after that, which is also another divine feminine archetype. And this one, which is, I'm a singles artist, so I pour everything in.

at one thing at a time that I do. I pour all my heart into it, and I am not concerned about creating volumes of music. It's whatever inspires me. So this time I was asked by the CEO of this organization to, you know, make this song, and he was working with the famous humanitarian Ken Cragen, who did We Are the World, you know, with Michael Jackson and all those amazing, you know,

beings who were involved in USA for Africa. So I was like, wow, I was a little intimidated, but

And it's the first time that I created something with English lyrics on it, and I sang in a comprehensible language. So this is new in that sense. But the cause was great because it's about healing the planet, becoming more responsible stewards of this planet home and taking care of it and finding new ways to do things that is more sustainable. Well, I love the way that your vocals, the lyrics...

fit the visuals and your YouTube videos and the way it all comes together, it really is captivating. And I think that having both the visual and the lyrical come together with cohesion really does give people an idea of how large the world is, how small we are in the world, but also how we have a stewardship of the world to take care of.

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. It's art at its best. I call it sound and light because the vocals give you some level of information, but the visuals really immerse you and it's more impactful. I think I love creating, you know, putting my music in a context of, of the video because it just really, um,

It hits you in a deeper, more wholesome place, you know? Well, I find it interesting that you can go with what I'll call wordless vocals in your initial two words.

But is still very deep and ethereal. And it evokes emotions as well. And then as you, I mean, your voice is just lovely. And so as you go into this new one where it has lyrics you can understand, I find you listen, I listen, in a different way than I did when I was more struck by the visuals of

Then the lyrics, I happen to be a very deeply lyric person. I really love the use of words. And so it's very interesting that you say sound and light because your lyrics are beautiful. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Do you create those yourself? I do. Yeah. And how does one sit down to do that? Well, you don't sit down. Okay. Yeah.

That's step one. Don't sit down. It's not about, you know, for me at least, it's not a moment. It's just an evolution. So this song downloaded through the process of, you know, a few days, a few weeks even, because it's a pretty long lyric. And I just allowed it to...

When I set the intention to say, let me see, this is new shoes I'm trying, but it's a great cause. It's working with extraordinary people, just the inspiration to work with Ken Cragen. And I had to step out of my way and go like, oh, let me see what happens. If I just say, okay, I think I can do this and create a song that has a similar presence as USA for Africa did, We Are the World.

and I just, you know, allowed it to come through. So I love, I have a beautiful garden and I like gardening and I, I like swimming and it was in the middle of the summer and I met them. We had a few meetings on zoom. This was like 2020. Of course it was. Okay. So it was funny and all the meetings on zoom and, and I was helping them push forward this beautiful organization called hands around the world. And, um,

You know, they had been in magazines, they had been promoting it, and Ken is such a celebrity, you know? People were excited about it. Unfortunately, Ken passed away in December 2021, and he never actually heard the song. Was he part of the building of it, though? No, no. Oh, okay. Okay.

He was doing the organization and his CEO, Neil, actually is the one who kept saying, Galeone, are you going to write a song for us? I said, oh, no pressure, right? I can do a song like that. I don't even sing in English. Of course I can. You know, and he kept saying that in every, like the last three meetings we had, he just repeatedly said at the end of the meeting, so are you doing it? So I just kind of laughed and said, you know what? Let me just...

Let me just secretly say I am going to do it. And I did it. And it was fun. And I just allowed it to come through me as I'm just swimming. You know, remember there's a part of the song that says, can you hear the light? Listen to the stars. I was swimming. And you see when you're swimming during the day and the sun is hitting the waves on the pool, it forms these beautiful auric fields at the bottom of the pool. And I was so enthralled in that.

And I allow that light to talk to me. It's very interesting. There's a lot of just, it's very, everything that I do, I try to make it as authentic as possible. It's coming from a place of really feeling what I am involved in and how it's allowed to speak to me. And when I'm gardening and, you know, I'm just, you know, I'm very connected to nature. So it was easy for me to just feel, you know,

the lyrics come through and the lyrics came with the melody and sometimes when I'm in the process of creating I go to bed and I put like a notepad next to my bed because sometimes like the chorus came in the middle of the night I just had to grab a pen including the vocals so I had to sometimes just grab my phone and record on a recording app you know to hold the melody

It's fun. I love that. Doing something this way. In the past, it was different. So this is unique, the way it came through. Because it was all me. The lyric, the melody, and I'm alone. And there's no writer. There's no songwriter. The whole melody came through without music written. So I actually recorded everything without any instrument to my phone.

And I sent it to Amats Blasner through my producer, who is a friend of his, Wolfgang Amadeus.

And I just sent it to him and he put the notes on the music. It was very interesting. In the past, I had a composer work with me and I would give him an idea of what I wanted. He would write the music and I would usually be with him and he would give it to me. I'll go away and create the vocals for it and come back and record it. It was very unique, this one. It was different.

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Kalyani, the composer of your music and being a composer in our lives, one of the things that struck me that you just said was you were swimming. And I know that when I go underwater and water fills my ears, and you mentioned the aural connection, there's a peace to that that is so soul-soothing. And that's how your music strikes me, as soul-soothing.

Thank you. Yeah. Does that make sense? Absolutely. I hope so. I hope it is the intention that it will soothe people's souls or touch their hearts. Yeah. I am glad it does that to you. It does. And I loved also that you talked about setting your intention. So many people don't realize what a strong connection your mind has

God, the universe, the source, whatever one wants to call it, you really can call forth the gifts that you were given. And clearly you were given many gifts. And it's our world needs good stewardship and it needs visionary and we need to unite. And that's one thing that I adore about music. It really does tend to unite people. Do you agree with that?

Yes, I think music is a medium that is able to make people feel that they belong to the same family because, for example, songs that talk about heartbreak and this and that, all the tough initiations of life, which there's been so many touching songs like that. And we can relate. I'm like, oh my God, I remember when I went through this and I was feeling the same way, you know? So song is...

is like this traveling letter that people touch and go like, okay, I'm going to read this. And I'm like, I'm going to listen to this. And it speaks to an experience I had, you know? And we feel like we understand each other. I went through that too. And that's why the songs become popular because people go like, wow, this is really an initiative. The song can be about an initiatory process that every human being experiences

goes through, like, for example, heartbreak, right? Yes. So popular because we all have had it. True. There's songs about betrayal, betrayals. We all have had some sort of betrayal. It doesn't have to be a lover betrayal. It could be any kind of betrayal, a friend or, you know, a business partner. And

You know, there is certain initiations that I call the school of life gives us that is all the same for everybody, regardless of race, gender, culture, right? Religion. Yes. We all can relate, right? Yeah.

Well, it's universal experiences. And it doesn't matter what language. It doesn't matter what country. It doesn't matter what age group you're in. I agree with you. Those universal experiences, it's interesting watching how others interpret those. And yet we find that it resonates with us. Exactly, exactly. So, yeah, and we can also choose...

You know, it's a vehicle. A song is always a vehicle for a message. And for me, particularly, I feel that my goal with creating music, which it's not the only thing I do, I'm a producer as well. And I write and I'm also a facilitator of sacred circles. You know, I celebrate, you know, nature and...

So it's one way for me to send a message that is of significance to me, that is important to me, that I feel I'm in my dharma, I'm fulfilling my purpose.

It's through different avenues. You know, I have also produced, executive produced or co-executive produced documentary and feature film. So there's a lot of hats that I wear. And for me, it's very important to tell people you have a lot more talents than you allow yourself to know because you

By giving ourselves title, that's why people go like, what are you? Are you a producer? Are you a singer? I'm neither. I'm neither. Anything. I'm a spiritually inspired visionary. Whatever inspires me and is connected to my divine dharma, I will go ahead and do if it's giving a message of value to heal, to uplift, to

And that's what I do. Well, I think what you're doing also is that you're authentic to the gifts that you were given.

As you said, people don't realize the power that they have within. And instead, they let old learnings instead of unlearning some of the things that maybe did not serve them. I love that. Do you agree with that? I think a lot of the things we learn and grow best from are when we unlearn things that others don't.

I don't know, raised us with or were relevant at a different time in our lives. But I think if you follow the authenticity of if something moves you, it's bound to move other people also. And while we are all unique beings, and I firmly believe that, I still believe the universality of humanity is that shared experience that you mentioned. And as for gifts, you were given an abundance of

You know what? You touched on something that I find so primordial to fulfilling our dreams, which is to let go of the program of what you thought, you know, to fit in. Don't try to fit into the program. Try to be moved by, you know,

you know, reframing reality and questioning, is this really... Like, for example, when the music came through for me, I was in my 40s, right? And I thought, you know, this is too late. Who can start again? And I don't even thought I wanted to sing. So what is this about? So, but I had to, you know...

It took me a little bit to realize that, hello, if you embrace this, you're going to give permission to everybody, even in their 90s, to start doing something that they never thought they could. It's never too late. And we have to get out of the way. You know, what I'm trying to say is like, it's never too late to start something you wanted to do. And it doesn't have to be in the way everybody else does. For example,

When I released this first song, I said, you know, what if this is the only thing I'll ever release? Because I am, you know, I'm also, I have a spiritual psychology degree. I am a spiritual coach. I write and I'm, I'm identified more with some other things. At least I had been until the song came through and called me forth. I felt like, you know, all these parameters that were there. I never, I wasn't trained to sing. I never sang.

I don't play an instrument. I had to get myself out of the way and say, hello, this is unique. And it's a gift for everybody to know that without all of that, you're still doing it. And I think you were called forth to do something when Ken called you that you had never anticipated being in touch with the person who created, you know, We Are The World.

And then his subsequent producer. I mean, this is amazing, but you weren't going to turn it down. That's what I loved. It didn't stop you. It wasn't, well, I haven't done this, so I can't. Because what is the saying? If you think you can or you think you can't, it will. Or feel the fear and do it anyways. Exactly. Grow your wings on the way down. Jump. Jump.

So, no, it's true. So I think that all the things you're talking about are really authenticity, use of our gifts, stretching, growing, reaching for more. And we're here only a short time. So use that time wisely.

Absolutely, absolutely. And creatively. Give wings to your creativity. There's no better place to be in life than when you feel you're contributing with something of your own heart, of your own making. It's so energizing. I completely agree with you. I want to make sure people know where to find out more information about you.

And that's at Kalyani, K-A-L-I-Y-A-N-I dot com. Did I get that right? That's right. Yes, at Kalyani dot com. And as I mentioned, she mentioned, she's a writer, a speaker, a

obviously a musician, a producer. She has more hats than I have a closet for. So it's lovely because I think that the gifts that you're bringing for are all very positive and they fit with you. So they're genuine. And I love that the most. I really only like to put on guests who are very authentic and genuine because otherwise people can see through if you're not. So you are true to your core values. Yeah.

Oh, that is so important for me. That's the basis of everything I do in my life to choose the core value you want to live by. Right. And I think anybody who who is in that space has a more harmonious life because you you're not lost hitting the walls, bouncing around, not knowing who you are. You've made a commitment to who you are. You live by your core values and you don't waver. Right.

That's what I believe. And I really think that like attracts like. And actually, let me rephrase that. Light attracts light. And we attract who we are.

And so I think that's extremely important. I am so grateful for your time this morning. I know it was hard to fit you in on a schedule, but I'm grateful that you gave us this time. Remember, listeners, you want to go to Kalyani, K-A-L-I-Y-A-N-I dot com for more information. Are you on social media as well?

Yes, I am. I have a Kalyani music page. Okay. And also a profile, a personal profile that is, they both have Kalyani in it, Kalyani Sundari. You know, it's also a name that I don't use on the music, but it is the name that came, this name came to me in meditation. So I use it as my music signature, you know. It's a lovely name. Thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. I am grateful.

And I know our listeners will be grateful. Please check her out at Kalyani.com and make it a wonderful week ahead. We'll be back next week. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for tuning in today. You can find more shows at wisehealthforwomenradio.com.