Dear Reader;                                                                                                           August 13 2024

Please consider adding the songs (available at: CBC Music Library Shades and Degrees Enlighten Me album ) of our new album “Enlighten Me” to your appropriate playlists. 

All ten songs are original works by Canadian artist, Shades and Degrees, and songwriters Randy Zahara and Jim Shaw, and all songs fulfill the Canadian MAPL requirements. (See page 2 for details)

“Enlighten Me” Is the title song of the debut album by indi-artist Shades and Degrees.
The creation of veteran songwriters, Randy Zahara and Jim Shaw, “Enlighten Me” reflects a songwriting depth of compassion, composition, understanding, empathy and maturity that can only come from merging two lifetimes of experience and personal growth with a strong intuitive connection to the collective consciousness.

“Enlighten Me” fuses elements of roots, blues, rock, pop, folk, and country music with compelling melodies and exceptionally well crafted and insightful lyrics.

 

It is a noteworthy adult contemporary album with a fresh perspective on a full range of subjects and emotions, but it is only a small sampling of the inter-dimensional artistry communicated through Shades and Degrees and captured in the writing of Shaw and Zahara.

“Enlighten Me” is the goal, but it is also just the beginning…

The entire “Enlighten Me” album, and each song is available for streaming, or download, on Spotify and all major music sites.  A collective (also referred to as universal, global, or divine) consciousness has always been an inspiration to artists, sages and spiritual practitioners, but, recently, it has also become a motivation for anyone that has the requisite awareness to sense and make sense of the ideas being communicated.

Philosopher Herbert Marcuse said that “Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.”

It is our songwriting mission to encourage listeners to become more self-aware and consciously independent as we believe that a life lived with authentic conscious-enlightenment is more likely to lead us to a world filled with greater peace, love, harmony and understanding.

“Enlighten Me” fuses elements of roots, blues, rock, pop, folk, and country music with compelling melodies and exceptionally well crafted and insightful lyrics. It is a noteworthy adult contemporary album with a fresh perspective on a full range of subjects and emotions, but it is only a small sampling of the inter-dimensional artistry communicated through Shades and Degrees and captured in the writing of Shaw and Zahara.
“Enlighten Me” is the goal, but it is also just the beginning…

The entire “Enlighten Me” album, and each song is available for streaming, or download, on Spotify and all major music sites.

Please visit www.enlightenme.com for the EPK and more information or contact Randy Zahara by phone or text at 778 363-6250 or by email at shadesanddegrees@outlook.com

Thank you for your time, and hopefully, for your interest.

Randy Zahara and Jim Shaw


“Enlighten Me” Song Details:

 

All songs are written by Randy Zahara and Jim Shaw and are produced and recorded by Shades and Degrees (Zahara and Shaw are the only two full time members of Shades and Degrees and both are 100% Canadian Citizens)

#       Song Name                          Primary Genre             Secondary Genre(s)          Featured / Guest Artist(s)
1  Enlighten Me                              Adult Contemporary   Soft Rock                            Sarah Glinz
2  Starlight                                     Pop Soft Rock                                                        Steve Collom
3  If That Isn’t Love                        Country                       Folk                                    Luke Levy & Tori Cameron
4  Casey and Finnegan                 Pop Rock,                   Alternative                          Songstowearpantsto
5  I Was Gonna Write A Book        Soft Rock Blues,         Folk                                    Luke Levy
6  Van Gogh New Folk                  Bohemian,                   indie,  pop                          Songstowearpantsto
7  I Never Thought You Would      Soft Rock                    Singer songwriter               Jessie Brown
8  Cowboy’s Last Ride                   Country Folk,              Singer Songwriter               Dale Ziech
9  The Road                                   Soft Rock                    Adult Contemporary            Songstowearpantsto
10 Hope                                         Soft Rock                    Adult Contemporary            Sarah Glinz

All writers, performers, and producers of all the songs on “Enlighten Me” are Canadian citizens, except for the performer of Starlight, Steve Collom, who is Australian.

Detailed Song Credits:

Song                           Singer(s)                   Additional Instrumental Accompaniment 

Enlighten Me                           Sarah Glinz                                          Richard White: guitars, bass, keyboards,
                                                                                                              Mark Adam: drums, James Shaw: sax
Starlight                                  Steve Collom                                        Steve Collom: All instruments
If That Isn’t Love                     Luke Levy & Tori Cameron                   Richard White: guitars, bass, keyboards,
                                                                                                            Mark Adam: drums, Joe Grass: pedal steel
Casey and Finnegan              Songstowearpantsto                             Songstowearpantsto: all instruments
I Was Gonna Write a Book     Luke Levy                                             Richard White: guitars, bass, keyboards,
                                                                                                             Mark Adam: drums, James Shaw: sax
Van Gogh                               Songstowearpantsto                             Songstowearpantsto: all instruments
I Never Thought You Would   Jessie Brown                                         Will Yarr: piano and keyboard
Cowboy’s Last Ride               Dale Ziech                                             Dale Ziech: guitar, Bran Sanders:
                                                                                                             harmonica, Nils Loewen: standup bass
The Road                              Songstowearpantsto                              All music by Songstowearpantsto
Hope                                     Sarah Glinz                                            Richard White: guitar, bass, keyboards
                                                                                                            Mark Adam: drums, James Shaw: sax