Humming Bird Fund
Humming Bird Fund I have set up this fund in order to collect 15% of sales from my music which features indigenous singing. The money raised will then be distributed to the various organisations which aid the particular tribal group.
A new method of selling music on the internet has encouraged me to do this through making individual tracks from earlier CD releases available once more to the public. You have the option to listen on Real Player & Windows Media Audio and then the option to buy the music in the MP3 file format.
My interest in Indigenous music first commenced when I had the opportunity to be present at the Tribal Gathering Rio de Janeiro 1992. On the outskirts of the city a temporary Indian village was constructed to house visiting tribes people from around the world and especially Indians of Brazil. Here they had the opportunity to discuss issues facing them, external pressures on their natural habitats, land rights and demarcation of their ancestral lands, and through their joint discussions endeavoured to find solutions to their problems.
At night they had the opportunity to share amongst themselves their cultures of singing and dancing. I was fortunate to be there witnessing this great gathering accompanied by my portable recording equipment.
On returning to England I commenced producing in my studio and edited some of these recordings and mixed it all together creating the track "Vozes da Terra" - "Voices of the Earth". This track was included on my first CD release "Earth Songs".
"Vozes da Terra" - "Voices of the Earth" 
Also at the Tribal Gathering I met Davi Yanomami the great spiritual leader of the Yanomami tribe of Brazil. I recorded him reciting in Yanomami their myth for creation and also a Xabori ritual - which is a sacred ritual when two Yanomami shamans journey through having taken a hallucinogen. They sing in this state and transmit messages from the spirit world. I integrated these recordings into a song entitled "Yanomami". This track is on my first CD release (1995) "Earth Songs"
"Yanomami"
It was through a performance at the National Theatre in Brasilia that I met members of the Xavante tribe. This meeting has had a far reaching effect on my life and my association with the Xavante continues to this present day. You can read about this developing association by visiting other pages on my blog and web site. Over the years I have visited a Xavante community and have made recordings of their singing. Singing is central to their culture. Their singing is predominantly featured on my recent production "Bridge between Worlds". An orchestral work with solo 'cello and the Xavante songs integrated into the music.
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