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Shine Your Light

by Bernadette Yao

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The joy and hope interwoven throughout my happy pop vibe single, Shine Your Light, may help shift your mood from fear to love. The intention for this song is to remind us of our light through singing and dancing during challenging times of racial, political division and the pandemic. I wrote Shine Your Light 2 months after the tragic Atlanta spa shootings in 2021 which took the lives of 6 Asian women, this song is an antidote to racial trauma by reminding all to love yourself. Shine Your Light emerged as a song of resistance to racism, ableism, and classism - to remind all of us to be in our joy and embrace our unique and brilliant essence. This song is for everyone!

As a former cast member of PBS TV show, ZOOM, I and my fellow cast member, Leon Mobley, decided to collaborate on this song. The recording was produced by Leon Mobley, percussionist (Ben Harper, Nas, Damian Marley). Playing percussion on the song, Leon added back up singers & musicians including Chris Joyner (keyboard), Yukiko Matsuyama (koto), Rebecca Schlappich Charles (violin), and Scotty Mearig (bass guitar). With my vocal arrangements, we added back up singers: my friend and singer/songwriter, Lisa Doscher, my daughter, Christine McEachern, Leon Mobley, Keith Batlin, and Samir Moussa.

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There are times when we need to
Rest our hearts and our souls too.
Look within and begin to
Trust the voice that’s within you

Feel the truth of who you are
See that you’re a shining star

Shine your light, oh so bright
Be the joy you want to be
Shine your light, oh so bright.
Be the love you want to see

You can do this, you know it’s right
Only you can direct your own life
Feel the love within your heart.
Now’s the time for you to start

Shine your light, oh so bright. (Shine your light)
Be the joy you want to be
Shine your light, oh so bright. (Oh so bright)
Be the love you want to see

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released May 27, 2022
Music & Lyrics: Bernadette Yao
Lead Vocals: Bernadette Yao
Background Vocals: Christine McEachern, Lisa Kirby-Doscher, Leon Mobley, Keith Batlin, Samir Moussa
Percussion: Leon Mobley
Keyboards: Chris Joyner
Koto: Yukiko Matsuyama
Strings: Rebecca Schlappich Charles
Bass Guitar: Scotty Mearig
Drums: Samuel “Sam Ites” Gonsalves
Vocal Arrangements by Bernadette Yao
Music Composed by Bernadette
Producer/Engineer: Leon Mobley
Engineer: Keith Jones
Mixed and Mastered at CGS Productions by Keith Jones
Cover Art: Danielle Mailer
©2022 Bernadette Yao/ASCAP

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Bernadette Yao Boston, Massachusetts

Bernadette Yao is a musician, composer, and certified in energy healing from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, In addition, Bernadette is a Reiki practitioner using her healing voice and sacred harmonies transmitting healing vibrations in her recordings and sound healing workshops. She sang with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Boston Symphony Orchestra. Former Zoom PBS TV cast member. ... more

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