This Christmas, friends and family (disguised as musicians, producers and designers) helped my 12 year old friend, Emmanuelle, birth blind, to share her song with a few more people than come to pot luck and backyard concerts. It took 10 days, a lot of delicious energy and too many smiles to mention. We hope you love it as much as we do. Merry Christmas
Hard to believe an eleven year old wrote the words and music, pure magic! ps-ia...it's art ;-)
An 11-year-old girl is helping to spread Christmas cheer this holiday season with her inspirational Christmas songs despite her own hardships –blindness.
"Night of Our Lives" was penned by Emmanuelle Lo, and uploaded to YouTube where thousands of people, including rock stars watched the video and gave praise.
Linda Chorney, a 2010 Grammy nominee, wrote, "Wow, what a sweet, pure voice, a real gem," while Bobby Whitlock of Delaney & Bonnie, Derek & The Dominoes said, "She sees the true world."
The young girl lives with her parents and five siblings small, one bedroom home in Michigan where she developed a love for music at an early age when she would pretend to read music.
Lo's family did not have enough money to get her music lessons so a neighbor hosted a backyard concert to help them raise money so she could begin to take lessons.
The money raised by the 80 or so people was enough to get Lo a guitar and a few weeks of training.
A few weeks later, and much to the surprise of her family, she debuted her song, "Nights of Our Lives" at a friend's house and in front of Doug B. Nelson, a record producer who worked on the Grammy nominated album Pinetop Perkins & Friends.
Upon seeing her performance, Nelson asked Lo to record the song with him.
The 11-year-old plans to donate a portion of her song's proceeds despite her family's struggles to iTunes' "Opportunity Music Project - OMP," which is a non-profit organization based in New York and provides music lessons for disadvantaged children.
"So many people have helped me, I want to help people like I've been helped."
"Night of Our Lives" can be purchased on Amazon and iTunes.
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