SAN DIEGO, Calif. – June 9, 2017 – Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group – who has composed and produced the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence – returns to his San Diego hometown to perform at four live yoga music events Including Vinyasa Arts in Cardiff by the Sea (June 15; 6 p.m.), Happy Hour Yoga at Rancho Bernardo Inn (June 16; 6:30 p.m.), Turn It Up! with Hemalayaa+DTO at Winston’s in Ocean Beach (June 17; 1 p.m.) and High Vibes with Hemalayaa, DTO & Kiyoshi in at Soul Yoga in Encinitas (June 17; 6 p.m.). Next up this live yoga music summer, DTO headlines the market stage and turns it up with yoga entertainer Hemalayaa at Canada’s Emerge Festival (June 29-July 2) and then heads to Portland (July 20-23) for a series of collaborations with some of Ptown’s best yoga teachers and studios.
(Calendar editors: Please see detailed calendar of events below along with accompanying images. For access to DTO’s online press kit, please email publcist Sheryll Alexander at sheryllalexander@yahoo.com)
“Infusing high-vibrational music into your life creates inspiration and a deep spiritual connection,” says Kemp, who resides in San Diego and teaches Spanish at technology magnet Bonsall High School. Kemp is also a four-time award-winning music producer. In 2015, Kemp and Andrea Sáenz received an award of merit for their Dolce Ardor: An Opera Music Video.
Recommended by Deepak Chopra, Nameless Energy is a sensual-meets-Sanskrit hybrid of multi-instrument acoustics, electronic sounds, mantras and uplifting lyrics to inspire any yoga experience into a vibration-raising awakening for the soul. For five years, DTO played live music at Southern California yoga studios as well as conscious festivals and events. This experience with yoga, movement and music led him to the idea to craft an hour-long album for yoga studios, teachers and students. Kemp is also the visionary behind Plant Powered Living (www.PlantPoweredLiving.com) and Plant Powered Kids (@PlantPoweredKids), which encourages families to eat healthy. Ten percent of all Nameless Energy proceeds is donated to Plant Powered Kids programming.
DTO Live Yoga Music Calendar – San Diego June 15-17, 2017
Thursday, June 15: Awaken and Heal with Yoga + DTO Live Yoga Music at Vinyasa Arts in Cardiff by the Sea
Awaken the body, mind and spirit with yoga by Kelli Russell and Rae Devi accompanied by live DTO music from 6-8 p.m. at Vinyasa Arts in Cardiff by the Sea. To register, visit http://www.vinyasaarts.com/
Friday, June 16: Happy Yoga Hour + DTO Music Live at Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego
Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group (#DTOmusic) is bringing his vibration-raising live yoga music sounds to CorePower Yoga’s Happy Yoga Hour from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at San Diego’s historic and relaxing Rancho Bernardo Inn (17550 Bernardo Oaks Drive). Come not only for the healthy exercise, mindfulness, meditation and soothing live DTO yoga music, but also for farmer’s market-driven, post-yoga light bites from Rancho Bernardo Inn’s award-winning Avant Kitchen restaurant including a wind-down with specialty cocktails, craft beers and fine wines.The cost is $30 per person ($25 for black tag members). Space is limited and advanced registration is a must. To register, email Carmen Fragulia at cfragulia at jc resorts dot com or call 858-675-8551.
Saturday, June 17: Hemalayaa + DTO Turn It Up! at Winston’s in Ocean Beach
Experience yoga-meets-dance at Turn It Up! right on the beach with yoga instructor, entertainer and dancer Hemalayaa along with live yoga music from Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group at one of San Diego’s finest beach clubs, Winston’s Ocean Beach (1921 Bacon St., San Diego) from 1-2 p.m. With intuitive live music by DTO, Hemalayaa incorporates dynamic postures, mystical mantras and breathwork integrated along with dance movements with what she calls a “Temper-Tantra-Um” to remove mental-emotional patterns, open to sacred Kundalini (Shakti) energies and ultimately relax into bliss and universal connectedness. For more information and to register, visit: http://www.sdyex.com/product/hemalayaa-dto-turn/
Saturday, June 17: Hemalayaa + DTO + Kiyoshi Turn It Up! at Soul Yoga in Encinitas
Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group (#DTOmusic) along with yoga entertainer Hemalayaa and conscious hip hop artist Kiyoshi present Turn It Up! at Soul of Yoga (627 Encinitas Blvd, Encinitas) from 6-8 p.m. With intuitive live music by DTO and Kiyoshi’s dope beats, Hemalayaa incorporates dynamic postures, mystical mantras and breathwork integrated along with dance movements with what she calls a “Temper-Tantra-Um” to remove mental-emotional patterns, open to sacred Kundalini (Shakti) energies and ultimately relax into bliss and universal connectedness. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/382480848812897/
Become a fan of Dave #DTOmusic Kemp and #NamelessEnergy on Instagram: @DTOmusic and @BuddhaMusicGroup, Twitter @DTOmusicpage,YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/DTOmusic) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DTOmusicofficial/). Or, download at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy
Why Live Yoga Music and What Is Nameless Energy?
While performing music live during a yoga class, Kemp says he brings his many years as a musician, composer, teacher and yoga instructor plus his full 88-key digital keyboard, a harmonium and his own sophisticated sound system. “My first experience in a yoga-plus-live music experience was so profound that it awakened me to my life’s purpose and I want this blissful feeling for everyone,” says Kemp, who wears his guitar on his back on a custom-made, over-the-shoulder hemp strap.
For Nameless Energy’s 15 soul-lifting tracks, Kemp also collaborated with some of San Diego’s brightest “conscious music” stars such as Buddha Music Group’s Kiyoshi as well as Krista Richards, Aja Lee, Tara Devi, Jamie Shadowlight, Christy Rose and Zoe Sol.
Recommended by Deepak Chopra himself, Kemp’s 15-song Nameless Energy (available on Spotify, iTunes and BandCamp) is a sensual-meets-Sanskrit hybrid of multi-instrument acoustics, electronic sounds, mantras and uplifting lyrics to inspire any yoga experience into a vibration-raising awakening for the soul.
“There is nothing more awakening than having live music during yoga and working with DTO is a mystical treat,” says Hemalayaa, who partners with DTO frequently for the duo’s Turn It Up! ecstatic dance events. “DTO’s music inspires a deep connection to self as well as connection with community,” she says.
Hemalayya -says their Turn It Up! experiences “invigorate and energize the brilliance of your purpose.” She salso says DTO’s Nameless Energy album “guides yogis through a musical heart-connected journey with an Eastern and Western infusion of sounds that is awe-inspiring for the body, mind and soul.” Hemalayaa has her own BollyBlast TV show and been featured on Ellen and The Today Show as well as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Yoga Journal, Shape and Origin.
In addition to his musical and teaching talents, Kemp is also the visionary behind Plant Powered Living (www.PlantPoweredLiving.com) and Plant Powered Kids (@PlantPoweredKids), which encourages families to cook and serve healthy vegetarian-based meals through music and movement classes, workshops and other programs such as kid-friendly farmer’s market walking tours and cooking demonstrations. Ten percent of all Nameless Energy proceeds is donated to Plant Powered Kids programming.
Download Nameless Energy on Spotify and iTunes or order the Nameless Energy CD on BandCamp. Or, download at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy
See DTO’s Nameless Energy Heals and Uplifts in the Huffington Post.
DTO Headlines Canada’s Emerge Festival
Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group – who has composed and produced the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence — is set to headline the market stage at Canada’s Emerge Festival on June 30 at noon. In addition, DTO teams up at the festival with internationally-renowned yoga teacher, dance entertainer and soul inspirer Hemalayaa to bring estatic dance to the middle of the forest for two festival events: Hemalayaa+DTO: Go Love Yourself! (June 30 at 2 p.m.) and Hemalayaa+DTO: Enlightened Women Practice (July 1 at 8 a.m.). For more information on DTO and Hemalayaa at Emerge Festival, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/703836406441244/
Canada’s four-day Emerge Festival (June 29-July 2) is a global conscious movement phenomenon where more than 80 of the world’s most renowned yoga and meditation instructors, musicians and speakers gather each summer on a scenic 200-acre Ottowa Valley Ranch near Pembroke. Surrounded by deep ancient forest, thousands of yoginis and bliss seekers gather to attend nearly 150 classes, workshops, concerts. Emerge Festival not only provides several choices for accommodations from camping to glamping to boutique hotels, but also contains a health and wellness village with more than 85 vendors selling locally-source organic free-range food, wares by regional artists, Whitewater Brewing Company beer and Savvy Company wines. For information about Emerge Festival, visit :http://emergefestival.com/.
DTO will be in good company at Emerge Festival 2017 as this conscious movement event features a roster of the world’s most popular conscious bands, singers and musical personalities. However, DTO rocks live music during yoga classes like no other as he intuitively works with the yoga instructor and the group’s energy flow to play the perfect sounds on his keyboard, acoustic guitar, harmonium or synthesizer. He also weaves songs from his Nameless Energy album into his accompaniment.
About Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group
San Diego high school Spanish teacher, yoga instructor, humanitarian, musician, composer and now music producer Dave Kemp aka DTO of Buddha Music Group has produced the very first 60-minute album (Nameless Energy) created specifically for an entire yoga sequence. Recommended by Deepak Chopra, Nameless Energy is a sensual-meets-Sanskrit hybrid of multi-instrument acoustics, electronic sounds, mantras and uplifting lyrics to inspire any yoga experience into a vibration-raising awakening for the soul. DTO collaborated with the conscious music’s up-and-coming artists such as Kiyoshi, Krista Richards and Aja Lee. Raised in Iowa, Kemp is a multi-instrument musician and music teacher who discovered yoga after moving to California. For five years, DTO played live music at Southern California yoga studios as well as conscious festivals and events. This experience with yoga, movement and music led him to the idea to craft an hour-long album for yoga studios, teachers and students. Kemp is also the visionary behind Plant Powered Living (www.PlantPoweredLiving.com) and Plant Powered Kids (@PlantPoweredKids), which encourages families to eat healthy. Ten percent of all Nameless Energy proceeds is donated to Plant Powered Kids programming. See DTO’s Nameless Energy Heals and Uplifts in the Huffington Post.
Become a fan of #DTOmusic and #NamelessEnergy on Instagram: @DTOmusic and @BuddhaMusicGroup, Twitter @DTOmusicpage,YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/DTOmusic) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/DTOmusicofficial/). Or, download at the DTO Music app: http://download.dtomusic.com/album/nameless-energy
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