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Mission Statement:
Our goal is to create and promote the finest quality music, works
of art and entertainment possible that uplift, inspire and reflect
not only musical integrity, but the care and concern for our planet
and all creatures who dwell upon it.
In today's music, the genre is often amorphous as music endeavors
to reflect the history of our world, from the western classics
to the world beat rhythms, from folk to jazz, pop to rock. Lovestar
Records is dedicated to releasing that music which brings joy
and peace, creates magic or messages of truth, and moves the consciousness
of humanity forward, while bringing the hearts of nations closer
together.
Lovestar Records was founded by Dov, who wrote a proposal for
a record company while working as an intern at A&M Records,
and attending the USC School of Business 'Entreprenuership', as
well as studying classical violin and studio arranging at the
USC School of Music. Dov developed his production abilities while
arranging strings for many leading Latin American artists, working
with world class producers, arrangers and artists such as Michel
Colombier, Jimmy Haskel, Herb Alpert, Kim Carnes, Sergio Mendez,
Jose Jose, Rocio Durcal, and while working in the studios. He
also performed at dozens of environmental events, including the
1992 Rio Earth Summit and John Denver's Windstar Symposium, where
music was a key to bringing forward messages of care and hope
for the planet.
Lovestar Records first three releases were all cassette tapes;
'Touch of the Sun', 'The River of Peace', (which was a collection
of Dov's environmental and peace songs, featuring a variety of
singers) and 'For the Hold up the Sky', a live radio show concert
performed by the folk band Sagewing. Shortly after, Dov brought
Sagewing into the studio and assembled the label's first CD release,
a compilation entitled, 'Earth Day, Creation.' This was just as
the CD's title song was chosen as the theme song for the 1992
Earthwalk at Universal Studios in Hollywood, CA. The second release,
Quercus, 'Ode To Earthly Delights' was the last album to be recorded
at A&M's famous Studio C, and features a pioneering collection
of Greg Harris' original 'new classical' tunes. The next releases
included a second Quercus CD, and a series of CD's which are geared
to meditative and healing experiences,and they continue to be
in wide use for yoga, message, and for relaxation.
Lovestar Records and Dov were instrumental forces in the production
and completion of the powerful and innovative 2005 Smooth Jazz
release of Nils, 'Pacific Coast Highway', which went on to attain
#1 on the Smooth Jazz Radio and Records Charts for 7 weeks in
May-June-July of 2005. Nils also produced the Lovestar Records
release, Dov, 'Journey To Eden', a mystic jazz voyage, which attained
a #2, #3 and #10 on the New Age Reporter Top New Age 100 Monthly
Charts.
Lovestar Records material is being licensed to several countries
in Asia, and work is now under way for a Children's, as well as
new music for healing, and other new releases.
Lovestar Records hosts the site and offices of the Earth Harmony
Foundation, which works to protect out environment, creates murals
to improve alleys, schools, and retirement houses, does tree plantings,
and advocates on behalf of protecting children's rights.
Lovestar Records also hosts the website of Dreampeace Art Gallery,
which features the visionary and healing art of Erial, the nature
art of Dov, as well as other works.
Dov believes that "Artists are often spokespeople for the
silent earth, sharing the secrets, the splendors, and the sensitivities
of nature and the planet in music, art or words, so that our experience
of life may be more profound and full of meaning. Music is the
vehicle for expressing that which yearns to come forth from the
heart, and to carry an innate universal hope which aims to unite
people across the globe."
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