Praying for Love (War is Over)

This song began as simple peace prayer when the war in Ukraine started. In February of 2023, i began recording the track with my friend Rick Franz in Colorado. Rick helped me lay the ground of the track and create the form, he plays bass, some of the electric guitar, and the amazing guitar solo on this track. Some months later in the reflection phase of this song, I found myself in Bali working on the track with my friend, Jim Beckwith. I wanted to revisit the original feel of the song, i felt i had lost. Jim encouraged me to play the electric guitar and helped me with the arrangement and vocals. Back in the US I began mixing the track with producer Ben Leinbach, Ben also laid down the groovy drums for this song. I could not have done this without these three friends. They each added their talent, heart and musical talent to making this track.

To Senor Bob Tudor for making time to play the soulful rhodes piano and to big thanks to Max Ribner for the amazing flugle horn on this track. I kepy having a vision (and dreams) of a trumpet on this song and Max brought it to life. Also to my friends Brenda McMorrow, Daphne Tse & Lindsey Deperi + Rick Franz + Jim Beckwith for singing the background vocals.

And to my beloved Natalie Dawn Wilson for her beautiful original artwork, that was inspired + channeled for this song and her support and encouragement over the last 4 years! Jim B for graphic design. And to Stefan Heger at Fish eye music for mastering this song.

Supreme Gratitude to alll the beautiful people who have supported / donated to this project and all the music fans who support with their ears and hearts. Special thanks to Surya Heath, Jana + Lance Wilson, Charity + Ash Holland. Thank you all :)

My hope is that people will be moved by the song, dance and sing along at the top of their lungs "War is Over". Peace + Unity through Music.

I am grateful and wish you all LOVE + Peace

saul david raye

There are 2 versions of this song available on this album. The orginal version which 5:57 minutes and the Radio Love edit 4:30 mins.
There is a remix or 2 in the works, which i will add to the album later for you.

Your support means so much to all us artists and we cant do it without you. Thanks for listening. Mostly i hope you like the music and it inspires and supports peace in your heart. If you can and want to get more involved, you can see below.


Ways to Support the M U S I C !

• Pre-oder on BANDCAMP - Here
Bandcamp is an awesome service. They have an app as well and all the music you support from your favorite artists, you can access as a download or via streaming. For sure the most artist friendly site i have found. They also have a listening party platform which i will use for this release.

• You can also just follow me on bandcamp and you can listen to the track on monday.

• Check out the Go Fund Music fundraiser - Here
• Follow me on FB, Instagram

• If you love it, Share it with your friends!

• If you really love and want to become an exectuive producer, please send me an email - soulnadi@gmail.com

The music will be out on Spotify, itunes and other digital platforms on earth day. This pre-release is just for the community.
A note to all folks who have supported so far! I'm so grateful for your support and all the kimnd messages. It means so much to me that the music resonates with you. I have shared the song with many of you on the go fund me. And i am tracking down the folks who used different platforms to support, it takes awhile to get everyone. To pre-listen to the song some of you got it last week and you will also get your own free download. But please if you did offer support for the music and haven't received a copy yet, please feel free to email me and I will send you the link.

Supporting the Music
If you like this music and want to help us share it and create more, please share with your friends, add it to your playlists and if you feel inspired to support the music you can either join the backstage club here on bandcamp or you can donate to the album fundraising campaign {see links}.

Mahalo & Peace thru music. OM....