“for the LOVE of Music” with her guest Swapna Abraham, on air from December 5th
Dedicated to my grandchildren Cai, Bodhi & Navid and written for the children of the world. Composed live – music and lyrics, one song everyday for 1000 days from 8 April 2017 to 2 January 2020
This project was an afterthought before embarking on a world record attempt to establish legitimacy in the outcome. And proceeded to be a world record in its own right with the Golden Book of World Records – Longest quotidian feat of composing, producing and publishing children’s song incessantly
Music & Lyrics: Swapna Abraham
Songs for kids aged 4-12
Songs about life, their world and the world at large – illusory and factual
Songs that impart values in the young mind
Songs that encourage them to dream
Songs that inspire them
Songs that trigger their imagination
Songs that nurture them and educate them
Songs that help them process their emotions
Loud songs, soft songs, colorful and sad; songs to play, clap, sing, dance and sleep to
Songs to meditate and unwind
Songs that also speak to parents, grandparents and caregivers
Adults invariably get to listen to children’s songs, and almost always, on repeat. The songs needed to be more bearable and relatable for the adults as well.
The Disney movies have proven children have an appetite for real songs.
The songs needed to convey more values, virtues, facts about life, with positive messages as much as possible, but also not keeping the truth away from the children.
I’ve a strong feeling these songs will also resonate with most adults that are just waiting to awaken the child in them. Since all the songs have positive/ factual unbiased messages, it is quite the balm for the soul.
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Multiple World Record Holder & Award Winner, Singer-Songwriter, Actor, Author, Interior Designer, Mentor and Versatile Corporate Professional
A multiple world record holder and award winner, Swapna Abraham is a singer-songwriter, actor, author, interior designer, mentor, and versatile corporate professional from Kerala with her roots and formation in India and prime experience in the UAE.
Swapna has authored and produced 21 musical albums and performed extensively on the international gospel music platform (www.swapnaabraham.com). Holding 4 world records in singing and songwriting with the Golden Book of World Records (www.1000songsin1000days.com), she has also published a memoir ‘She Played In The Dark’ entailing the journey and lessons through the 1000-day world record journey.
A mentor in singing and songwriting, Swapna championed the first branded karaoke cafe ‘Kafeoke’ in India with a school for singing and songwriting and a recording studio. She is also known for her acting performances as Donna in the Mamma Mia musical directed by the late Mithran Devanesan, and Meenakshi in the Tamil feature film Nadunissi Naaygal directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. An alumnus of the T A Pai Management Institute and Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, she is the India Country Chair for Media Arts & Communication of G100, a global organization for the equitable elevation of women. Leaving no flair unpursued, Swapna is also an interior designer and member of the Designers Society of America (www.alikainteriors.com).
Her most recent musical work is the 12-song album titled LOVED. One of the songs NO LOVE LOST (feat Devan Ekambaram) received the following awards through 2023:
- Silver – One Earth Awards – Best American Roots Song
- Silver Medal – Outstanding Achievement – Global Music Awards – Country, Female Vocalist
- Finalist – Spring 2023 – World Songwriting Awards – Best Modern Country Song
- Official 2023 Finalist – InterContinental Music Awards
- Official Nomination – Hollywood Independent Music Awards – Country (Crossover)
She is presently producing the 1000 songs that were written on A Children’s Song A Day through the 1000 days and that set one of the four world records; and is soon expecting it to be published internationally along with the song book in two volumes. This will be the biggest album of original songs made for children in the age group of 4-12.
In culmination, Swapna is the recipient of the NeedStar Award (2010), a Women’s Day Citation ‘Role Model for her progress and success in the field of Mainstream Career, Art & Entrepreneurship’; the Lamp-Icongo Karmaveer Chakra for Gospel Music Maestro Award (2012) for the contribution to gospel music from 1991-2012; the Aspire World Award (2019) for her Passion for Excellence at the 31st Global Women’s Empowerment Summit, Dubai; and the Women of Excellence Award at the Women Economic Forum (2022). Swapna was awarded a doctorate (honoris causa) in music in 2022 from Vinayaka Mission’s Research Foundation (Deemed To Be University).
We are honoured to have Swapna join us as an author on Our Forgotten Children’s Book
Finalist for the World Songwriting Awards, Spring 2023, for Best Modern Country Song
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