Fresh New Start; music and lyrics by Zack Bush;

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• published: 21 Jun 2016
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Please share and spread the love. The hope is somehow this may end up in front of Stevie Wonder, John Legend or Alicia Keys. Below is my open letter to Stevie Wonder: Dear Stevie Wonder, When I was seven or eight years old my parents took me to see you in concert. This was my very first concert.  It was a show I would never forget because towards the end of the show you called all of the children in the audience on stage and we accompanied you in “Ebony & Ivory.”  Needless to say, I have been hooked ever since.   I am now 39 years old.  On July 10th , 2015 a 28 year old black woman named Sandra Bland, while driving in Texas , was pulled over for a minor traffic infraction.  She was abused, mistreated, and never should have been pulled over or even arrested in the first place.  Three days later, on July 13th she was found hanged in her jail cell in what was deemed an extremely “dubious” suicide.  I am certain that you know of this tragedy.   While racist issues and violence flood our television screens and social media feeds quite frequently, I must say -as a society -we have become quite immune to the abusive and unnecessary violence.  It is disgusting.  When the actual Sandra Bland arrest videos became public I watched and was mortified by what I saw. I stayed up for hours that night.  I watched the arrest videos over and over and over again. With each replay of the YOUTUBE video I grew angrier, sadder, and more embarrassed than ever before for all of mankind and the human race. So why am I writing to you Stevie Wonder? I suppose at this point I should inform you that I am a caucasian male. I have never written music before that I wanted to share.That night, however, something inside me, made me sit down at my piano. I cannot tell you exactly why, but you, Stevie Wonder, and that childhood moment of being on stage singing Ebony & Ivory replayed in my mind.  Nearly 24 hours went by that night, and I was still sitting at the piano—playing notes, chords, and writing.  I did not go to work that day because my emotion had come to life via song.Here is what I beg and here is what I ask of you:  I truly believe in my heart if you listen to the song, you may feel it's message. It is one of unity. Sadly, it seems today that artist's executives want HITS and they care far less about “the message” or any message at all. I do not know the record industry; I do not know the music industry. I am just a music loving, racism hating, Stevie Wonder fan living in Miami, Florida.  I have no way to get you my song. That being said, I am tired of being told that HITS are what sell when I could care less "what sells." I do not claim to have written the next Ebony & Ivory—nobody could—and certainly not me.I do not claim to have written the next We Are The World—nobody could—and certainly not me. Here is what I do claim:  I claim that you, Stevie Wonder, could deliver this message and would do so giving zero fucks about whether it is a “HIT” or not.  I believe that either you or artists that will support you---the greatest musical genius I have ever heard ---COULD make the world a better place by supporting this message. If you listen and think this demo sucks, the message sucks, or want no part of it—then you can dismiss this open letter and video as if it never existed. All I can say is that I WISH I knew you Stevie Wonder.  If I knew you, I would hand you this demo and say “Stevie, it’s time you deliver a gift to the world.  Forget these industry and corporate music decision makers who want “HITS”—I say, what about the art?  I say with certainty that you, Stevie Wonder--- would change the world with your reworking of this demo.  Do I think the attached demo will end racism? Of course not.  BUT—I do believe that If the attached demo makes even ONE person stop being racist—the song is a success. Sandra Bland deserves it.  Trayvon deserves it.  As do countless others. What angers me most, is that not only is the demo’s message sincere and drawn from pure and raw emotion, the demo is both unifying and inspiring.  At least, that was the intent. I presume nothing will ever come of this---but if I don’t do everything possible to somehow and someway get my musical idol since the age of 7 to hear this demo—then I will have failed. I am asking YOU to take 3 minutes out of your day and out of your life. I am asking that you spend those 3 minutes and listen to the attached demo, while reading the lyrics.  Only then am I asking YOU TO DECIDE---should you take this track, rework whatever you want--and make the world a better place? I hope so. At 7 years old I stood on a stage in Miami, Florida with about 12 other children singing Ebony & Ivory with you---Stevie Wonder---the greatest musician the world has ever known. I had no idea the genius that right then and there would forever change my life. Respectfully yours, Zack Bush