About

John Rodriquez

Born in Sydney, John, an identical twin, was one of three children. His love of music began at an early age, singing in school choirs and learning classical piano, practicing up to 1.5 hours per day.

Twenty years later he began songwriting, completing more than one hundred songs to date. John’s music is designed to provide inspiration.  It is best described as a mix of New Age, Folk and Adult Contemporary.  His most recent release is the Sing For Joy  CD, which  allows  people to bypass their negative programming and  experience the healing power of their own voice.

In 2001, John recorded “Sorry” (a song about reconciliation) which was aired on 4 Triple A (98.9FM) Murri Country radio on National Sorry Day. In 2002 he volunteered to lead a project commissioned by the Human Rights Committee of Logan City under the auspices of Arts Queensland, Logan City Council and BEMAC.

The concert, “Many People, One Voice – A Spotlight on Human Rights” was produced and directed by John and staged at the Logan Entertainment Centre in Brisbane. Putting together a collection of original works, including many of his own, the concert was the culmination of nine months work by volunteers working together to write and perform their own works.

In 2003 John won 3rd place at the Redlands Festival, (Open Own Composition) with “The Traveller” (a song about trusting your spirit) and in December 2007 was awarded Runner Up International Song of the Year with his song LOVE 

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Again in December 2008, John was recognised again with Runner Up International Song of the year with the song Peace Mantra from his CD “Sing for Joy”.

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John has had a long association with The Relaxation Centre in Brisbane.  He facilitates workshops at corporate events and private retreats, helping others discover the joy of singing by finding their true inner voice.  People like Chris James, Mikal Neilsen and Dick Rigby, have inspired John’s work.

Recent festivals include Joyfest (1 & 2) and Harmony Day for Logan City, where John hosted a Sing-a-long activity with participants singing for peace and harmony.

In corporate workshops John uses sound and song to help break down barriers and to unite groups of people.

Read some testimonials from these workshops here.

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About Singing & the meaning of Singchronicity

According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, “Synchronicity” is a word coined by the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung to describe the “temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events.”

Jung spoke of synchronicity as an “acausal connecting principle” (i.e. a pattern of connection that cannot be explained by direct causality).

Cause-and-effect, in Jung’s mind, seemed to have nothing to do with it.
Plainly put, it is the experience of two or more occurrences (beyond coincidentally) in a manner that is logically meaningful- but inexplicable- to the person or persons experiencing them.

Such events would also have to suggest an underlying pattern in order to satisfy the definition of synchronicity as developed by Jung.
It differs from mere coincidence in that synchronicity implies not just a happenstance, but an underlying pattern or dynamic that is being expressed through meaningful relationships or events.

This is a perfect explanation for the wonderful healing effects that sound and song have on us, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, with each inexplicably linked to the other! Exciting, isn’t it?

To further reinforce this direction , the new spelling provides a new identity for synchronicity, specifically emanating from sound an song.