Human Matters
Wise and witty counsel on relationships, partening, grief and doing the right thing.

By: Steven Kalas

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In this book we will discuse the following human matters: 

Children, Parents, and Family Matters; Male and Female Matters; Grief and Loss Matters; Values Matters; Authenticity Matters; Spiritual Matters; Observing Matters

CD Release Party - May 11, 2007

I want to extend a personal invitation for you to join us on Friday, May 11 as we celebrate the release of our 5th CD, Lessons From the Dead, at the Garage Ma Hall in Las Vegas.  This will be a gathering of friends and fans both new and old for an evening of hellos, goodbyes, great memories, and a new future. Times are changing, as are dreams and goals, and this could well be the last time PaperCymbal plays together in public. It won’t be the same if you’re not there.

The Garage Ma Hall is a great place to gather with friends and listen to music.  You are welcome to bring your own refreshments: wine, great scotch (does Steven have any friends that drink great Scotch?), or a cooler with your favorite beer or soda.  Munchies, if you want. Take-out from Macaroni Grill.  Or KFC.
Whatever makes you happy.

Invite friends.  Teens and kids are welcome.

Our opening act is ZenLizard.  Music begins at 6:00 p.m.

Garage Ma Hall is located at 6300 W. Tropical Pkwy, Las Vegas. To get there, take I-95 Fwy north to Ann Road, right to Rainbow, left to Tropical Pkwy, right to 6300 (on left/north side of street). Parking on the street is ample.
Check out www.MySpace.com/Garage_Ma_Hall

If you prefer parking valet, then either bring your own valet, or go to the valet at the Bellagio and walk (about 14 miles.)

Can’t wait to see you.

Steven

Taking the Next Step! - August, 2006

ANNOUNCING the latest Steven Kalas CD!
"Lessons From the Dead" will be released in early Fall. Reserve yours today: See "Store" page for details

2005 Unisong International Songwriting Contest Honors! - June 30, 2006

For the third year in a row, Steven Kalas has been named to the Unisong list of best artists.

Kalas and his song To Be Loved** received Honorable Mention in the "Artist & Song/Performance Category". ** http://www.CDBaby.com/Kalas4

Just A Guy got Honorable Mention in the "Up-Tempo Pop Category". This song will be part of the "Lessons From the Dead" CD slated for release in late Summer of 2006

In Today's Mail! - June 24, 2006

Dear Steven Kalas,

CONGRATULATIONS!

Serenading Juliet has entered the Folk - Contemporary Top 10 at Broadjam!
Breathing You has entered the Pop Top 10 at Broadjam!
Breathing You has entered the Production - Ballads Top 10 at Broadjam!
Breathing You has entered the West Top 10 at Broadjam!
Breathing You has entered the Pop - Easy Listening Top 10 at Broadjam!

Click on the link below to check it out.

The Broadjam Staff
http://www.broadjam.com/top10

You were listening! - June, 2006

. . . In Arizona...In New York City...In Spain
...In Somalia...In China...In Belize!

THANK YOU for the emails during the show and the calls after the Interview on June 1st.

The complete recorded broadcast will be posted on the ArtistFirst.com "Archives" page by June 15th.

TOP 10 Hits !
- June, 2006 - http://www.broadjam.com/top10

"Move Like Water" charted on the Pop
and Pop - Easy Listening as well as the
Production - Other Tempo" Top 10

"Little Boy" charted on the
Rock - Easy Listening Top 10

"Where the River Goes" charted on the
Folk - Religious Top 10

Read Every Sunday - 2006

Steven writes a Sunday column in the Las Vegas Review Journal. See the "Web Sites" page for the weekly link . . .

You Don't Need a Paintbrush To Be An Artist
(from column archives)

Art is such a mystery. Some people simply must interpret and claim their human experience through an artistic medium. They paint. They draw. They sing. They write. They create.

The rest of us are blessed by the artist's endeavor because, if it is art, we find our own human story in the artist's work. A paradox: Great art is always uniquely personal to the artist, yet its connection to the wider world is universal. Artists often wonder if they are exhibitionists. But it is not the artist we're staring at. It is ourselves.

If you are an artist in any medium, then you've heard it before. Friends or strangers have leaned over your sketch, your painting, listened to your song or admired your craft, shaken their heads and said, "I'm just not very artistic." For most people, the world is neatly divided into "artists" and "not-artists."

If you want to provoke anxiety in the average person, ask him to draw a picture in front of his peers. You can graduate from anxiety to panic by asking that same person to prepare and give a public speech. For sheer terror, ask him to sing and dance in front of an audience. Most of us are glad to have artists around because that significantly reduces the chances that anyone might ask us to express ourselves artistically.

Don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those folks who says that everyone could be an artist if he or she really tried. It's not true, at least not in the classic sense of the word "artist." I have a friend, for example, whose brain can't hear him sing. I know this because, if my friend's brain could hear my friend sing, my friend would immediately stop singing. He loves me that much.

But there's another, lesser-known use of the word "art."...
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