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JEANINE MICHAELS

SINGER | SONGWRITER | MUSICIAN | ACTOR 
PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOS   

Life Is A Song Love Is the Music.heic
I Love My Piano.heic
We Are Cooking Now.HEIC

About Me

Singer, Song Writer, Musician, Actor, Photography, videography, and Writer.  

Blooper Reel Real Moments
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Blooper Reel Real Moments

The Blooper Reel Real Moments From Cooking With Barkin’ Dogs (Series) A Video By Jeanine Starring One Hapless Chef Co-Starring: My Kitchen, recipes, ingredients, brooms, dishes, blender, dogs, husband, oven mitts, knives, Siri and other assorted props. Category: Comedy Featuring Camera Assistance From Brendan Leftwich Cameos from Brendan and Curt Leftwich Ironically, the dogs are not barking in this outtakes video. So far I now have three videos in a series about cooking with barking dogs. You can check them out on our channel and read the description about them for more information about what led to this silliness. During filming a lot of unexpected things happened, and most of them are not in the original videos. Because they are either bloopers or make me look ridiculous and inept. These magic moments will be included in this first of two outtakes and blooper videos I have just made just for you. Creator Notes From Jeanine In the process of editing and choosing ratios and canvases, I am adjusting the 1:1 ratio with new canvases from my photo library. I hope you like the backgrounds and the first one will open with a banana background. Life is certainly bananas. Especially for me when I'm trying to film anything. The descriptions for/on my YouTube playlists “How Not To Do Stuff With Mama" and "Jeanine Doing Funny Stuff”, “Oh No Mama”, “Comedy’, “Food and Drink” and “Fun Stuff’ can give you some more information about what you are about to see. So you know that weird and wonderful funny stuff happens to me. I would like to thank EPIDEMIC SOUND and the two musicians whose songs you will hear in this video. "Keeping My Head In The Sand" by Speedy The Spider is perfect for this video. It is light, funny and appropriately creepy. I am sure that these musicians are a lot of fun to work with. Song 2 “Particular Clown" by Jon Björk was also appropriately creepy. It was a magical experience as I edited and added the music, almost as if these musicians were playing to my visuals. Please check out these artists if you enjoy the music as much as I did. Thank You to the Universe Divine! Thank You to my son Brendan for agreeing to hold the camera and film me for the first time! He inherited my funny gene and is inherently funny himself. I hope that he will do it again because the person on camera (in this case me) has much more freedom to move around and do stuff than with a standing light ring, and a remote control for the iPhone inside of it. Your check is in the mail Ben. PS! I need an assistant and will ask for one several times in this video. Are you available? (Location Los Angeles CA or we can go to the cabin in Big Bear Lake depending on What’s Happenin’) And do you think you can work with me? Video made with love by Jeanine
Eccentric Concentric Circles ⭕️
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Eccentric Concentric Circles ⭕️

Eccentric Concentric Circles ⭕️ A Video By Jeanine A Mathematicians Daughter It begins with Brahms. It ends with Brahms Violin Sonata in D Minor OP 108 IV Presto Agitato to be precise. When creating this video the music came first. This is a beautiful piece of musical art and I hope you will watch this video if only for the music. What Is A Concentric Circle? In geometry, two or more objects are said to be concentric when they share the same center. Any pair of objects with well defined centers can be concentric. Including circles, spheres, regular polygons, regular polyhedra, parallelograms, cones, conic spheres and quadrics. Shall I continue or do you need time to think? Would you rather just watch the video? Please go ahead! For those still left reading this description: Geometric objects are coaxil if they share the same axis. Geometric objects with a well defined axis include circles, cylinders, conic sections, and surfaces of revolution. Wow! What Is a surface of revolution exactly? Sounds like planet earth. And what does all this have to do with our new video? It was created with images to appear within circles. Eccentric Concentric Circles to be precise. Precision counts in math. Some of these images I incluced precisely because they were in circular form and fit in the circles. Day to Night. Astrology. Math. Charts. My world. Clock. Glowing globe. Bats flying across the moon. My guitar center. Diwali. Words of wisdom. Family. Flowers. Lotus. Bird flying through the clouds. My daughters life in circles. Moments in circular motion. And “Seagull at Sunset" which is still the best photo I’ve ever taken. What a concentric moment that was between me, the seagull and the sun. With precisely the perfect timing. My mathematician father would be proud. Here's to you, dad! We have been in the same Concentric Circle in life and I'm sure you are geometrically located within one in the afterlife. My next video may be square, triangle, hexagon, octagon, pentagon or other! But I will probably stick with circles. Our company Mother’s Heartlight Music is now donating 100% of any profits from my YouTube videos to either the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The Humane Society of the United States or the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation If you are so inclined and inspired, please check them out and possibly consider any kind of donation to help animals in need. Or you can always volunteer with your local animal shelters or other worthy organizations. Our daughter passed away on December 7, 2022 from complications due to Type One Juvenile Diabetes and finding a cure is of utmost important to us. Thank you from Jeanine and Family SOCIAL LINKS YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvTKi7Bi0I8xoWpBMbCNBQ YOU TUBE KIDS CHANNEL https://youtube.com/@musicmamasmoviesforkids?feature=shared Twitter https://www.tiktok.com/@j9musicmom?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jeaninemarie53?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/jeanine-michaels-651aba236 CONTACT Website: www.jeaninemichaels.com
Eat Laugh 😆 Live
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Eat Laugh 😆 Live

Eat Laugh Live Are You Hungry? “Eat Laugh Live” is a phrase on a rug I have in my kitchen. It gave me the inspiration for this new video. Although I had to keep referring to the title when choosing images and music for the video. The phrase “Eat Pray Love" kept coming to mind instead. Ideally, you want your video to fit the title. So I wanted photos of food for the “eat” part of the title. I chose party platters, fresh salads, amazing desserts, creative sandwiches, fruits, and two caramel martinis. For the “laugh” part of the title, I have included photos and video of friends and family laughing and enjoying a meal together. Remember to have gratitude and whenever possible perhaps say grace before a meal or take a moment to acknowledge the source of our sustenance. You will see me at my 70th birthday dinner in Maui. My husband enjoying fresh cracked pepper served by a surfer server seaside in Lahaina. And when you are not at a restaurant and you are eating at home, someone has to be in that kitchen cooking. So you will see Jeanine display her culinary skills and her friend Sally assisting. You will see two Teppan tables at Musashi's restaurant when the chef lights fire to his Teppan grill ingredients. It's very cool to watch and I'm so glad I filmed it. Arigato Chef! Gracias Chef! Even our pups have to eat so I included moment with Ginny surveying her meager bowl of dry dog kibble and looking like she would prefer one of those cookie treats instead. I would like to again express gratitude to Epidemic Sound for providing an extensive awesome library of music for a creator to choose music for their videos. Ever since I have been downloading music from Epidemic Sound I have become increasingly more inspired when creating a video. Such as this case. The song you will be hearing here is called “Cooking With Friends" by musician Tage Thank You Tage and Thank You Musicians here and everywhere! You bring the life part to the “live” part of the title: Eat Laugh Live And love too! Jeanine Reminder: Our company Mother’s Heartlight Music is now donating 100% of any profits from my YouTube videos to either the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The Humane Society of the United States or the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation If you are so inclined and inspired, please check them out and possibly consider any kind of donation to help animals in need. Or you can always volunteer with your local animal shelters or other worthy organizations. Our daughter passed away on December 7, 2022 from complications due to Type One Juvenile Diabetes and finding a cure is of utmost important to us. Thank you from Jeanine and Family SOCIAL LINKS YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvTKi7Bi0I8xoWpBMbCNBQ YOU TUBE KIDS CHANNEL https://youtube.com/@musicmamasmoviesforkids?feature=shared Twitter https://www.tiktok.com/@j9musicmom?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jeaninemarie53?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/jeanine-michaels-651aba236 CONTACT Website: www.jeaninemichaels.com
Life Is Good
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Life Is Good

Life Is Good It begins with an idea. Then you make a plan. Then you follow through. And if a woodpecker wakes you up by knocking at the window, you have a good idea for a plan to follow through. Voila! Life is good. After a cup of coffee. I have been working with screensaver backgrounds to use behind new videos. This one is a VJ loop: Colorful Tunnel and we are all in it. Some quotes from the video: “Everything will be Alright” Life is good. “Together we've got this” “We've got this together” “Dive into life” Life is good. “ Love is the Light You Carry In Your Heart” All visuals in this tunnel are positive and designed to encourage and uplift you and your spirit. Thank You Musician: Hatamit Sunami for the Music: “Leaves In The Wind” Reminder: 100% of all income from YouTube channels goes to Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. Also goes to HSUS and the ASPCA. We do not charge for videos, they are free to watch. So if you are feeling generous, please make a donation of any kind to any of these deserving charities. Thank you! And please enjoy the new video from Jeanine Michaels and Mothers Heartlight Music. Love, Jeanine SOCIAL LINKS YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvTKi7Bi0I8xoWpBMbCNBQ YOU TUBE KIDS CHANNEL https://youtube.com/@musicmamasmoviesforkids?feature=shared Twitter https://www.tiktok.com/@j9musicmom?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jeaninemarie53?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/jeanine-michaels-651aba236 CONTACT Website: www.jeaninemichaels.com
In Loving Memory
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In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory 🥰 This video is a tribute to the beautiful women in our lives we have loved ❤️ and lost. Our mothers, our grandmothers and our aunties. In my case, and sadly for some other women who have tragically lost a daughter, I begin with my beloved Meghan Camille. We continue this journey through a changing background of resplendent colors of forest and sky with images of Meg’s grandmothers floating by. Meghan is named after my grandmother Camille. I loved both of them with all my heart and they to this day remain the most important ladies who have graced my life. I will have to make a separate video for our friends, cousins and sisters. And that’s just the women! We’ve all lost a lot of men too. So even though this video has photos of my ladies, I share them with you as you remember your own mothers, grandmothers and aunties who have passed and now live somewhere over the rainbow. The movie “ Wizard of Oz “ was my favorite daughters favorite movie since childhood and she used to sing with along with Dorothy “Over the Rainbow“ It was like hearing 👼 Angel voices. And so my daughter, I hope you are enjoying the view. 🌈 This one is for you. In Loving Memory SOCIAL LINKS YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvTKi7Bi0I8xoWpBMbCNBQ YOU TUBE KIDS CHANNEL https://youtube.com/@musicmamasmoviesforkids?feature=shared Twitter https://www.tiktok.com/@j9musicmom?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jeaninemarie53?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/jeanine-michaels-651aba236 CONTACT Website: www.jeaninemichaels.com
Friends Forever
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Friends Forever

“Friends Forever” A New Video By Jeanine Thank You Friends! Mine and yours. 😀 “Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born” Anais Nin “The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart” Elisabeth Foley “For beautiful eyes look for the good others, for beautiful lips speak only words of kindness, and for poise walk with the knowledge that you are never alone" Audrey Hepburn “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart" Helen Keller This new video is about friendship. But before I share this anywhere except here on Facebook, I wanted to check with you guys first. If you are in this video (Ha-Ha you will have to watch it to find out) is it OK to share your lovely face with the world? If I didn't take your photo myself, you probably posted it on your Facebook page. Which I assume means you don't mind sharing. Please let me know if you would prefer your picture not being in this video and I will be happy to replace it. Each friend image only lasts for 2.9 seconds. Here are a few of my friends who make an appearance: Frank D, Karen, Bryan D and his Extensive Lake Loving Posse Couples: Frank and Karen B, Louis and Laurie Larry, Jonathan, Vicki, Dixie, Erica and grandkids. Forrest Moody, Dave C, Bobby B and Freddy P. All of these treasured friends have left us and are now Somewhere Over The Rainbow with my beloved daughter Meghan L. Oldest Friends/Longest Friendship: Kevin, Mary, Mark and Patty, Walt and Vicki Musician Friends: Jim W and Damon VB Close Friendships: Vicky and Russ, Jonathon, Frank D Meghans BFFs: Frank D (Yup same Frank D) and Christine K Her Special Friend Brandon Ben F, Dan D and my neighbor Fernando Ben and best buds Dave F, Nitai and surfing dude friends. My Maui Buddy And I have more friends but only had four minutes and six seconds of video Face time. Facebook Time. You will also see me with a couple of clown friends, Nona and George folk dancing in the sky, me and a couple of Bedouins, a questionably Intentioned ostrich, and some dog friendships. Stay tuned for those because they are fun. I hope you like the music I chose for this video. It brings our friendships to life! Thank you Musicians: Isola James for song “When All is Said and Done” Stationary Sign for song “One Toast Too Much” Epidemic Sound Library I have included donation information at the end of the video. I am honored to be able to do this. Thank you for watching and for your comments, support and friendship! SOCIAL LINKS YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvTKi7Bi0I8xoWpBMbCNBQ YOU TUBE KIDS CHANNEL https://youtube.com/@musicmamasmoviesforkids?feature=shared Twitter https://www.tiktok.com/@j9musicmom?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jeaninemarie53?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/jeanine-michaels-651aba236 CONTACT Website: www.jeaninemichaels.com
🎸 Rock 🗿 And Roll 🛼 Baby!
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🎸 Rock 🗿 And Roll 🛼 Baby!

🎸 Rock 🗿 And Roll 🛼 Baby! A New Video From Jeanine Let’s Rock! Let’s Roll This new video is for everyone who loves music and everyone who plays music. So instead of spending time describing the video, I hope you will just skip right to “Play" and play! Thank You’s: “Dear Musicians, You bring light into our world! You bring healing and hope and magic and joy. You bring the blues, the ballads, the country and the rock 'n' roll. Sometimes you just gotta rock 'n' roll and this is one of those times. Thank you to musician Etienne Rousell for the cool rock song “Summer Days”. (I could've used one of my own songs here in this video, but I really love this one.It got me rollin’!) Thank you to Epidemic Sound for the awesome music library. There are so many choices available in this library that I could spend days just listening and going through the songs. It was this library that breathe new life into my videos! I am so inspired by the new songs I have downloaded from Epidemic Sound. Thank You To The Mothers Heartlight Band for making music with me and bringing my songs to life. Featured Musician Moments in this video include: Jim Wilson, Damon Van Bueren and his Trio. and the talented cellist and violin playing brother and sister. Warning: You will see me dancing in my pajamas in my kitchen at the end of this video. Oh well, I’m too old to be embarrassed! Peace, Love and Rock and Roll Baby! SOCIAL LINKS YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMvTKi7Bi0I8xoWpBMbCNBQ YOU TUBE KIDS CHANNEL https://youtube.com/@musicmamasmoviesforkids?feature=shared Twitter https://www.tiktok.com/@j9musicmom?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jeaninemarie53?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc LINKEDIN www.linkedin.com/in/jeanine-michaels-651aba236 CONTACT Website: www.jeaninemichaels.com
Today It May Be Raining
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Our Musicians

THANK YOU TO ALL THE MUSICIANS IN THE MOTHERS HEARTLIGHT BAND

Their amazing, shining talent brought my musical vision to lifeI am proud to introduce my musicians.

David Bloom: co-executive producer, pianist +  "Ringleader" of our musical circus! My brothers Jay Hlavka and Chris Hlavka: bass and guitar/co-writers on music  

"The Chill/Code 5150"

Our Musicians + SUPPORT

SPECIAL THANK YOU's 

   I arranged my song "Universe Divine" and played the most beautiful piano for the recording. He is an artist with his music available on CDs on his website jimwilsonmusic.com I highly recommend his magnificent

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