Soulbreaking
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"Soulbreaking" is a song by Canadian
rock
band The Tea Party
. It was released as a charity single in Canada to assist the White Ribbon Campaign. The charity single was issued in standard and limited quantities, with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the limited edition of 400 individually numbered and autographed pieces donated to charity. The single features "Leaning on Love" the earliest released Jeff Martin
solo song, inspired by the events on September 11 (2001) with some royalties donated to "The Morty Frank Memorial Fund", Mr. Frank a friend of the band was killed while working at the World Trade Center.
"Soulbreaking" is a three-piece rock song, inspired by a letter written by a fan attempting to deal with incest:
Martin hoped that by writing a response through song and writing lyrics from the lines in the letter "Soulbreaking" will offer a thread of strength to the girl and girls like her that they can get themselves out of those situations.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band The Tea Party
The Tea Party
The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
. It was released as a charity single in Canada to assist the White Ribbon Campaign. The charity single was issued in standard and limited quantities, with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the limited edition of 400 individually numbered and autographed pieces donated to charity. The single features "Leaning on Love" the earliest released Jeff Martin
Jeff Martin (Canadian musician)
Jeffrey Scott Martin is a Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for fronting the rock band The Tea Party. Martin began his career as a solo artist in October 2005, when The Tea Party disbanded....
solo song, inspired by the events on September 11 (2001) with some royalties donated to "The Morty Frank Memorial Fund", Mr. Frank a friend of the band was killed while working at the World Trade Center.
"Soulbreaking" is a three-piece rock song, inspired by a letter written by a fan attempting to deal with incest:
"It was just an anonymous e-mail from a young girl," Martin says, "who had heard about my involvement in the White Ribbon campaign, which is men against violence against women. "She wasn't really looking for any answers she wasn't asking that of me. She was just saying that the music of The Tea Party helped her get through.
Martin hoped that by writing a response through song and writing lyrics from the lines in the letter "Soulbreaking" will offer a thread of strength to the girl and girls like her that they can get themselves out of those situations.
Track listing
- "Soulbreaking (Radio edit)" - 4:13
- "Leaning on Love" (Jeff Martin) - 4:46