The Blessed Madonna Instagram – There isn’t an algorithm or an app that can do this. This is @daniellepondermusic performing “Carry Me Higher” in New York. She was kind enough to make this record with me and @joyanonymous. Now, I believe in the age of spiritual machines. I know that soul thrives in a 909 kick drum, maybe even more easily than it does than some humans. But the soul, the sweat, the heartbreak: we have to let that out of ourselves and carry it higher where other people can hear it. “Carry Me Higher” is a record that is carved around the force of Danielle Ponder. She is the mountain, we just put up scaffolding around it and invited you in to witness. This record only exists because of what was in her heart and because of what her voice did to our hearts. When I saw this video, I cried. Don’t you want something more? All respect to all creators, but I still want to go deeper and higher. And this is it for me. This is the way.