resilient beings, by Max Ribner

resilient beings

by Max Ribner

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1.	resilient beings 09:31		buy track
2.	banana family 03:50	info	buy track
3.	thank you for this day 03:58		buy track
4.	JOY 03:53		buy track
5.	dreamers 04:46		buy track
6.	life is a game 00:47		buy track
7.	water prayer 08:46		buy track
8.	north star 05:52		buy track
9.	DOOR 04:00		buy track
10.	gold 01:09		buy track
11.	middle of the storm 02:20		buy track
12.	thank you music 06:46		buy track
13.	breaking 07:07		buy track
14.	dreamers 04:46	lyrics	buy track
—————————————————————— DREAMERS —————————————————————— (G/F G/C G ) star hills and mountains and valleys this is the hero’s journey oceans of love are moving nature’s is wondering just as we are ( D min ) just as we are ( C ) 2x Instrument 2x ( violin or instruments ) we don’t have to go anywhere to know it, feel it, and be it, and understand we’re made of everything stay open, loving, you know who you are Dreamers live in the thunder Living in unseen wonder may we people remember… we are the dreamers now just as we are ( D min just as we are ( C ) 4x just as we are G, F, C, C-
15.	JOY 03:52	lyrics	buy track
——————————— JOY ——————————— OOOOOO (G) OOOOOO (2x) (G) OH WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS AND IT FEELS LIKE JOY ON WHEN IT RAINS, OH WHEN IT POURS OOH OOH IT FEELS LIKE JOY (G) OOOOOO (2x) (G) (C) WATER, MOVING LIKE WATER WATER MOVING LIKE WATER (G) (C) FIRE, MOVING LIKE FIRE FIRE, MOVING LIKE FIRE (G) OH WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS AND IT FEELS LIKE JOY ON WHEN IT RAINS, OH WHEN IT POURS OOH OOH IT FEELS LIKE JOY (G) (C) THUNDER MOVING IT LIKE THUNDER THUNDER MOVING IT LIKE THUNDER (G) (C) MAMA MOVING LIKE MAMA MAMA MOVING LIKE MAMA (G) OOOOOO 2x (breakdown ( Emin ) // drum and dance break!!!) (G) AMAZING, AMAZING (G) OOOOOO 2x
16.	max ribner - banana family 03:50	lyrics	buy track
——————————— BANANA 🍌 ——————————— Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Ba-na-na-na-na-na-na Family / Harmony Sha-La-La-La-La-La Sha-La-La-La-La-La Sha-La-La-La-La-La A-ba-na-na Sha-La-La-La-La-La A-ba-na-na

about

'may this prayer of resilient beings
be a mighty stone dropped in the ocean
of our gratitude…
of the tears our ancestors couldn’t cry'

Resilient Beings Community Album!!! Dropping 5.30 on all platforms.

These are all of our songs to carry through these times. This is a collective album, birthed in and through by the people, elemenatals and places from the unknown. It would not be here without you ~ thank you again and again.

Opening a trust for you all to name your donation here.
$75,000 has gone into this huge prayerful communal inspired album.
Best way to directly support to continue the gifts in the world:
Venmo Max at @MaxRibner or email: maxwellribner@gmail.com.

Thank you all for the voices, hands, hearts, elements, elders, youth, instrumentalists, engineers, visionaries, great feminine and the seen / unseen for bringing this into fruition.

credits

released May 27, 2025

Recorded at Echo Mountain Recording, Asheville NC + Accra, Ghana, Pacific Northwest and choirs across the country.

Max Ribner: Vocals, Horns, Piano, Producer, Directing
Samara Jade - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Ryan Neal - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Assistant production
Sarah Conner - Vocals
Katrina Lilly - Vocals
Ashae Tenderfire - Vocals
Lynn Storm - Vocals, Choir Directing Support
Anna Rivers - Vocals
Anzi Rivers - Vocals
Joe Enwright - Drums
Brennan Dugan - Bass
Alex Taub - Piano, Organ
Tim snider - Violin, Vocals, Mixing on DOOR
Nick Garrison - Trombone
Tim Morgan - Trumpet
Mason Goldbaum - Sousaphone
Franklin Keel - Cello

Weedie Braimah - Djembe (JOY)
Jans Ingber - Aux. percussion, Vocals, Assistant production
Wren Ingber - Vocals
Juniper Ingber - Vocals
Micaela Kingslight - Vocals
James Rian O’Keeffe - Vocals (breaking)
Aimee Ringle - Vocals (breaking)
Anna Mae - Vocals (breaking)
Paul Chiyokten Wagner - Spoken Word (water prayer)
Paul Izak - vocals (banana fam + DOOR)
Michael Dougherty - Bass - (banana family)
Tim Ribner - Piano, Melodica - ( TYFTD & banana family)
Elijah Ray - Guitar (resilient beings)
Weedie Braimah - Djembe - (JOY)
Steph Orsini - Bass (banana song)
Damian Flores - Drums (banana song)
Sam Frampton - Ukelele (banana song)
Ntinor Yaa Ayiah - Youth Vocals (banana song)
Anna Surento - Vocals (DOOR)
Ian Love Covington - Vocals (resilient beings)
Eric Alterman - Cello ( resilient beings, thank you music )
Alexa Lux - Vocals (resilient beings)
SaraTone - Vocals (resilient beings)
Elias Alexander - Irish Flutes - (thank you for this day)
Adama Dembele - djembe, dun dun (water prayer)
Mahiri Fainke - Dance
Michael Jaffe - Djembe, aux
Kiara Ocean Keefe - (baby on DOOR)
Choirs across the country: Corbett, PDX, Colorado & Samahdi Summer fam!!

Appalachia Choir:

Anzi Rivers, Anna Rivers, Ashae tenderfire, Allison Stark, Amy Dickens, Andrea Wenger, Anne Francis Martin, April Rainsong, Ayla Pierce, Brandon Love, Bodhi Alden Doss-Bundance, Chris Brothers, Christopher Seelig, Diana Schmitt McCall, Eli McNamara, Estrella Woods, Ethan Stevenson, Freyja Leaf, Gerald Cowhey FitzGibbon, Grace Collins, Hanamaya Wild, Jenny Love, Jamie “Daddy Jams” Harris, Kari Rivers, Kayla Branciforte, Katrina Lilly, Lillie Lumina, Lynn Storm, Lizzie Easton Montes, Nina Kawar, Mish, Michael Doss, Mahiri Faïnké, Nick Geurts, Olga Cherednikova, Sasha Bugler, Samara Jade, ShandaPanda Christian, Sheila Hannon, Sema Rae, Stacey Ann Vann, Summer Shine, Sarah Conner, Terra Bundance, Steph Harris, Alison Rasza, Free Sapphire Rasza, Lizzie Roberts, Laiden Roberts

GHANA: (JOY & banana family)

Amos George Tetteh - choir directing
Kojo Sam, Conrad Rudolph Lamptey, Jeffrey Osei-Boateng,
Valentina Okyere Minta, Francina Deladem Mensah, Joshua Owusu, Nancy Harrison, Erica Tima Adu, Mireku Emmanuel Ntiri tashanifa

Drummers:
NII QUAO OBO ABASA ASHLEY - Djembe, AUX
BERNARD ADDO - Dun Dun, AUX

ENGINEERS + STUDIOS

Echo Mountain Recording:
Kenny Harrington - Lead engineer, editing
Dowell Gandy - Assistant Enginner
Graham Sachse - intern / assistant
Zeb Wright - intern
Cody Novotny - intern
Nathan Barnitz - intern
Gabriel Coll-bettencourt - intern

Rainshadow Recording, Pt. Townsend (breaking)
Conor Sisk - Engineer
Luke Anderson - interning
Simon Lynge

Accra, Ghana
Andrew James Offei Addo - Ghana - ‘JOY’ ‘Banana Fam’

MIXING:
Daryl Chonka, Max Ribner
Jans Ingber ( breaking )
Tim Snider ( DOOR )

MASTERING:
Will Quinell

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