<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px;">These new demo recordings are dedicated to Tom Hansen.<br><br>They can be heard at:<br><a href="http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/dglas">http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/dglas</a><br><br>Douglas Stambler grew up in Connecticut. He started playing accordion
when he was 3 years old. At 11, he started writing songs on a small
keyboard. At 16, his father showed him how to play some folk guitar.<br>
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In the 1990s, Stambler was a song leader at Jewish summer camps in North
Carolina, Texas, California and Wisconsin. He became a professional
children's entertainer while living in New York City in the mid-1990s
before moving to Florida to work on his songwriting and his repertoire
for kids.<br>
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In 1999, he took a cross country trip to Seattle - playing at day care
centers and for children along the way. He ran out of money in Seattle
where his car was impounded. Exhausted and very hungry, he contacted
his parents in Connecticut for assistance, and they flew him back home
immediately.<br>
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Soon he returned to New York City to start up his music career again,
but at the age of 29 was haunted by memories of sexual abuse from his
past. Needing time and a whole new way of life just to deal with all
the hurt from his past, Stambler left New York City and had a spiritual
awakening - becoming an evangelical Christian and starting a 2 1/2 year
informal ministry to people living in poverty on the streets across
America.<br>
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He put his music aside at that time in order to understand what he could
do to help others more and to better understand the reasons why
Americans slip through the cracks and wind up living in homeless shelters
and on the streets. <br>
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In 2002, he arrived in Spokane, Washington and then made his way to
Moscow, Idaho. He fell in love with Idaho, and decided to make the
state his new home. He was helped by evangelical Christians in Moscow,
but found himself in strong disagreement with Christ Church and its
pastor, who verbally attacked homosexuals, Mormons and others who did
not believe as he did. Stambler spent 18 months working as an activist
to expose the racism and authoritarianism of Christ Church. Those
conversations are archived at the Moscow Vision2020 forum online.<br>
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He reemerges here with new demos and the belief that goodness and God
win in the end. Your feedback on these demos
is welcome, and he thanks you in advance for listening and hopes to
inspire others to persevere in life and pursue their dreams. Stambler
is always supportive of men who have survived sexual abuse and believes
that music is great for emotional healing.<br>
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You can email him at thankyou2012@jesusanswers.com for any collaborations, new friends and old friends.<br>
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God bless. </span>