Announcing the Premiere Issue of the MJTP E-Magazine!
We are very excited to be announcing our new Premium
Membership, soon to be launched on The Michael Jackson Tribute
Portrait! This new level of membership will allow you access to exciting
features, interactive perks and benefits not available to non-premium level
members on the MJTP site. The Premium Membership will be available to all
members for a small subscription fee of only $5 per month, which will help keep
the Tribute running.The main attraction and centerpiece of the Premium level is our very own monthly E-magazine, titled:
Dot to Dot: Keeping Michael’s Legacy Alive.
This magazine is 100% devoted, as is the MJTP, to continuing the legacy Michael left behind, and includes many sections and articles dedicated to that purpose.Along with our Special Guests and featured contributing writers, every month Dot to Dot will include interviews, Q&A with some of our VIPs, special interest stories, invitation-only forums, polls and surveys, insider reports and MJTP breaking news. Our Christmas Special will definitely be an issue not to be missed!
We believe everyone should have the opportunity to see all that Dot to Dot has to offer, so we are giving you access to the Premiere Issue before the magazine goes to the premium level membership every month. From that point on, it will be available only to those who subscribe to MJTP’s Premium Membership. To read the entire announcement about the MJTP E-Magazine, Dot to Dot, click here.
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Watch the MJTP newsletter in the next several weeks for an official announcement about how you can become a Premium Member.
The Beat of Our Hearts: A Musical Tribute to Michael
The Beat of Our Hearts: A Musical Tribute to
Michael is now available for download. This amazing album is
taking the MJ community by surprise with its release. The Beat of Our Hearts (produced by The Michael
Jackson Tribute Portrait) is an unprecedented collection of 18 original songs
written and performed by Michael’s friends and fans. This uniquely special
collection contains some of the most heartfelt and touching songs you’ve ever
heard. They help to heal; they bring us closer to Michael…and each other. This
very special collection of music, just released, is available worldwide as an
MP3 download, so you can start enjoying it right now. Get your copy here.
Song snippets are now available. To hear them watch the video here.
Update on the Portrait and David’s tour in Europe!
Michael’s Tribute Portrait recently made its first tour
outside of the United States visiting Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Israel. Fans were very excited to have the opportunity
to be able to view the portrait up close and in person. David has shared an
update on his blog about his visit to Rome. To read about his stay and see some
photos click here. ALSO, at a very special meeting in Germany on November 17, David Ilan spent time with Joshua and his mother and father in their home. Joshua's mum shared with us her photos and story. Read about it here.
Tribute Team Spotlight Articles
It’s Time to Make a Change: Your Words Affect the World
By Valerie - Through verbal attacks, Michael
Jackson was a victim of bullying for most of his life. His every move was
judged, and he suffered horrendous attacks of his character. But instead of
attacking back with the same hate and anger and fear, he continued to live a
life of love, speaking always with respect, calmly, and from a loving place
within his heart. Michael had a deep love for humanity, and he loved and lived
from his soul.
“The World We Live In”
By Valmai Owens - If I were to be asked to
describe my life over the last sixteen or so months, I would have to say it’s
been like stepping into another world. Here in this world there is a central
core of light filled with magic, wonderment, discovery and love, but it is also
surrounded by shadows. They hover around the edges enticing the stray wanderer
to step into the darkness. Some willingly enter and set up permanent
residence. A few have taken a peek out of curiosity and lingered awhile, while
others having once seen what lie in wait for them, run away as quickly as they
can. Negativity, greed, envy, spite, self-serving egos and malicious untruths
are a major part of this world, and there can be no escape from that part of
human nature that lives and flourishes within the shadows. This was Michael’s
world for most of his life; it has now become ours. Read More
Reflections of Gratitude for Michael Jackson
By Linda Higgins - In the United States,
November is the month of Thanksgiving. For one day we all typically eat a
bountiful harvest, spend the day with loved ones and give thanks for everything
we’re grateful for in our lives. Thanksgiving has long been the time of year
that puts me in an attitude of gratitude as I reflect back on reasons why I feel
blessed.
MJTP Highlights - Foreign Language Newsletter
Please click below to read this special edition newsletter in your language:English | Arabic | Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | Dutch | French | German | Italian | Japanese | Portuguese | Romanian | Russian | Serbian | Slovak | Spanish | Swedish | Thai | Ukrainian
Tribute Tidbits
One Day with MJ Contest WinnerThe winner of the One Day with MJ Contest has been selected. We received so many wonderful submissions, each one of them a testament to your love for Michael. It was a very difficult decision; each one was unique in its own way. Some of them made us laugh, some of them made us cry, and all of them touched our hearts. Members of our Tribute Team were assembled to conduct the judging. After narrowing down the submissions to twenty finalists, the judges determined the winner to be Emily! She will receive a free download of The Beat of Our Hearts: A Musical Tribute to Michael, and a dot in the heart area of the portrait. To read her winning submission click here.
New Generation of MJ fans: Updates to News You Can Use
This special section of the New Generation of MJ
Fans Gallery has been designed for dot members who are ages 17 years and
younger. We want to give you, the New Generation of MJ Fans, an opportunity to
become involved in carrying on Michael's legacy to the Next Generation.You will find links and photos to the latest news articles from our Tribute Team in this section and you’ll have a chance to participate in current projects and contests when they are posted.
To read the latest updates, click here.
David Ilan Interview by Positively Michael
MJTP artist, David Ilan was interview by MJTP Partner, Positively Michael on November 6th. A free podcast recording is now available. Listen to the "The Point: Interview with David Ilan - MJTP Artist" by clicking here.
New MJTP Partner
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new partner, Legendary Michael Jackson. Please check out their website. You can also catch them on Facebook and Twitter.
Comments from Dot Members Around the World“I signed up for this wonderful project a few months back. I feel so blessed to be part of something this special. I'm so grateful that Mr. Ilan is doing this for Michael's fans. Like many others, I'm still grieving for the loss of Michael on so many levels; not only for his gifts of song, dance, words, but for his caring, compassion, generosity, insight, awareness, light and purity of his soul. Michael has inspired me to create my legacy of love, compassion and giving for the rest of my life. I can't wait until the portrait is completed. I am proud to be one of Michael's dots.” Windy09 Dot # 10544
“I feel so lucky to be one of a million ‘dots’ to show MJ all the love in the world! That's a precious few, and I'm so fortunate to be here. To be a part of this tribute gives me a sense of happiness that I can do something for Michael that only one million people can do. This tribute will live on forever, just like the unconditional, deeply sincere love that I feel for Michael. It's a part of my healing process, even though the emptiness that I feel since he's left us will never go away…..I've met so many people on this site, who I feel blessed to now call my friends, that feel the same about Michael as I do. This tribute site is bringing people together from all over the world to celebrate the love of one man who gives us the courage and strength to continue to hope and dream, and to believe that together we can change the world. It's wonderful to have a place to laugh, cry and remember our King. I love MJ forever!” MJgirl24 Dot # 234894
In Michael’s Words
I thought I would end
this issue with a little bit of love and a little bit of humor, courtesy of
Michael. This is an excerpt from an interview he gave to Gold Magazine in
2002:
MICHAEL JACKSON: I love people who have really contributed to the pleasure and happiness of the planet and mankind, people with light - from Walt Disney to Ghandi to Edison to Martin Luther King. These are people with light, people who really cared about children, bringing families together, and love. That's what I try to say in my music and in my songs. If you go to one of my concerts, my shows, you will see 200,000 people swaying, holding candles, saying, 'We want to heal the world,' and 'We love you.' I've seen it around the world from Russia to Germany to Poland to Africa to America. We're all the same. People cry in the same places in the show. They get angry in the same places in the show; they get the pathos in the same places.
GOLD GIRL: If you were invisible for a day in London, what would you do?
MICHAEL JACKSON: Oh boy. Who would I like to slap? Let me see {laughs}... I think I'd find one of the tabloid paparazzi and kick his A#$ moonwalk style. I'd really like to knock them off one of those little scooters they ride around on, I really would, knock the cameras right out of their hands. They're so annoying. I'd go for them first, yeah. They drive you nuts. You can't get away from them. It's terrible.
Linda Higgins
Editor-In-Chief
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