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Last Updated: 12/22/2009

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Status: Single
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/14/2005

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Tuesday, December 22, 2009 

Current mood:  enlightened
Category: Life
Never give up on love.  I want to tell the people out there that if you have someone that truly loves you, never let that person go.  I believe that love is always forgiving and always understanding.  The greatest quote I have ever heard, "If love changes, then it is not love."  That sums it all up for me!!  Real, unconditional love can break any cultural & religious boundary.  It is limitless in its essence and power.  Yet, I know what its like to be unloved... To be in a place of unconditional love and forgiveness when your partner or lover is not, is the true test of what love is all about.  It may seem unfortunate to be without love or worse, to be unloved; But know that there is a purpose for everything.  If you have a partner that is less than perfect, accept and love the flaws of that person.  Please don't be judgmental or cruel.. The right path, in my opinion, is to be uplifting and courageous.  Be strong within yourself for your love.  Men and women both commonly mistake emotions for weakness.  It is okay to cry and let it out!!  Never accept someone telling you, "you are not good enough."  In a world that is flawed we are all struggling to find peace and love.  There is no manual for this kind of thing.  Its inside of us... it is something we must unlock and open ourselves to.  If your partner needs help, do not be afraid...  do your best and simply COMMUNICATE.  just talk.  Be open and honest with each other.  There is a common ground.. I speak of all this because I wish that someone told the girl that I loved these things.  It's not about her, its about YOU!!!  Make the right choices in your life.  Live from the heart, not from the mind.  The mind is full of toxicity from all of the fear programming.  The heart is uncorrupted at its core, although sometimes we must peel away the layers not unlike an onion.  Give love a chance, ALWAYS!  if you can use your heart as a guide and it tells you that someone loves you very much, despite whatever problem or mistake is at hand, be calm.  Compose yourself, do not ever go to fear.. ALWAYS GO TO LOVE!!!! love is the only way back home.  Someone will love you one day, if you are not already there...   there will be issues that come up.  That is what a relationship is all about!!   Just simply don't run from the issues or they will keep coming back to you in different situations and scenarios until that lesson is learned.  My favorite slogan is, "No Matter What"  I don't care if the whole world turns on you or the sky is falling...  you are my heart, nothing and no one can change that.  I am your warrior.  Love is a battlefield..  not even in death will my love end.. it is just the next chapter.  
never let love go 


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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 

Current mood:  adored
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural
I am a very lucky person.  Many times I have faced certain death only to find myself in the loving arms of some invisible angelic being, safely placing me just a millimeter away from harm.  I don't realize this in the moment, only until after the fact I say to myself, HOW!?  especially with my crazzzzzy ass lifestyle.  I should probably be dead... except for the one thing that keeps me alive.....  purpose.  There must be a purpose to all of it.  not just me, but everything.  Its too grand and exciting to just be some fluke accident.  We are all here together and I feel that sometimes we forget that we are closer than we realize.  I can tell you that miracles do exist.  They come when you least expect it, but when you are ready for it.  I started getting into the concept of miracles recently by reading this amazing book (not finished yet) A course in Miracles.  It's very inspiring and incredibly deep.  This year was hands down the most challenging and difficult year of my life.  The amazing part is that I am still here!!!  What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger, right?  there were times when I wanted to give up on everything and just fly away where no one could find me.  I know there are people that feel this way right now... The message that I would like to share is that it can only get better from here!!  Hang in there soldier of light!!  There is something far greater than ourselves out there..  there is a purpose and a reason to it all.  I don't claim to know what that is but I do have FAITH that its there.  Thank you for reading my blog, my beloved reader.
Justin Lanning


ps:  "just because you can't see it, doesn't mean its not real."  -  nL


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Monday, August 10, 2009 

Current mood:  annoyed
Category: Automotive
Life is so insanely beautiful.  Sometimes, it takes something crazy and horrible to really appreciate the meaningful things in life.  Last night, someone tried to blow up my car.  I saved it from severely exploding.  I am usually up into the wee hours of the night, I am somewhat of a nocturnal being... trying to change that actually, but in this case it saved my car from exploding and my house from catching on fire.  I was up just cleaning my studio.. tooling around on the computer when I heard a weird crashing sound and saw a strong green light emanate from my front window.  (I moved my studio to the front of my house recently because I needed more space for my band and it takes a lot of late nights to get a studio properly set up)  anyways, I thought to myself, my neighbors are party animals!  they must be up to something fun, so I peeked outside the window and saw a small fire behind my car.  I walked away from the window, thinking I was hallucinating and did a double take...  I went back to the window and saw the fire grew exponentially and it was getting close to the gas tank.  I immediately freaked out and started running super fast into my moms bedroom and woke her and the dogs, shouting down the hallway that the car was just set on fire and to wake the F up!  I startled my dogs waaaay bad.  I called 911 in a major panic because I knew there was very little time before the fire hit the gas tank and then my house.  I was absolutely frantic.  I have actually never been that full of adrenaline in my entire life.  911 kept telling me to calm down and that help was on the way.  I told them that my car was on fire and that it was a serious emergency.  my phone died in the middle of the call and I just started running throughout my entire house trying to find a way to put the fire out.  I was out of my mind!!  I realized that there could be people outside my house waiting to ambush me so I was cautious to leave and had my mace in my hand ready to throw down if I had to...  I am not a violent person.  I will get beat up, spit on, slandered... the whole nine yards without retaliating.  I was brought up by good people who taught me the golden rule, Do onto others as you wish to be done to you.  Although, I will protect my family and my loved ones in any dangerous situation and do whatever is necessary to ensure that they are safe...  at this point the flames are 10 to 15 feet in the air.. I can smell my car melting from inside the house.  The plastic and metallic smoke was billowing out of the windows of the car.  2 Fire trucks and 5 police cars rushed to the scene and shouted at me to stay back.  from all the commotion and noise, the neighbors all woke up and were watching closely as the firefighters and I put out the flaming car.  I am the luckiest man alive!!!  There were angels all around me last night...  telling me to be in the right place at the right time..  If i didn't call when I did, my cars gas tank would have blown up the car in a very violent and noisy way.. not to mention my house most likely would have caught on fire.  The police were eager to hear how I was so attentive to the terrorist attack, as they called it..  a hate crime.  Whomever did it could spend a lot of time behind bars and with Bubba poking him from behind, had I only been able to positively ID someone.  I am just grateful that my mom is okay.  she was terribly startled and we both have never experienced something so hateful in our entire lives.  The brave fireman determined that it was Arson when they moved the car forward and saw a balloon with gasoline reside that was wrapped in a T shirt that was melted into the concrete.  They analyzed it for a couple of minutes and the cops declared that it was now a crime scene and to back away so we do not mess up any of the evidence.  I took a bunch of pictures and video.  When I told a couple of my friends, they thought I was joking about the whole thing.... I wish.

There are a lot of mean people in this world.  Some people just like to hurt others for fun.  The moral of my story is, EVERY DAY IS A BLESSING.  every moment is a gift.  I don't know when my number will be called.  All i know is that while I am here, I want to help as many people as possible.  I want to be known for making the world a better place.  I have been MIA recently, behind the scenes... working constantly.  Every moment, planning the next step.  I have not gone anywhere...  just been focusing on helping my family thru some serious issues.  I still have a lot of great things ahead for you all!  This whole situation has made me realize what's most important.  YOU!!  the fans!!  you guys make it all possible!!  I don't know who tried to blow up my car, but I do have some sneaky suspicions...  It could be just because I have lots of adoring fans and maybe some people don't like that about me.  But you know what??  I LOVE IT!!!  I take it that it means I am doing something right...  If no one tried to blow me up, I would feel like I am not doing my job..  making the world a better place makes good cause for haters to want to quell the light...  they do not realize that light can not be consumed by darkness, as mere scientific fact.  If you have a candle for example, that is burning bright, no matter how much darkness is around it, that candle will still shine.  

see you at the Whisky a Go GO on August 21st.  

love,
soldier j




 








ill post a video of it soon.

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Monday, July 06, 2009 

Current mood:  busy
Category: Dreams and the Supernatural

Dearest beloved reader.. thank you for tuning in..  I have been planning my record release and been loving LIFE!  What a rollerco0aster…  im sorry for not writing more and keeping more updated with things.  I have really been in the process of getting clear and open.  There is a lot of wild energy up in the air, all across the planet.  And its been hard for me to take a moment and just breathe.  I haven’t breathed in months.  Really.  I am a breath work healer.  I have gone to deep levels within my being thru learning certain breath meditation excersices.  It has taught me many things and IT goes waaAAAaaaaay way deeper than I have taken it.  So today I am taking a moment for myself.  I am about to take my mom to a movie tonite..  any suggestions??   Whats good people?!!!





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Sunday, June 14, 2009 

Current mood:  amorous
Category: Life
Love is such a beautiful thing.  Love has the power to uplift ones spirit to enormous heights..  Love can also be bittersweet.  Love is what we are when everything else is stripped away.  All we really are is love incarnate.  I feel so much love in my heart right now.  I have been through so much recently and could probably justify being angry at the world, but would that really get me anywhere??  Tonite, I went to the beach with Mel C (spice girls)  it was beautiful!! we left super late...  3 am or so..  it was her last night in town before she had to go back to wherever it was she came from... Kentucky maybe? after that we went to this super magical viewpoint in hollywood called, Wonderland!  I used to go to wonderland ALL the time... so much so, that the stinkin' city put up a fence - so me and my buddies couldn't cause any more trouble. 

GOSH!! Love..  love is on my mind.. love is in my heart.  I know i am kind of rambling about love, but its a great thing to talk about.  I could talk about love for days!   I could also make love for days   ; )
just kidding...  I could make love for weeks!!!  love is the greatest force in the universe.  I know love exists.  it is so real, yet intangible.  I could smell it almost...  but it is elusive for so many people...  why!??  i don't know the answer.  souls yearn to be loved.  the only thing i can say about that is that love is a natural thing.  It comes when you least expect it.  It comes in colors.  I am absolutely certain that my love, my one true love is out there.  Maybe closer than I realize even.  I just have to believe.  I have to have faith. 

Tonite, on the beach, I felt so good within all of the elements surrounding me.  I felt as though everything would be okay soon.  That there were spirits and angels all around.  I would look to the sky and see all the beautiful, twinkling stars;  So captivating and bright!  At that moment, I felt small..  so small.  the universe is so BIG!  I feel like I am smaller than a drop of water that is part of the ocean.  That I am smaller than a grain of sand compared to all of the sandy beaches across the entire planet.  But in that moment of realization, I felt a deep sense of purpose.  that something out there is guiding us.  its guiding me.  the only way I get my guidance is thru my heart, so I keep it open -  even if someone wants to hurt me.  I am so small and insignificant, yet there is a reason why I am here.  There is a reason why all of us Human Beings are here!  it is no great "accident"  There is a Divine.  We, are moving at fast speeds towards evolving into something else.  WE are all one at our core.

to my love whom I have not met yet...

I love you like a fish needs water.
I love you like I need air.
I love you across the universe
I will always love you

I love you NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.

You are out there.  I can feel you.  You are truly God's Anngel, sent from above. 

Thank you


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Friday, June 12, 2009 

Current mood:  blessed
Category: Fashion, Style, Shopping
When you love somebody you have to have faith, that in the end; they will do the right thing.  I just heard that quote from the Simpsons of all places!  I have been all around recently.  Been in LA over the last week moving my studio.  Its amazing now.  I am completely stoked.  The record is being mastered and should be done by Saturday!!  GOSH.  I am DELIGHTED To get you my new record.  Its been almost 2 years since my first record, Behind these Eyes came out.  BTE scored me my 1st Billboard top 20 hit from a dance remix of the song, Take My Breath Away.  I am very proud of this.  It was such a beautiful thing to see my name in that magazine.  I am now working on overdrive to get me back on the charts with the new record, and take it to even greater heights, with your help!  It feels like everything is moving into place.  I have been thru the ringer though.  Man… all I can say is that there are people out there who, for no reason at all, just want to be a hater and try to cause problems for another.  This is a test.  It is very easy to lose sight of that… especially for me.  I believe that the golden nugget of truth is that we must go thru the challenges to find God Herself.    I believe God to be feminine. but it goes beyond that.
 
I have been booking shows and getting ready to go to Europe soon!  I should be performing over there again within a couple of weeks at the latest.  I want to give a shout out to Mel C from the Spice Girls for helping me move my studio -  you rock girl!  ; )
 
I will be blogging more this week and posting updates from the rainbow on sunset blvd soon.  Stay beautiful.
j
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 

Current mood:  vehement
Hey!
check out this fan interview.  Really great questions KM.

1. what is the most exciting thing about working in the music business?
The Fans.  I LOVE my fans.  It is such a thrill to be loved and to be supported by my tribe.  I always appreciate when someone takes the time to listen to my music.

2. what is the most stressful thing about being in the music business?
It is extremely challenging and filled with pitfalls.  I have had a hard time breaking thru and the feeling that time is against me.  But I know that with hard work and perseverance, nothing can get in my way of complete success.

3. when did you know you wanted to do this for work?
I always have been a natural performer.  I started acting when I was 6 and  around the age of 12 I started writing my first songs... I played my first concert at the Whisky A Go Go at 13 and it was such a blast!!  I knew at that moment that I would perfect the art of music at any cost...  just because I love it so much.

4. do you have to deal with paparazzi or other intrusive people?
I love the paparazzi!  Any celeb that complains about the paparazzi are BIG babies!!  I mean, C'mon!!!! Who doesn't love to have their picture taken or be admired.  EVERYONE LOVES ATTENTION.... Including myself, LOL!!  Although, there is a point when someone can cross the line and that's not cool.

5. do you endorse any products because of your career?
I endorse ECO FRIENDLY products and certain equipment that I use.  

6. how often does your job require you to travel?
I will be spending at least a couple years on the road in the very near future.

7. if you could change one thing about this career what would it be?
I would love the social networks to be more artist friendly.  I am constantly battling maximum capacity issues in terms of messaging and commenting my fans...  I would love to write more than 500 messages a day...  other than that,  I really can't think of anything I would like to change.

8. did it take lots of rejections to get you where you are today?
it probably took 100 No's for just 1 yes.  Rejection is a beautiful thing when it is looked at as one step closer to that ' Yes '

9. what kinds of courses were you enrolled in that really helped you?
I am primarily self taught on the band instruments.  I really never went to any kind of music school.  I took one music appreciation class in high school, but was bored to death... for lack of a better word.  I am interested in getting on stage and doing some head banging.

10. did people dis you for your opinions on this career?
Everyone has an opinion.  There will always be people that do not agree with what I stand for or what I say.  The amazing thing is, that I do not need anyones validation to support my own opinions or views.  I am incredibly headstrong and independent.  People's resistance towards me only makes me stronger and sharper.

11. what is the most challenging thing about this career?
The most challenging thing is just really staying in the positive rhythm of things.  Its VERY easy to get out of sorts..  I have been there many times..  there's thousands of details and so many things coming from all different directions.  The key is to keep my mind steady in the light.

12. does your family support you in your choice for this career?
Thank GOD for my parents!!  They are the true rockstars.  They were the ones who taught me to never give up and if I was to go down, go down swinging.  

13. how old were you when you got into this career?
I was 10 when I started playing guitar and drums.  I am now 23 and have been seriously pursuing music for over a decade.

14. how many hours a day do you devote to your career?
I devote between 4-10 hours a day.  Sometimes more, sometimes a bit less... But not much.  I have many different things going on and am constantly managing people and business details.

15. what benefits do you get from this career?
The main benefit is the ability to be able to move someone emotionally.  To be able to touch someone's heart with song and storytelling is the real blessing.  I am honored to perform for people and I always give 110% on stage and in the studio.  I just love playing and writing and performing!! I also LOOOOOOOVE the final product.  I love to listen to my records after they are mixed and mastered and I sit back and say to myself... RAD.

16. what do you feel was a bug turning point for you?
My biggest turning point was going to Europe when I was 15 to open up for this great band, Medication, for a couple weeks.  We all lived together in this stinky bus, everyone was crammed, we all shared a bathroom...  and at that moment, I realized that I would be on the road with my own tour bus pretty soon!!

17. did you ever want to quit and just give up?
Honestly, Yes.  There have been times when its just felt too hard.  I have been in some bad situations and had some unfair things happen to me.  In those times I go to my fans directly and I feel completely renewed and with a new sense of purpose.

18. who influenced you?
The Beatles, Elvis, Greenday, U2, Nirvana, White Zombie, Bush, Blondie and sooooooOOOOooooo many others.

19. why are you interested in the music business?
Music can mobilize people.  It can influence the way people think and feel.  Music is more powerful than I can even imagine. And I am fascinated by the inner workings of the music business..  I have been developing my own record company and production company.   Respectively, Just Love Records and Kulprit Productions.

20. who has been your favorite person to work with? 
The best person to work with in the studio is my producer and great friend, Chris Johnson.  He is truly a genius and has been such a guiding light for me and my career.  

The car that I am getting pretty soon.... Im gonna fix it up and make it crazy BAD A$$!
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 

Current mood:  blessed
Category: Blogging

HEY!!!

check out this incredible amazing review I got... its sooooooo exciting to be written up like this in a major music magazine. Tell me what you think guys

jL




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Friday, May 15, 2009 

Category: Music


Here is your chance to get Justin Lanning in your living room!

 

Justin Lanning wants to personally fly to your city and play for you and your friends in your living room. Here’s how it works.  Depending on what region you live in the prices change due to travel time and expenses.  Prices vary by region he is traveling to.  See map below for guidance.  Western will cost $1,000, Mid costs $1,500, and Eastern costs $2,000.  We ask that during these tough economic times you don’t break the bank but get creative, raise money, and get JL in your living room

 

Ideas:

Carwashes, fundraisers, Bake sales, garage sales, or get a job! lol

 

He would be happy to give autographs, bring merchandise and do any interviews, so whatever you can put together while he is out there go for it! Just run it by Just Love Records first!

 

JL will arrive the morning of the performance hang out with you all day and leave the following day around the evening.  Just give him a place to hang his head at night and its allllll good.

 

Email Mike@justloverecords.com


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Thursday, May 14, 2009 

Current mood:  aroused
Category: Blogging

Dearest Beloved Reader,

Thank You for taking the time to read my blog!!  Its been such a whirlwind for me.  I can't even begin to explain all of it.  Just know that I have been behind the scenes, working my buns off to get you my record DID.  I am sOOOooOoooo close!!!  Hang tight JL FANS..  I promise, lots more to come...  check out my newest Justin's World, Dance Off!!


I love my band!!!  I want to introduce the Angel City Project..


Thomas Festa is my amazing guitarist from Italy..



My BAD A$$ bassist..  Carl Buena -


and Ya'll know Matt Oloffson already... but he's worth mentioning many more times..  he's the best drummer I have ever seen.  I am so thankful to have these guys backing me up.  We really came together as a band and now we are ready to play our music to you!! across the earth and beyond!!

This was the crowd in the day...

and this was the crowd in the night...  

love you DOM!!!!




what happened in Vegas... Stays in Vegas!   I am still recovering from the insane time I had with my entire crew.  WE had the time of our lives playing at this festival.  To the Future!!!  it looks verrrry exciting...  see u there.

love n' light 

J L  

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