We are safe and sound :)

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Dear family,

I think it's gonna be like the quick message that you send to your loved one when you arrived to your destination.

For now, I am still trying to figure what will be my purpose on this blockchain. As some of you know, I made a living of writing, singing and performing on the previous fork and like many, I had to find a "real" job to make ends meet when SHTF.

In February 2017, we made the bold decision to move from South Africa to France with my wife and 3 children, and It took us more than 2 years and a half to make it happen. At the time, I made an (unfruitful) gofundme page, try to find any way possible to move my family 12000km away from where it all started, no matter what it would take.

It wasn't easy, knowing that it was the first trip oversea and outside South Africa for lionmom@lionmom (hopefully she activates her account too), the first airplane for the kids, a lot of other unknown factors to take in consideration.

Out of despair, I turn to the only community I knew, which was you guys, and asked for help, which came in many forms. It was heartwarming and a little bit surreal to have people from all over the world carrying about us like member of their own family, genuine care with no strings attached.

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At the time I offered my "yet to be recorded album" to anyone that would help us cross the world and help us make the move as a token of gratitude.

Obviously, it didn't happen right away. It was a slow grueling process, that I will probably detail in a future post, but right now, I just want to be thankful.

We went through a shit storm, and we made it. Even better, we leveled up; and are stronger than ever. That's the true spirit of survival. We used each bits of pain that we carry on our shoulder throughout the years, and use it as a fuel to make our dream come true.

First, to all the people that helped us (and everyone else too btw), because I am a man of my word, go check my 2 albums, pick the one you like and I will personally send you a digital copy. THANK YOU!
https://www.edprivat.com/music

You can also stream them on every platform that you want, if you really wish to support my work. My second album was recorded before, during and after the journey to France, and mastered by the talented d-vine@d-vine

That being said, I will probably make myself comfortable around here and have a look, i already see some familiar faces, and I wont miss an opportunity to connect with you all.

For now, no need to talk about the obvious turmoil thatshook the earth this year, like everyone else, it was a set back for us, but we finally got the farm and the land we've always known was waiting for us on the other side of the world.

The next step of our journey, will be to get our dogs who are still in South Africa. But as we already proved to ourselves that we can accomplish anything we set ourselves to do, we have absolutely no doubt that we will manage to get them in our new home by the end of the year.

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I haven't been much active on Instagram or Facebook until now, but I know how it works, you gotta be able to play on all fronts. especially in these days and times, and I really wanna gig through Europe this year, so we gotta up those numbers !

You can also send me a message on Discord if you want to catchup, still the same name ^^ and I am still the same Ed :)

Much love,

edprivat@edprivat

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