The Billboard Top
10 Jazz duo and husband and wife team of Lyme Disease activists, AS IS,
announce that all the proceeds from the title track of their second
critically-acclaimed album, "HERE'S TO LIFE," will go to the
International Lyme & Associated Diseases Educational Foundation (ILADEF) to
help train the next generation of physician-scientists who will be future
leaders in the treatment of Lyme and associated diseases.
Additionally, the song will be featured in the
organization's PSA to run throughout the peak Lyme season of May-September on
radio stations across America. Entries
are now being accepted from Lyme patients for inclusion in the song's upcoming
official music video to debut on May 1st, the first day of National Lyme
Disease Awareness Month.
Since being diagnosed with Lyme Disease in 2009, Stacey
Schulman, along with her husband and musical partner, Alan, have dedicated
their musical lives to raising awareness and helping other patients find Lyme
expert physicians for treatment.
In 2015, the duo worked with the Global Lyme Alliance,
donating all proceeds from their debut album, "A Love Like
Ours." Their sophomore CD –
"HERE'S TO LIFE" – was released in February 2018 to critical acclaim
and commercial success, reaching the Top 10 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz
chart. Recorded with a Grammy-winning
team of artists and production talent, "HERE'S TO LIFE" remains in
steady rotation this spring on jazz stations across the U.S. The album's title track is the couple's gift
to the Lyme community, inspiring hope for Lyme patients who struggle daily with
chronic illness and the desire to get back to living fully.
Inspired by the awareness and money raised by "A Love
Like Ours," AS IS now embarks on an even greater endeavor with
"HERE'S TO LIFE," by encouraging current sufferers of Lyme Disease to
maintain hope for a cure and submit their life's aspirations for life AFTER
Lyme. The duo plans to feature the
submissions in their upcoming music video, articulating the senselessness and
poignancy of so many promising lives interrupted by the current Lyme epidemic.
"Like so many other Lyme patients, I suffer with this
disease chronically because my doctors were not able to identify, test and
treat me early enough to prevent the disease from disseminating throughout my
body," said Stacey Schulman.
"Early detection is critical and we are thrilled that our music
will be helping ILADEF continue to expand their physician training and
education programs."
To be considered for the music video, Lyme sufferers need to
submit a photo of them holding a sign answering the question, "What would
you do if your Lyme were cured tomorrow?" AS IS will be accepting
submissions on their website – https://www.asisjazz.com/lyme from Monday, April
16 - Friday, April 27th.
"ILADEF offers a unique program whereby medical
professionals may spend a week shadowing tick borne disease experts. This successful program is integral to
educating doctors around the world about the complexities of tick-borne disease
diagnosis and treatment," said Ronald Wilson, MD, President ILADEF.
"We're excited to work with AS IS to raise funds for this important
program and raise awareness this summer."
About AS IS
AS IS features jazz guitarist Alan Schulman and jazz
vocalist Stacey Schulman. Their music is an eclectic mix of tunes that
showcases Stacey's versatile vocal stylings and Alan's soulful acoustic and
electric jazz guitar playing. Their second CD, "HERE'S TO LIFE," was
released to critical acclaim in February, 2018.
About ILADEF
The International Lyme and Associated Diseases Educational
Foundation (ILADEF) is a nonprofit, international foundation that promotes
medical education and research related to Lyme and associated diseases and supports
the educational and research goals of the International Lyme and Associated
Diseases Society (ILADS). ILADS is a nonprofit, international,
multi-disciplinary medical society, dedicated to the diagnosis and appropriate
treatment of Lyme and its associated diseases.
ILADS promotes understanding of Lyme through research and education and
strongly supports physicians and other health care professionals dedicated to
advancing the standard of care for Lyme and its associated diseases.
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