Written by Melanie Silos

After a year of touring with great music from their top selling albums "A Crow Left of the Murder", "Morning View", "Make Yourself" and more, a wish is fulfilled: INCUBUS is in, there as promised, making a positive difference in the world for whatever tomorrow brings through their Make Yourself Foundation.

INCUBUS created the Make Yourself Foundation in 2004 to fund various charitable organizations locally and around the world that are important to them. INCUBUS raised almost a half-a-million dollars for their selected charities with the active support and participation of their fans, friends, enthusiasts and music lovers who all contributed through INCUBUS' products, events, and music related activities. In addition to donating $100,000 for the Tsunami relief effort, Incubus' Make Yourself Foundation will be making donations to the following organizations for 2005.

• The Red Cross
• Future Forests
• International Rett Syndrome
• Association The Painted Turtle
• Surfrider Foundation
• Operation Smile
• Heal The Bay
• Institute of Music and Neurologic Function
• Sweet Relief
• Save the Music
• Break the Cycle

INCUBUS is thankful to be part if it all. I met with Megalomaniac singer Brandon Boyd on why it's so important to save the environment; Brandon declares, "Having a place to live and to be able to hand down something better than what we had. Environmentally most politicians don't make decisions based on what will be in 20-30 years from now." Brandon encourages that we each can make a difference through "Responsibility, self-sufficience, cleaning up after one's self, and to stay aware, just to name a few."

Brandon is thankful and so am I, and as I thank one I thank all - all who help us to make a difference and be able to help others. I am thankful for the people, as Brandon Boyd and members of Incubus, that care care to make a difference in the world, and care about the environment so we can give the next generation an even better world than we have. We need awesome caring people to be so active and involved in music, learning, and philanthropic development for the efforts of co-creating and sustaining a better world.

INCUBUS is working on future developments for the Make Yourself Foundation. Click in for the latest news and fundraising auction items - you might even be the best bid for Brandon Boyd's signed jersey #04 www.MakeYourselfFoundation.org.

February 8, 2005
Incubus photographs by used by permission of Sony Music Ent. & Incubus' Management, Ren Mgmt.