Member sign in ↗MUSIC · CREATIVITY · GOOD COMPANY
An online gathering place hosted by musician Drew LaPlante. Come for live music, bring an idea to the Creators’ Circle, or settle in for a conversation with someone interesting.
A little more connection. Room for the rest of your life.
Start with Get Lifted Live, our free monthly gathering of live music and encouraging words.
A RHYTHM TO RETURN TO
One online gathering a week, for three weeks of the month. Join what interests you. There’s no need to attend everything.
A monthly online gathering of live music, encouraging words, and a little room to breathe. Join from your couch.60 minutes · Listen or join in10:00 PM GMT+1 Paris / 4:00 PM EST
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Next one Your ideas deserve good company. A project, a practice, or a new chapter in your life. Share what you’re making, be listened to, brainstorm a little, and find your next step with people who care.75 minutes · Monthly7:00 PM GMT+2 Paris / 1:00 PM EDT
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Next one Pull up a seat for a podcast-style conversation with guests helping make the world we want to live in. Join the live online audience, interact, and ask your questions at the end.75 minutes · Monthly8:00 PM GMT+2 Paris / 2:00 PM EDT
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Next one Special guest online gatherings along the way, announced as they’re confirmed.
A TASTE OF THE MUSIC
Already There — live at In Essence NYE Festival.
Uvita, Costa Rica · January 2026
A moment of music and good company. Press play and spend a little time with us.
I’m finishing this song and others for A Sacred Wave. Inside the Village’s Sacred Wave Album space, you can follow along as the music takes shape and I share my creative process.
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MEET YOUR HOST
I grew up outside of Cleveland, Ohio. Music has taken me into all kinds of rooms and introduced me to people I never would have met otherwise. Through playing live, writing my own songs, and producing events that bring people together, I’ve come to love what happens when the good people of the world spend more time together and get more present with each other.
In 2012 I moved primarily to Costa Rica and community became a much bigger part of my life. I helped build it and lived inside it. There was a lot to love, and a lot to learn.
Since leaving Costa Rica for Southern France earlier this year, I’ve been thinking about the balance. Being deeply immersed in community can feel like too much. Being completely away from it can feel like too little. I want connection, and I want room for my own life and creative work.
The right amount of community.
That’s what I’m exploring with The Village in this new chapter of making music and creating again. A few regular opportunities to come together for something uplifting, share what we’re working on, and get to know each other better over time. A place where kindness and presence are valued.
Some of you have known me for years. Some of us haven’t met yet. Thank you for taking the time to explore the Village, I'm really looking forward to what unfolds here.
Explore my music ↗THE VILLAGE CREATORS’ CIRCLE
A place where your creative life matters to other people.
MONTHLY · ONLINE · INCLUDED WITH NEIGHBOR MEMBERSHIP
Making something can feel lonely. You might be excited about an idea, stuck on a question, or proud of a small breakthrough—and find that even the people closest to you don’t quite know how to meet you there.
The Creators’ Circle is a place to share what you’re working on and be listened to. Bring something unfinished, talk through an idea, ask for feedback, or brainstorm with people who are making things too. Together, we’ll help each other find a next step—and come back to hear how it went.
You don’t need to call yourself an artist or have something ready to show. A song, a story, a project, an idea you haven’t started yet—there’s room for it here.
Join us as a Neighbor ↗I’m creating this because I need it too. I want people to share the process with, and I want to be there for theirs.
— Drew
Included with Neighbor membership. RSVP required for each session. Limited places.
Already a Neighbor? Reserve your place ↗FIND YOUR PLACE
Begin with the free community, or support the Village
and make our regular online gatherings part of your month.
VILLAGE VISITOR
Free to join
Meet your neighbors and get a feel for the Village.
Get Lifted Live will always be free.
FOUNDING NEIGHBOR
Limited to our first 44 founding members.
$11 USD / month
Join early and keep your founding rate as our thank-you, for as long as your membership stays active.
$11/month or $111/year · Monthly and yearly members share the same 44 founding spots. After those spots are filled, new memberships will be $22/month or $222/year.
ANOTHER WAY INTO THE CIRCLE
Pre-order the album and join its dedicated space inside the Village, alongside the free community. Album-space access is also included with Neighbor membership.
Membership includes community access to the album space; an album pre-order is a separate purchase.
Explore Drew’s music ↗A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT WONDER
No. The Creators’ Circle welcomes anyone with something they want to begin—or get back to. Bring a song, a story, a project, or an early idea. You don’t need experience or finished work to belong. You’re also welcome to come for the music and conversation.
Our first 44 members can join for $11/month or $111/year. Monthly and yearly memberships count toward the same 44 spots. As a thank-you for joining early, you keep your founding rate while your membership stays active. Once those spots are filled, the rate for new members will be $22/month or $222/year.
Yes. Join the free Village community to access Get Lifted Live. A paid membership is not required.
Our online home is on Circle. That’s where you’ll find conversations, online gathering details, and the spaces included with your membership.
Yes. You’re welcome to listen and get a feel for the Village before sharing. Introductions are optional, and there’s no expectation to attend every gathering or keep up with every conversation.
There are three regular online gatherings each month: Get Lifted Live is one hour; Creators’ Circle and Digital Campfire are 75 minutes each. Choose the gatherings that interest you and fit your life.
You’ll enter our community on Circle. Start with the welcome post, find the next Get Lifted Live gathering, and add it to your calendar. You can say hello in Village Square whenever you feel ready.
Both pre-orders and Neighbor membership include the Sacred Wave Album space. Your album pre-order access is independent of your membership.
A NOTE FROM DREW
The Village began with something simple: music brings us together. And when we stay a little longer, listen a little more closely, and share what’s real, something beautiful can grow.
This is a living experiment in community. A place for our creativity, our questions, and the full spectrum of our humanness. An online home, with a hope of gathering in person as we grow.
From the heart,
Drew
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