Perseverance

SO... I'm working on the CD again this weekend. It's been a long time coming for this project. It's a sunny perfect day and I'm cloistered in the studio yet again. I'll be so happy when we press this puppy! God has been changing lyrics to songs long ago written, I can't help but wonder if the delay for this CD being finished is related to these lyric changes?
You know that saying "The teacher appears when the student is ready"? I think for us Christ followers it's more like"God's always there but the student hears the lesson when they surrender and start listening."
A song is a three minute journey that can change a persons life view completely, I site "I Can Only Imagine" by Mercy Me. That song changed millions of peoples view about facing God at the end of their human journey & made them ask themselves "What might my fate be in the afterlife?" It's a serious job writing lyrics...God's lyrics...you want to get it right.
Please keep praying for the project and the lyrics. Your friend Lo

Happy New Year!!!

I hope you had a great Christmas!

Here's your challenge question of the day: 2009 the year of _ _ _ _ _? What?

What will this year be to you?

Ya know what I was thinking about today? How one of the cool things about God is ...as long as your breathing... he will give you another chance when you seek it with all your heart.

So, this year, we have another chance to be what God sent us here to be....to fulfill our holy destiny.

Okay, I'll be the first to put it out there, Here are a couple resolutions of mine, this year I personally will: Release the music CD I have been working on for too long & I will record more scriptures to give out to those who have been asking me and for those who would really need it. The first scripture CD being for healing, the second being for mourning and the third promises to believers.

Go Ahead...be daring, think big, God can do a lot!

As some one once said, If a king gave you audience knowing you would be requesting something from him...."You wouldn't ask a King for a penny?" God is The King so ask away and see what great things happen.

This Christmas I received a great present ....a small scripture book by Joyce Meyers. What a great little book, I love it! It divides up the bible verses by subject. I really liked the verses on stress and relaxing.

FYI: If you reading this you are being prayed for :)

Love & Light,

Lo

Pumpkin Spice Latte

I'm drinking my favorite drink of all drinks Pumkin Spice Latte !
Holidays brings out a lot of my traditional favorite things....

But there's a new one climbing the charts this season... I noticed the new music down load cards at the coffe shop registers. Have you seen them yet? They look like little credit cards with CD cover art on them. I think these little things may become part of my favorite things for all year!
So I was thinking of giving some out with my Christ-mas Cards this year.

If you love Music, try to give God Music for the holidays. It helps support fellow musicianaries & blesses those who hear it.
Have a Blessed Day!
Lo

Hey what's your favorite seasonal thing?

Weathering Heights

So it's a snowy cold day where I am and I was thinking of writing a song. I took this shot of my guitar in the Chicago snow. It's been years since I've been in the snow. Strange how the chords sounded higher and crisper. I thought that is unusual for my style...I tend to go more for the warmer full toned chords. So I started to think...is the weather inspiring me in a different way?

I started to research the topic and found composers are indeed affected by the weather.

For example the normally romantic composer Richard Strauss wrote the famous
"Alpine Symphony" on his trip to Switzerland. If you listen to this piece you will probably feel the bleakness the composer felt, he was inspired by the icy terrain and the sharp mountains of snow.

So if you're a composer/writer you may ask yourself this... "During what season do I write best?" & "Where were my best songs written?"
Then you'll know... "When & Where" to take your next inspired/composing vacation to "create your masterpiece"

Or, if your a person who loves to listen to music, next time you listen to your favorite piece of music...ask yourself a new question "What season might this song have been written?" Hmmmm

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Music at the soup kitchen

Thanksgiving Day we went to a soup kitchen and performed music there.

It was strange at first, putting happiness out there in the air when so many people seemed sad to even be there...then I noticed somthing, people were bopping their head and others were singing the words. The room seemed uplifted, it made me think of some lyrics I wrote a while back:

"I think I'll sing and watch the music wrap around the room and warm it"

Music seems to have a life of it's own. To prove it's true, try this: play happy music in a room full of people & watch them.....then suddenly change the music to sad music and watch the change in them.....very interesting.

You are the music you listen to..so if we listen to God music? :)

Holiday Music

Is it too early for Christmas Music yet?

Well, the radio stations don't seem to think so. Personally, I think I could hear it all year long.

Holiday music is uplifting and I love to pay attention to the composing styles of these diddies......most of the Christmas songs were composed in bright keys w/uplifting bouncing melodies or just plain ascending notes to create an uplifting feeling. Contrary to the minor chords that create a feeling of downward motion or just a little rainy day sorta feeling.

Fun Fact: "Blue Skies" was composed on a dare, "Betcha can't write a happy song in a minor key?"

So enjoy the music and know generation after generation of musicians/composers have created these happy songs to cheer, uplift and downright inspire us to search out the meaning of the True Celebration of Christ-mas.

Enjoy Your Journey, you only get one.