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