So I decided to start this series because I thought it would be fun to share and let yall see what I’ve been up to over the past couple of months.
I started doing these recordings about two months ago. A mix of Christian and secular. During the first month, I was just using the WhatsApp recorder, so the sound quality is pretty rough—very lo-fi—but on some of those I still managed to captured some cool moments.
About a month ago, I downloaded Lexis Audio Editor, and the sound quality is a lot better. This week I have two songs for you… Cruise by Florida Georgia Line and Your Winter by Sister Hazel, which I recorded last night. I also tried singing it in the key of D for the first time.
Anyway, I hope yall enjoy them. Thanks for listening.🎙️
It was the summer of 1995… I was 21… going through much… trying to figure life out…
I’d just moved in with a guy I worked with… only been there a few weeks… it was the weekend… I’d been out late hanging with my friends…
when I finally came home… I headed down the hall toward my bedroom…
As I got closer… I could hear a guitar playing… a girl singing… the sound was coming from my room…
I was like wth!?…
I opened my door…
There on my bed… a black-haired girl I had never seen before… strumming my guitar… singing… completely lost in it… like she owned the night… no curfew in sight…
she wasn’t wearing any clothes… my brain just blue-screened…
I was frozen… my tongue super stuck…
she looks at me… with friendly eyes… smiles and says Hey
“your roommate said it was ok…”
Her name was Rachel… she and I became friends… we often jammed together…
she was a part-time exotic dancer… aka… a stripper…
my roommate was dating her friend… so many nights… she and her friends… plural… ended up at my house…
but she never wanted to hang out with the rest of them… she just wanted to chill… sing songs… play guitar…
She was a great musician… had a great voice… music was her dream…
Many times I’d come home late find her in my room… doing her thing…
I’d grab my other guitar… and we’d play for hours…
I had a small recording studio we’d lay down tracks… we recorded all kinds of covers… had these freestyle… ad-lib jam sessions… just chasing whatever sound showed up…
It was definitely a crazy summer… but also kind of holy in its own way…
it’s beautiful how musicians can come together and bond… doesn’t matter who or what you are… your background or anything…
musicians and artists just immediately have that thing. that links us… that invisible wire… heart to heart… song to song…
what I remember most those nights… isn’t the chaos…
it’s the music…
two guitars… chasing songs in the middle of the night… letting the sound carry through a messy season of life…
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I did much praying that summer…
cryin’ out in the night…
sometimes with words… sometimes with songs…
finding healing…
wherever I could…
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Oh yeah I might be crazy… But that’s not the same as insane… And I’m scared… But that’s not the same as being afraid…
Strange Cup Of Tea 🎶 Sister Hazel (acoustic version)
So I thought I would stick with Sister Hazel a while longer and give you a chance to get to know them.. this song “Strange Cup Of Tea” is another Hidden Gem from them.. it was released in 2000.. honestly.. they have so many great unpopular or kind of unknown songs.. I could stay with them for a long time.. I learned something about them last night.. their loyal fans are known as “Hazelnuts” haha.. I didn’t know that 😁.. and on this song.. Drew Copeland sings lead.. not Ken Block.. they switched it up.. I included a few other videos from them.. also.. I found out Ken Block founded a charity called “Lyrics For Life” to help children with pediatric cancer.. I thought that was cool.. I hope you enjoy…
I first came across Sister Hazel in the 90’s… they had like 2 maybe 3 songs that hit the charts… the song “Happy” and “All For You”..💥around the early 2o0O’s.. i💥started deep diving into them and was just💥blown💥away… their music is incredible… so many beautiful.. well written and well put💥together songs.. excellent lyrics and sound… you feel their heart in everything…💥 (I think they are the most underrated band of all time) and coming from me.. that’s really saying something..💥( Ken Block is considered the front man… and has a one of a kind voice… Ken writes a lot of the songs.. but Drew Copeland on guitar and harmonies.. he also helps write some… Drew also sings lead on some songs.. also.. other band members help write…💥
This song “World Inside My Head” is one my favorites from them.. there’s too many to choose from tho.. so it’s hard to say..💥this song was released in 2o04 and this is the acoustic version from one of my💥 favorite albums of all time “Before The💥 Amplifiers”… this song is excellent and it’s definitely a Hidden Gem…. tucked💥away… waiting to be found.. I hope you enjoy..💥
“”TELL ME WHAT IT IS ABOUT ME? WHERE DID EVERYBODY GO WITHOUT ME?”” 🎶
“”ON THE ROAD TO SAFE.. I KINDA TRIPPED ALONG THE WAY…””🎶
“”BUT THE PAINT ON ME.. IS BEGINNING TO DRY.. AND IT’S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO BE 🎶 THE WEIGHT ON ME 🎶 IS HANGING ON TO A WEARY ANGEL””
On Wednesdays.. I will be posting secular or spiritual songs… and on Sundays I will do christian songs of faith.. all great💥 “Hidden Gem” type songs… ty and God bless you… a little something for💥 everyone…💥
When I was 19… I met a girl.. (the girl).. she was 16… I exploded inside when i saw her for the first time…💥🏳… I surrendered… I let my white flags fly… she became my girlfriend… we were inseparable… deep in love… or so we thought… her family loved me… my family loved her… I worked hard… I saved all my money… I bought her a small diamond ring… before I ever asked her to marry me… i knew her eyes said yes always…💥
We lived like we were married… that wasn’t good… it wasn’t christian… it wasn’t Godly… she meant more than anything else to me… that wasn’t good either…💥
My 21st birthday was approaching… I was excited… she was nervous… I started going out nights with my friends… to bars and clubs… I was drinking… I was partying…💥 she was lonely… late one night.. I ended up drunk on my friends couch… a girl I knew before her was there… she sat down beside me… time passed… highly intoxicated….. I had sex with this other girl…💥
When I woke up that morning… sober… I couldn’t believe what I had done… I loved my life so… how could I ever cheat on her… I felt like garbage… dirty… so–fake… I 💥 walked to the bathroom… threw some water on my face… I couldn’t look in the mirror…
I decided to tell her the truth… I had to let go of this… to be free… to be honest… to be me again… oh how.. I wanted her to forgive me… I just knew that our love was💥 strong enough to bend… that we could survive this… before I could tell her… she told me that she had a dream… that same night… that I cheated on her… WHOA-OH… unbelievable… I was in the process of being unfaithful… while she was asleep and dreaming of it…💥
So.. I sat her down… trembling.. I told her… it broke her in half… she told me to leave… long story short… she was done… she never had anything to do with me ever again…💥
Now I was broke… behond repair… it took me years to get right… I’ve endured much pain and hurt on my narrow road of life… but nothing ever as painful as losing her…
About 6 months ago… I found her Facebook… I gathered myself… found strength to look through her pictures… I saw her… her husband… her two glowing teenagers… boy and girl… her life…💥 without me… looked so beautiful…💛
‘pictures in a box at home– yellowing and green with mold– so I can barely see your face–(I) wonder how that color taste–…🎵 –‘…….. ……….~</3~’…A…—|—’…N….-/-/-‘..G…..↓°↓°↓’…E….^|^’……L….¡!’….A…:;:;’…….</3,,,’—|—†’“““`=angela
“”and for the million hours that we were well I’ll smile and remember it all then I’ll turn and go🎵 while your story’s completed mine is a long way from done…””
…….<3~:;∞’…“`-\|□♡◇¿¡!<+~`》¤○•°`,: ;*
Part of a poem… by Thomas Ford
There is a lady sweet and kind… Was never face so pleased my mind… I did but see her passing by… And yet I love her till I die……
I’m totally over this today… just thought I’d write about it… 😁`’.¡~.
Heart of Loia `'.,°~ 