New, Forgotten, Unknown 9/23/16 New Music Friday

Five new musician followers this week.  Take a listen, find some new music to listen to.  Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to,  Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.

Drinking About You by Haley and Michaels –  

Where You Are by Brad Noblitt – 

Get You Home by Nick Fradiani-  

How Deep Is Your Love (Calvin Harris cover) by Millie Thrasher – 

I’ve Got Problems by Fifth Law – 

 

Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.

Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently.  Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.

Todd Smith, Julianna Zobrist, Cody Johnson, Sean McConnell, Ivan Parker or Drake White, wow, really good cd’s.

The Water by Aaron and Amanda Crabb – 

Calling All Fathers by Todd Smith – 

Miracle by Unspoken – 

Lightly by Amos Lee – 

Shut Up And Kiss Me by Angel Olsen – 

My Kind America by Big Smo – 

Hope (Let It Find You) by Billy Ray Cyrus – 

Remember Wild Horses by Birds of Chicago – 

Slow Down by Bun E. Carlos – 

One Step Away  by Casting Crowns – 

Night Hawk by Charlie Daniels –  

For Her by Chris Lane – 

Kiss Goodbye by Cody Johnson – 

Are You Coming With Me? by Crown The Empire –  

Equality Street by David Brent & Foregone Conclusion –  

Fighting Myself by Descendents –  

Pure & Simple by Dolly Parton – 

Live Some by Drake White –  

Do You Believe Me Now by Field Mouse – 

Island by Florida Georgia Line – 

All We Ever Knew by The Head and the Heart – 

Even When It Hurts (Praise Song)  by Hillsong United – 

Hell No by Ingrid Michaelson – 

Mama’s Rocking Chair by Ivan Parker –  

Entitlement by Jack White – old song, new cd acoustic   

A Little More Summertime by Jason Aldean –  

Fight For You by John Paul White – 

I Will Follow You by Jon Guerra – 

Alive by Julianna Zobrist – 

Calling Out Your Name by Kiefer Sutherland – 

Brave Enough by Lindsey Stirling feat Christina Perri    –  

Same To You by Lydia Loveless – 

Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt by Masked Intruder – 

Best We’ve Ever Been by Sean McConnell – 

In The Morning Light by Tiger Army – 

Tender Is The Night by Whitford St. Holmes – 

and our song:

I Question You by Lily Messer – 

On Itunes :  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-question-you-single/id1018588943

New, Forgotten, Unknown 9/16/16 New Music Friday

Two new musician followers this week.  Take a listen, find some new music to listen to.  Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to,  Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.

There Is Hope ( short version) by Ryan Beadle – go to his website and you can buy his entire cd for 99 cents  

Trippin On A Hole In A Paper Heart by Darkness; Ending – 

Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.

Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently.  Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.

No Love by American Authors – 

Heartlines by Broods – 

Runnin’ Red Lights by The Cadillac Three –  

Moon Tower by Dirty Heads – 

Town The World Forgot by Drew Baldridge – 

Tabitha Tuder’s Mama by Elizabeth Cook – 

Waking Up Giants by Grizfolk- 

People Of A Second Chance by Group 1 Crew –

Never Kill A Mouse, Let It Kill Itself by Hail The Sun – 

Your Unfailing Love, The River (Come On Down) by Hillary Scott and the Scott Family –   

In The End by House Of Heroes –  

Star Crossed Enemies by Ice Nine Kills – 

When You Love Someone by Jake Owen – 

Lost by Kings Kaleidoscope – 

We Were Cool by Lori McKenna –  

There Won’t Be Another Now by Mark Chesnutt –  

Hurricane by Nick Fradiani – 

No Running Allowed by Nonpoint – 

What Have I Been Saying by O’Connor Band – 

Run or Hide by Run River North –  

Long Days and Short Years by Secret Agent 23 Skidoo – 

Watching For Comets by Skillet – 

Imperfect Me by Smokie Norful – 

So Strong by Stephen Marley – 

Now That You’re Gone by Stitched Up Heart –  

Put The Attention on Jesus by Todd Delaney – 

I See The Lord by Vertical Church Band – 

Mr. Know It All by Young The Giant – 

and our song:

I Question You by Lily Messer – 

On Itunes :  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-question-you-single/id1018588943

No One Cried

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My new smash #1 hit song. Crossed over to country, rock , pop and Christian charts. #1 in 37 countries, over 3 million downloads.  That my friends is called visualization. Now let’s see what you think and make it happen.

Just add music and the right voice, maybe like Justin Furstenfeld of Blue October or Chris Brown from One Less Reason or Meat Loaf, but the last two have new cd’s out so maybe the next one and Blue October had new cd at beginning of year so…

No One Cried

No one tried

No one died

No one cried

We just walked away

Like tomorrow is just another day

No words left to say

We just walked away

No one died

No one tried

No one cried

 

Tore our world apart

Can’t stitch a broken heart

Cupid missed the mark

Too much hurt, too much pain

Does it matter who’s to blame

What did we gain ?

(No one cried)

 

Pulled out my hair

Thought I still cared

Looked for us everywhere

Thought I wanted more

Picked myself up off the floor

Walked out the door

(No One Cried)

 

We said forever

Made a vow together

Guess we forgot to remember

Doesn’t it make you sad

Doesn’t it make you kinda mad

How did it get this bad

(No One Cried)

 

No one tried

No one died

No one cried

We just walked away

Like tomorrow is just another day

No words left to say

We just walked away

No one died

No one tried

No one cried

 

No more slow dances

No more second chances

Maybe under different circumstances

The candle flame burned out

Nothing left to work out

Nothing left to talk about

(No One Cried)

 

Two became one became two

Apart we grew

Same picture different view

No one tried

To keep the love alive

No place left to hide

Tears from the past

When love was meant to last

The end slowly came fast

 

No one tried

No one died

No one cried

We just walked away

Like tomorrow is just another day

No words left to say

We just walked away

No one died

No one tried

No one cried

 

(Guitar solo  then next part is acoustic slow)

 

Maybe someday we will find

Why we couldn’t  hit rewind

Back to when you were mine

When you cross that memory

The one of you and me

And you smile for what used to be

When the memories fade

We remember what we once made

We will let a tear escape

 

As the love we had disappears

Throughout the years

We shared some tears

There’s no more left to cry

We said our final goodbye

Wish we would’ve tried

(No one cried)

 

No one tried

No one died

No one cried

We just walked away

Like tomorrow is just another day

No words left to say

We just walked away

No one died

No one tried

No one cried

 

I wish we would’ve tried

A part of me died

A part of me cried

I wish we, I wish we would’ve tried

A part of me died

I cried….

 

 

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Death Without A  Funeral by Jason Gray –  

What Happened To Perfect by Lukas Graham – 

Tender Is The Night by Whitford St. Holmes – 

Too Late by Angels Fall – 

Wreck You by Lori McKenna – 

It’s Over by Rod Stewart – 

Let Me Go by Avril Lavigne – 

Used To Love You by Gwen Stefani – 

Was A Time by Anthony D’ Amato – 

Where Do We Go From Here by Oleander – 

The Getting Over It Part by Blue October – 

Sometimes by One Less Reason – 

Is Nothing Sacred by Meat Loaf – 

 

She Doesn’t 

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She doesn’t step on a crack

Afraid it’ll break her mother’s back

She doesn’t open an umbrella in the house

Doesn’t need more bad luck than she has now

She doesn’t make any funny faces

Afraid it’ll get stuck that way

She doesn’t walk in a black cat’s path

She’ll turn around, walk all the way back

She doesn’t walk under a ladder

She doesn’t think she can be any sadder

She doesn’t believe her wishes will come true

But she’ll throw a penny in a wishing well, sometimes two

 

She doesn’t care if others think she is deceived

She carries around a four leaf clover and some rabbits feet

She doesn’t cross her fingers or knock on wood

Seen so much bad she doesn’t believe in good

She doesn’t smile very much

Does her best not to judge

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She doesn’t know about the man who died to save her

I saw her one day and told her about her maker

She didn’t want to hear any part

I prayer for her, prayed for her heart

A few weeks passed until I saw her again

She didn’t want to hear about Jesus, my friend

I asked her if we could just talk

She agreed and we started to walk

We talked about little things, like our jobs and the weather

She seemed to enjoy our walks together

She doesn’t trust most of those she meets

She slowly let her walls down over the weeks

I told her how I was once like her

Then someone told me about our savior

It wasn’t much longer until she said she wanted to hear more

More about this man I had mentioned before

I told of the words I knew

Gave her a Bible so she could read too

She doesn’t live like she did

She has a new way to live

She doesn’t believe in all that superstition

She has taken a new direction, a new mission

She doesn’t care about her past mistakes

She doesn’t remember her heartbreaks

She doesn’t live like she’s unloved

She knows she’s forgiven, she knows of grace from above

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Dmitri’s Song (Jesus Is Alive) by Todd Smith – 

Tell Somebody by Unspoken – 

Learning To Be Found by Jason Gray – 

I’ve Seen What He Can Do by Aaron and Amanda Crabb – 

What I Know by Tricia Brock – 

Echo by Blanca – 

 

We Will Never Forget 9/11

My post from last year. We will never forget!

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Can you believe it has been 14 years since 9/11? The babies are now in high school.  I remember where I was and what I was doing. Actually. I am in the exact same seat at the same company I worked for then. I remember someone saying a plane just crashed into one of the World Trade Centers. We were all in disbelief. How could an airplane crash into it? Did the pilot have a heart attack? Where was the co-pilot? Then we heard the news of the second plane crashing into the other World Trade Center building and that it could be a terrorists attack. Then the plane that crashed into the Pentagon and the plane the passengers took down in a field near Shanksville, PA.

Do you remember where you where?

9/11/01 is a day that forever changed our nation. Airport security. Wars- that we are still involved…

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New, Forgotten, Unknown 9/9/16 New Music Friday

Six new musician followers this week.  Take a listen, find some new music to listen to.  Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to,  Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.

Come Back To Me by Kristen Bennett – 

Love Changes (Eveything) by Parker L. Harrison –  

Behind My Shadows by Matt & Promise (Hope Collided) – https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHopeCollided%2Fvideos%2F1455463137814194%2F&show_text=0&width=560

Shallow Heart by Julia Grayling – 

Don’t Play by Real E – 

You Know What I Mean by Juliana Galdeano – 

Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.

Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently.  Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.

Replaced by American Authors – 

This Is Our War by Billy Talent – 

Free by The Broods – 

Graffiti by The Cadillac Three-  

Happy Like Me by Dayna Caddell – 

Under The Water by Dirty Heads – 

Tractors Don’t Roll by Drew Balbdridge –  

Evacuation by Elizabeth Cook – 

The Struggle by Grizfolk – 

Wake Me Up( Amnesia) by Group 1 Crew –

Words Of Gratitude (Parents) by Hail The Sun – 

Still by Hillary Scott and The Scott Family –  

Thy Will by Hillary Scott and The Scott Family – 

We Make Our Stars by House Of Heroes –

Running With Scissors by I See Stars – 

Where I Am by Jake Owen – 

Hell On A Highway by Justin Moore –  

Most Of It by Kings Kaleidoscope – 

Giving Up On Your Hometown,  Old Men Young Women by Lori McKenna –  

So You Can’t Hurt Me Anymore by Mark Chesnutt – 

Nothing To Loseby Nick Fradiani – 

I Haven’t Said I Love You In A While by O’Connor Band – 

Know It All By Rebelution – 

Young In All The Wrong Ways by Sara Watkins – 

To Find You by Sing Street – 

Lions by Skillet – 

Wreak Havoc by Skylar Grey – 

Finally Free, It’s So Easy by Stitched Up Heart –  

Stronger by Through Fire – 

Unchurched by Todd Dulaney – 

Something To Believe In by Young The Giant – 

and our song:

I Question You by Lily Messer – 

On Itunes :  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-question-you-single/id1018588943

Sometimes It’s More Than A Game

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What a great first weekend of college football. The Buckeyes looked like they might be better than last years team. You know, the team that had a record number of NFL draft picks.  It is early. We will see how how the rest of the season goes.
It was great to see the upsets. Houston beating Oklahoma. Texas A&M beating UCLA in overtime. Wisconsin beating LSU. Clemson almost losing to Auburn. Tennessee almost losing to Appalachian State. South Alabama beating Mississippi State. Western Michigan upsetting Northwestern. Richmond upsetting Virginia.

Texas upset Notre Dame on Sunday night. Texas was my first choice of schools to go to but out of state tuition was/is too expensive so I became a Buckeye instead.

Most of the SEC struggling to win or lost. Seven SEC teams losing in week 1.

Alabama  losing. Oh yeah, that was just a dream. They looked unbeatable , but they said that two years ago also.

All these great games, close games, upsets, etc…..

But sometimes it’s more than a game.

James Conner, star running back for Pittsburgh, coming back from Hodgkins Lymphona cancer.  He broke Tony Dorsett’s records that had stood for 38 years. He was invincible…until he wasn’t. He played in the first game in 2015 then was out the rest of the year battling for his life. You can read his story in his own words here :  http://www.theplayerstribune.com/james-conner-pittsburgh-college-football-cancer/

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Travis Rudolph, Florida State wide receiver,  was visiting a school and saw a boy eating alone. He sat down and joined him for lunch. The boy, Bo Paske, has autism and often eats lunch by himself. Travis says he didn’t think it was that big of a deal. We are all the same and one man can make a difference. You can read the full article here: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/us/photo-of-fsu-football-star-sitting-with-boy-eating-alone-at-florida-school-charms-internet.htmlnyskyz.com.

photo credit : Michael Halligan, Associated Press.

 

Sarah Hill, the wife of Weber State’s head coach Jay.  She was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. Weber State football players, coaches, family and friends shaved their heads in support.  At the end of each practice they chant How strong are we? Strong like Sara. You can read the story here : http://www.sltrib.com/sports/4275503-155/weber-state-football-wildcats-rally-around

(Leah Hogsten  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  Sara Hill hugs her daughter Allie, 5, after she and her husband, Weber State football coach Jay Hill, talked about her battle with Hodgkins lymphoma and how the Wildcat family has rallied around her and her husband at Stewart Stadium, Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Weber State football players, coaches and family and friends shaved their heads in support of her chemotherapy treatments.
photo credit Leah Hogsten , Salt Lake Tribune

 

The one that really brought a tear to my eye is Nebraska. On July 23rd, they lost their senior punter Sam Foltz in a car accident. Michigan State punter Mike Sadler also passed away in the accident. On Nebraska’s first punt of the game they only sent out 10 players, the punter didn’t go out. They took a delay of game which the opposing team, Fresno State, respectfully declined. Tell me you don’t get goose bumps watching this video. http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-09-03/nebraska-football-honors-sam-foltz-lines-10-men-first-punt?cid=ncaafbsocial_fb_sf35087046

 

Lions by Skillet – 

Cheer You On by Jordan Feliz – 

We March On by Hillary Scott and The Scott Family – 

Beyond Me by TobyMac – 

It’s Alright by Stephen Marley – 

Artists Stand Up To Cancer – 

 

 

This Darkness

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I wrote this several years ago when I was trying to turn the words into a song. That hasn’t worked out, maybe because I’m not as good  a song writer as John Cooper and Skillet.  The first two songs after the post reflect that. Some day I will get there. Just have to keep writing.

 

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This Darkness

 

Even when I’m in this darkness

I feel your hand reaching out

When every night the skies are starless

You whisper and it sounds like a shout

 

I fall deeper and deeper in

I run from You, run from my shame

I sin, I sin, I sin, I sin again

I don’t understand how You still call my name

 

This darkness is overwhelming

Your voice is like a rope

This darkness is all consuming

Your word is my hope

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Why can’t I get out of this mess?

Why do I run from Your love?

When I am struggling to find rest

I hear You say lift your eyes  above

 

Everytime I feel your warmth shine

I run, I run, I run to the cold rain

Everytime You say give me all I says it’s mine

And I fall, I fall, it’s always the same

 

This darkness is overwhelming

Your voice is like a rope

This darkness is all consuming

Your word is my hope

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As I struggle to comprehend

As I struggle to understand

I hear you say this isn’t the end

and then I reach for your hand

 

This darkness is overwhelming

Your voice is like a rope

This darkness is all consuming

Your word is my hope

I reach for your hand

When I am consumed by all my problems

When I have hit rock bottom

When I can’t see through the darkness

I hear You say you love me regardless

I reach for your hand

 

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I Want To Live by Skillet – 

Out Of Hell by Skillet – 

I Will Rise Again by Jason Gray – 

In This Darkness by Ginny Owens – 

Rise by  Colton Dixon – 

Rise by Sixx AM – 

Face Everything And Rise by Papa Roach – 

In The Darkness by Dustin Kensrue – 

March Out Of The Darkness by Papa Roach – 

New, Forgotten, Unknown 9/2/16 New Music Friday

Four new musician followers this week.  Take a listen, find some new music to listen to.  Please feel free to share/purchase the song I wrote the lyrics to,  Lily Messer is the voice and Ceylon Wise is the producer. I have many more songs I would like to get out there but can not financially afford to record them. If interested in teaming up together, feel free to contact me.

What I Am by Lara Landon – 

This Love by Joseph Cannavo –  

Awake by  A Foreign Affair –  

Lucky Star by Stan Silver – 

 

Thanks for all the follows, musicians and non-musicians.

Some other music from non-followers I have listened to recently.  Pick out a few you haven’t heard and take a listen.

Bad Day by Group 1 Crew –  

Bounty On My Head by Grizfolk – 

Heart Gone Cold by Foghat – 

Rebound by Drew Balbridge –    

Can’t You Hear Him Calling by Candi Staton –  

Couldn’t Believe by Broods –   

Leave Them All Behind by Billy Talent –  

Go Big Or Go Home by American Authors – 

How Much Longer by Half  Mile Home –  

Better by Hezekiah Walker – 

Love Remains by Hillary Scott and the Scott Family – 

God by House Of Heroes – 

Drive It Like You Stole It by Hudson Thames – 

Good Company by Jake Owen –  

Pick Up Lines by Justin Moore – 

Stars by Kat Deluna – 

Son Was Lifted Up by Leeland – 

If I Didn’t Know You by Nick Fradiani – 

Be Enough by Nonpoint – 

Interstate by Randy Rogers-  

Breakdown by Rebelution – 

Write It On The Wall by Royce Lovett – 

Anthony by Run River North –  

Catch Me When I Fall by Stitched Up Heart –  

The Day That I Found God by Switchfoot – 

Blood On My Hands by Through Fire – 

Come Holy Spirit by Vertical Church Band – 

Don’t Ask My Neighbors by Will Downing –  

and our song:

I Question You by Lily Messer – 

On Itunes :  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-question-you-single/id1018588943

Merry Christmas – 115 Days To Go

Well, it was actually yesterday that it was 115 days to go …..

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Some of you may be saying what? I say why not? Why wait until December 25th to celebrate the birth of our savior. Why wait until we are so busy with everything else that goes with the season that before we know it it is here and gone. Why wait until Christmas Eve to go to church?

Summer is winding down, fall is coming on and then winter will be here. This year has gone by so quick. Seems like winter just ended. I know, we still have 3 months and 22 days until winter officially begins and I will appreciate every minute of fall but..  Back to school shopping is done, Halloween is on the shelves and in probably about 30-40 days there will be Christmas items on the shelves. Wal-Mart has already started their lay-away program for Christmas. Two weeks earlier than last year. Keeping the c in…

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