Why “A Prayer for the Dying” and what it has to do with dying 

Society tries to put constraints on how we do everything— even while dying. When your loved ones are getting closer to the end of their time on Earth, remind them that conformity is not something God demands of them — He created us each as unique individuals and whether we are approaching the end or we are just starting out, that God given individuality can shine!!!

Been awhile 

I've been neglecting this blog for a variety of reasons – as many folks understand, time is one of our greatest assets. A lot of folks have told me that blogs are pretty much out of style – social media and podcasts are where you have the potential for the most folks listening. I guess I'm, as basically a one person operation, just don't have the time to make my presence on social media known to the extent that it needs to be (I guess I just have the time to periodically post or change something on this site, work on my YouTube channel and take the best material to submit to the streaming sites. 

At one point, long ago, I had a daily blog that got some attention. If this is something anyone reading this would like me to start up again, I would be excited about the premise. 

This is the other graphic from the newest release, “Speak the Truth” --

New Exploratory Video 

I just finished the final touches on a five section song entitled “Ripples in the Storm”. At 18 minutes plus in length and have five different themes generated by AI, the song is by far my most ambitious to date. I'm looking into the different film festivals to submit it to in the coming weeks. Right now it's only available to folks who have membership on my YouTube page (cost $2.99 a month) – Seize the Day!!!

First Livestream— my impressions  

For a virgin like experience, I can’t say I’m disappointed. Instead, optimism and anticipation ring my bells. Yes, YouTube changed our mix drastically. Yes, I made some technical mistakes myself….but what a great springboard. 

Finally got off my *&^ and joined Bandcamp 

Yes, I finally made the plunge into Bandcamp land. I recorded a pretty surreal, energetic track this am and uploaded it. Called “8 Bar Loop”, it's more a statement of freedom despite having segments of what you do driven by some earthly created, computerized, digital…you get the point – I just put the drum machine on an 8 Bar Loop and improvised the guitar, bass and theremin parts. Hope you enjoy it! Steven

New Seymour Duncan Pickups 

The aged white (cream) is not all of the throwback vibes these new Seymour Duncan Psychedelic Pickups add to my Midnight Blue American Standard Stratocaster. This gal now rocks with the big boys — handling all I can throw at her so far. The current video (on that page of this site) has this lasses first encounter with my fingers, body and soul. Glad I thought to capture the moment— it’s a song called “Howl” and howl she does.

Exclusive Videos 

I will be sending out “friends of the band” videos mid month (1 or 2) that will not be available anywhere else initially. To receive them, all you need to do is sign up for the mailing list. I control the list so no spam and only a couple emails a month. I really do understand the nuisance of receiving way too many emails to process in even a day. Hope you have a chance to sign up – blessings!

Have you ever? 

Yesterday was the worst day of the last year that I can remember…at least in the way I felt…but, there was relief. I woke up with pretty crazy allergies, but still had a load of things on my plate and was successful in plowing through the list. I had my piano lessons last night with my wife and I was in the process of cancelling my slot. My teacher just replied with a simple “Praying you can make it.” More as respect for her, I decided to drag myself to the lesson. About half way through my session, I really started feeling a whole lot better – maybe it was the allergy drugs kicking in or maybe, just maybe, I plowed through the muck and was rewarded with a good learning experience – probably a combination of the two.