I've been very busy putting the finishing touches on my second solo release, Plastic Guns.  We are very close to the finish line on this one!  Originally I had scheduled a December release date, and it's looking like we are going to have to push that back to January.  There is good news, however!  The 4 songs I'm giving as a free download are going to mix next week.  That means that they will be up by the end of the month!

Now for the big announcement! The reason it's taken so long is actually good news in and of itself.  I have been working on a project with my sisters and my two nieces, and it has commanded almost all of my musical attention. 

Back in June, my sister Kristin, and her two daughters Lauren and Kailyn surprised my dad by singing one of his old songs together at Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa.   It was something we kind of decided at the last minute and threw together, but everyone agreed there was something very special about it.  Every one of us has been to hell and back, and now we want to just worship God.  There is nothing for us to sing about outside of HIS grace, HIS power and HIS perfect love. You can watch the video here. The Pastor, Chuck Smith was very moved by the performance, and said to my dad, "We've got to get them in the studio". That has grown into more serious talks of recording an album, and very recently, those talks have become reality!  Calvary Chapel is partnering with us on this, and I am so excited about it.

I had plans for my next album (after Plastic Guns) to be a live worship album, and have been writing many songs with that project in mind.  As usual, God had other plans and I have come to realize that those songs were perfect for this new venture.  Then I asked my sister Kristin, a worship leader, if she had written any  songs, and it turns out she had a few songs to play for me.  We got together, and HELLO!  ( I usually have more articulate words to describe an encounter, but HELLO! is pretty much the only way to describe how blown away I was by her songs.)  Then we wrote a few songs together, and it became very obvious that this is something that is God breathed.   In a way, I feel like THIS is what God has been preparing me for my whole life, and I don't say that lightly. 

We have been keeping things hush hush, because we weren't sure how it was going to work or if it was even going to happen at all, but as I post this, I'm on my way to the studio  where the recording is well under way.  I will be tweeting our progress, so stay tuned!  We still don't have a name for the group.  Any suggestions?