This Christmas 1.29.10

Before we went to the Baby Grand to chart this song I told the guys that this song was inspired by Mark Schultz's writing style. It has three verses and is very much a story song. After we had all come back into the control room to record, everyone laughingly told us that this was definitely Mark Schultz because all of his chorus chord combinations are 1645 and this song had those same chords for ...

Noel 1.28.10

When we first decided to make a Christmas CD all of us sat down and picked some of our favorite carols. It was tough to choose and after much "discussion" we had it narrowed down to nine. Since we have four original songs that we were going to put on the album we needed to shave off a few more selections. Not wanting to leave any out, the obvious answer was to craft the carols and make them into medleys. Noel is made up ...

Away in a Manger 1.12.10

I love the studio and all the creativity it inspires. We definitely need that inspiration when recording Away in a Manger because we needed to write another half a chorus for the beginning of it.One day when snow was falling outside our big kitchen windows I sat down and wrote a couple of lines that went well with the lyrics of Away in a Manger.(Kind of like on Natalie Grant's Medley of Silver Bells and O Holy ...

Marque Quarterbacks 1.07.10

"An unbelievable turn of events for the three marque quarterbacks..." Brent Musburger said that at the conclusion of the BCS National Championship and therefore the concussion of the 2009 college football season. He was referring to Sam Bradford's season ending injury, Tim Tebow's concussion and heartbreaking loss to Bama in the SEC Championship and now Colt McCoy's devastating shoulder injury in the second series of the National Championship Game. No one expected these seniors to end ...

Press On 1.01.10

All season long Zac Robinson, quarterback for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, has had PRESS ON printed on his face. I always wondered if their was a deeper meaning behind that. During his games, football announcers would talk about those words being an inspiration to him, how it was something he did because of his grandfather who had passed away earlier this season. He and his grandfather were very close and though I never caught the whole story, I know exactly how if feels to ...