February 2012
5 posts
"Rain and Snow"
We are releasing our new album tomorrow on iTunes. But you can listen to it today here: http://www.purevolume.com/news/Phone-Calls-From-Home-Stream-Rain-and-Snow-EP
It is awesome to write songs that people can relate to and enjoy. I am glad that, as a songwriter, I finally got to a point where I can relate to and enjoy the songs too. These songs are about us. They are about our search for love...
Friendship
I wrote a song for our last CD “Live. Love.” called Be Your Burden. And, as weird as it sounds, that song has led me to be a better friend. The song is written from the perspective of a person who has a friend that is going through a rough time. It is pretty much a guy saying to his friend, “I know your life is rough right now. I know you don’t even feel like living right...
Absorb This Quote
“The Dalai Lama, when asked what surprised him most about humanity, answered, ‘Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and...
Meetings
We (Phone Calls From Home) are releasing an acoustic CD on iTunes on Tuesday, February 21st. I invite you all to get it next week. The album is called “Rain and Snow”. I am excited for it because, as a songwriter, I am beginning to write more about my experiences and less about abstract thoughts. There is evidence of this from our last CD, “Live. Love.” I have realized that...
Give The World The Best You Have
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could...