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And now here they are, Nick and Sue on Chatterbox.

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When the stars talk, they talk to Nick and Sue.

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Welcome back to the Chatterbox Redux podcast

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with Sue and Nick and today our special guest

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is Latasha Wurtz. This is Nick and Sue, a chatterbox

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giving you all you need to know about music.

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And now in Chatterbox, we're just lucky enough

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to welcome Latasha Wurtz. Latasha, welcome to

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Chatterbox. How are you? Hello, Latasha. I'm

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doing good. Great, it's great to meet you. How

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are you? Yes. We're good, aren't we? Very good,

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thank you. Very good, aren't we? Very, very.

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Now, Chris Bira. Space Angel Music sent us a

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song and he sends us songs for consideration

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for the Hit Me Show, which you're aware of now,

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and your Rise Up song with the Badlands was just

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amazing. I mean, as I said on the show at the

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time, we didn't even think until after we'd heard

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it about what the lyrics actually meant, which

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is a good thing because we were just taken away

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with it. It just, yeah. It's an amazing song

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and the message comes, it's subtle, but it lifted

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us. It lifted us, which is fantastic. That's

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a great way of a song of that type of message.

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I think it's the way to do it and lifting people

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is fantastic. But I know that you've got quite

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a story as to how... the song came about. So

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maybe you'd like to tell us in your own words

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how you got into you know the Christians singing

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perhaps and how Rise Up came because that is

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the song that people get to know you through

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first. Yes and thank you guys so much for playing

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my song as well. Rise Up came from a really real

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place for me. It was not written in a perfect

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season. It came from walking through things quietly

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that not everyone could see, and where I had

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to lean fully on my faith. There were moments

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I felt alone, but I knew God was still with me,

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even in the silence. And that is where the song

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was born, from choosing to stand back up, not

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in my own strength, but in His. That is also

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how I found hope. Even when things did not make

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sense, I held on to the truth that God was still

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there. Sometimes hope is not loud. It is quiet.

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It is choosing to keep going and to trust even

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when you do not have all the answers. And that

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is why Rise Up connects so deeply with Easter.

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Fantastic. And it is amazing. I think it connects.

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any time of year. It's an ideal time of year

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to be chatting to you but I think it can give

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hope any time because when we first heard it

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we just got through Christmas and New Year wasn't

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it? We were just into the New Year and I think

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it lifts people regardless what time of year.

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It's a fantastic time of year to be talking about

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it and this interview goes out at a great time

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but yeah I think it's somebody it will lift somebody

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in July and August and September. I really do.

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I think it's one very special song you've got

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there. How long did it take to write? Or was

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it over a period of time and it was worked on

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bit by bit? Or how did it come about? How long?

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Actually, my producer, Juan, and I had had it

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in our minds of like, okay, let's change it up

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with the Christian industry. And he was like,

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because before when we worked together years

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ago, we did EDM music. And so we said, hey, How

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about let's do an EDM Christian song that's never

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been done? And that is what we chose to do. And

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that's when we came up with the words for rise

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up. And there was some things that I was going

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through in my life at that time. And one was

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like Latacha, just be positive about it. And

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Write a song and be positive. So I did rise up

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is what I came up with and Then the next thing

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I know I'm writing and writing and writing I

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was going through a hard time at that time and

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I went into Psalms Bible verses and that's where

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rise up came from of me using rise up and The

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thing is when I did it the tune even came. I

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even got to sing that with one. It was really

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late at night when we were starting to do this

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song. I was so happy and enthusiastic about it.

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I was like, what about this one? Rise up in the

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power of the Holy Spirit. I love that. And then

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he's like, let's just do it to EDM though. I

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know you've done all your other tracks in like

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country and you've done all these other different

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things. Let's change it up. And that's what we

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did. Fantastic. Got a great voice. It sounds

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great. Thank you. Okay, so tell us about the

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Badlands, the Badlands band. Who are they? They've

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got their own website and you're singing with

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them on various songs and it's LaTasha Wirtz

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and the Badlands or something else. So you're

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obviously working together all the time. So tell

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us about them and who are they and all that stuff.

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Yeah. Well, everything dealing with them is everything

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dealing with Juan. Juan Rayfield with the production,

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all of the production that goes on. And then

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he also sometimes gets the choirs to come in

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from that area, if we need a choir in my songs.

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If I could ask you, because the hard time you're

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having through life and that, the way you were

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speaking, you were a Christian before, you met

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the Lord before, were you brought up as a child

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with beliefs and going to church or was it something

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that as you were growing up or as an adult that

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you found the Lord? Yes, I was baptized when

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I was nine years old. So I've had the Lord with

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me for a long time. You know, I've had different

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things that happened in my life that were hard.

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And He showed me that I could get through them.

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And with Him, I could get through anything. And

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you feel that it's the Lord that's helped you

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with your music career as well to get the message

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across to other people. You feel he's guiding

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you and guiding you to people like us and radio

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stations and everything else. It's all part of

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life's path, you think, is part of it, yeah?

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Absolutely. And the thing is, just how it happened,

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it was just so amazing. And then my company Thrive

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came about and he's showing me all this time

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that, you know, I've been mom or wife or, you

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know, all these other things. And it's great

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being those things, but he's like, I need to

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use you for me, not for you, for me. And so as

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I write, here's what happens when I'm writing

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a song and I don't finish it. Like that day of

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everything that I had planned, it does not go

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planned as. the same because like it's just like

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everything it's like nope okay well that was

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planned and that didn't work out but then when

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i write the song then everything goes right in

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order brilliant no wonderful great i'm also glad

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it does you know uh now i'm looking at the uh

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on youtube we're talking about we do your social

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media right at the end so people can find you

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as well um now The Badlands band we've got here,

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I think I found a Latasha Wirtz channel as well

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with a couple of songs on, but there's quite

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a few here with you, like Helping Hands is a

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song, a few other things. Tell us about some

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of the other songs that you've recorded and people

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can listen to and download. Okay, Helping Hands,

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that's one of my favorite ones, because we all

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need Helping Hands. We all need people to extend

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a hand to help. to help out through the community.

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You've got people who may be going through a

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lot of trauma or they're going through pain or

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they're going through hard times and they need

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us. And so it only takes just a little bit to

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have helping hands. And that's what we're supposed

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to be as our servants. Hasha, do you actually

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get to sing in your church, but actually out

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in the front of the church? At my old church

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I did. I was with the, like there was the lead

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singers, but I sing in the background. Okay.

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And no one knew that I sing like that. Well,

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I never knew. Okay. Only the people in Tennessee

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and the people I've been around in Las Vegas.

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One of the reasons that the church was uncertain

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that I produced music was because the music that

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I produced when I was in the industry over 10

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years ago was not spirit -led. And so I kept

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that history to myself. Now that God has led

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me to use the gift of music for His glory and

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be a blessing to those who listen, they have

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been surprised that I have the ability to sing

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at this level. And I'm just so thankful that

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I'm singing for the Lord and the Holy Spirit.

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There was a time when I had done in this small

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town and it was deep because of what was going

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on in that timing. But the thing is, When I write

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my songs, I write it in the Holy Spirit. However,

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I write it to where everybody can communicate

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with it and be like they're living in it as well.

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And that's something that I try to do so that

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they feel they're in the song. And Tutu present

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a radio show So here's Nick and Sue Your musical

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duo Well, if Rise Up's anything to go by, because

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obviously we're still quite new to discovering

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you, but if Rise Up's anything to go by, then

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that's quite a feat. I don't know if I'm trying

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to find the right word, but that's quite a skill

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you've got there because it's natural. So, yeah,

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you've got to say something. There's a lot more

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songs coming from you. I can see it. Oh, yes,

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definitely. Thank you. Yes, I've been writing

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actually since I was five years old. And it was

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with my father. I mean, he was a musician as

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well. And I also was writing one with Neil Foster.

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And he's a musician as well. So I was always

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around musicians. And so writing has always been

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around me. And I've actually got a book that

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in eighth grade that I had written and I had

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won for the writing contest for our school. And

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so I got to have my own little book, which I

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do have. And yeah, that was amazing that I got

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to do that. And then they had asked me in Nashville

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to use those songs in for the radio station.

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And so I did. And that was. Yeah. You bet you

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the. writing that all into a book. Now there's

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quite a story there and it is a book, something

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you may do, like to have a book published about

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your story and the songs that you're writing

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and to help people that way. Is that something

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you could do that could go out as a podcast?

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Is that something that's on the cards that we

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may be able to talk about in the future? Yes,

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I would absolutely love to do that because what

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I've learned is Okay, our trials and tribulations

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that we go through in life, that also helps us

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to grow and become wiser. And then it also helps

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bring nuggets to help others who are going through

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those times. And God places us in their lives

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at those times. But I've also learned you're

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only in people's lives for a certain amount of

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time. And that's okay. It's those seasons that

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he's wanting you to be there to help them, to

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guide them and be there with them. Sure. I'll

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get that. I saw, as we mentioned before, or the

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beginning, I don't remember if it's off air or

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if it's since we've been chatting on air. So

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I'll say both so I can take which one out, which

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isn't appropriate. But yes, you're represented

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promotion -wise by Chris Spear of Space Angel

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Music. And I noticed a post that he's put up

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the last day or two, the last few days. I've

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seen something about a new release you've got

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coming up, some new song. So why don't you tell

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us all about the new song? I have Angel Stay

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coming out and our grandmother, our great grandmother

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just passed away this morning at eight o 'clock

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a .m. And it is about dementia. She had dementia.

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And in the song, this is something that's like

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never been done in a song is that my mother is

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a caregiver and she helps people all the time.

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And the one thing when dementia is going on,

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you have your family, but then you also have

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the caregivers who are taking care of your family

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at the last timing of their life. And this song

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actually talks about the things that they go

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through in the dementia and the things where

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the caregivers are there, the family is there,

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what they're trying, like what you can do to

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get their minds more creative. And it just, it's

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a type of song that really relates to the heart

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of the family, friends, and it's upbeat. So you're

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not listening to a song that's just like got

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you sad and just crying so many tears. Instead,

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you're having a up like, OK, they're going to

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heaven. They're going to be going to heaven.

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And I I'm so thankful and I'm so glad I get to

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be there with them. Wonderful. What a wonderful,

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special song. And it relates to so many people

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listening as well. In fact, John Henry Harvey,

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in the other interview on today's show, when

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Chatterbox goes out, he also talks about dementia

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and going around to the old folks' homes where

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they suffer from dementia. And he gets them singing

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the old hymns and things like that. So it's a

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very important subject that's been there. mentioned

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twice in two interviews in the same show and

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as I said on John Henry Harvey's interview something

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I can relate to and most people can relate to

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unfortunately my own father he was diagnosed

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with vascular dementia when he was in his 80s

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early 80s we were lucky enough to have him till

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he was 94 he went four years ago now so of course

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I can relate to it and we all know somebody everybody

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knows somebody who they've been close to, whether

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it be a friend or whether it be a relative or

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whatever. We all know somebody that's been stricken

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by that. And of course, in many ways, it's very

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sad that the fact is that that person's there,

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but it's like they're not really there. There's

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an object, there's a person there, but it's not

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technically them because they're not there as

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such. It's like they've already passed as such

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as far as this goes. But I was so lucky with

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my father, although... He could remember things

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in the 1930s like it happened yesterday. He could

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remember what had happened in the last day, the

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last year, the last 10 years, 20 years. He could

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remember before the Second World War. But I was

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so lucky, and I mean this, I know I was lucky,

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he could remember my name and who I was. He never

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forgot me at any point and that's so lucky. Beautiful.

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That's rare. I was so lucky. That's a blessing.

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It was, it was. So, and did you mention you had

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another, something else coming out? A new, another

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single other than that one? Yes, that's what's

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going on in my life right now that I've just

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kind of been being quiet about. But it's check

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the mirror. Oh, okay. Interesting. Yes. And it

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is actually about different personalities people

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have. And it's a facade. And where people they

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think that people don't see it. And it's there.

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And you're also giving grace for it. But there's

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a certain time that you can't keep letting them

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get away with something over and over and over

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again, because they've got to learn from it that

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that's just wrong. So that's cool. That's cool.

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That's good. There's a great title as well. we

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also thank you for coming in the chat room it's

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lovely to see your support and your support for

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the other artists as well it's lovely it is nice

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it's wonderful they're amazing artists i mean

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you go to listen to the songs why wouldn't you

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because they're they're just amazing artists

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and and i thank you for saying that but um you

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know as i get to interact with them and talk

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with them their songs are just they blow you

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away Yeah, that's absolutely amazing songs absolutely

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amazing and they give any any mainstream and

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I mean proper mainstream, you know They give

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them a run for their money any day, which is

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like why we like to do both of course and yeah

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It's right to him because they are as good or

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better as I said, you know, they really are They

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always say yeah, and even I heard this 50 years

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ago There's better artists out there than the

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ones that have been discovered Yeah, it's always

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been the case, you know And it still is the case,

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you know, yes. Yeah Okay, so um, let's have a

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have a look at what sir what you might be doing

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for the rest of the year What are your next plans?

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I? Would like to be saying that I achieved Certain

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songs going out that touch people's hearts like

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the other ones but they're very powerful and

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that God leads the way. The biggest thing is

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I would not be here where I'm at if God didn't

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lead me here. And I'm learning that when we write

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from the heart and when you're writing from the

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heart and you're writing in the moments of something

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happening, that is when you have an amazing song

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and also that thrive will be really powerful

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of our company as we're putting out more songs

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because the goal is to work with movie people,

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the movie industry and to work with the singers

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and with the Christian industry so that Like

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with the movies, they can have more songs of

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Christian songs of people writing them and us

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helping them so that we can have more movies

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with the Christian song because it's hard to

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just have that. So, yes. That's fantastic. That's

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great. And when it comes to singing live or doing

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any touring and that, is it venues or is it like

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churches or is that the plan to go around churches

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to sing and do concerts at those? So the plan

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is to go on tour. It's going to be after some

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things pass and we're looking forward to that.

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And I've spoken, you know, about even the UK.

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And that's something I would love to do because

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so many others are wanting to see me come there.

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And I'm grateful for just what the Lord's doing.

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He's just opening the doors in even Australia

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because Chris even got people from Australia

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now. And I'm just very thankful of what God's

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doing. And the thing is, in the midst of trials

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and tribulations going on, he's still bringing

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that happiness. And that's the thing I want listeners

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to know too is when you're going through trials

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and tribulations, it's okay. And he's going to

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be there with you and he's going to send his

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people and be there for you as long as you let

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him. And when you let him, you're giving it all

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to him. But when you don't, you're not giving

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it all. That's great. Now this, as you know,

00:24:07.990 --> 00:24:09.910
Chatterbox goes out on a podcast. It's called

00:24:09.910 --> 00:24:12.369
the Chatterbox Redux podcast. Now the podcast

00:24:12.369 --> 00:24:17.029
is going to be uploaded on Good Friday. And this

00:24:17.029 --> 00:24:19.289
show goes out like Easter Sunday and all over

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Easter and then for the week afterwards. So it's

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when we get to this time of year or any time

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of year when it's a time that people that might

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have had families are now alone, or people are

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just by themselves anyway. It's a time when depression

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could kick in more severely and times could be

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harder. And I wondered if you as a Christian

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had any message of hope or any message for people

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that are listening, because there will be people

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listening to this that are alone. Do you have

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any message for them that could help them? Yes.

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So for anyone listening this Easter, especially

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if you feel alone, I just want you to know you

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are not. God sees you, He is with you, and He

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has not forgotten you. There is still hope, and

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you can rise again. My music as a whole comes

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:17.460
from that place. Real life, real faith, and what

00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:20.559
God has brought me through. My heart is to create

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songs that help people feel seen, encouraged,

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and reminded that they are not alone. And moving

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forward, I am continuing to follow that calling,

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creating and sharing music that carries hope

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and truth wherever God leads me. If there is

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one thing I want people to take away, it is this.

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You are not alone, and no matter what you are

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facing, you can rise again. Wonderful. Thank

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you for that. That means a lot. That's good.

00:25:51.309 --> 00:25:56.130
Thank you. And before we let you go, Ken, let's

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cover some social media. If you tell people what

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your social media presence is, where they can

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find you. I think you're on Instagram and places.

00:26:04.930 --> 00:26:06.589
So if you tell them where they can find you and

00:26:06.589 --> 00:26:09.349
what the tags are, like, is it Latasha Wirtz

00:26:09.349 --> 00:26:11.710
or Latasha Wirtz from the Badlands? Yeah, the

00:26:11.710 --> 00:26:13.690
floor is yours. If you tell them how they can

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find you, please. Instagram, YouTube, most of

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the platforms. And we're getting ready to open

00:26:21.589 --> 00:26:25.160
up our website for Thrive. So once that's open

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:28.660
then everybody can go there and then eat and

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:31.980
you'll get to see the Thrive music. Let us know

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.539
when Thrive is up and I think it'd be nice to

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have a chat. It's been wonderful chatting to

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you and meeting you and I think we should have

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a chat as the year progresses and certainly have

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you on before Christmas but let's see how the

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year progresses maybe. before that but obviously

00:26:45.500 --> 00:26:47.279
I'll be sending your songs and keep up to date

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and we're friends on Facebook anyway and we do

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:52.880
mess each other sometimes as well so yeah so

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.819
keep in touch and I look forward to the next

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songs yes indeed so it leaves me for now Latasha

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just to say great meeting you thank you so much

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:03.839
for coming on Chatterbox and for your great song

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:06.579
and I was honored too I'm so thankful to get

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:09.839
to know you guys and thank you for playing my

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:15.329
music and you know It's just and it's not just

00:27:15.329 --> 00:27:19.170
me, you know, it's a it's a team of people writing

00:27:19.170 --> 00:27:23.789
the songs as well to like Russell, I'm sure you

00:27:23.789 --> 00:27:25.750
guys have heard of him, Russell, he's been helping

00:27:25.750 --> 00:27:28.730
as well. And one, I mean, that's the other thing

00:27:28.730 --> 00:27:31.849
that's just amazing. Because Chris just pushed

00:27:31.849 --> 00:27:36.690
out his song. That's my producer. And he just

00:27:36.690 --> 00:27:39.950
put out a new song as well. Wonderful. Wonderful.

00:27:40.170 --> 00:27:42.319
So we listen out for that as well. But yeah,

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.000
Latasha, thank you so much and love to chat more.

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.779
Looking forward to the next time already. You

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:50.960
take care, Latasha. And happy Easter to you,

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:55.640
Latasha. Happy Easter to you guys. Thank you

00:27:55.640 --> 00:28:27.089
very much. Bye bye. You've been listening to

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