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MP3 jay dee - echoes of a life
15 MP3 Songs
GOSPEL: Contemporary Gospel, EASY LISTENING: Soft Rock
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This album is a project that took over 6 years to complete. Personal setbacks, lack of funds and time, family issues and discouragment not only contributed but also shaped the overall theme of these 15 songs--that life can knock you down(alot)but with God''s help(alot)and tenacious determination you can overcome the obstacles, failures and seemingly impossible odds to succeed at leaving a good "echo" pattern of a life that will help and inspire others. Starting with "Building A Legacy" and ending with "What''s Right For Me", the influence of Brian Wilson''s musical legacy is very apparent. The vocal harmonies and lush instrumentation are very similar to the Beach Boy''s sound of the late 60''s and early 70''s. I loved that sound, and I felt that it could be used not only as an enjoyable listen but,with a Christian message, as a tool to help and inspire others to carry on when life deals some hard blows. Billboard''s 12th annual World Song Contest gave the CD an "Honorable Mention" and a 9(out of 10) rating, stating it has a "strong message, catchy tunes and great vocals. The music and the lyrics match very well." A special Thank You to Doug Benson, the CD''s engineer and major instrumentalist,without whom this music would not have happened, and to my wife and children, who are the inspiration for the majority of it''s content. Jay Hoelscher--10/25/2004 Other reviews and footnotes: "Someday"(track #2)reached #2 on Indie Heaven''s Radio Songchart and #16 on https://www.tradebit.com''s Adult Contemporary Download chart, remaining in the Top 40 for over 2 months(July--September 2004). It also reached #38 on https://www.tradebit.com''s Christian Contemporary Download chart in July, 2004. "Someday",(track # 2),received an "Honorable Mention" award from https://www.tradebit.com''s Independent Artist Showcase July https://www.tradebit.com January 14, 2005, VH-1''s Save The Music Foundation announced that "A DIFFERENT DRUMMER",(track # 7 on this CD), was a finalist in VH''1''s Song of the Year contest for November,2004.(https://www.tradebit.com.)ECHOES OF A LIFE has now won 3 songwriting awards in the past year, and hopefully this bodes well for the album''s impact for the rest of 2005.-------------- UPDATE--MAY 4,2005----ECHOES OF A LIFE RECEIVED PRESS COVERAGE IN 2 LOCAL NEWSPAPERS, THE HAGERSTOWN HERALD APRIL 10, AND THE FREDERICK NEWS-POST APRIL 14, 2005. On April 26, 2005 "SOMEDAY",(track # 2), hit the #1 position on https://www.tradebit.com''s Christian Contemporary and Christian Alternative music Download charts,remaining there for 2 weeks, and it was followed by "BUILDING A LEGACY"(track#1),which also hit the #1 position on the same charts May 16, 2005, staying there for 1 week. "THE STORY OF US" has been in the Contemporary Country/Country Gospel Top 30 since the last week of March,2005. I thank God for these honors, and may he continue to help me live more for him."LORD I''M NUMB",(track#4), has been on an every Sunday evening rotation(6 to 8PM), on WIOJ AM radio in Jacksonville, Florida since May, 2005.
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