Happy 2010!
Wow… A whole new decade. Pretty crazy, huh?
I hope this first year of the new decade is only just the beginning of the best years of your life – that your best is still yet to come. I don’t think 2010 is even ready for you..!
So spare no expense in the celebration stakes, make sure you go out & have fun. God bless, much love, keep safe & let the games begin!
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Hey everyone, what’s happening? Hope you’re all enjoying your weekend so far.
I’ve got some exciting news. My new holiday single, The Christmas Song, is out NOW on iTunes, CD Baby & other digital music outlets:
The incredible Shaun Strydom (Johannesburg, South Africa) shot & designed the cover art, which you can view a bigger version of by clicking on it:
Make sure you get yourselves a copy today & one for all your friends/family too (haha…)! I really hope you guys enjoy it & that it helps get you in the festive spirit this Christmas season.
Thanks so much for all of your support & much love to you!
B
UPDATE:
Ok so the support I’ve been getting for the single so far has been incredible – THANK YOU so much..! And even in just the couple days since its release, people have been sending me messages, asking whether I’m putting out any more Christmas songs this year. To answer your question: no, but sort of…
If you check out the new It’s Christmas record (http://bit.ly/4KI5EO), Christmas Time Again is a song I wrote/recorded on there (I also performed it on the Good Morning show last Friday). I sing on Track 14 as well.
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Hey all, what’s up? Hope you’ve all got a relaxing weekend ahead. Mine’s already started here in Australia & is going great so far :).
I wanted to take to my blog to write about a current, very public disgrace involving a certain top golfer. From headlines screaming at me from every direction, to “water-cooler” comments made by every other person I’ve caught up with this week, it’s been kinda hard to avoid. I’m sure you all know who I’m referring to…
This whole Tiger Woods debacle really bothers me aye.
Yes, I know what he did was beyond wrong, that’s undeniable. But people getting kicks out of gossiping about it..? I know fame & privacy don’t have the easiest relationship, but that’s disgusting. And some of the worst offenders of it are Christians. That’s not ok…
I really hope pastors don’t turn this into a Sunday sermon. We have enough problems/flaws of our own to deal with. The church pulpit should not be a vehicle for “holy” gossip. No such thing. At the same time, I want to insist that I don’t for a second think infidelity is ok either. Of course, there will always be consequences to our actions & we should be prepared to pay for what we choose to order in life. But that’s a whole ‘nother blog altogether!
Society today is becoming so increasingly desensitized to pop culture & the idea of “celebrity”, it’s like they don’t even think of them as actual human beings. That it’s somehow ok to be extra negative towards them, saying things they wouldn’t even normally say about anyone (go figure!), all because they’re in the public eye? I don’t know about you, but that to me is just downright scary…
Quite often, peoples’ response to that would go something like this: “Well, they asked for it. They knew what they were in for when they got famous. Everyone knows your business anyway, it’s normal, it just comes with it! They’re rich, they’ll be fine…”. That’s a poor excuse. At the end of the day – with or without fame & money – people are people.
Just because a celebrity shames themselves, it doesn’t make you & I any more decent as human beings when we choose to follow the status quo & involve ourselves in regurgitating gossip…
Two wrongs = Right..? Hardly.
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Hey all, how are you all doing?
Right now, I’m just getting things prepped for this next week’s studio sessions. After what’s felt like a lifetime of delays & so much waiting, I’m excited to finally be recording vocals for my very first record.
It’s an EP (for all those who don’t know, it stands for “extended play”…), which is typically longer (in running time…) than a single, but shorter than a full-blown album. Hope that gives you a better idea.
Pretty excited about the tunes. I’ve worked hard on them & am really excited about sharing the new music with you all when it’s done. To the people who tirelessly send me kind messages of encouragement & support, I want to say a massive “Thank You…”. Means a lot.
“An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.” Proverbs 12:25
Wherever you are, take care, have fun & I’ll write again soon ;)…
B
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Hey everyone, how’s it going?
So I’ve finally succumbed (or I should say “awakened”…) to the world of online blogging. It feels good though & I’m kind of doing this at the right time.
This blog will be a place where I’ll share my thoughts & happenings. Apart from it being a good way to streamline things a bit (as opposed to starting up a zillion-&-one different social networking profiles…), it’s an exciting new way for me to rekindle my love affair with writing/journaling.
Thanks heaps for stopping, hope you enjoy what you read :)…
B
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