(October 4, 2011) Today's Artist Spotlight goes to Erik Rico
Although his music doesn't sound like Stevie Wonder, his vocals remind me of Stevie with a lower tone. (And believe me, if I say someone reminds me of Stevie, I really like them.) Hope you like his music too!
I already told you previously that I enjoy Julie Dexter's music. I went and bought her newest cd New Again and I am really enjoying it. You can get a snippet of the cd in the video below:
(June 13, 2011) Tasha Cobbs is a gospel singer out of Atlanta. I have been blessed to hear her on many occasions. I was at her recording for her album, Smile.
This video is from that night.
I didn't blog about it because I wasn't blogging at that time.
(You don't see me, but three times they almost caught me, if the camera had moved to the right a little more!)-LOL
I really enjoy the spirit of her music. When We Speak TV would like to thank Tasha Cobbs for recording such good music and encouraging many people through the ministry of music.
To some people music is only rhythmic tunes that encourage them to wiggle and shake their bodies, but for me, music is the most valuable expression of my being. I walk and talk music all day, (not for a living- YET) but every moment of my life has music. When I awake in the morning I'm awakening to sounds on the alarm as the crowd in my dreams starts to sing along with the song that's playing in reality. When I get in the shower, I'm singing my morning prayer to the Lord, whether it's a gospel hymn or simply a prayer that is in my heart. On my way to work, you can see me jamming to the Hip Hop tunes as I anticipate what Frank and Wanda (V103) will talk about today. Finally, when I've arrived at work LATE, I sit at my desk and put the Media Player on random and jammed to everything from Soul to Country to Gospel to Hip Hop to Blues to Rock, and everything in between.
Today was no different than any other day but when I put those headphones in at work, I immediately realized that it was MUCH different. I was a little stressed at work so I used the music to help soothe me while I worked diligently. In the middle of my work I started to hear one of my favorite Rachelle Ferrell songs start to play (I Can Explain). After came a Ledisi song (and you know those two girls can "sang"). Rachelle Ferrell Ledisi
Then to my surprise, the next song that played was a song that I was very familiar with. It was Lose Myself performed by Marsha Ambrosius. I had already heard her version before now, and I had also heard Lauryn Hill's version. Since I love Lauryn so much, I instantly said that I didn't like Marsha's version but when I took the time to listen to it again today, I realized that Marsha's version gave me an opportunity not only to hear the song but to listen to it! MARSHA AMBROSIUS LAURYN HILL
Lauryn Hill is a very gifted writer and vocalist that I admire, which is why it was hard for me to give Marsha any credit for her interpretation of the song but then I had to realize that both these girls are different people. Therefore, it's only natural that they would interpret the song differently! CLICK THE VIDEOS BELOW TO HEAR THE TWO VERSIONS
When I listened to Marsha's version, for the second time, it really "ministered" to me. It made me recall the times that I was searching for love in all the wrong places. It even made me appreciate my partner even more. I began to thank God for allowing me to feel such a great love from another human being. There's a part in the song where she says, "...took a pure love and tried to make it dirty". BOY! I TELL YOU! that thang almost made me scream because at that point, it had gone deeper than just love for another human being. By this time I was thinking about some personal experiences that I've had regarding my love for my gift and for God.
I started recalling times when people (in and out of church) would make me feel like I was doing everything, only for a show. I love attention but when I do a work for God I'm only doing it to please Him and not for the "attention".
Then, as the song continued to talk to my heart, it came to me- "If you want to prosper in your gift, you have to lose yourself in it, the same way you did in order to find love."
That thing was like a word directly from the Lord. I wish I could continue and tell you more but I must go. I just want to leave you with this one thing.
In order to find love, you have to lose yourself in love....meaning you have to let go of the old you, and allow the love that you need to come in. You will never be open to love if you don't allow yourself to let go of the ones that never even deserved you!
Rachelle Ferrell 
