Early this morning, I gave myself a sweet surprise. I am assuming my son found this CD because I had not seen in years, but to my delight, it was a CD with many of my old demos and original Integral X Bar beats.
"Say Hello" was the first song I ever recorded, not wrote, but recorded. It was meant to be a lullaby for a friend at Florida Southern College who was having a really hard time during her senior year. After the boys (Clint and Raf) heard it, and a few others you will hear later in the summer, 48 States Away was born.
Why is this so special to me?
The original CD actually was destroyed. I found it a few years ago, but it was broken in half. (I still have it because of its meaning.) So, finding a working CD with the song in it made me very, very happy earlier this morning.
If you have heard the Integra X Bar version before, you will notice the original song has slightly different lyrics and structure. We changed it for the album version since we did not, and do not have, a lead guitarist. Plus, it was an electronica album, so it made no sense.
Either way, it makes me very happy to hear this simple and different version of one of my favorite songs I have ever written. Hopefully, everyone reading this will enjoy it as much as I do.
Share your love, say hello to yourself and say hello to the world. Everyone who smiles at the world will quickly realize the difference it will bring to their lives and to others.
Love,
Alex S.
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