Life, family, and music.
Hi Aaron, my name is Jörn and I am from Germany. I am listening a lot to your very inspiring songs and wanted to thank you. I really like the cover of your single “The Kindness of Strangers” – it gives a lot of interpretation but warms my heart. Where and how did you come […]
Did you lose someone important to you? I just learned of you yesterday and so many of your songs go straight to my heart! I lost my son 18 months ago. Karmen Hi Karmen – I’m so sorry about your son. I can’t even imagine what you must be going through. I have four boys,
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There was this scene in a cartoon my son was watching where two kids wanted to be rock stars. They started writing a song but realized they didn’t have enough life experience to say much in their lyrics. So they went out and started doing a bunch of things to expedite the process. I laughed
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Hi Lori – I like to play this one. Here’s a little video of me showing it to you.
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Inspired by one of her friends, my wife Heidi started taking one second videos every day. Little snapshots of life. I recommend you try it (I am, too). It’s helping me notice the beauty in the ordinary. Here’s Heidi’s latest 28 seconds:
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While painting, Bob Ross famously used to say to his viewers, “We don’t make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.” I want to point out something obvious: We don’t have happy accidents unless we make mistakes—and you can’t make mistakes if you aren’t taking action. When’s the last time you had a happy accident?
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The other day she texted, “What’s your most popular song?” I told her it was “Making All Things New.” Then she made this really great printable.
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My dad is an electrician. Naturally, I call him when I have an electrical problem. He’ll troubleshoot with me over the phone, and I understand him for a little bit. But then he slips into jargon and electrical-speak and I have to have him explain what he means. When it comes to wiring a house,
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AMA: “If you could only listen to digital music or vinyl records for the rest of your life which would you choose?” Ali Hi Ali – I’ll answer this solely as a listener. If I answer as an artist and songwriter, I might put myself out of a job! I was going to say digital
“Did you enjoy jazz band in high school? What did you gain from that time, as far as a musician and songwriter?” Rachel Hi Rachel – I smiled when I read your question because I never was in jazz band in high school. You and I grew up in the same small town, so maybe