This episode is in honor of my Grandpa Paul.  He died tragically 10 years ago, and this episode features a song I wrote about his life, followed by a song based on one of his favorite sayings: "Aim high, there's room at the top."

You can download the song GrandPaul at https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/grandpaul 

You can support this podcast at www.patreon.com/lightninglucas

You can email me about the possibility of hiring me to write you a song at [email protected]

Enjoy the show,

--Lucas-- (spring 2021)

For all things LL check out the new website LightningLucas.com ... and I still miss Grandpa Paul... (I think he would be proud that I'm still aiming high).

--Lucas-- (summer 2023)

I actually remastered this episode 4 months ago, but since I'm doing them in order I thought I'd just post it again. It's a good episode. I may go ahead and do episode 5 right now too.

--Lucas-- 6/11/2023

My ducks are not in a row these days, and yet, life is good (and hard).  Here is a remastered repost of episode 4, which came out nearly 2 years ago.  I remastered both the songs and the talking and harmonica stings.  Most of you probably won't be able to tell the difference, but that's okay.  (The most significant difference is that it now sounds better on large speakers, though optimal listening is still through headphones).  

This is a fairly solid episode and it doesn't really touch on current events at all, so it's very repostable.  Feel free to reply to this post (or email [email protected]) with a question or comment, I love to hear from you.

--Lucas-- 2/4/2023 

If you'd like to consider supporting the show, visit Patreon.com/LightningLucas

For all things related to my music and creativity check out the new LightningLucas.com (points to https://linktr.ee/lightninglucas )

Interested in seeing me do comedy in person at Court Square Theatre, Saturday June 3rd? Check out X2comedy.com (hmu for a possible ticket discount)

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Remastered Repost notes:

Don't Think You Can't is a lesser-known LL song from a few years back.  It's based on a quote from Henry Ford.

Blank Page is a new one based loosely on a quote from Seth Godin.

Enjoy,

Lucas

Watch the video for The Days Drag On here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuy7eq1bsV4

It is also available to stream and download wherever you get your music.  Just search for Lightning Lucas and Luke Mullet.  Luke and I hope to do another collab, perhaps this summer.  So look forward to that.

I also mentioned Seth Godin's Podcast, Akimbo.  Check that out anywhere you get your podcasts.

The link to check out to consider supporting my artistic endeavors is www.patreon.com/lightninglucas

Or email me at [email protected] to discuss hiring me for my songwriting services. Or call Fiv-For-Zeero-746-0398

Thanks so much for listening.  Please tell a couple of friends!

--Lucas--

You can watch a video of Hold The Hope, which was put together by the esteemed Gabriel Brunk, by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElhZ1wsnBUs and you can find it on the album A Taste of Lightning Lucas wherever you download or stream your music.

Still Have Hope was co-written with Andrew Claassen.  I did the vocals and the acoustic guitar.  Andrew did everything else, including: electric guitars, bass, laying the drum track, organ, back-up vocals, producing the song, mixing, and mastering!  A video for this song should be available next week-ish, and we may make the song available for downloading and streaming, haven't figured out how yet. Hold That Note is planning to run at least 6 episodes, with an old favorite followed by a new song each week.  If I enjoy the 6 week trial period I will keep going.  If you enjoy it, please subscribe.  You can consider supporting me by checking out patreon.com/lightninglucas ... there is no commitment involved in checking it out. Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lightning Lucas-- March 2021

As you can see... I made more than 6 episodes. The Still Have Hope video can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r90R9Wgid04

Hold That Note is currently on hiatus, but I'll be posting some rr episodes (remastered reposts)... today's is all the original episode content with some minor tweaks to the compression etc.

The best way to support the show is to commission an original song. Email me at [email protected] or call FivForZeero-746-0398

I hope you enjoy the show,

best,

Hold That Note is quite possibly going on a hiatus, however, I may start season 7 sooner rather than later. Also, I may repost some remastered episodes during the hiatus.

Please make sure to go to Spotify or Apple Podcasts and 'follow' Hold That Note so that you find out when season 7 starts.

Thanks especially to all you early listeners and patrons. When the show resumes hopefully we'll be able to create a petri dish effect.

Best,

Lucas

4/23/2023

Today features two songs about being down, but a lot of the talking is about the concept of 'staying conscious'... and also gratitude.

Check out the new and improved LightningLucas.com or HoldThatNote.net

Contact me to discuss your idea for a commissioned song: email: [email protected] or call (fivforzeero)-746-0398

The passage I read today was from Eckhart Tolle's book "A New Earth"...

Best,

Lucas

Check out the new and improved LightningLucas.com or HoldThatNote.net

Contact me to discuss your idea for a commissioned song: email: [email protected] or call (fivforzeero)-746-0398

Today's comment came from David Niven, PhD. (Author of "The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People")

Best,

Lucas

Here's another weird episode. It's my room cleaning ditty looped 6 times (which adds up to 10m49s)...

if you want to skip this episode I won't be offended, but if your room needs more than 11 minutes of cleaning perhaps you'll play it more than once... haha.

Hopefully I'll be back with something more usual next week!

Today's call to action is to please subscribe on Spotify or Apple Podcasts so that you get notifications when the episodes drop.

Have a great week!

--Lucas--

A bit of a walk down memory lane.

A different format (4 songs instead of 2).

The new thing is a remastered version of a song you've never heard, which is about the desert Wadi Rum in Jordan. (Which was recently featured in Time Magazine) (the desert, not my song).

I don't think I exactly put in a call to action this week, so the CTA is the same as last week: if you could/would, please rate or review this podcast on Apple or Spotify!

Contact me here: [email protected] or (Fiv-For-Zeero)-746-0398