Hold That Note

Hey everyone, my brother and I have just returned from our trip to Oregon... it was quite refreshing!  Some stories from the trip to come in weeks ahead.  Here is an episode I recorded before we left.  It features the talented Leah Wenger again (see our previous collabs on episode 10 and episode 32). 

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] or call (FivForZeero)-746-0398

(You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!)

Be sure to check out episode 60: a 'sizzle reel' episode to encourage you to commission a song!

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week's new song is a mantra designed to expand and contract your thinking, and the old one is about how our problems may not be as bad as we think.

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Set 'Wake Up, Wake Up' (from episode 59) as your alarm by visiting: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

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Read Sir John Hargrave's book online for free here: https://www.mindhacki.ng/

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Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

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I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard a question from Leah herself!  To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  I'm also still looking for simple constructive ways to improve the show.  You can simply email me: [email protected]

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--

Hey everyone, my brother and I are having a great time in Portland, it has been very relaxing.  Next week we will go south to the Willamette Valley to a family reunion.  I hope these pre-recorded episodes are an acceptable gift. 

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] or call (FivForZeero)-746-0398

(You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!)

Be sure to check out episode 60: a 'sizzle reel' episode to encourage you to commission a song!

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week's new song is an ear-worm about tidying up, and the old one is two short poems about travel.

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Set 'Wake Up, Wake Up' (from episode 59) as your alarm by visiting: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

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The Mom Song, as promised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXgoJ0f5EsQ&ab_channel=ashleytisdalefan007

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Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

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I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard a comment from Gene Bedell, from his book 'Three Steps to Yes'... To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  I'm also still looking for simple constructive ways to improve the show.  You can simply email me: [email protected]

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--

My brother and I are heading to Oregon for two weeks!  So this week I have recorded 2 episodes, and hope to record one more before we leave on Monday!  Hopefully the trip will inspire some music which you will get to hear upon our return!

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] or call (FivForZeero)-746-0398

(You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!)

Be sure to check out episode 60: a 'sizzle reel' episode to encourage you to commission a song!

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week is much lighter-hearted than the last two episodes which were about mass shooting.  I apologize for the abrupt transition.

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Set 'Wake Up, Wake Up' (from episode 59) as your alarm by visiting: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

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Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

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I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard comment from my friend Daniel, To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  I'm also still looking for simple constructive ways to improve the show.  You can simply email me: [email protected]

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--

Another somber episode...

Gig at A Bowl of Good again next Tuesday 5/31/22 from 4:45-7 p.m.  Come on out.

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] or call (FivForZeero)-746-0398

(You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!)

Be sure to check out episode 60: a 'sizzle reel' episode to encourage you to commission a song!

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week is basically about mass shootings and gun control... again.  Also activism and names.  Hopefully next week we will return to something less heavy.

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The promised song by my sister: https://soundcloud.com/yugodservant/names?utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing&fbclid=IwAR3OIjBpODY9mCuklkc2Jz-Q0cDmBr09fD_zDMBLN4T5FfZp-ia3H_SzhBw

The promised Sufjan song about a serial killer... it is quite disturbing, so don't listen to it if you are squeamish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpvMm27WIM

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Set 'Wake Up, Wake Up' (from episode 59) as your alarm by visiting: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

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Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

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I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard comment from my friend Daniel, and also continued responding to a YouTube listener named Artie from last week...  To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  I'm also still looking for simple constructive ways to improve the show.  You can simply email me: [email protected]

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--

Gig at A Bowl of Good again next Tuesday 5/24/22 from 4:45-7 p.m.  Come on out.

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] or call (FivForZeero)-746-0398

(You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!)

Be sure to check out episode 60: a 'sizzle reel' episode to encourage you to commission a song!

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week is basically about mass shootings and gun control.

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The promised song by my sister: https://soundcloud.com/yugodservant/names?utm_source=mobi&utm_campaign=social_sharing&fbclid=IwAR3OIjBpODY9mCuklkc2Jz-Q0cDmBr09fD_zDMBLN4T5FfZp-ia3H_SzhBw

The promised Sufjan song about a serial killer... it is quite disturbing, so don't listen to it if you are squeamish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpvMm27WIM

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Set 'Wake Up, Wake Up' (from episode 59) as your alarm by visiting: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

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Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

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I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard comment from a YouTube listener named Artie...  To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  I'm also still looking for simple constructive ways to improve the show.  You can simply email me: [email protected]

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--

This is a special song-only episode featuring a song I started many years ago and finally finished.  It has a lot to say, so I'll simply post the lyrics:

Newspaper hit the doorstop of my heart this morning,

Headline read, another ten dead,

Shot by a kid, who was wrong in the head,

It’s easier to make believe it’s make-believe,

It’s easier to pretend it’s just pretend,

It’s easier to imagine it’s just the imagination of the man at the radio station,

Rather than the messed up mind of the boy with the gun in his hand,

It’s easier to make believe it’s make-believe…

Newspaper hit the doorstop of my heart this morning,

Headline read, thousands now dead,

When I ask what for, they say another war,

It’s easier to make believe it’s make-believe,

It’s easier to pretend it’s just pretend,

It’s difficult to imagine the imagination of the man at the highest position,

Thinking it’s a grand idea to keep sending more boys with guns in their hands

It’s easier to make believe it’s make-believe…

Newspaper hit the doorstop of my heart this morning,

Headline read, a million are dead,

In a country where we had the cure to spare

It’s easier to make believe it’s make-believe,

But some choose to pretend it’s just pretend,

Empirical evidence isn’t as real as what I feel and what I read on my newsfeed

Tells me that I is more important than we

It’s easier to make believe it’s make-believe,

It’s easier to pretend it’s just pretend,

And ‘guns don’t kill people, people kill people’

They say as they pray as they peep through the keyhole

And wait to come out till the murder-suicide… blood has dried

It’s easier to make believe it’s make-believe…

It’s easier to pretend it’s just pretend,

…unfortunately this is not the end

…Fade out

If you are moved by this song please share it.  You can also play it... it is Capo 7: Am,C,G,D

--Lightning Lucas-- Sunday 5/15/2022

For more info see other episodes at holdthatnote.net

Gig at A Bowl of Good again next Tuesday 5/17/22 from 4:45-7 p.m.  Come on out.  

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] or call (FivForZeero)-746-0398

(You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!) 

Be sure to check out episode 60: a 'sizzle reel' episode to encourage you to commission a song!

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week touchs on sleep again, and also celebrates summer.

Set 'Wake Up, Wake Up' (from episode 59) as your alarm by visiting: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

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Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

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I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard a question from Rober Maurer, PhD...  To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  I'm also still looking for simple constructive ways to improve the show.  You can simply email me: [email protected]

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--

Start the process of commissioning a song by emailing [email protected] or calling (FivForZeero-746-0398)

While you listen to the sizzle reel, think of what song you'd like in your life.  Here is the beginning of the script:

Hi I’m Lightning Lucas, and I got that name by being struck by lightning and surviving, and now I’m a musician who writes songs for a living and I also host a weekly musical podcast!  It’s called Hold That Note (visit Holdthatnote.net) Today I’m walking you through my sizzle reel of songs I’ve done for specific people or events and of course those I’ve done on commission as well.  Let’s dive in with a snippet from my 2018 classic ‘Hold The Hope.’

Here’s what Diane from Iowa had to say:

“I commissioned a song from Lucas as part of a project to create a training program for Peer Support Specialists. He listened carefully to the thoughts and ideas of our team and honored them in his creative process. He kept me apprised of his progress and met the required deadlines.  It was a pleasure to work with Lucas and we couldn't be more pleased with the end product.”

[Clip from Hold The Hope ft. C.S. Hurst and Nichole Barrows]

For the full script of the sizzle reel visit: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HhbiVm-tMlI4r2av3dcYVke96XgxbFxxk75Ye4PnnUo/edit?usp=sharing

Here’s a quote from folk musician extraordinaire John McCutcheon.

He says: “Amidst the flood of new singer-songwriters out there, every once in a great while someone makes me stop and listen. I never miss a chance to hear another Lightning Lucas song. You shouldn’t either.”

Trent Wagler of The Steel Wheels had this to say:

“Lightning Lucas has an earnest heart that he puts into every song. He's equal parts quirky, funny, and poignant.”

Here's what Jake Cochran of Illiterate Light had to say:

“With a wit like the lightning in his name, Lucas always brightens my day. We’ve played together countless times and toured together by bicycle, but I keep coming back for the songs. I have my favorites, but more than anything I look forward to whatever he writes next.”

Here’s a quote from Dimitris Campos of Ears to the Ground Family:

“I think Lucas is spontaneous, creative, and witty.  He’s the hardest working songwriter in Harrisonburg.  His songs get to the heart of the theme that he’s writing about.”

Go ahead and start the process of commissioning a song by emailing [email protected] or calling (FivForZeero-746-0398)...

I look forward to the possibility of working with you!

--Lightning Lucas--

Gig at A Bowl of Good again next Tuesday 5/03/22 from 4:45-7 p.m.  Come on out.  Last week's went quite well, and it looks like it will indeed become a weekly thing!

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] (You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!) Next week we will have a 'sizzle reel' episode to encourage you to commission a song!

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week's theme is sleep, the first song encourages you to fall asleep in the grass... and the second song tells you to wake up!

Set 'Wake Up, Wake Up' as your alarm by visiting: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/track/wake-up-wake-up

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard a question from Symone...  To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  I'm also still looking for simple constructive ways to improve the show.  You can simply email me: [email protected] 

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--

Gig at A Bowl of Good again next Tuesday 4/26/22 from 4:45-6:45 p.m.  Come on out.  Last week's went quite well, and it looks like it will indeed become a weekly thing!

To discuss commissioning a song (the best way to support the show), email me at [email protected] (You can also email me names and birthdays for the Better Birthday Song!)

To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas (no commitment involved in clicking that link).

***To watch this episode on video, access it on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/BMOU1cIyris

Uncle Jon (Jon Nafziger) has a new album out (Going to the Sun) and it's on the streaming services, so check it out, just search 'Jon Nafziger Going to the Sun' wherever you stream your music!

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Thank you for checking out my musical podcast, where each week we hear two songs, usually one old and one new.  This week's theme is nature... Today, the first song is called Redbuds and it is about unrequited love, graduation, and Redbud trees.  The second song is called Perennial Questions and it is off of the 2015 album Famous which you can listen to here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/famous

New Album, Cold-Hearted Monkeys, available to listen to and purchase now, here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/cold-hearted-monkeys

Make sure to subscribe on Apple or Google Podcasts or Spotify or Castbox (or most other major sources of podcasts).  Simply open your podcast app, search 'Hold That Note' and click something like 'Subscribe' or 'Follow.'

I love to hear from you!  In today's episode, we heard a question from me (asking for feedback... what's one small improvement you think I should make to Hold That Note)?...  To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit https://anchor.fm/holdthatnote ... click '+Message' and follow the directions.  You can also simply email me a question and I will read it aloud.

Have a wonderful listening week,

--Lucas--