Back in 2001, I got to realize a goal of mine ever since I started singing and writing songs. I went into a studio to record my own album. It was a lot of fun because my brother Dave came along to help sing and play guitar and to give me a reality check on whether my songs sounded okay.
I recorded 10 songs that day and put it on my album which I called Hundred Miles from Reality. Becky helped me with the cover picture and then I had a concert at my church a couple months later to try to sell some albums. I sold about 50 in total, which I believe qualifies the album for the Construction Paper Record (a little less than Gold, Silver of Platinum).
Here’s a link to the 10 songs I put on my album – these songs were written as early as 1994 (The World Revolves) to just before I recorded the album (Let Our Love Survive and Coming Around Again).
- Driving on the Interstate with My Brights On
- Simple Pleasures
- Paradise Lost
- Let Our Love Survive
- In So Deep
- The World Revolves
- Anything
- In a Flash
- Only a Dream
- Coming Around Again
I’ve sung Simple Pleasures and Only a Dream before in church, and the songs I typically sing for people when they find out I can play are Driving …. and In So Deep. In So Deep is the one most people have said is their favorite. Let me know at ericnewell1@hotmail.com if there’s one you like.
By the way – I was finally able to post these songs because anyone can get 1 GB of free space on the Internet at www.box.net. It’s a pretty cool deal.
Eric's space 