Hold That Note

Support the show by hosting a house show for the ongoing re-release (10th Anniversary) of the 2014 Christian hits album "Wash Me/ Walk On Water"... call me at (Harrisonburg Area Code-746-0398) Best, Lightning Lucas

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Leaving a review on Apple Music or Spotify is super helpful. Because I'm transitioning my catalog of music to the streaming services, I highly recommend that you click the link below and then click 'follow' to follow my music (not just my podcast) on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pdwehvEdBUkRQgpqYOh8Y If you use a different streaming service app, you can open that app and search for 'Lightning Lucas' (no 'e' in Lightning, Lucas with a 'c') and 'follow' me there. Find the video version of the comedy episode at https://youtu.be/ujBEtc6iZDE The new albums are available on all the streaming services, just search 'Lightning Lucas Happy Early Birthday Jesus' for the lighthearted album, or 'Lightning Lucas Nothing Is Lacking' for the more serious album. (Or 'Lightning Lucas Before I Find Her' for the love song album.) 'Skyfinding' is not on the streaming services, but it is available on Bandcamp... here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/skyfinding Toward the end of a recent episode I mention the acronym (which I made up, but have yet to popularize) MAGIC... artists make MAGIC by Manufacturing Acceptable Gifts and Iterating Continually. A couple of notes from this episode. 1) The old song is called 'Consider the Lilies' not 'Lilies and Sparrows'... but you get the gist. 2) 'Consider the Lilies' says nothing about the hill which I mentioned in the episode... however, the man I greeted in the song lives on the hill, and the neighborhood I reference in the song is the hill neighborhood. 3) I want to be clear that I also believe that I have ostentatious wealth... so I try not to be judgmental, but the lyric from the chorus probably is literal. And of course... I'd love to have the financial backing of people on the hill... they're good people... life is complex. Have a wonderful listening week! --Lucas-- Do all the things by visiting HoldThatNote.Net or LightningLucas.com

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Because I'm transitioning my catalog of music to the streaming services, I highly recommend that you click the link below and then click 'follow' to follow my music (not just my podcast) on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pdwehvEdBUkRQgpqYOh8Y If you use a different streaming service app, you can open that app and search for 'Lightning Lucas' (no 'e' in Lightning, Lucas with a 'c') and 'follow' me there. Special thanks to X2 Comedy (see last week's episode ft. my performance with them), check'em out at X2comedy.com Find the video version of the comedy episode at https://youtu.be/ujBEtc6iZDE The new albums are available on all the streaming services, just search 'Lightning Lucas Happy Early Birthday Jesus' for the lighthearted album, or 'Lightning Lucas Nothing Is Lacking' for the more serious album. (Or 'Lightning Lucas Before I Find Her' for the love song album. 'Skyfinding' is not on the streaming services, but it is available on Bandcamp... here: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/skyfinding Toward the end of this episode, I mention the acronym (which I made up, but have yet to popularize) MAGIC... artists make MAGIC by Manufacturing Acceptable Gifts and Iterating Continually. --Lucas-- Do all the things by visiting HoldThatNote.Net or LightningLucas.com

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Because I'm transitioning my catalog of music to the streaming services, I highly recommend that you click the link below and then click 'follow' to follow my music (not just my podcast) on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pdwehvEdBUkRQgpqYOh8Y If you use a different streaming service app, you can open that app and search for 'Lightning Lucas' (no 'e' in Lightning, Lucas with a 'c') and 'follow' me there. Special thanks to X2 Comedy, check'em out at X2comedy.com Find the video of this audio at https://youtu.be/ujBEtc6iZDE The new albums are available on all the streaming services, just search 'Lightning Lucas Happy Early Birthday Jesus' for the lighthearted album, or 'Lightning Lucas Nothing Is Lacking' for the more serious album. --Lucas-- Do all the things by visiting HoldThatNote.Net or LightningLucas.com

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Because I'm transitioning my catalog of music to the streaming services, I highly recommend that you click the link below and then click 'follow' to follow my music (not just my podcast) on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pdwehvEdBUkRQgpqYOh8Y If you use a different streaming service app, you can open that app and search for 'Lightning Lucas' (no 'e' in Lightning, Lucas with a 'c') and 'follow' me there. The new albums are available on all the streaming services, just search 'Lightning Lucas Happy Early Birthday Jesus' for the lighthearted album, or 'Lightning Lucas Nothing Is Lacking' for the more serious album. --Lucas-- Do all the things by visiting HoldThatNote.Net or LightningLucas.com

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Get Comedy tickets for the comedy show that I'm in on March 15th. https://www.x2comedy.com/shows The new albums are available on all the streaming services, just search 'Lightning Lucas Happy Early Birthday Jesus' for the lighthearted album, or 'Lightning Lucas Nothing Is Lacking' for the more serious album. --Lucas-- Do all the things by visiting HoldThatNote.Net or LightningLucas.com

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Today's episode features a commissioned song that I did last fall for my good friend and mentor Russ... I paired the song with an old about having a lot of problems... Mark your calendar for the comedy show that I'm in on March 15th. https://www.x2comedy.com/shows The new albums are available on all the streaming services, just search 'Lightning Lucas Happy Early Birthday Jesus' for the lighthearted album, or 'Lightning Lucas Nothing Is Lacking' for the more serious album. --Lucas-- Do all the things by visiting HoldThatNote.Net or LightningLucas.com

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Today's episode features a commissioned song that I did last fall for some wonderful new Patrons (Dan and Lori)... I paired the song with an old seasonal one about rootedness... Mark your calendar for the comedy show that I'm in on March 15th. I'll try to promote it and have a link for tickets in the next episode. The new albums are available on all the streaming services, just search 'Lightning Lucas Happy Early Birthday Jesus' for the lighthearted album, or 'Lightning Lucas Nothing Is Lacking' for the more serious album. --Lucas-- Do all the things by visiting HoldThatNote.Net or LightningLucas.com

If you'd like to commission a song, (especially a 'high ticket' one like Hold The Hope) please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com or FivForZeero-746-ZeeroThreeeNine8 Today's episode features my first brand new song in awhile, along with a remastered old one and some riffing on not giving up... Here's the graph I was talking about near the end. You'll have to scroll down a bit. https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/lumenpsychology/chapter/reading-reinforcement-schedules/ Blessings on your week... Please subscribe and tell your friends and all the things. Mark your calendar for the comedy competition that I'm in on October 28th. I'll try to promote it and have a link for tickets in the next episode. --Lucas--

These 6 mini songs (2 of which are featured today) were commissioned by a friend who wished to remain anonymous. The songs are for a supplement to her homeschool curriculum, which mostly focused on positive things about the United States. Opportunities to see me live include: Thursday, July 13, 2023 6:00 PMX2 Comedy Al Fresca Register Island Wing Company Grill & Bar - Harrisonburg More Importantly: Cave Fest: July 15 and 16 at Melrose Caverns. https://www.melrosecaverns.com/comedy Click that link, then click "Get tickets" ("Buy tickets is something else)... Then be sure to select 'Basement Comics' in order to see me. Most importantly; Save the evening of July 21st for a potluck followed by a concert by me, possibly with a comedy friend opening for me, and likely at the Hershberger Event Barn. 25% of the proceeds will go to NAMI for mental health research. Stay tuned for details. As always, if you'd like to commission a song, please reach out at Lucas@LightningLucas.com of 434-218-2618

Check out ways to take a deep dive into my music as well as ways to support the show at HoldThatNote.net Here is the studio version of the song, track 7 off the album https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/seek-a-path

Here are two weddings songs, one new and one old. My brother-in-law Yugo produced the first song and played all the instruments, although I wrote the lyrics and mixed and mastered it. Also, notably, the center section of the first song is a parody of the epic anti-war classic "The General" by Dispatch. Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdAlCXNPlCk The second song was a major group effort. The Nathan and Kaitlin Wedding Song is by: The Apostle Paul, Lightning Lucas, Jessica Sarriot, Rose Byler, Emma Stahl-Wert, Carmen Schrock-Hurst, and Caleb Schrock-Hurst. At the wedding, it was performed by Lightning Lucas, Jessica Sarriot, Rose Byler, Emma Stahl-Wert, Larisa Zehr, David Jost, Stewart Nafziger, and Caleb Schrock-Hurst. 10 years later we got almost everyone to submit a recording including Nathan and Kaitlin themselves, (THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING!)  I mixed it together and this is the result.  Hope you enjoyed it, and know that YOU TOO COULD COMMISSION ME TO WRITE A SONG FOR  YOU, simply email lucas@lightninglucas.com if you are interested... (and now you can also call me at (434) 218-2618 ) To be the next person to leave me a message (which may well appear on the show) visit holdthatnote.net and click the appropriate button. To see if you'd like to become a Patron, check out https://www.patreon.com/lightninglucas no commitment involved in clicking that link. Again, to discuss commissioning a song, email me at Lucas@lightninglucas.com (and now you can also call me at (434) 218-2618 ) Have a wonderful listening week, --Lucas--

Here's an episode I made purely for myself. If you like it too, that's just gravy, (as the saying goes). Here's the link I promised: https://lightninglucas.bandcamp.com/album/it-aint-me-babe-rough-cut Other than that, please be sure to check out the new website: HoldThatNote.net and also make sure you're subscribed to the show on your favorite podcast app. Blessings, Lucas

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: lucas@lightninglucas.com or call (fivforzeero)-746-0398 The passage I read today was from Eckhart Tolle's book "A New Earth"... 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: Lucas@LightningLucas.com or (Fiv-For-Zeero)-746-0398

Today's episode features a new love song and an old love song. It also features some thoughts on more qoutes from Eckhart Tolle. It also features the better birthday song, sung for Jeremi's 9th birthday. (Ep 1 features the birthday song for Jeremi's 7th birthday)! See LightningLucas.com for most of the music, including the love song album which I mention in this episode, which is called "It ain't me babe, rough cut" The book I read from today is called 'A New Earth' Have a wonderful listening week and I'll see you next Friday for episode 100! --Lucas-- P.S. Please rate/review this show on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. That would be super helpful. Subscribe while you're at it =)

Please subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Today I have compiled my 8 NPR Tiny desk entries into what is basically a low key album.  They are all live takes.   You can watch the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPzPtFXYuB0UyOZARYq7aNYAnAGw2gTZ8 If you'd like to commission a song, please email me at lucas@lightninglucas.com or call FivForZeero-746-0398 Consider making a small weekly donation (becoming a patron) by visiting Patreon.com/lightninglucas Have a wonderful listening week, and I'll see you next Friday, Lucas

Please subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Today I dabbled in the Bible.  I touched on Psalm 62, Luke 3:11, and the book of James.  I also featured a song that claims it doesn't matter if God exists because we are all just big stupid monkeys... so it's a weird episode =) Find these two songs at LightningLucas.com ... Monkeys is on the album 'Cold Hearted Monkeys' and My Soul Finds Rest is on the album 'Wash Me / Walk On Water' Have a wonderful listening week, and I'll see you next Friday, Lucas