Before the band counts in and the engineer hits record, there’s a quiet moment where I ask God for one simple thing: let somebody feel less alone when they hear this.
It sounds simple, but it keeps me grounded. In a world of streams, charts and algorithms, it reminds me why I started singing in the first place.
The noise around the music
Studio days can be chaotic. Phones buzzing, decisions about tempo and key, conversations about features, deadlines, budgets, release schedules – all of it important, but none of it the reason I fell in love with music.
There have been seasons where I let the noise drown out my heart. I worried more about what people would say online than what God was saying to me in the secret place.
A small reset
That’s why I started whispering this simple prayer before sessions. Sometimes it’s out loud, sometimes it’s just in my heart:
“Use this, even if it’s just for one person.”
I don’t always get it right. There are songs I wish I could re-record, lines I wish I had written differently, moments where fear still tries to take up too much space.
But that prayer pulls me back. It reminds me that my job is to be honest, to show up with the best of what I have, and to leave the rest in God’s hands.
If you ever press play on a song of mine in the middle of a hard day, know that somewhere, in some studio at some point, we asked that it would find you exactly where you are.