One day while watching One Call videos...

I decided to randomly blog about them lol

Actually not exactly random. It's relevant to the videos I was watching.
I found a really awesome performance video and you can ACTUALLY hear them singing over the screams =)
It was while watching this that I realized the following:
1) The album is going to be SICKKK!!!!
2) Jose's voice has changed so much, however I still love it just the same =) (If not more)
3) Chris's voice is. . .whoa. lol You can tell it's matured a hella lot....(That's a good thing.)
4) I'm gonna be swooning over their love songs forever ("Been through the ups and down, after all they said and done we've come back around" & "There's no one else I'd build a home with, no one else I feel at home with no one, it's always been you" Enough said.)
5) I see no sane reason Justin never sang in NLT. His voice = amazing <3
6) I don't normally use the words "hot" or "sexy" however, AG is an exception to that. AG, you're hot and I find you extremely sexy on stage =)

The guys I've seen for so long and listened to for so long have grown up so much.
Jose, Chris and Justin have changed so much since I first heard of them in NLT and Menudo. Justin used to be so quiet and now he's one of the first to talk in interviews and videos and he sings. And another thing I want to add; if anybody has read my Menudo post...It was like one of my first on here, well you know how I feel about Jose's voice. I am absolutely in love with it.
That guy is probably one of the most talented guys I have ever heard. He has an amazing talent and his passion for what he does on top of that is rare and truly amazing to see. I admire him so much for his talent and I love him for his dedication and passion.

This part is kinda random lol
I guess I'm not exactly the "fan girl" squeal and cry type but I know of a handful of times where I have squealed (and One Call was responsible for them all lol) One being while watching their first video where they announced who they were. I squealed when I saw who all was in the group. My grandma looked at me like I was crazy and she completely did not get it lol.
Second time would be when I first heard Justin sing...Then when they were on Daily Buzz the first time (and I got up at 3:30/4:00 AM to watch them. FYI guys: I've NEVER done that for any band/group/artist before. Feel loved cause I hate mornings. "It's never a good morning" lol) sooo yeah. Enough about my fan girl moments haha

On to the serious stuff.
So basically, I doubt they'll ever read this. It would surprise the hell out of me if they did, and I would probably not get a comment/reply if they did. But, I just want them to know this.

All four of the guys of One Call have really touched me in so many ways. It might sound cheesy or cliche but seriously.
Just watching their performances on youtube got me through one of the hardest times of my life. This past August when my grandaddy passed away, as always I listened to music to help deal with all the sadness and One Call played a huge part in helping me move forward.
There's a line in the song "Human" that goes "Darkness is temporary, soon will come the light and I've made it through the very coldest part of night" that explained so much of what I went through and just...That time made me appreciate them as artists and I have a lot of respect for them and I can't begin to tell them how much I feel they deserve to have their dreams come true. A lot of fans will say "They deserve this" and "They work hard towards their dreams" I don't doubt those fans mean what they say at all but Justin once said that they hoped One Call can change our lives, the fans. . .I just want them to know they have.

Jose, Chris, AG, and Justin,
I really want you all to know that I will support you guys through anything you do. As a group you guys are amazing and I hope I'm lucky enough to get a chance to meet you all one day.
I hope you guys go far and are able to continue to follow your dreams. You really do deserve it.

For everything you do, whether it be putting on a great show, talking to your fans on twitter, or really changing some one's life, thank you. =)

I love you guys and I hope you go far.

<3 Brandi

"My wish for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to
Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,
you never need to carry more than you can hold
and while you're out there getting where you're getting to
I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too.
Yeah this, is my wish."

P.S. This is the video I made for you guys. =)

Friday night in Tally...

We got to the hotel in Tallahassee around 6:00ish today. I was excited to see some people I knew, Papa John, Auntie Raven, Steve and Lanie were all here and honestly that made me feel a lot better about being here. I met Mara who is with the state and helps run the program. She seemed really nice and excited about tomorrow.



Actually, all of them seem just as excited as I am. I'm glad.

At the reception we did introductions and "get to know each other" talk. I didn't talk a whole lot, I'm not sure if it's because I was just being shy or I was afraid of being over excited lol



I really hope I'm not that shy tomorrow. I want to actually do this, I want to really make a difference and get this out there.



I really didn't realize it until tonight but nothing like this has ever been done.

Tomorrow will be a historic event and honestly, I'm honored to be a part of it.



I see this program going on, I see them continuing it for many more years and I hope they do.

I am going to stop now because I have to get up early in the morning =)

Love & [world] Peace
Brandi <3

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First blog of the year: Awareness Vs. Action?

First off, I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years, there were great moments of both for me =)

So I want to talk a little bit about something.
To Write Love On Her Arm's Heavy and Light event was last night, after some technical difficulty I finally got to watch the live broadcast (One of these years, I will make it down there for the actual event) and there was some awesome music by Zach Williams, Bryce Avary, Aaron Marsh, amongst others and there was an amazing poet, Anis Mojgani if you haven't heard of him, look him up. Soon. Then of course there were people who spoke, Jamie spoke as always. He brought up a friend of his, Nicole who talked about losing her boyfriend to suicide (Her boyfriend was one of Jamie's good friends). Amongst the people who spoke at Heavy and Light was Aaron Moore and his wife (I can't remember her name, sorry) came up and spoke and honestly, what he said really hit me and made me realize some things.

TWLOHA has always been about community and people and this idea that we're not alone.
Perhaps we all are guilty for going about things the wrong way. . .I've wanted to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Perhaps it's not the virus we need to raise awareness for.
People know it's out there. They know it is killing our mothers, our fathers, our brothers, our sisters, our kids. However, there is a lot of ignorance that surrounds this virus. A lot of people don't know what it is, they don't know how they can get infected, they don't know how to prevent it. So, where it's good to wear your red ribbons and have HIV/AIDS awareness stickers and pins and shirts, it's important - no, I retract that, it's necessary that we teach people what this virus really is and how they can protect themselves from being infected.

It amazes me, well not exactly because a TWLOHA event always makes for a good night.
Rather, the people involved with them makes for an amazing night.

I love that idea of community. I love the idea of people helping people, of course it doesn't happen often these days. Too many people don't love each other and help each other.
But it's a beautiful thing when it happens.

I hope you all got to at least watch the broadcast last night (If not, you can watch it on synclive.com). The ending was amazing, they performed "Stand By Me" and "Still haven't found what I'm looking for" both were beautiful performances.

I guess this whole post was just to say that of course, we need to continue to talk to people and tell them about these issues that effect us but maybe we need to start telling them more about how to help/fix/prevent those issues instead of just focusing on raising awareness for it.

I hope the new year is treating you all well so far!

Love & [World] Peace,
Brandi <3

Good people = Good pow wow.

Where to start?!
So, Thursday was a really shitty day. Probably the worst I've had in quite some time.
However, Friday and Saturday completely made up for it.

We got to Hawkinsville for the pow wow Friday around 10:00-10:30 AM.
It started with the interesting trip up there, FYI: Georgia has some weird frickin roads!
But the scenery was beautiful and we had a lot of laughs.
So, we got there and it was freezing. We found a bunch of people by a camp fire and stopped to warm up momentarily then we got our skirts (Along with some warmer clothes) on and headed to the drum. . .This is where I met the host drum, Southern Echo. The drum that's based out of Crossville, TN. Bert, Cody, lil' Bert and Shaun. At first they seemed like most of the other drums we've met at pow wows. . .Well, for about 60 seconds anyways. Never before have I met a drum who had as much fun, showed as much respect and well, to put it frank, kicked ass as much as they did. They say laugher is the best medicine. . .Well, all four of those guys carry a lot of good medicine (And that is looking past them making us laugh every 5 minutes) they are amazing drummers and their songs rock. Not to mention they are great people.

I had doubts about a lot of things heading up there this weekend.
I was worried that our host drum (being I had never heard about them) would have a problem with us and not drum with us.
I had doubts about certian people that was going to be there.
I had doubts about future events and not to mention I was worried about mamaw being in the hospital.

But, honestly those guys inspired me and they gave me some hope.
They reminded me that one of the most important things is to laugh, to enjoy every minute you can. I guess it's one of those things that "Drums who laugh together, stay together" lol
For real, I may have only hung out with them for like a day and a half but I won't ever forget any of those guys and I hope to see them again soon. (FYI: If we play Cookeville, they totally have to come to one - or two - of our pow wows. It's only fair.)

But seriously, they are really awesome people and I recommend them for host drum or as a guest drum at any pow wow.

I hope these guys will be more friends for life. They seem like they will be.

Love & [world] peace
Brandi <3

Resus-uh-sus-uh-tate me <3

Ahhh. . .Don't you love catching your favorite song on the radio?? It's awesome.
WEG radio is kick ass, simply because they play One Call songs. . .Well, two of them anyways, they play Human and Resusitate Me. Which, I love both.

Okay, completely random but I found out that One Call redid Menudo's song "Turn It Back", that was the first song I'd ever heard of Menudo's it's crazy. . .Jose is still pretty much singing his same part which I'm happy about.

So, I tried to justify listening to the song on youtube by saying, well technically I've already heard it just with different people. . .but some how I still feel incredibly bad about listening to leaked One Call songs. . .No matter if I've already heard them or not. . .Like seriously, I've never listened to a One call studio version of a song all the way through. Yeah, I can't. I feel too bad. Those guys work too hard =\

I want their dreams to come true. They diserve it.
Sorry guys, I had a moment of weakness.
I still love you and you're all an inspiration for me to never give up on my dreams.

No matter how badly I want to hear it, and trust I really want to hear your studio songs.
I won't listen to the studio versions unless they are put out by you guys and you can bet I will be buying your single the first day it comes out. . .

Okay. Now that I have confessed and such lol
The songs that WEG radio play of them are kick ass and I try to listen once a day to hear it. . .
They totally need to do either "Resuscitate me", "Turn It Up", "Talkin' Bout Us" or "Talk About Love" or. . .haha I'm gonna stop cause I'm gonna list all of their songs lol

Can't help it, they all rock.
I just hope that these guys don't get let down by a label or people leaking their songs.
Three of them have already been let down before. . .They diserve to have their dreams come true. They work hard at what they love and something I've always been able to tell is when someone really loves music, they do. I see it the most in Jose and Justin, by the way they talk and they way they perform. . .I'm not saying AG and Chris don't give it their all, I just notice it more with Justin and Jose. . .Maybe cause I just pay a lot o attention to them lol

Anyways. I have to get up early and finish packing for the weekend.

Love and [World] Peace
Brandi <3

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