First Dance...Again!
So many have wanted to hear the words to this first dance song; now they can!
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This is about one of the songs on the “Perfect Gift-Song” album being released November 22. I had actually composed “This Loving Stream” before I met my wife, looking forward in faith to a lifelong Christian union. BUT when I met her I realized she was the one about whom I had been singing. As the wedding day approached, I knew this song was supposed to be our first dance. But how could I sing & play it and dance the first dance, too?!? Then I had one of those inspired ideas, and I did a cassette tape of me playing and singing the song, gave it to the band I hired, the wonderful Mark Freel band, and they did an great arrangement of it. At the end of it, Mark Freel said, “Isn’t that just so special?! Isn’t that special!”.
Yes. Yes, it is.
The audio recorded on the videos for both of the songs I sang my wedding day was muffled and of poor quality, especially for “This Loving Stream”. Relatives for years would ask us about getting a copy of this song because they just couldn’t understand the words on the wedding video. Thirty-eight years later, I’ve now actually done that, haven’t I?! I took the original recordings of both songs as my base tracks and adhered to them completely as to timing and feel. (I kept some of the original as background in “This Loving Stream” to maintain the sense of it as our first dance.) I then re-recorded all the vocals and 12-string work and blended it all together. As I listen to these two songs restored? that day comes alive to me! I pray it is a source of grace to you as well.
“This Loving Stream (First Dance)” on RN
Isn’t that just so special?!…Yes. It is.
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YES! It is still VERY SPECIAL — if I do say so myself!
/Mrs. Mark Lajoie