February 2012
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Becoming Better (Day 10): Post-It
I am aware that I’m posting these days out of order. I should be caught up today :-). You can see here that I’ve started posting notes on the set. These are “moments” that I’m planning to help make this more than a set of songs—an experience. I’m writing notes about how we’re transitioning between songs, what I’m going to say and when, what...
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Becoming Better (Day 9): Doing My Part
9 days ago, The Hopeless Romantics confirmed the date for our first show of the year. Friday, March 9 we will be celebrating my birthday at Ashford and Simpson’s Sugar Bar at 8PM. I meant to include you guys in the process of getting ready, but the first few steps were so time consuming that I couldn’t find time to blog. But here we are, 3 weeks away. I’ve made made demos of...
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Becoming Better (Day 9): Doing My Part
9 days ago, The Hopeless Romantics confirmed the date for our first show of the year. Friday, March 9 we will be celebrating my birthday at Ashford and Simpson’s Sugar Bar at 8PM. I meant to include you guys in the process of getting ready, but the first few steps were so time consuming that I couldn’t find time to blog. But here we are, 3 weeks away. I’ve made made demos of...
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The 3 Nicest Thing Said to Me This Week...
I love doing this from time to time. What were the 3 nicest things someone said to you this week? Here are mine…
#1 - “I like you.” - a new friend
#2 - “You have so much to offer the Universe.” - an old friend
#3 - “You are wonderful! Please be famous. Please. Do it for me.” - a perfect stranger
Your turn…
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January 2012
12 posts
zamah87 asked: I missed seeing you on my dashboard!! Trust you're well:) God bless xx
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#ThatAwkwardMoment: When Futurama Gets It Right.
Leila: It’s amazing that your people can fall in love so fast
Dr. Zoidberg: Love? We don’t know that word here. I’m simply looking for a female…in which to deposit my genetic material.
Fry: Meee too.
and such is the sad summation of “The Hook-Up Culture” we live in—from a cartoon! Futurama may not be a comedic gem, but it at least has some decent...
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The Last Book I Read (#ReadingList2012)
The Meaning of Marriage by Tim Keller is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time—exploring the essence of a healthy marriage, and the hurdles we put in the way of building a healthy relationship. For a couple of years, I’ve felt the need for a book that helped us see the relational wreckage of our times, to expose the root of the issues, and give us alternative ways of...
#BestDayEver: Bucket List 2012
I said this year, I was going to do new things. Here are some “firsts” I got experience this week, so far.
1) Flying in a prop plane over the Rocky Mountains
2) Visiting Utah for the first time—taken from the Salt Lake City Airport
3) Eating at California Pizza Kitchen
I’m in Colorado (also a first time) right now at a songwriting retreat (my first time attending...
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Stuff Christians Like [to Fight About]...
I know this post is long; but, I promise it’s worth the read.
So, about a week ago I noticed a ton of people posting a video entitled I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus via Facebook and Twitter. “Oh no!” I thought to myself, “another viral Christian thing.” I’m not really into trends, so I just tried to stay clear of the thing altogether. But then...
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December 2011
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My Blog is Moving...
Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen!
As much as I have enjoyed blogging on Tumblr this year, I’m planning on leaving this blog in order to blog on my own website http://andrehenrymusic.com. I hope you will follow me there. If you follow me on Twitter (@andrehenry) or friend me on Facebook, it should be fairly easy to know when I post. I’ll also probably make a way to subscribe to my blog on...
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November 2011
11 posts
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Must...Blog...Something...
I’m crazy busy. I’ve got shows to plan for, sermons to prepare, songs to record, books to revise, people to call, meetings to attend, friends to hang out with, and a whole mess of other stuff to handle.
In the midst of all this busy-ness, it’s easy for the mind to get cluttered…and creativity to get blocked by anxiety and stress. This is when my words come back to me in...
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Bliss, Thrills, & Happiness...
So, I’ve been watching a lot of reality TV shows—mostly of the “quest-to-find-true-love” sort of reality TV shows, like “Why Am I Still Single?” and “Tough Love”. They combine two of my favorite things: love and dumb television programming. No, really. If I weren’t an artist and teacher, I’d probably be studying to be a marriage...
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Not Suitable For Church?
As though my weekend weren’t busy enough with releasing an album, entertaining out of town guests, and leading worship on Sunday morning, I woke up at 9AM on Monday in a slothful frenzy to get to Penn Station. We were playing a Halloween Festival in South Jersey for Lighthouse Tabernacle.
Yes, a church. But we were not doing praise and worship music. In fact, the plan was to just perform...
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Finding Your Voice...
and I would—like this lady above—love my voice if I could only figure out what it is…there seem to be many things I’m passionate about, but what is the best investment of my times, my gifts, my energy? I’m not sure. This year, I adopted the “…too whom much is given, much is required…” attitude and just used every “gift” I have to...
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Andre Sings the Blues...
My friend and musical director Jesse says that everything I sing is blues, but I’ve never really sang THE blues until this year. It happened somewhat accidentally, but I’ve procured a weekly spot on the Sugar Bar’s roster for the month of November singin’ the blues. We did our first set on November 2nd, and it was such an incredible experience. I really tried to dig deep...
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5 Reasons Why My Album Release Show Was THE BEST!
A “detailed” blog has been requested of me in regard to the historic events that occurred this past Friday at my album release show. I will try to be detailed, but there was honestly so much that happened that made the event incredible. Let’s go for 5…
#1 - I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with Ms. Valerie Simpson (a songwriting legend in her own right). I asked...
October 2011
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WatchOn our way to the next show…
Rise & Grind
I’m at the airport, being a good friend, and arriving BEFORE my friend Katie lands so I can take her back to the city, where we’ll meet my brother Anthony at Penn Station. They’re coming in town for my album release show tomorrow, and I just feel so blessed to have such incredible friends.
Today is gonna be crazy, because there is SO much to be done. First off, I’m due...
Anonymous asked: You're back!! You were missed. I saw Ides of March last weekend - AWESOMENESS!! Hope you enjoyed your fast :-) [if fasts can be enjoyed? lol] Ahh I don't mind what you blog about. You blog about cool stuff always anyway. I hope your Album Launch goes SUPER... 8 days left... :-)
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WatchThese are two of my bestestest friends, Ashley and Eric Larkin. They have an incredible story…watch.
ericlarkin:
HELLO
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The Last 6 Movies I've Seen...
You know I’m an addict to sitting in a dark room full of strangers, and being told a story as I eat Twizzlers (or Welch’s Fruit Snacks)…here’s what I’ve seen lately, and what I thought. 1) As always, George Clooney is awesome. I really enjoyed this movie, I thought the writing was really clever and natural—believable. I like that in a move. Great cast: Clooney,...
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Life Without Facebook...
So, I took a week off from social networking to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, and realized just how “tethered” I am to my mobile device. It was pitiful, almost breaking a sweat as I resisted the compulsion to see if I was mentioned, messaged, or tagged. It was a few rungs below “torture”, a few rungs above “uncomfortable”.
I did, however, discover this...
Anonymous asked: Hello :) You haven't blogged in a minute (okay, in like four days lol). I miss reading from you. Write something soon. - A fan xx
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The 3 Most Encouraging Things Said to Me This...
#1 - After open mic night at Sugar Bar: “Andre, you’re next to ‘make it’. See, they don’t know. I’m old. I’ve seen a lot come and go. I played for Patti LaBelle and all them. You’re awesome and underrated” — Tony Stevenson, a tall-tale of a bass player.
#2 - In response to my “I need help telling my story…” tweet:...
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Why Did I Get TV?
If I were the next Tyler Perry, that would probably be the name of my first “Andre Henry presents…” stage play, to be later developed into a live-action movie. I went 4 1/2 years or so without owning a TV or having the internet in my home, and it was great. I spent more time reading, creating, keeping up with friends, having people over, and going outside to find things to...
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No One Says Forever-Temporary Marriages
I came across a really interesting article yesterday; it’s about some states issuing temporary marriage licenses—some for as short as 2 years. I just found that really interesting.
Even though I’m promoting two EPs this year (http://bit.ly/nenrDF & http://bit.ly/oXk5YD), I’ve been anxious to get to work on my next project. A collection of songs chronicling some of...
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