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Recently, Homestyle Music owner / recording artist  (my awesome wife) reminded me of how  math and music are so connected .  She said it was due to the "spatial reasoning" in the brain and how the concepts of ..read more

Recently, Homestyle Music owner / recording artist Katie Hester (my awesome wife) reminded me of how math and music are so connected.  She said it was due to the "spatial reasoning" in the brain and how the concepts of time and rhythm in music are simply mathematical.  The conversation Katie and I had reminded me of an excellent article I read that shared similar ideas about the marriage of math to music.  Canadian entertainment lawyer Byron Pascoe, and his firm Edwards Law, recently gave me permission to share his article "Math is a musician's friend!" here on the sit ..read more

Recently, I had a one of those "bad days at work."  After the negative event occurred, I said a few prayers and asked God to help me stay positive and maintain a good mood.  I believe my prayer was answered when God reminded me I had a CD of classic church hymns that my good friend Linda Gail Lewis recorded.  The classic rock n' roll diva gave me a CD of songs that she and her brother, piano-maestro Jerry Lee Lewis used to sing in church.  Like Linda and Jerry, I grew up in the South singing songs in church that stirred my soul and reminded me of how God had never left ..read more

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Veteran music educator, performer, and composer Katie Hester enjoys composing SONGS ABOUT LOVE because she is inspired by love. She received much of this inspiration from the professional work she has done for over 20 years teaching music lessons.  Her love for people and her love for music has inspired, and continues to inspire, her to perform the music she composes.  However, her primary influence and inspiration to love, and to express love in music, is given to her by God.  Katie believes God is love and that the music she composes and performs is derived largely from r ..read more