Exit4luv

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An “eclectic” blend of dreamy celestial blues songs written, performed, and mixed and mastered in such a manner the category of Blues songs are a blend of modern day blues played, sang, and performed by real musicians playing and singing real blues style music. If you are a fan of modern day blues, then you will enjoy our music.  Please feel free to refer Exit4Luv music to family and friends. Currently we are in the process of setting up and modernizing our Exit4Luv web site. We will keep all of you notified of our upcoming projects and song releases.

Most Recent Exit4Luv Originals

We are pleased to introduce our newest song from Exit4Luv Originals, "Invisible Existence."

February 21, 2025

Invisible Existence (Exit4Luv Original)

Greetings everyone, we are proud to present this Eagles cover song "King of Hollywood."

King of Hollywood (Cover)

We are very excited to introduce our latest Exit4Luv Originals song, "If You Please." This was a labor of love for both Gary and I. The basic premise of the song was around Garys military service. Gary enlisted in the Navy when he was 17 years old. He spent the next six years doing two extended tours in Vietnam and was preparing for a third tour when the Military started to back down. Gary was assigned to a ship that supported the brown water Navy and all of their "River Patrol Boats" in the now infamous "Mekong Delta." This focused the ship to patrol and to operate extensively along a very hot and active demarkation line between North and South Vietnam.
Long story short, my husband is now fully retired and is 100% disabled. He is beginning to notice that he feels like he and his generation of "veterans" are being ignored by the military and life as they knew it was beginning to fade into the sunset. This song, along with it's gentle sarcastic statement of "if you please", tells the tale of what veterans feel at the beginning of their transistions from active men, to men appraching their golden "twilight years" of their lives. The fact that these men are beginning to feel less relevant and now even more irrelevance, is a telling and sad fact of life for our brave veterans regardless if you were on the front line or in a support role. As a wife of a disabled "incountry vietnam veteran" it has opened my eyes to the many challenges that these veterans will now have to navigate in order to be heard clearly. Which in part is what this song is all about. 
Gary and I play and sing all instruments. Gary is a multi faceted musician in that he can play lead guitar, bass guitar, and drums. I play keyboard and am the lead singer. Gary and I do all of our own multitrack recording, mixdown and mastering in our newly completed inhouse studio. We are very blessed and thank our lord daily.
We hope you enjoy our lastest song "If You Please." You can follow us on Facebook, instagram, YouTube and all other streaming platforms.
Be safe out there.

If You Please

Hello everyone here is our song written on behalf of my husband Gary dedicated to veterans like him in particular called "Thank You for Your Service." This song illustrates the story about veterans such as my husband who is one hundred percent disabled who risked his life paying/lived the ultimate dues of serving his country honorably. There is an often described phrase that veterans who returned home from battle live by that being, "All gave some and some gave all." This simple phrase truly summarizes in part what many veterans have gone through in service of their country. However as they serve their country under oath sworn to secrecy, many of them, not all, but some, also have their very own "stories that has been untold." When a combat veteran survives a tour of combat, or have engaged in some form of "fire fight", they often come back with permanent "battle scars" either physical and or mental. At the time, these very same listed adjective's were described back then as "shell shocked", a term which over time euphemistically has rebranded itself to something benign like (PTSD). So it remains critical for the Veteran's loved ones to understand their quiet suffering, when transitioning out of military service. For the veterans who are clinically diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) it is like fighting another battle. The words of this song come in part "first hand", from a combat veteran perspective, who has been through two tours "in-country" in Vietnam. 

When it came to this song we decided to take our time and carefully write meaningful lyrics for this song to do it justice. Gary helped me throughout the song to grow as an artist, I felt much confidence especially towards the end as it started to make more sense. So I was pleased to sing back up vocals. I also felt compelled to put in a horn section in the song. I am proud of my husband playing all of the guitars including lead guitar, bass, and rhythm guitar. I am also honored to have invested the time we have into this song together. He also played the drums lively with great dedication, energy, and delightfulness. So I hope everyone can enjoy our presentation of this song.


Thank You For Your Service

Hello everyone, we would like to present one our favorite songs "Twilight's Reckoning". I truly enjoyed singing this song as I became more comfortable adding my flare to it. I also enjoyed singing the harmony part in order to make the harmonies as tight as possible. 
It was a real challenge to do this song justice. My husband Gary did a marvelous job helping to come up with the chords and arrangement along with the lyrics. I wanted to make this song my own and to put my signature touch to it, so I did. I remember practicing this song repeatedly  with some passion and determination to energize the song. I appreciate Gary playing all of the guitars, bass, and drums with commitment and passion as well. He puts his best effort to mix down and master this song and what a great job he has done. So we are proud of this song and we hope you enjoy. 

Twilight's Reckoning

We are pleased to announce "Nowhere Bound" our newest song influenced by the current political "blues". Because of the difficult times, we decided to take our time to let things settle down and resolve themselves. We are very proud to present this video. We then focused on our singing style. It was a pleasure for us to take our time creating this video content frame by frame. I loved matching the scenery to the lyrics of the song by connecting with the mental side of this song. Whenever I play the video it brings a certain vibe based on how the music is played to the video scenes throughout the video. It is something truly special to see this video and music combined come to life coming from our ideas mentally and into reality.  It also was my pleasure to sing with my husband Gary the harmony parts. So enjoy and feel free to leave a reply.

Nowhere Bound

Exit4Luv Originals, Ages Shades and Lines. Inspired by our countries healing process, inter-racial marriages, and support for those relationships, we are pleased to announce that our latest Exit4Luv Original, "Ages Shades and Lines", will be available by early May. This song will fill the void in our hearts and ears with music about love between all people, not just inter-racial marriages but all of them. Support each other. Support our country's healing process.

Ages Shades and Lines  (Exit4Luv Original)

I love it when a "thought" comes to life. We were watching the news the other night around this Mask issue, when we turned to each other and said, "time to write a song". Here is a bluesy funk styled song "Masks", Exit4Luv Original, lightly having fun with all the choices put before us.
On a musical note, the more we play, the more we stay curious, and the more confidence we get. This is both cathartic and inspiring. Tiff and I are unique, because we have the time to dedicate ourselves to our music as well as the time to dedicate without interuptions. We push ourselves to get better each and every song. I will challenge Tiff on her keyboard and she will always challenge me to sing. We feel we are turning a corner especially in our musical development. Tiff is our lead vocalist and keyboards player. I am multi-instrumentalist playing Lead, Rhythm, and Bass Guitars as well as all Drums on our tracks. I am a "wanna" be singer thankfull for any and all chance to sing our "own" Songs. All vocals and instruments are played by Exit4Luv. All words and lyrics by Exit4Luv and are all copywrite protected. You can follow Exit4Luv on all major streaming platforms.
Until next time please be safe in all that you do.... 

Masks

Every now and then a song comes along that forces you to focus on your level of skills because it pushes our limits. Our ideas sometimes also force to evaluate our song and forced us to learn new thigns in order to keep up our high level of standards in our music. Gary and I are learning how to play music not by what we hear on the radiom but by what we write and how we write our music. This is easier because Gary and I are muli instrumentalist which allows us versatility. In order to keep up with our high level commitment of writing high level purposeful songs, we discuss every instrument being played before we lay down any tracks. This is our process of how we ensure that our music at least has some meaning, although we jest alot in our expression of our songs. We hope you are enjoying our musical jouney and we welcome anyone who wants to comment on our song. 
p.s. We have always believed in sharing the lyrics of our songs to those who may have a desire. Starting now we will include lyrics as part of the intial song download and as time allows we will start adding lyrics to our other songs.

Enough is Enough
(An Exit4Luv Original)

Been walking down this road, been counting the years,
Old smoke in my lungs, ringing static in my ears,
Our truth got twisted, it got bent at the seams.
Walkin’ a line that don’t lead nowhere,
What’s real don’t feel real—just somebody’s dream.

Veteran man down on the corner, he’s got a cardboard plea,
"Lost my will, lost my fight, now the world lost me."
People nod, they sigh, keep movin’ along,
Sympathy don’t pay when the rent comes strong.

Preacher says, "Change starts inside,"
But his mansion’s too tall to hear the street’s high cry.
Dealer says, “This’ll soften the blow,”
Ain’t salvation, but the high feels close.

Tell me when enough is enough,
When talk ain’t cheap, when truth don’t rust
If conventional wisdom can’t stand, and reason ain’t tough
Then tell me… when enough is enough
(Instrumental)
(Bridge)



Outro: Lyrics
People swear by daylight, but dance in the shade,
Words weigh so heavy, but meaning still fades.
Passive hands agree, nodding to the scene,
When it’s time to stand—ain’t nobody came.

Tell me now, tell me true,
Is the fight in us all gone, or just hid from view?
Did we bow out, fade into dust?
Or did we forget what enough ever was?
Tell me when enough is enough,
When hope ain’t lost, when trust ain’t tough
If wisdom can’t stand, and reason ain’t rough,
Then tell me…when enough is enough



Enough is Enough

Hello everyone we are pleased to announce our newest song "Shattered Truths". This song was quick to come up with, a driving beat, and it has an interesting chord progression to sing to. We hope you enjoy. 

Shattered Truths

Every now and then circumstances around life inspire us to write a new song low and behold "voila" a star is born. We are proud to announce another Exit4Luv Original "Subjects Storylines & News". As you may know life is what you make it. This song was very cathartic. It reminds me of what people generally speak about as they define their personal definitions around the meaning of life. As a young person married to an older partner, I am learning the differences in real time when people talk about the difficulties in communication among young and old. In today's world, it seems like life revolves around subjects, storyline, and news as put forth from what we see on the television. So with that being said we hope you enjoy this song. Just maybe it might help someone clarify all that is happening in world by making it easier to break it down to better understand.

Subjects Storylines & News

 We are pleased to announce another Exit4Luv Original "Symptom Free (knock on Wood)". This is a very special, creative and thought-provoking song. I will always remember how and when it came to be. This"Lovely"song truly came from a passionate place from my husband's heart. He wrote this on my behalf as it relates to my lifelong battle with BiPolar challenges that I face daily coming  from the wicked and hideous battle waged daily for control of my mind. It also captures what it's like for my caregiver to witness his wife who he truly loves struggle with such a serious and difficult illness for over fifteen years. Also what caregivers go through in support of my goals and takes a significant toll on their life over time especially while left to pick up the pieces of a damaged mind. Ultimately, I want to reach out and cherish this song as a message of love, with a hope, with an understanding of what life's challenges can bring, and optimism that we can pull through our struggles together as a couple. All in all, we hope you will enjoy this intimate and personal look into a hideous and destructive illness Please feel free to leave a comment.

Symptom Free (Knock on Wood)

The new Exit4Luv Original, "Truth To Power" is one of those special songs highlighting the difficulty we as American face, as we learn to settle our differences in communication and trust. Our country is in a perilously dangerous place at the moment. Our country suffered a dark moment last week and it was important to Tiff and I that we understand the term "Truth To Power" so that maybe just maybe, we can all drop our defenses masqueraded as biases and stop the negative rhetoric. 
Tiff and I sat in shock as we watched the events unfold. Neither of us followed in any detail the history of the struggle but we agreed that violence is not the solution. We sat down, did the things we do (music wise), talked about our approach and objective, which is to help understand what "Truth To Power" is. We talked on how and what to do to get the courage to hold a reasonable conversation where all we would do is to help all of us understand just what our differences are, and maybe find a way to help all sides step back and "Stop, Challenge, and Choose" just what it is we want to say. Once we lay out just what it is we hope to accomplish, then choose and speak "Truth To Power". Life is way too short to waste energy on hateful rhetoric. Serves no value nor does it make our world a safer place for all. 
Until next time, be safe and keep your eyes wide open...


Truth To Power

Another Exit4Luv Original, "Blueberry Budget Blues", is a simple whimsical tribute to Charlie Kirk and his family. In listening to Erika Kirk talk about Charlie and their beautiful children,  Charlie had some darling sayings and phrases he shared with his babies, one of them was their little saying where daddy went to work with Jesus so he could add to their blueberry budget, or something close to that. I was intrigued by the gentle love between the babies and Charlie Kirk. So I wrote this song around the Blueberry Budget Blues. Tiff gladly jumped on board after I explained my feelings, some tears were shed, some big hugs were given and received by Tiff and I. So with a tearful heart and a little luck we set out to write our "tribute" song. Please feel free to comment, suggest or just a quick hello as you pass on by our webb site, Exit4Luv.com.

Blueberry Budget Blues

We are pleased to announce another Exit4Luv Original “Stop Challenge & Choose. This song was quite a challenge, but it was also a unique experience. We had worked on this song a few months ago and ran into some issues while recording. So, we decided to revisit this song to see if we could revive it again. As time went on, I became more intrigued by Gary's determination and true love of our music, his dedication to produce, write, and perform this song while also enjoying the spirit of the song. I've been given the privilege of not only co-writing this "modern lullaby", but singing this song while then making it my own. Gary and I write all of our music together, we collaborate with each other, pulling from each other's expertise to make the song become what it is. It is truly rewarding to listen back on how well we record our vocals and how we played each and every instrument collectively in order to reach our goal. There were moments when we wanted to put this song back for another rainy day, it fought our attempts to rhythm, for a smooth flow, but we kept pushing through. I knew there was something special about this song and the way the melody was designed. All in all, we hope you enjoy this song and feel free to leave a comment.

Stop Challenge & Choose

Hey all....

(Entry December 2023.)
Time really flies. It's been roughly nine years now since I wrote that original bio. We are now into our thirteenth year of marriage and a whole bunch of songs. What a journey it has been. 
One day while driving back from Houston, Tiffany and I were talking about our music, which we both played together on and sometimes collaborated on original songs, when we decided to give our music some legitimacy, and decided to give our music project a "band name".  
After what appeared to be a long extended moment of silence, we realized just how hard it was to find a name for our band. For miles and miles we tossed one name out after another, yet nothing stuck or sounded legitimate. Finally after what appeared to be hours and noticing our gas tank was getting low, we decided to get off the freeway to get gas and hopefully a bite to eat. We then decided to find an "exit ramp", and all of a sudden a lightbulb went off in my head. 
We are very much in love with each other and usually out of nowhere and at any time, one of us would look at the other and just say, "I love you". Well it just so happened that as I was looking for the nearest exit off ramp to fill up our car, Tiff looked at me and told me she "loved me". It was at that moment when I saw the exit ramp coming up, she told me that she "loved me" and I said wow this is an "Exit4luv" off ramp, so I looked at her and smiled. What if we called our band just that? So there is a little insight into how we named our musical project, Exit4luv. True story. It happened on interstate 10 just outside of New Orleans. 

(Original Entry 2015.)
As you can plainly see and it's not too hard to notice, Tiff and I are kind of a unique looking couple. We stand out in a crowd in many different ways. It has not been easy on the two of us by any stretch of the imagination, however, don't ever doubt our love for one another. The bond forged between us runs deep and true. However, the actual secret to our love and understanding of each other is really kind of simple. Tiffany who is younger, is really old beyond her young years, she is kind of like the proverbial "old soul".  Where I, the actual "old person" on the other hand, has never grown up.  I say this "tongue and cheek" of course. 
Actually at first, she thought I had the maturity of a 15 year old. She was actually being generous, just kidding... 
I think right now I act and feel like I'm still in my early twenty's. To our way of thinking, age is truly just a number. 
So you see, this is where we are as a happily married couple. Sounds intriguing and funny, in a cute kind of way, yet it is so very true.
To play my guitar, my drums, and teach myself the bass guitar all the while trying to learn how to record music was my retirement dream. Life was just too damn busy to do both, provide for my family and play my music. 
For some reason that only God knows why, after working for what appeared to be a lifetime and felt like an eternity, I find myself living that dream. 
I raised a family, earned my Doctorate, retired from management, became an entrepreneur and taught college as an adjunct professor of "applied mathematics".
And fortunately for me, after what appeared to be a pure chance encounter, I met Tiffany in 2010.  Unbeknownst to her, she understood my passion and zeal for music and encouraged me to focus and prioritize my life, and to stay true to that dream. It is so cool that I can say "dear friend", because after a couple of years,Tiffany became my wife. We became friends first which was important to both of us.
I am retired, and a two tour Vietnam combat service disabled Vet. I have lived a great life. I am blessed beyond my wildest dreams. 
The rest is just Blah, blah blah...