Hymn: Called to Serve
Date Recorded: 2013-08-04
Location: LDS chapel, 300 s. 600 w. Provo, UT
Closing Prayer: Daniele Reni

Closing Hymn and Prayer of the First-Ever-Sanctioned LDS Italian-Speaking Church Meeting in Utah

Recorded live in our bedroom closet, where Kai sleeps.

Our Kai (Live Closet Demo)

Unless you play competitive ultimate frisbee, you probably won't have any idea what this song is about.

If the tune sounds familiar, it's because I re-wrote the lyrics to Amos Lee's "Sweet Pea."

Lyrics:
Lindsey
Catcher of the disk
You’ll make a bid, no matter what the risk
You’re the only reason we keep on winning games

Lindsey
Runner of the field
The pink bunny has been revealed
You’re the only reason we keep on winning games

When we play a 6-1
It really isn’t much fun
I wheeze, like I’m gonna die
But when we play 5-2
Your prowess always shines through
And Ziggy knows that we’ll be just fine

Lindsey
Keeper of the cup
When playing savage, you’ll ne’er give up
You’re the only reason we stood a chance at
You’re the only reason we ever stood a chance at
You’re the only reason we stood a chance at all


Ultimate Lindsey

This is a song I'd been keeping in my back pocket for the day I might use it for a proposal.

The Book of Love was written by The Magnetic Fields and made popular by Peter Gabriel via the 2004 movie soundtrack "Shall We Dance". I recorded this on an iPhone 6 with the "Recorder" app. I added some effects in post-production using Garageband.

The Book Of Love by Peter Gabriel (Proposal Cover)

Rebecca Sugar wrote this ukulele masterpiece for s07e13 of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time, "The Dark Cloud". When I first heard it, the feels just poured out of me. *What a meaningful lullaby* I thought. So I decided to learn to play it on the uke for my kids one day. I don't know why I decided to mess around with falsetto.

Since the song is alto/baritone range, I decided to give the old falsetto a shot. I had never sung up there before. (I discovered it takes more breath control than I currently possess.) However, it did create the "lullaby" effect I was hoping for.

Image cred: http://jackie-lyn.deviantart.com/art/Marceline-s-Mommy-272101204

EVERYTHING STAYS by Rebecca Sugar (Falsetto Cover)

I recorded this on my iPhone 7 (one take). Used the Garage Band app to clean up audio. Created in commemoration of my nephew's baptism.

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When I Am Baptized (Ukulele Cover)

Dr. Benjamin James Wilson MD - I Shop At D.I.

Taken from an hour-long guest lecture by BYU professor Dr. Ken Plummer on quantitative research for the LDS Church (February 13th, 2013).

Answers the question of how to quantify belief.

The role of statistics in the LDS religion: Attempting to see through a glass darkly

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