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About the song
"Where's the Line
to See Jesus?"
performed by Becky
Kelley.
While at the mall a
couple of years
ago, my then four
year old nephew,
Spencer, saw kids
lined up to see
Santa Claus. Having
been taught as a
toddler that
Christmas is the
holiday that
Christians
celebrate the birth
of Jesus, he asked
his mom, "where's
the line to see
Jesus"? My sister
mentioned this to
my dad, who
immediately became
inspired and jotted
words down to a
song in just a few
minutes. After
putting music to
the words, and
doing a quick
recording at home,
he received a great
response from
friends. He sent
the song off to
Nashville without
much response,
except for a
Christian song
writer who
suggested adding a
bridge at the end
of the first
chorus. My dad then
asked if I wanted
to record the song
to see what we
could do with it. I
listened to the
song, made a few
changes to the
words to make it
flow better, and we
headed to Shock
City Studios. It
was at the studio
where Chris, owner
and producer,
rewrote the 2nd
verse and part of
the chorus... With
goosebumps and
emotions high, we
were all hopeful
and felt like we
had something
special. The demo
was recorded in
just under 2 hours
and sent off again
to Nashville ...
Still no response.
Then 2 weeks before
Christmas last
year, my cousins
Greg and Robbie
decided to do a
video to see what
we could accomplish
on YouTube. The
first day we had
3000 hits and it
soared from there.
We received
e-mails, phone
calls, Facebook
messages from
people all over
asking for the
music, CD's,
iTunes, anything...
We had nothin'.
After a couple of
meetings with Chris
following the
amazing response,
we got serious. We
headed back into
the studio this
past spring... This
time with guitars,
drums, bass,
pianos, choirs...
The real deal....
And here we are
today. Getting
iTunes set up, a
website put
together, and
loving that
thousands upon
thousands of
Christians have
come together...
Remembering the
true meaning of
Christmas. Out of
the mouths of babes
come profound
truths that many
adults can not
understand.
Hopefully Spencer's
observation will
cause people all
over to reflect on
the love of Jesus,
and that one day we
will all stand in
line to see Him. We
are most thankful
to our Heavenly
Father to have this
chance to share our
music with you.
Merry
Christmas
everyone.
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