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 Jen G's Music View on Andrea Hamilton
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the
morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to
know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my
soul unto thee.
Psalm 143:8
Andrea Hamilton's song, 'It'll Be All Right' from her
LIVE AT SAFE HAVEN 2006 EP is simply what
captured my spirit. There was something in the radiance
of her voice that revealed her inner assurance.
I know that's what I love about Andrea Hamilton's
music. She sings from the depths of her soul.
With songs like, "Out of The Grave", God has given
Andrea Hamilton a powerful voice and life lyrics
that are rock soul for every listener.
Even more stunning than her voice is her inner light.
Andrea Hamilton sees beyond the worlds expectantcy
into making a difference through her lyrics by sharing
her faith by singing about life and love those everyday
things that affect us all.
Jen G~
Publisher & Editor
of AWOE Magazine
THE INTERVIEW
Jen G: Who is Andrea Hamilton?
Andrea Hamilton: I was born in Louisiana
(which is probably why I like spicy food so
much) and moved to Kansas when I was
young. Then I came to southern California
for college (I graduate on may 5th, yay!)
and plan on staying in the LA area and
writing lots of songs. My parents are
Christians, as well as my older brother,
so I didn't fall far from the tree in a
spiritual sense (asked Jesus to run my
life when I was 6 or 7 at an Easter
service). That's just about the only
thing I have in common with them
though!
We all do different things, my mom
loves teaching and volunteer work,
my dad and brother are engineers,
and here I am the only one that plays
any music! But they?re very encoura-
ging, they always have been.
My parents bought me a piano as soon
as they noticed I was musically inclined,
which was shortly after I broke out in
song during a shopping trip to walmart
with my mom, and a small crowd of
shoppers applauded when I was
finished. I think I was 6 at the time.
Jen G: What has God shown you through
music?
Andrea Hamilton: That he cares about healing
people. I pray often that He'll use my music to
bring hope to the hurting, like He did for me in
my adolescence. There was a day in junior high
when I was so down in the dumps that I was
laying on my bathroom floor crying.
My grandma had given me this Michael W.
Smith CD that I hadn't listened to yet, and I
reached over and turned my boom-box on,
pressing forward a few times to just hear a
random song. And no kidding, the lyrics were,
"don't give up, Andrea...keep on moving on,
this is where you need to be"!
From that point on I was convinced God speaks
through music - sometimes He even says your
name!
Jen G: How does your faith influence the songs
you write like, "Out of the Grave", from your
album Stronger Than I Seem?
Andrea Hamilton: That song in particular is just
a statement about my desire to get out of the
rat-race of our culture and find true life.
I?m only 22, but I know there's more to life than
seeing how high I can stack my bank account or
how in shape I can make my body look. I want to
care about what's important. And sometimes in
this society that?s like trying to dig yourself out
of a grave.
The Christian faith influences the songs I write
by instilling a different value system in me,
which shows itself in the stuff of every-day life.
Like, romantic songs talk about more about
loyalty and unconditional love, and songs
about the brokenness in the world contain a
greater sense of hope.
Jen G: Which song earned you a spot in the
top 20 songs at the GMA Conference
in 2002?
Andrea Hamilton: That was a worship song
called "God of Grace"
Jen G: How did that experience affect where
you are now?
Andrea Hamilton: Being at the GMA conference
while I was in high school led me to realize that
my first love is songwriting. I started the week
with hopes to prove my diva singing skills,
but a few songwriting seminars and one
HORRIBLE vocal audition later, and I
changed my track, never to return.
I still sing, of course, but I've fallen deeply
in love with finding just the right words
and stitching them in to beautiful melodies,
and I want to do it every day for the
rest of my life.
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