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Jen G: I read that you actually keep a notebook
by your pillow just incase inspiration strikes...
is that true?
Andrea Hamilton: Yes. I’ve woken up many
times before my alarm goes off with a verse, a
melody, or a whole song in my head. I don’t
know how it happens, but I’m not arguing!
Jen G: How often do you wake up with a
song or poem in your heart?
Andrea Hamilton: Maybe like once a month.
Jen G: In your blog you posted a poem back in
February that I believe is untitled, but the open-
ing line is'Tonight in my cages'. It's very power-
ful. Tell me what the line 'Break me, re-make
me, jog my memory'means.
Andrea Hamilton: “Tonight in my Cages” is
the title actually! It’s a poem about my tendency
to get to focused on tasks and to-do lists. I wrote
it when I was so stressed out and busy that my
relationship with God was suffering, and that
line is my way of repenting and saying, “give
me a clean heart and renew a steadfast spirit
within me!”
Jen G: Last summer you had a very successful
tour in Singapore. What was the experience like
for you? The people, the media and the venues
you visited?
Andrea Hamilton: Singapore was a blast – I
love all of the people I got to meet, and my road
manager and I got to stay in a mansion for free
2 of the weeks we were there. The media there
was sadly Americanized, but the churches were
ALIVE! I got to see God at work in the hearts of
many people, and it convinced me that He’s up
to something big in that part of the world. I told
Him I’d prefer not to come back to jaded, self-
efficient, dis-believing, stale American Christ-
ianity, but He told me He’d prefer I come back
and be part of the change.
Jen G: Was there any memorable moments that
just confirmed that God was totally in your
being there at that time?
Andrea Hamilton: Yes – at one church a
man I had just met put his hand on his head
and began praying for things in my life that
he had no way of knowing about!
It was spooky.
Jen G: Recently you performed at Senora's
benefit concert. What was that all about and
why did you choose to be apart of it?
Andrea Hamilton: It’s a scholarship fundraiser
that Rita Coolidge’s piano player started 13 years
ago to promote studies in the arts. I was honored
to go perform with many people more accomplish-
ed than I. People like Sam Harris, one of the
original winners of star-search (check him out on
CBS’s The Class), Kevin Fischer (writer for Rascal-
Flatts), and comedian Henry Phillips. On top of
that, Lauryn Hill’s back up singer sang with me
on my song “It’ll Be Alright”
Jen G: On your album Stronger Than I Seem,
'Drop Everything and Run' is definitly one of
my favorites. What inspired it?
Andrea Hamilton: I was writing it about my
roommate who had a major fear of commitment.
But about half way through writing it I realized
it’s about me.
Jen G: On your new EP 'Live At Safe Haven
2006', "It'll Be Alright," is just one of those
songs that I can't seem to stop playing. It's
efficacious! Reminds me that faith is our remedy
and it'll be alright because He is with us. Tell me
of a past experence that helped shape that faith to
go on. How has your relationship with Christ given
you that push and knowing that things will work
out?
Andrea Hamilton: Thank you! I’m glad you like
it. During my college years, my health hasn’t always
been the greatest. I’ve really needed faith in certain
moments of frustration and fear, especially when
I started wondering if my health would ever be
back to normal again. It helped to know that one
day I would wake up and things would be alright
– even if it’s on the day I see the light of Heaven!
It’s a song about having patience through pain.
Jen G: When you performed at Safe Haven did
you know it was going to turn into an EP?
Andrea Hamilton: Yes- my friend brought the
microphones and we even re-started one song that
didn’t get off to a great start!
Jen G: Was there anything about that concert
that just caused your music to flow with a perfect
balance?
Andrea Hamilton:I had the privilege of playing
with Jason Lomheim and Mark Chipello, who
play with Tyrone Wells (on Universal Records).
Jen G: Like a lot of artists you write your own
music, but in addition to that you're also a co-
writer who has been working with the award
winning writer Kevin Fisher for the Rascal
Flatts. What has it been to work with someone
who has been incredibly successful in his craft?
How challenging has it been?
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