I started doing some demos and got online and bought a refurbished laptop, bought a microphone off of eBay. A lot of folks said you can't really do it that way at a pro level, but I did some vocals that way, turned it into the label and they said, 'Wow, where did you record this? The vocals sound great!'

My family and I are just regular folks, just trying to get through the day and do the best you can and pay the bills, and that's who we're singing to.

My wife grew up loving country music, so I always run songs by her whether I wrote it or if somebody pitched it to me.

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