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She said she was going to send it to the mom of these kids, and I wasn’t expecting that. We’re getting close.” And then when I had the audio fully produced, recorded, mixed and mastered, I sent it to her and she loved it. Throughout the production process, I would touch base once in a while and say, “I don’t want you to hear it yet, but we are working on it. (This song was) definitely just sort of a chance to honor the lives of these young kids.įornoff: And what has been, the aunt of these two children, what has been her reaction? And then I also knew that this fan that won the giveaway was needing some kind of comfort, to offer maybe some closure. And then, to hear about a real life story of something just so tragic and unexpected happening to young children can send you to a difficult place mentally and emotionally.īut I did say yes, just because I thought maybe it would be good for me to try it.

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Releasing (music) now is sort of bringing up a lot of those similar things because, as a new parent, you’re just full of worry and anxiety anyway. My kids were 1 year old and 3 years old at the time. I said, I don’t know how I’m going to do this emotionally. Hoang: Yeah, having kids at that time that were just about the same ages was one of the reasons I hesitated to say yes. I’m wondering, was that part of why you (said) OK? Or were you just like, well, I offered this…? So this was something that was a little bit more surprising.įornoff: But you took it on, this really daunting assignment. Usually when people commission songs, it’s for a wedding or something like, you know, very, very light-hearted, very fun.

So (it was) just an incredibly sad story - not what I was expecting. They were actually killed by their father, who then took his own life.” And one of them was, you can commission a song, and it could be like a cover song you want me to learn or it could be a song you want me to write.īy chance, the fan that won the drawing reached out to me, and I said, “Do you want me to learn a song, or do you want me to write a song?” And she came back a few days later and said, “I would like you to write a song for my niece and nephew who passed away at the ages of 19 months and 3 years old. One of them was like, you can win the whole discography. I had some sort of fan milestone, and I said, OK, I’m going to do a giveaway. Marcheta Fornoff: I want to talk about “You Are Here” and the contest that initiated the origins for this song. I am a local Fort Worth musician and I just had a single come out on June 3 called “ You Are Here,” and I have a full album coming out called “ Get Right” on June 17. For the unabridged version, please listen to the audio file attached to this article.Ĭourt Hoang: Hi. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. In the latest installment of our occasional conversations with Fort Worth newsmakers, local musician Court Hoang spoke with arts and culture editor Marcheta Fornoff about releasing a new album and the story behind the single “You Are Here.”