His name is Samuel. He's 8 years old, loves sports and music.
Here's the story right from his mom...
"Once I bought him your 'Call Me Red' CD, he started listening to it non-stop!! He took the CD downstairs to practice his hockey shots...he says it helps him shoot better.
"He also took it to the public school for his classroom's version of American Idol. He sang "Praise Adonai" along w/ the CD. I was actually quite surprised that he did it...he tends to be shy.
"We also bought one of his good friends a "Call Me Red" CD for his friend's birthday. We'll make sure we distribute the cards you sent and thanks for the shirt!! Keep singing his praises!!"
Samuel -- It is with honor that we would like to honor you as the FIRST inductee to the Hall of Tru Cru (Justpassingthru's Fave Fans). YOU ROCK!!!! Thanks so much for sharing and blessing us with YOUR story!
Here's a link to a recent live 'acoustic' video of Praise Adonai on YouTube (also on Facebook, MySpace, Vimeo).
We just sent him a Justpassingthru T-shirt and some Free Song Download cards to give to all his friends... As a side note you probably didn't know that Justpassingthru music helps you excel in sports, particularly hockey. ;-)
Send us YOUR fav fan stories about Justpassingthru or their music and maybe you'll be the next inductee to the Hall of JPT Tru Cru!!!!
Tonight we are filming an acoustic version of Praise Adonai (which is by far our most popular recording to date!! check out our version on YouTube!).
So we're extending an exclusive invitation to our fans in NJ, PA & NY -- to come be a part of this filming.
We'll be using this video for 2 things:
(1) Promoting the first ever Sky Blue Women's Soccer Family Faith Day featuring JUSTPASSINGTHRU on July 19, 2009, and hopefully meet & greet with some of the team's players (who happen to be some of the BEST women's soccer players in the WORLD -- we're working on this...). Radio ads are already being run on Star 99.1 FM for this!
(2) To be a blessing -- from the bottom of our hearts we want this video to encourage people to do what they were meant to do!
Yes -- it's totally LAST MINUTE -- but it going to be a BLAST!!!
OH - and a shout out definitely goes to Lance and his crew at Byram Bay Christian Church for hosting this filming!!! There are some really exciting things going down with the youth crew there these days...
I'm hoping to do a "play-by-play" on Twitter tonight -- SOMEBODY remind me!!!! ;-)
We'll start at 8:30pm tonight at Byram Bay Christian Church (info below)...
8:30pm tonight (6/18) Byram Bay Christian Church Maxim Dr, Hopatcong, NJ 07843
Just a little shout-out to an awesome fan of Justpassingthru, Bruce Haggenbarth. He suggested a few stations in his area that might play Praise Adonai. We forwarded the info over to our radio promo company and we've just been added to one of those stations (The REACH FM Network)!!!!!!!
Thanks, Bruce!!!!!
And to everyone else -- send us the info on any stations that you think might play Praise Adonai!!!!
Hey, we just created a iLike artist page and would LOVE for you to 'iLike' us and share a favorite song with a 10 friends!! Maybe share 'Praise Adonai' since that is the current single going to the radio!!!
Charley Hays has just gotten Praise Adonai on Renegade Radio... Just wanted to give a huge shout-out to him and let you all know where to find him on air and on web...
ON AIR Thursday, 2-3pm EST, WEBR Friday, 5-9pm PST (8pm-12am EST), Renegade Radio
Praise Adonai gives music director from Branch FM in England "butterflies"! Awesome! Read full quote below...
Jason Ramsey -- 101.8 Branch FM -- Radio For Life (Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
"This song would definitely be a little bit heavier than we would normally add to our playlist. But I am adding this one for 2 reasons. 1) It is well arranged and recorded and therefore could sit nicely in the playout system. 2) I make decisions for the station and if I make the wrong one then I hear about it from listeners and trustee's at the end of the day if I can close my eyes and hear the song and it gives me butterflies in my stomach, I don't care how heavy it is, I have to play it. Good stuff!"
We received a call early this week that our song, Praise Adonai, made the playlist for a FM radio show in Kansas on Saturday night. HUGE thanks to Rockin Ron!
See how high Justpassingthru's version of Praise Adonai is listed in the results for searching on "Praise Adonai" in the iTunes Store!!!! Listen to the other versions and you will likely find that JPT's is set apart by raw, honest passion and energy.
This song, Praise Adonai (a modern rock version similar to the sound of Daughtry),is by far the most downloaded song from Justpassingthru's latest release (Call Me Red). So, here a little video with the studio recording by Justpassingthru, live concert footage, some nature and images of Adonai (Jesus).
So - Justpassingthru was scheduled to be a featured artist on the roster for this year's Cross Festival. And a clip of the band's version of Praise Adonai was played during a radio promo for the event. Listener began calling immediately to find out WHO the artist was and WHERE they could buy the cd. Pretty Awesome!!! Go check out the site for the radio station and request Praise Adonai or your fav JPT tune from you local radio station! A huge thanks goes to Jim Butt (Cross Festival) and James, Sean and Barclay (Power FM)!!!
