BUILD HOPE
Invest in your neighbor.
Be somone for someone today.
"Bsum1-4sum1"
Latest release
Give a Guy a Break REVIVED
Dave Picketts latest 2022 Release.
(See the MUSIC Page)
(Released: September 15, 2022)
'Bsum1 - 4Sum1'
The Point. A wise man once said: "Many people go through life like a dull pencil, they have no point." So we pose the question to you "What's your point in life?" If COVID-19 taught us anything, we learned that government may not have all the answers, and that hope is a fragile commodity with side effects. It is difficult to have hope while living in isolation and fear; this hopelessness and fear devastated many families around the world. We have become overly reliant on agencies and entities, and we have forgotten where the nations strength truly likes – in a belief in God and his principles of sacrificial love and hope, and in a commitment to one another.
'Give a Guy a Break'
“Give a Guy a Break” is an appeal to the listener to simply look around, and learn to recognize those who hurt and despair. While the lyrics specifically target the blue-collar back-bone of our nation including the military, farmers, ranchers, and truckers, etc, it emphasizes the basic truth of those who need hope and our responsibility to each other to provide it. This can be something as simple as a kind word – even kind words are in short supply these days. And through very simple acts of kindness, we can build our nation back stronger – one community at a time. The hand that reaches out to others in need is filled with hope, regardless of the nature of the help. This is the bedrock ground truth of our song.
Intentionally Build Hope..
We need to admit that functioning and stable family units matter. A nation where healthy families matter, where healthy communities thrive can return to a place where agreeing to disagree is actually an option in relationships. But it is difficult to have any semblance of health in families or communities without hope. At DavePickettsCountry, our purpose, as much as is possible and surpassing simple entertainment, is to bring a ray of hope to the discouraged listener, or to encourage a listener to reach beyond themselves to someone in need. In our current state of hyper-inflation, commodity shortages, and many flavors of propaganda, we need to rebuild a basic trust that allows relationships to exist – hope helps reestablish trust. Chances are good that we all know someone who needs a boost in hope, and it doesn’t take much to bring hope to them. So ‘Bsum1 – 4Sum1’; it will fill your heart with joy!
can you build hopE in your community?
Absolutely. You know your neighbors better than anyone. You may not know their greatest needs yet, but, spend a little time talking to them and just 'ask'. Maybe its getting a little free time from caring for an elderly parent, or a significantly handicapped child. Visiting the often forgotten ones in nursing homes or even a prison. Sit down with a homeless person and chat for a bit, rather than ignoring them and simply walking by.. Maybe someone needs their lawn mowed once a month, or, just needs someone talk to for a while. How about just a kind word to a stranger. Those seem to be in short supply these days. The point is: "Just do a something".. "Today"..
Build Hope, By doing Something, then, By Sharing a card.
Do something tangiably for someone in need, then share a card to continue the process. The gift that keeps on giving. Cards are heavy gage gloss black, and will be available soon for $0.95 ea in the shopping cart. Gloss black. Preorder yours today by using the EMAIL app below and type PREORDER CARDS in the subject.
Let Us Know Your Suggestions for Building HOPE.
We will be adding a web page called BUILD HOPE, where we will list those of you who provide suggestions for buiding hope in our communities. Your Name, Date, Community, State, and Suggestion(s). Please use the email tool at the bottom of this page. Use 'BUILD HOPE SUGGESTION' in the subject. We will then list them on our web site for all to view.
Can THE music INDUSTRY help us build hope?
Simply put - everyone can help build hope. Yet of all mediums used to reach people, music by far is the most effective. And so to that end, we at DavePickettsCountry ask, politely and humbly, for others in the music and entertainment industries to consider partnering with a message of hope. This is not to suggest that organizations are not doing such things today. Rather, to suggest that given the current emotional state of our country, we might want to do more - soon! Further, this is more than giving money to a cause, it's about intentionally and actively spending our time to correct a problem - one person and community at a time if necessary. So we are asking you to please think about this impact and consider where you might plug in. Here are some thoughts:
- MUSIC ARTISTS. If you are a music artist or a band, consider creating one song on your next release that intentionally deals with building local family and community level hope and helping those who can't help themselves.
- MUSIC WRITERS & ARRANGERS. If you are a writer or arranger, then do what you do best. Consider creating word pictures through music that elicit emotion and cause listeners to proactively act by helping others and building back a foundation of hope. If no one wants to perform your music, please send it my way for consideration.
- MUSIC STUDIO's & the CMA. Consider having some serious near-term executive discussions about the impact of messages like ‘Hope’, then support artists, bands, and writers/arrangers who want to send this kind of positive behavior changing message. Please at least consider the concept and potential impact.
- INVESTORS / PHILANTHROPISTS / FOUNDATIONS. Please consider the thought of investing in a better legacy then the one left to you by the last generation. Consider investment of your financial resources, where its dividends are more than a number on an audit sheet. Invest to heal a broken culture by directly supporting efforts to build back broken hope and trust. A collapsed economy due to survival of the fittest philosophies means everybody loses.
- MUSIC STREAMING SERVICES & RADIO STATIONS. Consider supporting artists and writers who want to build hope, by creating and pushing music streaming lists supporting such concepts, and by allowing those with such messages equal radio play time as those with contrary messages. Please.
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God Bless, and Thank You..