View this post on Instagram Aight y’all, this is a new series. Every Saturday you’ll get to hear an original song - some I’ve already recorded, some are brand new. This one is called Let Me Be Strong, which I wrote about staying for two weeks in the hospital with our brand new baby boy. I was frustrated not being able to do anything to fix his illness, and having to drive an hour both ways every day switching nights at the hospital with my wife. The day I started writing this song, I had met another family whose son had been staying in the hospital for 8 months, and I felt ashamed for complaining. I wrote this song as a reminder to be grateful, and also to give hope to anyone in the thick of suffering - especially when it’s your children. Just let us be strong so we can keep up the fight. Love y’all. A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@stephensylvestermusic) on Jan 18, 2020 at 12:58pm PST
Aight y’all, this is a new series. Every Saturday you’ll get to hear an original song - some I’ve already recorded, some are brand new. This one is called Let Me Be Strong, which I wrote about staying for two weeks in the hospital with our brand new baby boy. I was frustrated not being able to do anything to fix his illness, and having to drive an hour both ways every day switching nights at the hospital with my wife. The day I started writing this song, I had met another family whose son had been staying in the hospital for 8 months, and I felt ashamed for complaining. I wrote this song as a reminder to be grateful, and also to give hope to anyone in the thick of suffering - especially when it’s your children. Just let us be strong so we can keep up the fight. Love y’all.
A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@stephensylvestermusic) on Jan 18, 2020 at 12:58pm PST
View this post on Instagram This is the one. It took me twenty minutes to write this song. Lyrics and melody just poured out of me like it was the most easy and natural thing in the world. Even though how I got here was anything but easy and natural. I was one of those teenagers who COULD NOT WAIT to leave the dumb town where my parents lived, and then as soon as I actually did leave all I wanted to do was go back. Southern Alabama is my home, and it always will be. It just took me a while to figure it out. If home is where the heart it, you’d best believe mine is right here by the bay. Love y’all. A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Feb 9, 2020 at 10:12am PST
This is the one. It took me twenty minutes to write this song. Lyrics and melody just poured out of me like it was the most easy and natural thing in the world. Even though how I got here was anything but easy and natural. I was one of those teenagers who COULD NOT WAIT to leave the dumb town where my parents lived, and then as soon as I actually did leave all I wanted to do was go back. Southern Alabama is my home, and it always will be. It just took me a while to figure it out. If home is where the heart it, you’d best believe mine is right here by the bay. Love y’all.
A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Feb 9, 2020 at 10:12am PST
View this post on Instagram Addiction sucks, yo. I wrote this to comfort a family friend who was watching his spouse go through the vicious cycle of substance abuse. He finally had to concede that there was nothing he could to to change her, and he admitted that he just hoped she would be all right. It was rough for everybody involved, so this was a way I could offer him some comfort. Turns out a lot of people need this type of comfort. We just hope that our person will be all right. Love y’all. A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Jan 25, 2020 at 8:49am PST
Addiction sucks, yo. I wrote this to comfort a family friend who was watching his spouse go through the vicious cycle of substance abuse. He finally had to concede that there was nothing he could to to change her, and he admitted that he just hoped she would be all right. It was rough for everybody involved, so this was a way I could offer him some comfort. Turns out a lot of people need this type of comfort. We just hope that our person will be all right. Love y’all.
A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Jan 25, 2020 at 8:49am PST
View this post on Instagram *getting real here* Many folks still don’t know this, but I got sober 11 months ago today. Drinking was how I chose to deal with Afton’s illness and, honestly, every other stressful thing in my life. For years it was my sole coping mechanism. I never missed work because of it, but my life became a strict schedule of when I could drink next. I did a great job of keeping it hidden, but about a year ago I knew it had become a problem. So I stopped. Which wasn’t easy, but it’s been the best decision I ever made for my health and my family. This song is about that. If you’re struggling, just know there are a lot of folks out there just like you. Quit killing yourself in circles. Love y’all. A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Feb 1, 2020 at 9:49am PST
*getting real here* Many folks still don’t know this, but I got sober 11 months ago today. Drinking was how I chose to deal with Afton’s illness and, honestly, every other stressful thing in my life. For years it was my sole coping mechanism. I never missed work because of it, but my life became a strict schedule of when I could drink next. I did a great job of keeping it hidden, but about a year ago I knew it had become a problem. So I stopped. Which wasn’t easy, but it’s been the best decision I ever made for my health and my family. This song is about that. If you’re struggling, just know there are a lot of folks out there just like you. Quit killing yourself in circles. Love y’all.
A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Feb 1, 2020 at 9:49am PST
View this post on Instagram I wrote this song (and it hasn’t been recorded yet) in response to an argument about how easy it is to write pop country. Turns out it’s only easy if you have a really fleshed out idea, so about the same as any other genre. I had a blast putting this one together over a few weeks with the help of my dad, and now I might be a country artist □♂️ but whatever it’s fine. Here’s to anyone hoping for a better life someday, and making it happen right now. Love y’all. A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Feb 29, 2020 at 6:47am PST
I wrote this song (and it hasn’t been recorded yet) in response to an argument about how easy it is to write pop country. Turns out it’s only easy if you have a really fleshed out idea, so about the same as any other genre. I had a blast putting this one together over a few weeks with the help of my dad, and now I might be a country artist □♂️ but whatever it’s fine. Here’s to anyone hoping for a better life someday, and making it happen right now. Love y’all.
A post shared by Stephen Sylvester (@realstephensylvester) on Feb 29, 2020 at 6:47am PST
