SEVERAL YEARS BACK I PERFORMED AT ARTSPACE, A HOME FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING , WITH MY SISTER, PAULA.
A FEW DAYS LATER I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A JASON HOMYSHIN WHO TOLD ME THAT HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE CONCERT AND THAT HE WAS A QUADRIPLEGIC SONGWRITER WHO NEEDED HELP PUTTING MUSIC TO HIS WORDS.
YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST BE FOR HIM TO TYPE HIS LYRICS. JASON’S RIGHT ARM CAN MOVE AROUND A BIT AND HE SOMEHOW ‘LANDS’ THE KNUCKLE OF HIS THUMB ON HIS LETTER/WORD BOARD THAT BALANCES ON HIS WHEELCHAIR AND HE CAN SEND THIS TO HIS COMPUTER.
I AGREED TO TRY TO ADD MUSIC TO A FEW OF HIS SONGS OVER THE YEARS AND HE SEEMED HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS. I ONLY HAD TO TWEEK SOME OF HIS LYRICS/RHYMES TOO !
JASON IS A HUGE ELVIS FAN . SO UNDERSTANDABLY ONE OF HIS SONGS WAS A TRIBUTE TO ‘ THE KING ‘ .
PRESS PLAY BELOW TO HEAR ” THE KING LIVES ON ” .
THIS PROFESSIONAL RECORDING WAS A SURPRISE FOR JASON . WE BOOKED A LOCAL ELVIS IMPERSONATOR ( ROBBIN) TO COME IN AND RECORD JASON’S SONG AT TWO BODIES OF WATER STUDIOS. WE INVITED HIM TO ATTEND THE SESSION AND I JOKED WITH JASON THAT WHEN HE GETS EXCITED HE SOUNDS LIKE CHEWBACCA FROM STAR WARS. JASON MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ‘SPEAK’ BUT HE HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOUR.
SO TODAY WAS MY ANNUAL CHRISTMAS VISIT . I WAS JOINED BY JASON’S FULL TIME CAREGIVER, CARLO, FR. MIKE McCAFFERY ( WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE A SMALL ‘SERVICE’ WITH HIM TOO!) AND OUR FRIEND, JOANNE. JASON ( AKA HIS MOTHER, JOSIE) ALWAYS SPOILS US WITH UNNECESSARY BUT THOUGHTFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS. JASON IS ONE OF THE MOST POSITIVE PEOPLE I KNOW. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN I GET FRUSTRATED WITH MY CHRONIC PAIN. WHAT A GREAT PERSON !
Beautiful, Laura.
Have a lovely day Pat 🌺💐🌷🌼🌻
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Merry Christmas !