Our New CD is Here!
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Category: Music

Buy our new CD,  BluBere 2.0 at www.cdbaby.com/cd/blubere; Mp3 download of this project is available at ww.soundclick.com/blubere. 

If you are in Austin, TX, go by Waterloo Records, 600 N. Lamar Blvd and in Round Rock, TX, Common Grounds Coffee House and Wine Bar, 3720 Gattis School Road, Suite 500 to purchase 1 or many copies of the CD.

As always, you can visit our site at www.mojve.com/blubere for this and other music/merchandise. 

Thanks for the support and stay tuned!

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I know...its been a minute
Current mood: busy
Category: Blogging

Well,  I know its been a while, but things have been super crazy around here!  I think I left off with us getting ready for the mini-tour in June 2006.  Well, that didn't go off as planned. We decided to take the week to really study and pray for our direction.  Also, one of our members has temporarily left the group, or has taken a sabbatical.  We all felt it was the right thing to do for all involved and we eagerly anticipate her return!  As for the EP, we decided to record and release a single with an instrumental (so actually its two tracks).  We've actually sold some and the proceeds will go towards a full length album to we will start working on in August 2006.  Also, SOLWP, our production company will be recording holiday music for the holiday season.  All very exciting things.  Please be sure to check out the website.  We've added a few things and that's probably the best way to keep us with us during this time.  Well, that's all for now...

Will talk soon!!!!

EM

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Recording No. ?????
Current mood: excited
Category: Blogging

Okay...we've been extremely busy,  so I have not been able to keep you up to date with everything.  I think I mentioned that half of BluBere (the business side) went to Tennessee to attend the CIA Summit several weeks ago.  It was very encouraging and even more encouraging that my business partner was able to get more of a glimpse of what I've been seeing and living.  However, things have been rocky since we've decided to tour the southeast region; its only worth it if we can record the EP and have merchs to sale, in addition to having a killer performance.  Its not all about the performance, however.  We want to be able to minister in whatever way the Lord leads, but I have a feeling that our "door opener" will be the music.  It also seems as though we are having trouble agreeing on simple things,  like t-shirts, album covers and titles.  I guess I should expect this with four very different individuals.  Still, it would be great...well, better not finish that thought.  We are also feeling the crunch financially; so if anyone reading this wants to "invest" or "sow" into our ministry, please post comment with contact info and we'll definitely contact you.  Before our rehearsal time yesterday, one of our chief intercessors, rebuked and encouraged us in this endeavor.  Most of it were things that I've been wanting to say, but I guess its best coming from an "outsider".  All I know is we have a major undertaking before us and we are running out of time.  What I mean to say is I feel strongly that we have a window of opportunity right now and if we squander it, it will never be recovered.  Its hard explaining that to those who are analytical and intellectual, but I know in my gut that time is short and we HAVE TO DO WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO NOW!!!  Its like, we are used to living our "everyday" lives and are caught up in the mundane, tedious chores of "trying to make it", or "trying to make ends meet".  We get caught up in this vicious circle and how do you get out of it?  We try and do it ourselves and I know that it just doesn't work.  But, this is where we are, and between you and me, I pray for God to show us supernatural favor, that we will be "moved" into a situation where we won't have to worry about making a living, because it is being taken care for us.  That we will be able to hold on to our real estate property (we all own homes) because it is a natural sign of being rooted or having a foundation (too much symbolism to go into now...hit me up and I'll be happy to expound on this).  I'm believing for this with everything with me, so I'm working hard and standing on this belief by faith.  I know things are changing, the atmosphere is changing and the hearts of people for us are changing.  My mother, for example, is starting to see it and believe it for me.  She hasn't come right out and said it, but she shows it in the little things she does for the group and the things she says.  Her attitude is totally different toward me and this music thing.  Even when I was working with the record label, she was not very supportive.  But this is different.  I think she's starting to see and catch the vision.  My co-workers are catching the vision and some are not believers.  Different people are offering to help and lend their talents on our behalf.  I feel it coming...I FEEL IT COMING!!!!!!!  How each of us in the group are connected and have been connected even before we knew one another.  GOD HAS ORCHESTRATED THIS.  WILL WE BE OBEDIENT TO HIS CALL?!  Oh Lord, I'm trying to be.  I know that there are things that I need to do personally to be ready.  God give me the strength and hunger and fire to want You above all, then to do Your will.  To be a blessing to all You've call me to be a blessing to.  I pray for each of us in BluBere; that we will hunger and thirst and run after You and it will be evident in the music.  You've given us the music.  Help us to be good stewards of it.  In His Holy Son, Jesus Christ's Name.  Whew!!  Sometimes you have to stop and reflect; pray to God for strength and guidance and ENDURANCE.  We need your prayers.  Stand with us to seek His plan and will for this ministry and for all ministries longing to walk in their destinies given by God. 

His Blessings

EM

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Whoa!!!
Current mood: tired
Category: Blogging

We made it back from Franklin, TN.  The CIA Summit Conference was great in that Dub was able to catch a glimpse of what can be.  It was exciting for me to "watch the light come on" in Dub.  One thing is for sure however; we will have to get our band agreement together and with that comes the hard questions.  Also, Dub and I will be meeting with some producers in the attempt to get a professional assessment of where we are and how to get to the next step.  I will share more later...still car-lagged

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Recording Session No. 5
Current mood: content
Category: Blogging

Here we go...the session went well in my opinion; however, there are some vocal and timing issues, but for now, we decided to "go with it".  We were able to track almost all of one of the covers and will go back later to add more vocal overdubs.  Also, we completed Peace with the exception of vocal overdubs.  Overall, I think that we are pretty much on track with our deadlines.  Dub will probably come over during spring break and work on mixing Peace.  If we can get Peace and one of the covers mixed before the 24th of March, maybe we can make some promos and hand them out at the conference in Franklin, TN.  I think we are all very excited about the prospects of recording this project ourselves.  Its not perfect by any means, but its an incredible start.  Keep praying for us and look for some new samples of the recording soon!!!

Later...

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Recording No. 4 continued
Current mood: excited
Category: Blogging

Our session went about how I expected in that I felt we would be able to lay down most of the tracks for the first song.  I think the presumption was that the first song would be done and we would have at least started on the others.  I guess we forget that it takes time to record a song.  Overall, it was successful.  We did have this one moment in the recording; while laying down the vocals, the doorbell rang (how annoying ).  Well, we're trying to find a way to keep it in because of its arrival time--it was perfect.  You know, there are a lot of things that will do differenly in our recording process in the future; we will develop technique and skill and that's what excites me.  I think everyone felt good about this session and that is encouraging.  Any other time I would have much more to say regarding the experience; right now, I've absorbing and strategizing our next session.  I just wanted to give you a brief update on where we are.  Between you and me, I think we're going to end up recording a full length album.  We'll see...

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Recording Session No. 4
Current mood: groggy
Category: Blogging

Time...Time...it seems as though we're running out of time.  Yet, it seems as though we might meet most of our goals this year.  Our recording engineer had a schedule conflict which led to us deciding to try "recording ourselves".  So we go to the neighborhood pick'em up store (equip. rental store) and stay up all night and into the morning trying to figure out how to "record".  Datootoblupa is all I have to say (I am so tired).  I don't know; let's see what happens.  At the very least, we were able to put money to a pipe-dream (translation:  make an investment into the kingdom...thanks, Dub for that!).  That's it for now; Stay tuned...

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UNBELIEVABLE
Current mood: grateful
Category: Blogging

 Okay, so its 5pm and I'm leaving work to meet up with a friend to pick up some items.  I get one minute past my job, which happens to be in a very busy area (traffic-wise) and a deer crosses the grassy middle separating the eastbound traffic from the westbound traffic and SLAMS into my car, flips up into the air, SLAMS down onto my windshield, bounces off and...well,  I don't know where he went from there.  The first thing I thought of is "Oh my, a deer!"  It never occurred to me that I could be hurt.  To be honest,  all I could think of is the damage to my car.  Mercifully, there doesn't seem to be any internal damage to my car, but my windshield is shot and I can't open my driver's side door all the way.  My co-worker saw what happened and stayed with me while I calmed down and figured out what to do.  Dub came as soon as I called her and she followed me home (I couldn't leave my car on the side of the road...).  I've been watching the car and there are no leaks or strange sounds.  It seems to be running better than it did before the accident.  In the morning, I'll have the windshield replaced and maybe they can knock out the dent in the car body so that I can open and shut my door.  My driver's side window is completely gone and will have to be replaced later in the future.  You know,  it could have been worse and I could have been hurt.  I know that the Lord was and is watching over me.  I mean, we have a lot of deer, but that intersection is very busy and heavily populated and has been for years.  I have never seen a deer the far into "highly developed areas".  Its like he came out of nowhere.  I thank God for His protection and provisions to meet my needs regarding this new event.  Except for the microscopic glass that seems to be on my arms, legs and back, I'm fine.  Well got to go to bed so I can get up early and have my windshield fixed.  Keep praying for me and BluBere.

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Recording Session No. 3
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Blogging

I can't believe that I forgot to give an update of our session.  It actually took place on February 11, 2006 and that day was hectic.  As usual, I packed most of our instruments and sat them by the door for loading the night before.  It still took us almost 45 minutes to load the truck that morning.  Of course, we ran late and to make matters worse, we only had about an hour to lay down tracks.  We decided to record everything live, vocals and all.  I just wasn't feeling it; maybe it was because I was rushing the entire time and I don't generally like to rush.  We continued on,  recorded our song and had it emailed to us by the engineer.  I just wasn't pleased with it.  There are some issues that can't be overlooked and its tough trying to address them.  What I'm realizing is people in general are very...what's the word, sensitive and for the most part, do not know how to separate business and friendship.  I refuse to believe what they say, "never mix friendship and business".  We are faced with some very serious questions regarding our project and to tell you the truth, it going to be hard.  The funny thing is, it doesn't have to be.  This is supposed to be one of the few places where seeing eye to eye on matters isn't a foreign concept; where we can confront issues and shortcomings and work together to overcome them.  Too many times, we get facts confused with opinions.  When are we going to wake up?  When are we truly going to grow up?  I, myself am plagued with these questions daily.  Its hard trying to walk into destiny when we as people are used to being "in control", and I use the term loosely.  If we can't see it or make sense out of it, it simply doesn't exist.  Too many times, we as Christians say all the right things, "I trust God", or "Its up to Him"; but at the very same time, we are trying to figure things out to where they make sense to us.  We are over analyzing our place in society or what we are contributing and all along the answer is staring us right in the face.  You know, I'm not the most scholarly person when it comes to the Bible, but it seems to me that all through the Bible, God required His people to walk in faith and to trust Him.  That doesn't mean walk in faith as long as it makes sense to you or it "feels good".  "Feelings" have nothing to do with the move of God.  It baffles my mind how "lost" we as Christians seem to be.  Speaking frankly, I'm as lost as the most lost in the Christian community at times.  But I know this, The Lord has given us a voice and a message; what that message is, I'm not quite sure.  God has given me specifically Vision for this band and MoJVE that reaches far beyond comprehension.  Why,  I don't know.  He has given J a heart of compassion, for children, for worship.  Why, I don't know.  He's given Mish a heart of humility, of faithfulness and devotion.  Why,  I don't know.  And, He's given Dub a heart of great determination, strength and most of all joy.  Why, I don't know.  What I do know are these things:

1.  We must walk in that which the Lord has given us,  even more that we've ever walked in it before.

2.  We must understand that vain compliments are just that, vain compliments.  We must continue to prophesy the things, tools, strengths, callings, giftings, whatever you want to call them in the others life, even when they don't see it or feel it.  That's real encouragement.

3.  And, we need to take the focus from ourselves and start truly serving others. 

There is something else that is becoming clear to me; God has put us together because of our leadership abilities, individually as well as collectively.  Why have I written about these things that seem unrelated to the recording project you might ask?  Because it needs saying, again and again and again until its realized.  Until we began to walk and talk differently; not just merely say the right words, but to MEAN THEM; to BELIEVE THEM!!!!!  This group of ladies, from different backgrounds have a purpose; one of which is to compose and perform music together for the glory of God (it sounds like 'the right thing to say', but its true) and to somehow reach the lost and hurting.  THIS I BELIEVE!!!  This group of ladies, from different backgrounds and ideas will reach their destinys, no matter the obstacles, trials and testing.  THIS I BELIEVE!!!  So the matter of our recording project is just another irritable bump we must burst (yuk!).  Some of us don't like the pain of applied pressure and some of us don't like the nasty puss that's drained (yuk!!! yuk!!!).  But, there it is.  I would be lying if I said I don't get discouraged at times and want to throw in the towel.  How easy it would be.  And yet, I was shown the promise of this band by the Lord and I know we haven't reach it yet.  I have to admit one other thing.  I don't follow other bands so I don't know how "personal" their blogs are.  We are not like other bands; from the beginning of this Blog Log, the point was and is to be "real" with whoever reads it.  We all have struggles and shortcomings.  We all fall short..., Christians included.  Its how we handle the struggles, how we utilize the tools God gives us to overcome, and how we allow Jesus to rule in our hearts that makes the difference.  My favorite song is "We Fall Down" by Donnie McClurkin.  Here are the lyrics:

We fall down
But we get up
We fall down
But we get up
We fall down
But we get up
For a saint is just a sinner who fell down
and got up
(repeat)

Get back up again (6x)
For a saint is just a sinner who fell down
and got up

This is the entire song and really it sums up our lives; there is nothing else to say.  I can go on and on about how true this song is, but here's some homework.  Think on it; really think on it and you can hit us up with a response.  Well, I guess this Blog Log is like a continual testimony.  May our ministry start here. 

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Recording Session No. 2
Current mood: hopeful
Category: Blogging

The day actually started at midnight, Saturday morning for me.  I don't usually sleep before an event, so I was wide awake although my body was exhausted.  I ended up going to a 24 hour coffee shop (Starbucks'),  drinking coffee and writing.  It was almost 3am before I made it home.  Mish spent the night with me so we wouldn't have to pick her up so early in the morning.  All the instruments were packed the night before, so preparations to leave the house by 9am went smoothly.  Mish, Dub and I met up with J and we headed to Steven's for Recording No. 2.  This time, the session went more smoothly, although at times, attitudes tried to sneek in and hinder what was taking place.  We were able to get a lot of recording done; however, recorded some things out of order and it sort of messed with the timing of having things done.  Oh well, we will continue to pray.  I had to record my vox six or seven times...I'm not used to singing the verse without playing the bass at the same time (I never said I was great singer!!!); finally, a take I can live with.  It was far from perfect, but I am not strict when it comes to some things and in this case, maybe it will give a little character.  Dub recorded her cymbals clips throughout the song.  We won't use all of recording clips, but I think we have enough to choose from.  As she was recording the clips, I got yet another glimpse (spiritually speaking) of her role.  I began to understand what she is doing spiritually with the cymbals (I actually got goose bumps a couple of times).  We will have to be in prayer regarding just where to put certain clips.  Something happened to Mish today.  It start with our recording session.  I watched her lay down her vocals and noticed how she was being moved in the spirit.  I forgot to mention it to her, but I noticed it again when we led worship later on this evening.  She is starting to come into her own in leading worship.  The Spirit was all over her.  We broke into a spontaneous worship at the end of our set (we must have played the same two chords for 15 minutes...), and actually ended the song together.  We just knew where to stop or should I say, our hands and fingers stopped moving (that's was my case anyway).  Steven is encouraging us to continue forward with this music thing and that lifts my spirits.  He is definately a treasure.  There is so much more I want to share,  but I'm about to crash (very tired  ).  I will write more as more insight is revealed. 

Until then...

EM

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