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Jay Lane

Jay has been an established bass player and musician since 1988. First touring with the Alternative Band Violent Winter through the Streets of Hollywood, he would take off and do some solo work. He worked with bands such as Cherry Stone and the local country band, The Allen Biffle Band before he would transition into Christian Rock and Christian Contemporary projects including Lovesick Ministries. Outside of creating and performing music you can find him in the wind on his motorcycle or helping others in his community with special needs or drug and alcohol problems. He himself just received his 5 year sobriety chip in March 2024.

Collaborating Artists:

Courtney Phillips

Provided vocals on:

Signs
Burning Bridges
Angels
The Saddest Day
The Mouse that Wanted to Fly
The River

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Courtney’s Bio:

Courtney Phillips is a composer and singer from Birmingham, AL with experience in classical, sacred, and metal music. She studied music composition with Dr. Mark Lackey at Samford University and has composed for solo instruments, choir, and various chamber ensembles. Her compositions are tightly woven with storytelling and are often inspired by literature, including the Brontë novels, Longfellow’s poems, and the Bible. She is an ASCAP member and publishes under White Orchid Resonance.

Courtney graduated as valedictorian of her high school and is an alumnus of the Omicron Gamma chapter of Delta Omicron, Samford’s professional music fraternity, in which she served as an officer in the role of its mascot. She also served in Zimrah, the music student organization at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, as its vice president and later president. She is a former recipient of the Shepherd-Walker Scholarship, the Hazel Boren Music Scholarship, and the 2020 NAMM President’s Innovation Award.

Passionate about music education, she has taught piano and voice at two Mason Music locations in Birmingham, AL, The Studio in Centreville, AL, and was also head piano teacher at Ethnic Group Academy for refugee children in Fort Worth, TX. Her primary instrument is voice, and she has been a member of several prestigious choirs in different states and was also the lead singer for Christian metal band Exalt the Throne. In 2021, she was featured on “Ashes” from In Memoriam by Crowned in Sorrow. Currently, she resides in Mobile, AL where she leads worship with her husband at Christ Anglican Church and teaches privately.

David Arnold

A special thank you to David Arnold of Red Chip Studios for providing the drum work for The Saddest Days of Our Lives