Heart of America I actually did right after September 11^th. My dad was in the Towers when it happened but thankfully he got out. I really wanted to make a song. It’s sort of a collection of three different songs put together, and they’re all patriotic songs. I really wanted to do something to help out the firefighters and the EMS down there, so all of the profits we made went straight to them. I got played on Z-100 on the date consecutively, so that was really cool that my efforts made a difference and it helped people in a way. I got a lot of callers calling in and saying how moved they were by the song and it was just really a great experience, something positive that sort of came out of such a tragedy.

It was first song of mine to be played on the radio. I was actually in school and somebody told me so I ran to the office and I was listening to it. I called in because they wanted me to call in and I talked to them on the radio and they played it a couple more times. It was just an amazing feeling because so much energy and effort goes into recording a song. It’s a huge process and so when you actually hear it being shared – it’s just an incredible feeling. It really can’t be recreated.

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