Lisa Brokop

(10/07/20)

Hello friends!

I hope this finds all of you safe and healthy and finding some peace in this very crazy time we’re in!!

Amidst all the chaos I am happy to report that I have some good news!!

I have recently partnered with Amersong Music and legendary producer/songwriter Harley Hatcher! Harleys career in the biz has spanned over 5 decades as a record executive, a songwriter of several chart topping singles and a producer/writer for several motion picture and television shows, just to touch on a few of his accomplishments.

And as life would have it, Harley and I crossed paths through a recording studio here in Nashville where he hired me to be the voice for a few of his songs! And now we’ve decided to take it to the next step and share it with you too!!

The first song, “Rockin Guitars & Cadillac Cars” will be distributed through Amersong Music and has officially been released to all streaming music services and is available for download now!!! 

Things have been moving at a rather rapid pace so stay tuned for more details and updates on this!!!

Off we go!!!

 (05/15/19) I cant believe it guys...I just released a song to country radio...whaaa?!?! It all came up rather suddenly..usually there is planning for months ahead of time to release a new song but this time has proved to be quite different!

So Ill go back to about 2 weeks ago when I was in the kitchen and my husband Paul was playing a song on his iphone and it was George Jones song, Whos Gonna Fill Their Shoes. A new artist named Moe Pitney was singing it (he has an amazing voice btw) and I was reminded of just how great the song is and how awesome it was honoring all those legends of country. Then it comes to me...there weren't any females mentioned in the song!! Only the guys! So I start thinking that it would be fun to rewrite it with the legendary ladies in it. And then with a laugh, I say to Paul, "It should be called Whos Gonna Fill Their HEELS!!"
I was getting ready to head to Calgary the next day to do a Legendary Ladies of Country Show at the Bow Valley Music Club and this idea kept turning in my mind. So I came up with the chorus in the car on the way to the airport and then I wrote the rest of it on the plane. Writing a song on the plane was a rare thing in itself! I never do that!! I usually take a nap or read a book or something. But by the time I landed in Calgary I had it done. And then I decided I would sing it for the folks at the show. Me and the band did a quick little rehearsal of it and we did it for an encore at the end of the night. Everybody loved it! A few even got on their feet to applaud...who knew???

Then two days later I made a recording of it on my phone..back in the kitchen..lol..and posted it on my FB page and before i knew it I had 1000's of views and people really seemed to be connecting with it! So now I'm thinking, well maybe I should record it for real in the studio..? By the end of the week I had a completed full band track of the song and it was ready to go!!!
So I sent it out to radio, posted it on FB and there you have it!!! Off and running!!!

I have been having SO much fun with this project everybody!!! The spontaneity of this and the fact that it honors woman and traditional country music has given me a very full heart!
More to come I'm sure so stay tuned!!!
 

(Mar1/18). Hi everyone! I know I’m late on getting this blog out to you but I wanted to do it just the same..:) so if you read my last blog you would’ve seen that I was planning to be a part of 21 days of prayer and fasting which included staying away from social media so that’s why you haven’t seen me on Facebook in a while. So I have to say that it really was a powerful time for me. It Really gave me the self awareness I have been needing…Showing me just how often the worldly things around me have control of my life.

I’ll start with the food part of things. We call it a fast but really it’s not a fast because I ate lots of food! I did something called the Daniel fast which meant eliminating meats, processed sugar, dairy, bread and alcohol. I close to include fish and eggs because I didn’t feel like I would get enough protein otherwise. So I ate a lot of fruit and vegetables, sweet potatoes, spinach, some whole-grain pasta And olive oil was definitely my best friend throughout this time!!

One of my comfort things is to snack at night before bed..chips or some cookies or cereal. Of course I couldn’t have any of that stuff but yet I still went to the cupboards looking for stuff I COULD have which I realized was defeating the purpose of the fast. I was supposed to be eliminating  the things in my life that were escapes/false fill ups And turning to God/scripture in those times instead. And I wasn’t doing that. I was just switching one habit for another. So I ended up adding a ‘no eating after 8pm’ rule. This was a hard one!

But overall I felt really great! I felt very clean and lighter on my feet. I think I may have lost a few pounds too, although that wasn’t the purpose of this, but a nice perk just the same :-)

Now onto the social media part…

I eliminated all Facebook use, Twitter, Instagram but I was still using my phone for texting emails and a little surfing on the net. But about one week in, Paul my husband and I both agreed we would shut our phones off completely after 5 PM each day for one week. So no emails, texting, social media or anything. And also no TV unless Ivy was watching one of her shows, then we could watch with her. It was awesome! No negative news channels seeping their negativity into my living room! I really hate watching the news…argh...

This was a tough one for Paul who really enjoys politics and keeping up on the news..?

We discovered that our phone habits are off the charts these days! The amount of times we would unconsciously reach for that phone out of habit to check it was ridiculous!!! We are so attached to these phones!!

So they’re definitely was some withdrawal moments with that but we also had more conversation and actual human eye contact… Ha! Go figure!

Although I did catch Paul one night practically begging Ivy to watch one of her shows so he could watch too..?. Nice, Daddy..?

And then we come to the prayer part of this. Our church gathered every morning, Monday through Friday at 6 AM to pray together for one hour. Everyone would show up in their ball caps and sweats, or sometimes pajamas I confess, and pray individually and as a group. So so powerful to be a part of something like that! I am not a morning person so getting up at 5:30 to be there by six was not an easy task for me, and I must admit I didn’t make it to every prayer meeting. Some mornings I would watch the app from our sister church that was streaming their prayer services online. 

We would start with a small talk/message from one of our leaders, Then we would scatter in the room and pray individually and then for the last few minutes we would come together as a group and pray corporately which means for things like our city, our schools, teachers, leaders. , students, etc.

The  message throughout this time that came to me most clearly was about surrender and trust. I would like some change in certain areas of my life but was I truly believing it was possible? No I wasn’t. I was asking for things but not completely trusting that it was possible. Trying to control from my end. (I’m such a control freak!) So I’m working on truly letting go and letting God, trusting in the process and allowing God to do what He needs to. And getting out of the way so He CAN do it!

Overall it was an extremely powerful experience and I have learned so much about myself and have come further in my walk with God. I highly recommend doing something like this. It can be any time of the year for any length of time. I’m hoping to continue some of these practices in the rest of my year and not get too far off the track! Not easy, thats for sure!

But I’m grateful to have the tools. The ups and downs of life will come no matter what but it’s comforting to know I have these tools to deal with them..:)

And onward we go!!!

(Jan.8/18) Hello friends and Happy New Year!!! I hope 2018 is pff to a great start for you!

Hi friends,

I hope everyone's 2018 is off to a good start!!

I'm doing something a little differently to start out the year that I wanted to share with you. 

I've been a part of a new church here in Nashville called Church of the Hills for the last year or so and it's been extremely positive and life giving for me and my family. 

So along with the rest of my church family I'm taking part in  '21 days of prayer' and fasting starting today! We'll be meeting each day at 6am for an hour to pray and worship and we'll all be doing various versions of fasting along side of that. Some will do a complete fast (only water) and some will do the 'Daniel fast' (fruits, veggies, nuts). I'm doing the Daniel fast so starting today no sugar, no bread, no chicken or beef, and no dairy. ? Eek! If you know me at all, giving up sugar is NOT going to be easy!! 

But all of this is to eliminate some of the 'clutter' in my life...things that may be getting in the way of spiritual connection.

connection I am also going to include a social media fast with my food eliminations. So no FB, twitter or Instagram for 21 days. I keep getting pulled into posts and comments that I don't like and I'm allowing too much negativity to cloud my thinking. Time to shut it down for bit and regroup...get some priorities straight..:)

So you won't see anything from me for awhile but I will report back at the end of 21 days to share my experience.

If anyone wants to join me, please do!! I think it's going to be life changing in so many ways!!!

Ok now...ready, set, go!!!