Saturday, December 7, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013
July in Northern Michigan? Hale, Yes!
Summer 2013 just got a whole lot Sweeter!
Hale yes we will be there!
Sunday, May 12, 2013
6/14/13 will be Sweet!
Just thought you'd like to start planning your summer...
Callahan’s Music Hall in conjunction with Hard Core Music and Concerts presents 8 Time Detroit Music Award Winners SWEET CRYSTAL in the first big concert heralding the jump from spring into summer! With supporting acts Tripp N Dixie and Slight Return, SWEET CRYSTAL brings their brand of Outstanding Gospel/Christian music to one of Michigan’s premier venues, Callahan’s Music Hall in Auburn Hills, MI.
Spring into summer with the first big show of summer 2013 – this concert will not only put a smile on your face but will put some hope in your soul. Hosted by Bob Bauer (Hard Core Music) and special guest MC Doug “Doc Of Rock” Podell from 94.7 WCSX, you know this night will be especially sweet! Tickets just $12 in advance, $15 at the door available at www.atcallahans.com or TicketFly.com (http://tinyurl.com/ct2d25x). Oh it’s on.
SPECIAL NOTICE: First 25 advance ticket buyers that send a copy of their purchase receipt to the 6/14/13 Callahan’s shindig to info@sweetcrystal.com will receive a link/code for a free download of SWEET CRYSTAL’s latest CD “3″!
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
SWEET CRYSTAL SWEEPS 2013 DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS WITH FIVE WINS
SWEET CRYSTAL SWEEPS
2013 DETROIT MUSIC AWARDS WITH FIVE WINS
In unprecedented style, Christian rock band SWEET CRYSTAL made it a “clean sweep”
at the 22nd Annual Detroit Music Awards Show (DMA) on Friday, April
19, 2013, winning all five awards in the “Outstanding Gospel/Christian”
category.
For the third year in a row, the band took home the
“Outstanding Gospel/Christian Act” award, solidifying their hold on that
prestigious category. This turned out to be just the first of five awards they
were about to garner.
Keyboardist and lead singer Marq Andrew Speck was then
awarded “Outstanding Gospel/Christian Vocalist”, “Outstanding Gospel/Christian
Songwriter” and shared the award for
“Outstanding Gospel/Christian Musician”, to make it four for four at the
DMA pre-show. What came next at the live concert awards ceremony turned out to
be even sweeter for these musicians.
SWEET CRYSTAL opened
the DMA show with a live performance in front of the nearly one thousand
attendees packing the Fillmore Theater in downtown Detroit. The band (Marq Andrew Speck-keyboards/vocals;
Bill Blatter–guitar; Steve Wieser-drums; Marty Zarski-bass) picked up their 5th
award for “Outstanding Gospel/Christian Recording”. Their song “Nothing Here
(For You To Fear)” from the feature film “War Flowers” made it five for five
wins, creating the first awards “sweep” in SWEET
CRYSTAL’s career.
“Absolutely surreal and humbling” says Speck about the
night’s outcome. “To be nominated and in the company of some of Detroit’s best
musicians is one thing; to walk away with all these awards…knowing that we won
because others support us, believe in what we are doing and then vote for us…what
a blessing.”
Sweep – it’s not just for sports anymore. Just ask SWEET CRYSTAL.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Some People May Ask
We are embarking on a very interesting music collaboration and philanthropic endeavor.
In the next few weeks, Sweet Crystal along with vocalist extraordinaire' Amy Heard (amysusanheard.posterous.com) will be releasing 4 different versions of a new song based on the heartfelt poem "Some People May Ask" by Mary Hamilton White.
Here are the words that inspired the music:
In the next few weeks, Sweet Crystal along with vocalist extraordinaire' Amy Heard (amysusanheard.posterous.com) will be releasing 4 different versions of a new song based on the heartfelt poem "Some People May Ask" by Mary Hamilton White.
Here are the words that inspired the music:
Some people may ask,
Where is God in this ache?
Where is God in heartbreak?
Where is God in this?
Some people may say,
Where is God in this pain?
Where is God in my rain?
Where is God in this?
But I know Lord, you are there,
Holding me
through my every care.
Taking hearts we think will never mend.
And I know Lord, you see me,
Sheltering me in every need.
Holding me closer than a friend.
Now I know that
I see God in this pain,
I see
God through hard rain.
He is there for me.
And I know that
God is there through each
ache.
God can care for heartbreak.
He’ll take care of me.
Some people may ask
Where is God in this place?
Where is God and his grace?
Where is God in this?
Some people may say
How can God see us here?
How can God see our tears?
How is God in this?
But I know Lord, you are there,
Holding me
through my every care,
Taking hearts we think will never mend.
And I know Lord, you see me,
Sheltering me in
every need,
Holding me closer than a friend.
Now I know that
God sees me in this
place,
God is here with his grace,
God is here in this.
And I know that
God is next to me
here,
God can wipe away my tears,
taking care of this.
I see God in this pain,
I see God through
hard rain.
He is there for me.
And I know that
God is there through each
ache.
God can care for heartbreak.
He’ll take care of me.
What makes it a philanthropic endeavor is that a portion of every sale, of every song download, of every paid performance of any of the versions will generate awareness and more importantly, funding for a shelter and woman's outreach facility called The Sparrow's Nest which is just one of the many ministries of the Cherry Street Mission in Toledo, Ohio (http://www.cherrystreetmission.org).
Interested? There's so much more to tell but in the meantime, make your way over to my SoundCloud page and give the first version a listen. Puts a smile on your heart as well as your ears, we're thinking.
Stay tuned for more on this groundbreaking project.
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