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Simon Wright
Stand For You
collaborate through a post on a Facebook group veterans sadly end up facing. He has had to sell the
called ‘Songwriting and Music Production’. medals he earned, and has gone (in society’s eyes)
from being a homecoming hero to just another
His invitation was answered by an enthusiastic and homeless person sat on a street corner.
talented bunch of musicians and songwriters. It’s a
really global effort, with contributions drawn from I wanted to juxtaposition Riley’s plight with the
Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, Finland, England, joyous anticipation that kids have on Christmas Eve
South Africa, United States, Scotland, Italy, and – being tucked up in a warm bed waiting excitedly
Bangladesh! for Santa and his reindeer to arrive. And then to have
the chorus be an uplifting tale of how others will
The album features fresh interpretations of support Riley in his hour of need, just as he stood for
well-known Christmas favourites, plus original new us when serving his country.I originally thought the
material. The music is sumptuous and will make your lyric could maybe be converted into a Bruce
foot tap, your heart smile, and hopefully also make Springsteen-type song, but when Seth Koos started
you think about what Christmas means to you and working on it he had the great idea to move it into
its true spirit. more of a hard rock territory. And we were very
lucky to enlist Bob Campbell to provide the vocal
Stand for you lyric oomph that the song needed. I’m very proud of the
end result and that a lyric I wrote is helping a great
My contribution to the album was to create an cause.
original lyric, called ‘Stand for you’. Riley, the veteran
referenced within the song, is a fictitious https://www.hopeforhomelesshearoesheartsii.com/
character, but he represents the plight that many
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