Music

I Am Petitioning

Rachel — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:11:15 GMT

I Petition You, Lord by rachelgalloway

House stuff not going so well. There has been a lot of singing around here lately.

Love,

My Daddy

Rachel — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:55:57 GMT

Here is a video someone put together and used my father’s song/recording to go with it. Enjoy!

Love,

Merry Christmas Ma Soeur

Rachel — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:28:21 GMT

My sister Megan has been such an incredible sister to me. She really is my best friend. We call each other, “ma soeur” which means “my sister” in French because we took a French class together in high school and completely goofed off. It kind of stuck.

Megan has been with me through thick and thin and has been part of the backbone of Mamma Made. She is an incredibly gifted designer and brings forth so many amazing designs for Mamma Made. She and her husband Jed have written a beautiful Christmas song I’d like to share with you that is also a part of the Sounds Familyre Christmas Album this year. May you all be filled with joy as we celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

And here is Megan’s song entitled, “Cradle Song.” I love you Megs!

Love,

Hush, Sweet Baby At Sounds Familyre

Rachel — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:40:29 GMT

As we are all getting ready for the holidays, I would like to invite you to visit the Sounds Familyre Blog where friends and family are posting a new Christmas song each day (original or classic) available for free download. You can even download and print out the artwork for your own “A Familyre Christmas - Volume 2." In case you missed last year’s “A Familyre Christmas - Volume 1” album, you can still go and download it with the artwork for free. How’s that for Christmas spirit?

And now I will leave you with “Hush, Sweet Baby” by Rachel and Jon Galaxy.

Love,

A Familyre Christmas Album is Complete!

Rachel — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 20:35:46 GMT

Okay everyone! You can download all of the songs and print out a cover for FREE and own your very own "A Familyre Christmas Volume 1!" Here are the artists: Danielson, Lenny Smith, Half-Handed Cloud, Soul Junk, Leopulde, Dan Zimmerman, The Singing Mechanic, Sufjan Stevens, Rachel and Jon Galaxy, Woven Hand, Ben + Vesper, Joshua Stamper, and Elin. Since you have been reading about the process of my song with Jon, here is instant gratification :

Love, Rachel

A Famile Christmas - Mixing Music and Drinking Wine

Rachel — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:48:20 GMT

Well, it's been a very exciting week for Daniel and all the Sounds Familyre artists with the song releases from the first Sounds Familyre Christmas Album. Each day Daniel works on mixing the song that will be released at midnight. Tomorrow is the very last night with Elin finishing off the album with her amazingly angelic and hauntingly beautiful voice. I can't tell you yet what song she is singing-- it just wouldn't be right to spoil the surprise. Here are some photos from our evening listening to Joshua Stamper's song which has just been released tonight and Elin's song. We are hanging out in the basement/studio of Sounds Familyre a.k.a. my childhood home.

Daniel running away as I'm taking his picture in our parents kitchen. He can't sue right? I'm his sister!

Downstairs in the studio.

Jon playing along with Joshua Stamper's song as we listen to it.

My father, Lenny Smith.

Crazy face Daniel!

My daughter, Eleanor, who is supposed to be sleeping. Does this face look sleepy to you?

Love, Rachel

A Familyre Christmas Lots of Days

Rachel — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:29:53 GMT

So I missed a couple of days! I have a good excuse--traveling to San Francisco and then on to New Jersey for the holidays. We need to catch up with Day 7- Sufjan Stevens presents "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," Day 8- Rachel and Jon Galaxy(that's me!) present "What Child Is This," and Day 9 - Woven Hand presents,"I Wonder as I Wander." Just wait until you hear the next three days. I got a sneak preview in the basement today of what's to come, and believe me, it's amazing.

It's crazy how this album is really turning into something pretty big. Noone thought it was going to turn into something like this. Everyone is pretty excited and we still have Ben and Vesper, Joshua Stamper, and Elin to come. Wait until you hear Elin's song. it's really something special.

More later on the Christmas holiday in the Smith household!
Love, Rachel

A Familyre Christmas Day 6

Rachel — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:59:18 GMT

Day 6 already! Go and listen to Dan Zimmerman's beautiful and cozy Christmas song entitled, "In the Bleak Mid-Winter."

Jon and I officially passed the torch to Daniel to work his magic on our Christmas Carol, "What Child Is This." I can't wait to hear what he does in the mixing process!

Love, Rachel

A Familyre Christmas Day 5

Rachel — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:11:51 GMT

Oh my goodness! Day 5 already! Check out the original Christmas song posted by Leopulde entitled, "Pat-A-Pan."

So last night was the big night for Jon and I in regards to our Christmas song ("What Child Is This"). The pressure is on--we have three days until we fly to San Francisco and Josh needs the song so that Daniel can mix it down. We borrowed Glen's keyboard and took his incredible suggestion to use the Wurlitzer. When Jon started playing, I just knew it was perfect.

So, Jon laid down the keyboards, fixed some bass parts, I fixed some uke parts and vocals. Now it was time to bring in the big guns. We have to keep up with all these professionals some how.

My daughter Rosemary came in to save us all with her vocals.

Rosemary and her Dada, missing teeth and all.

So we finished up at 2:00 am and blearily looked at one another knowing the baby would be up and wiggling around at 7 am. Thank God for espresso. Song is off to the capable hands of Daniel. One more thing to scribble off the list.

(That marker again!)

Love, Rachel

A Familyre Christmas Day 4

Rachel — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 23:18:32 GMT

Today is the day that Soul Junk (my brother-in-law Glen) shares his wonderful song, "Dayspring from on High," which celebrates the birth of Christ. Go to the Sounds Familyre blog yet once again and get your fix on amazingly special and unique holiday treasures.

Jon and I are still plugging away on our Christmas song. I think we are going to try and finish it up tonight. I talked to Elin on the phone today and got the scoop on what song she's doing because I was afraid I was the only one doing a Christmas carol and not writing an original song. She IS doing a Christmas carol and that's all I can tell you. You'll just have to wait. I'm excited because she has the most amazingly beautiful yet interesting voice to listen to.

I have my daughter Esther and her cousin Mila Galloway (Glen from Soul Junk's daughter) over playing today and I think I'm going to sneak them in and get them to sing a bit for my song. It's always festive to hear the kids in their imperfect sweet voices singing. (Hmmm...sounds like Danielson!) We'll see how that goes.

Don't forget to download all the songs and make your own special Christmas CD for yourselves and your loved ones!

Love, Rachel