“From the Heart of a Child” New Digital Music Release

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Dwayna Litz

I recorded my first album at age ten. As I heard it for the first time since my childhood last year, I could not help but cry thinking about my life and how faithful God has been to me through every season. I sang the songs with all of my heart as a child and mean them even more today.

I decided to make this available for everyone to hear. (I grew up in TN, but I went through a phase where I tried to sing these Christian songs without an accent, which is both cute and a little comical looking back. The album was recorded in the middle of that phase, and it was my first time being in a recording studio. I had no producer and there were no second takes).

I sang as a soloist in revival meetings back when Baptist churches had revival meetings. I began singing solos at age three but began traveling and singing professionally at age ten, the same year I recorded these songs.

Here is the album now on iTunes, Spotify, Napster, Soundcloud, Pandora and everywhere digital music is sold, as all money from it goes to support my Christian nonprofit organization that helps reach underprivileged children and more all over the world.

Dwayna Litz “From the Heart of a Child”

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Recording Session at Ocean Way

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Dwayna Litz

I have begun working on my next release, and I had the time of my life last Friday at a twelve hour session at Ocean Way, working with stellar musicians, songwriters and singers, all of whom were very inspiring. We worked on three new songs I have written.  I am not sure what this next album will be called. All I know is I have ten-twelve songs that are all me. I am enjoying working on finishing the rest of them, getting ready for my next session for the next batch.

I had not seen some of these musician and writer friends of mine in years, and it brought back memories from when I worked with them at the age of nineteen on Music Row (when I got my first publishing deal). I used to work daily with Mark Capps, the recording engineer for this session, at the old Sound Shop Studio, owned by Buddy Killen. Mark now has a collection of Grammys, and the same goes for most of the people pictured. Photos in the order pictured: Bruce Bouton (steel, dobro), Jeff Taylor (piano, keys), myself, Dennis Crouch (upright bass), Mark Capps (engineer) and Jeff Crossan (co-writer on one of the songs). We ended the day with some background vocals with Monty Allen and Suzanne Young, and they did a beautiful job.

The whole day was fun, and we all shared a musical chemistry that was special. I began the day with B. James Lowry, as we started with guitar vocals and built from there. It’s nice to be recording in Nashville again. I started here at age fifteen, moved here at age seventeen, backstage and onstage at the Grand Ol’ Opry, and began singing demos on Music Row at age eighteen. Now, I have come full circle, and it feels so good to be back musically.

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Sarasota to Nashville

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Dwayna Litz

Well, Sarasota was so inspiring from a standpoint of fitness that I am still getting up early to workout. There is no Siesta Key, but I do an hour on the treadmill and mat Pilates afterwards five times a week every morning and feel so good!

I am working on three new songs and excited about recording them next month with some of the greatest musicians here, some of whom are now in the Musicians Hall of Fame. It is especially fun since I have worked with all of them in the past, and this will be the first time we have worked together in many years. I am happy about working with my old sound engineer again who has now won a collection of Grammys for his sound engineering. We are keeping the music simple and real, starting out with guitar vocals and going from there. I have written them all, so this project is close to my heart. I am really enjoying the creativity in it all as I am producing it  all.  It’s  good  to  be  back  where  I  live  in  creative  Franklin, TN.The first thing I did when I got back in town was get to my outreach to underprivileged children who live in the crime-filled projects of East Nashville to see them again for the first time in so many months. I love them so much! God is at work as I will be starting back up our Christian-based Character Counts Club this Wednesday with treats donated from Publix. I will also be in touch with Walmart and Target via my 501c3 for more help going forward, as we have rewards and incentives for good grades, too. We have the “Honor Your Mother” program to reward each child with ten cents a day for every day they obey their mothers, to equal $3.00 per month per child, and we have seen kids go from bad behavior to perfect behavior. I am also planning to teach a child, already in the fifth grade, how to read. I plan to get them all Bibles, and we are excited about learning songs, playing games and learning more about Jesus this Easter season.  I plan  to  begin  auditioning  them  for  a  singing  group,  as  I plan  to  teach  them  new  songs,  harmony  and  choreography. I plan to call the new singing group “The Rich Kids” because they are rich in God’s love!www.lightingthewayworldwide.org

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