Gaddis Girls “The Price of Peace” Military Tribute Song
(the following from ThePriceOfPeace.org)
The “Price of Peace” was written in early summer of 2008 by Alyssa Gaddis after a discussion she had with her father, CW5 Jim Gaddis. The discussion revolved around the large number of Soldiers that were deployed overseas while their families were left behind. Alyssa realized that it was probably as hard on the families as it was on the deployed Soldiers. Her dad gave her a pad of paper and told her to write down how she felt and the lyrics of The Price of Peace were born.
The family knew that the lyrics had merit so they enlisted the co-writing assistance of a Nashville writer, Hart Steen. Hart added the music and recorded a basic track to the lyrics. After a few discussions with some members of the IL Employee Support of the Guard and Reserves about the song, State Farm agreed to sponsor the recording. State Farm provided funding for the recording and production of the song.
The song was recorded in Nashville TN at Creative Caffeine Studio in late September. The production timeline was compressed to one day of studio time to minimize costs and to lessen the impacts of missing school for the girls.
The song will be distributed via the internet at www.thepriceofpeace.org both in digital and cd formats. Profits from the song will be donated to Family Readiness Groups and local VFWs for families in need.
Recording credits are as follows:
Writers: Alyssa Gaddis/Hart Steen
Producer: Hart Steen
Engineering and Mix: Peter Franklin
Mastering: DRC Studio-Tom Deglman
Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Electric, B3 organ: Wesley Walker
Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Electric, Piano recorded at Ghetto Studios Nashville, Tn (404) 434-0686
Piano, Programming/Composing/Arranging: Hart Steen
Drums: Stephen Taylor
Drums recorded at The Grip Studio Nashville, Tn (615) 517-5227
Drums engineered by Josh Reynolds and Taylor Nyquist second engineer
Mandolin: Dave Lapsley
Mandolin and Vocals recorded at Creative Caffeine Berry Hill, Tn (615) 298-2200
The following photos from ThePriceOfPeace.org:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Ring a bell?
Andrea said this on November 18th, 2009 at 11:48 pm