Your FAQ's...

Q: I'm trying to find the CD or song_________. Where can I purchase it?

A: ITunes! Most of my CD's are currently out of print but all are available for download HERE.

(Except for "Julie" circa 1988 which is better left in the 80's cassette era!)

Q: The most common questions is "Where can I get sheet music for your song __________?"

A: Unfortunately, very few of my songs have been published in sheet music or songbooks. Here are the songs/songbooks that are currently available.

The Ultimate LDS Songbook

Keeper of the Flame
Hands of Heaven
Window to His Love

The Best of EFY Songbook

Take Me There

Feel The Fire

Also currently available for purchase & download online:

Window To His Love - Vocal Solo

Window To His Love - SSA

Charity Never Faileth - Vocal Solo

Charity Never Faileth - SSA

Q: Do you have performance tracks (instrumental music with out the vocals) available?

A: Yes, but only for the CD "Home". Instrumental performance tracks are available for download at ldsaudio.com

Q: I have a songbook that is out of print. Will you give me permission to make copies?

A: I actually can't give you the permission because Deseret Book owns the copyrights. They will need to give you permission to make copies sheet music or of recorded songs. Contact DB for copyright info here!

Q: "I'm trying to find contact information for your Dad, Lex." or "I need to track down a cassette that I had on my mission that was produced by your Dad in 1975."

A: Probably not, but you can email my Dad directly.

Q: Are you related to the people who produce "Signing Time!" DVD's?

A: Yes! I'm a huge fan, and not only because my 2 sisters produce it!"

Q: Will you come and do a concert or speak at our ______ event? How do I schedule you?

A: Yes, but it depends on the event. In order to limit time away from my family, I am only speaking/singing for larger women's groups giving a presentation called "Preventing Emotional Burnout: Secrets to Self-Care for Women." To schedule this presentation email me!

Q: What's your favorite CD that you've produced?

A: Dive Deep, the one that very few people have ever heard of.

Q: Are you the therapist Julie Hanks?

A: yup, that's me.

Did I miss any of your questions? If so, please post a comment!

I feel a song coming on...

or at least a few ideas. As a songwriter for the past 25 years I've learned to trust the creative process and not get to freaked out when I go months and months, or even years without finishing a song. I've had a few Christmas song ideas this week that I hope to finish by next Christmas, and I have a notebook full of ideas on self-care that go along with my women's workshop presentation "Preventing Emotional Burnout". I'm excited to slowly add more and more music to these presentations. (By the way, if you want me to come and present this to your stake RS group, let me know and I'll send you the info.)

I am the kind of person who needs to create in order to feel alive, and music is one of my main avenues for expression.
As a multi-tasking mother of 4, my brain and my heart are often full of the day to day stuff of life, making it difficult to spend more than 5 seconds in meaningful self reflecting that songwriting requires. As my youngest gets a little more independent, and is now sleeping through the night on a regular basis, and the Home Team talk show was cancelled (due to budget cuts) I hope to have more time to reflect and share some creativity with you.

I want to hear what you do to express yourself...

Peace in '09!
~Julie

Helllllooooo? Anybody out there?

I've been growing my family, growing my therapy practice, and learning how to host/produce a talk show, so music has been on the back burner for the past few years...still simmering (though I did write and record the Home Team theme song). I've been stealing a few minutes here and there to work on new songs, and over the past 3 years or so songs are starting to take shape. Many of them stem from my own personal experience, women's stories I hear in my therapy practice, and from the women's self-care workshops I've been presenting for the past 6 years or so. I am currently an "unsigned" artist for the first time in 20 years so we'll see where that takes me...Though many of my CD's are out of print, all are available on itunes.

Thanks for your continued support during my music hiatus and I'll keep you posted on upcoming concerts, appearances, talk show stuff, projects, etc.
XO, Julie