{"id":169,"date":"2007-11-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-11-05T16:38:40","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T21:38:40","slug":"songs_and_stories_17_texas_songwriters_p_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/songs_and_stories_17_texas_songwriters_p_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Songs and Stories #18: Texas Songwriters Part 2 &#8211; Patrice Pike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8405\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-169-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories18.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories18.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/?powerpress_pinw=169-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/songs_and_stories\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories18.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"songs_and_stories18.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>Click to hear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/podcasts\/songs_and_stories18.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; #18<\/a> (time = 27:36, size = 31.5 mb)<\/p>\n<p>She quit the University of North Texas (while attending on a scholarship), formed the band Little Sister (which evolved into Sister Seven), and has been writing, playing, and touring ever since.<\/p>\n<p>This second of three &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; episodes with Texas songwriters features a conversation with Dallas native Patrice Pike. She discusses life on the road, the pros and cons of being on a label vs being independent (both have their merit, she says), and how she&#8217;s looking forward to a little fall downtime as her 2007 tour winds down.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some links to go with the show. I mention these in the podcast:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patricepike.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patrice Pike&#8217;s web site<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Her CDs <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unraveling-Patrice-Pike\/dp\/B000I8OOIS\/ref=sr_1_1\/102-2614829-4516137?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1194881533&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\">Unraveling<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fencing-Under-Fire-Patrice-Pike\/dp\/B000064631\/ref=sr_1_2\/102-2614829-4516137?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1194881533&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\">Fencing Under Fire<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Live-Brushwood-Lounge-Patrice-Pike\/dp\/B0007QS4BY\/ref=sr_1_3\/102-2614829-4516137?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1194881533&amp;sr=1-3\" target=\"_blank\">Live at Brushwood Lounge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sister7.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sister Seven<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: The &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; podcast is sponsored by my CD, <a href=\"http:\/\/cdbaby.com\/cd\/gaither\" target=\"_blank\">Spotted Mule and Other Tales<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <center><a href=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woawabrowserRedirect?url=itms%253A%252F%252Fax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewPodcast%253Fid%253D216646993\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/subscribe-with-itunes.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.michaelgaither.com%2Fhome%2Fsongs_and_stories_17_texas_songwriters_p_1%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;&amp;width=800&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:800px;height:30px;margin-top:5px;\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to hear &#8220;Songs and Stories&#8221; #18 (time = 27:36, size = 31.5 mb) She quit the University of North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":931,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169\/revisions\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaelgaither.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}