What a summer…

This has been, already, a great year for Dana and I. And, this summer could turn out to be one of the best summers we’ve ever had.

Our son, Justus, is a stud. He’s cracking us up all the time. He’s reminding us of how incredible life really is, and how special every day is. He’s teaching us what it means to CHERISH. I think when you’re ‘young’, you don’t have the capacity to do that. The sheer size of his T-Ball helmet in relation to the size of his 4 year old, albeit substantial, head is a subject I could write paragraphs about… I’ll save you the torture, but trust me. It’s hilarious.

This summer marks our 10 year wedding anniversary. We’re getting older. I can honestly say that I love Dana Cotten Fike more today than the day we married. She lights up my life. (I think she would say the same about me, but you’ll have to ask her yourself). To celebrate our marital bliss, we’re going on a cruise… our first. We’ll be sailing the seas, baby! And, no, it’s not a Christian Artists’ cruise. It’s Carnival… pizza buffets and all. We’re both on diets in preparation for our time on the water. We are sooooo excited about doing NOTHING for a whole week. I can’t explain to you how exhilarating I anticipate it being to have zero responsibilities for an entire week. Wow.

Here’s a quick update on all the Fike & Dana Happenings…

We released ‘Ascend to Heaven’ to radio in April and we’ve seen incredible responses internationally. I did a radio interview with a station in New Zealand a couple weeks ago. Wild. We’re also big in Peru. For some reason, the East Coast is digging our chili a lot. Pennsylvania, Kentucky, New Jersey, Connecticut, and even Maine… shout outs to y’all! Thanks for requesting our music. Please keep doing so!

We’re thinking of releasing ‘You Called My Name’ as the next radio single. What do you think? Respond to this blog with your opinion of what ought to be the next radio single we release? Choose any song off of the ‘Make A Sound’ CD, and tell us which one you want to hear on your radio station! And, if you don’t have the MAKE A SOUND album, by all means, stop by our web-store on www.fikeanddana.com and purchase a copy, or you could download it on itunes. When you do, write a review for us… and make it amazing.

We’ve also been writing and arranging a bit lately. 3 songs, ‘Outshout the Lies’, ‘Never Be the Same’, and ‘The Moment We’ve Been Waiting For’, are surfacing as potential album songs right now. We’ve been jamming (Dana, Sean, Matt, & Joel Pinson) and creating a new process for song creation. It’s really fun. We’re talking about recording an EP in the fall and maybe releasing a single through itunes. (Vanguardians, we’ll intro ‘The Moment’ this coming weekend. After you hear it, tell me which of those three you’d want us to record first as a single for itunes!)

Our affiliation with Indie Extreme has been awesome. Through a partnership with them, we’ve signed a distribution contract with Universal Records that will get our music ‘out there’, everywhere. Watch out, world…

MAKE A SOUND will be reviewed in the July/August issue of Worship Leader Magazine. Go out and buy it, and send their editor an email thanking them for the review. We’re incredibly honored to see this kind of attention paid to our music. It’s amazing.

In the Fall, we’re heading back to Texas & Louisiana for a 2 week tour. I’ll post all the tour dates for you Fike & Dana fans down there. Come out and see us! We’d love to connect with you while we’re in your zip code. We’re going to be doing weekend trips, hopefully once a month in 2010. I’m setting up a lot of gigs for us right now in preparation for next year. I’ll keep you posted.

Watch out for Fike & Dana on Twitter. We’re setting that up this week. Become a friend of mine on facebook… look up Richie Fike. Check us out on MySpace.com… or just come say ‘hi’ at Vanguard.

What’s up with you? What’s your summer shaping up to look like? Where are you traveling? What festivals are you planning on attending? What music are you listening to? We want to hear from you!

We covet your prayers and appreciate your love and support. Thanks for letting our music be a part of your story. We’re so glad to know that God is at work in your lives!

Fike & Dana

Hey guys! Recently I just did a bunch of radio interviews. To listen just click on the links below and let me know what you think! Thanks!

Interview #1 Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Interview #2 Here!

Hey guys!

Check out my new video on youtube and my new website!

http://www.youtube.com/zosermusic

http://www.zosermusic.com

Let me know what you think!

Thanks