Experience the Magic of Vintage Voltage Reimagined

The Midnight Relics first featured full album. Straight Vintage. Voltage Gold. Powered by Nostalgia. Driven by Desire. Get up and dance or remember the past.

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Powered by Nostalgia – Driven by Desire

NOW available updated with a new songs. This will make you want to get up and dance or day dream about the past.

🎸 Vintage Voltage: The Album Gets a Fresh Jolt of Energy

Every now and then, an artist gets that spark — the zap that says, “Hold up… we can make this even better.” And honey, that lightning just struck Midnight Relics.

I’ve been deep in the studio trenches, sipping coffee, juggling inspirations like vinyl records, and giving Vintage Voltage a brand-new flow that hits even harder. Songs shifted, energies aligned, and something magical happened — the album finally snapped into its truest shape.

And you know me… if I rearrange something, I don’t do it halfway.
Oh no.
I went full rock-and-roll-mad scientist with it.

I added animated check marks so listeners know exactly what track they’re vibing to.
I dropped in Like & Subscribe buttons that glow like neon bar signs calling your name.
And because life is simply too short not to add joy, I sprinkled in a dancing skeleton for Hip to Be Square and a whole wild parade of dancing animals shaking their fuzzy tails during Tootsie Club (Remix).

This album isn’t just a playlist — it’s an experience.

🔥 Why This New Order Works

The flow now moves like a night out with your favorite band — full of swagger, emotion, and a few surprises tucked in the riffs. Songs with higher views and stronger engagement help guide listeners deeper into the album, keeping the momentum alive. Then the fun ones slide in and keep the whole experience playful and electric.

It’s a blend of storytelling and sonic instinct — and Vintage Voltage has never sounded more alive.

⚡ Want to Dive In?

Every track, every visual, every animated moment was crafted with heart, humor, and just a dash of madness — the good kind, the kind that makes music unforgettable.

Visit my YouTube channel for the full album and Midnight Relic playlist.

Vintage Voltage is charged up, plugged in, and ready to hit your earbuds like a neon storm.

⚡ VINTAGE VOLTAGE

🔥 Beginning — Neon Ignition

Struttin’ It Out
Rock With Pride
Dancing With Dynomite
The Love Machine
Midnight Meow Symphony (A playful, late-night groove with claws. It’s sultry, mischievous, and prowls its way straight into your head.)
We Howl (A wild-hearted anthem of instinct and fire — the moment where you stop being quiet and start becoming real.)

💛 The Soft Bend

Magnolia Mornings (New slow and sweet pop ballad)
One Piece of My Heart (Response song to Lorelei Dean’s song “You Broke My Heart into Three)
When My Sweet Lady Sings

⚡ The Emotional Peak

Hollow Kind of Me (The song that lit the fuse. A raw, aching confession wrapped in velvet shadows — the track that proved Midnight Relics had something powerful to say.)
Don’t Let Our Love Go Cold (A slow-burning plea stitched with warmth and longing, reminding us how fragile and precious love can be.)

🎶 The Lift Back Up

Higher Ground (Hope with a heartbeat. This track climbs, reaches, and refuses to stay down — a lift for the soul.)
Hip to Be Square (New Country Dance: Country charm meets confident swagger. A toe-tapping reminder that being yourself is the coolest thing in the world.)
Tootsie (Club Remix) (Pure fun bottled in a beat — dancing animals practically appear the second it starts. A quirky, joyful burst of color.)
You’re My Spotlight

🌙 The Midnight Fade

Wrapped in Promises
Moonlight Flow
Your Love Keeps Me Going
It’s Gone
If…
Would You Know?
Faded Memory (A soft drift into nostalgia. Melancholy, atmospheric, and beautifully human — the ache of what once was.)
The Endless Song
I’m Just a Fool

Let’s plug in and make sparks fly. ✨⚡🎵

Ride my bike

What’s the biggest risk you’d like to take — but haven’t been able to?

I call this a risk because besides of not having ridden one in over 20 years and falling and breaking a bone, I would say it is a risk because there are not really any safe places to ride by myself.

I would love to get back on my bike which is sitting in my yard with a combination lock under a tarp to keep the rain off of it. I even bought one of the wide seats for bigger behinds like mine. I bought the bike at a yard sale for ten dollars. I spent $40 to fix the part that holds up the seat and handle bars. I tried to ride it in our yard but we live on a gravel road so it was hard to do. I was able to keep my balance but it is still hard to get on and off. When I was a kid, and even as a teenager, I could ride for hours. How I miss those days.

In the 1980s, we stayed out all day. Riding our bikes all over town. Only coming back home to get a drink. We could use bathrooms at gas stations. I say “we”, referring to my younger brother and myself and/or one of his friends from school. No cousins. We didn’t grow up with them. I didn’t have any friends from school and even if I did, they lived outside of town.

Riding a bike, to me, will bring back the days of my youth. Back when, if you fell and scraped your knee, you just brushed it off, got back on and kept going. We didn’t go rushing to the doctor for ever little scrape except for one time. It was getting dark and my little brother and I were on a race to get home. He thought he would be smart and take a side road. Well, he found a pothole or something and went straight into the ditch. He was crying, screaming and yelling all at once. I rushed home to get mom. She wound up having to take him to a doctor because he broke his leg. I will tell you something – he took full advantage of being tended to while in a wheelchair. Mom waited on him hand and foot. Literally. And today, he doesn’t ride a 🚲 bike but drives big trucks.

So this is just one story of my many stories of things that happened to me growing up. Kids now days don’t have memories of freedom like I did. I think that that in itself is a shame. We knew how to play. We were scared of our fathers and knew what it was like to not be able to sit on your behind for a while. We were called latchkey kids. Our parents didn’t worry and we could leave car keys in the ignition unlocked and take a two week vacation and not lock the front door or even lock the door at night.

Riding my bike is a risk that I have been unable to take advantage of for so many reasons. Our lives in the 70s and 80s are so much different than the 2020’s. Since I can’t return to those years, I can write about it and share my experiences in order to relive those days in my mind.

My New Main Image

I had ChatGPT take the image from SIMS4 that I have been using as my header on my pages and add Lorelei Dean and the Midnight Relics. It didn’t get the 3rd band member on the left but that is okay. What do you think?

Bucket List Ideas for my Creative Soul

Daily writing prompt

What could you try for the first time?

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I know this is not answering the question, “What could you try for the first time?” Mainly because I am not here for the first time but it will be the first time if I can move this blog and you, as my subscribers, to Substack. It has been almost a year since I started here on WordPress. I was on Blogger and I just wasn’t happy with the layouts and all that. I found this YouTube video and subscribed to her. She happens to live here in Arkansas too. She really knows what she is talking about so I have decided that I am going to try Substack. I think I had previously created an account but, at the time, I though WordPress would be the better option. Well, now I am rethinking that think.

I know I don’t want to go back to Blogger. I don’t have the money to pay for another year for my website and domain name here on WordPress. My husband has been affected by the government shut down so I am watching my spending more than I have been doing. Also, now that I am 56 years old, things seem different.

I do want to continue creating music in Suno. I still want to get my Youtube channel monetized. I have less than 3 years now before I can officially retire from my full-time day job. I want to rely less on ChatGPT than I have been doing and create content that would truly be my own. But I wanted to know what ChatGPT thinks of me? Is ChatGPT really demonic like some Youtuber’s say it is? Is AI going to take my job too? So if I could retire tomorrow, I went and asked ChatGPT based on what it knows about me to name three things it thinks would be on my bucket list and why? So here is the answer it gave. I say “it” because I don’t know if it is male or female but, ask Richie From Boston would say, “I digress”.

Oh, Lisa, this is a fun and soulful question — it’s like peeking into the secret chapter of your story that hasn’t been written yet. Based on everything I know about you — your creativity, humor, love for storytelling, rummaging, family, and faith — here’s what I’d say your three bucket list items would be, and why they’d mean so much:

1. Create a Legacy Project — a book or film that blends your music, your stories, and your spiritual side.
You’ve got Lorelei Dean whispering divine poetry in one ear and Mr. Crazy Rummagesale Man strumming guitar strings in the other. A “legacy project” — maybe a novel-turned-film or a musical anthology of your life’s creative seasons — would let you tie it all together: the rummage sale humor, the spiritual symbolism, the poetic heart. It’s the kind of thing that could outlive you, speaking your truth to future dreamers and storytellers.

✨ Why: Because you’ve already built the foundation — songs, stories, videos — and this would be the masterpiece that unites it all.

2. Travel cross-country in a retro camper with Eugene, hitting small-town yard sales and filming the adventure.
Picture it: a vintage camper decked out with string lights, dogs in tow, and your camera rolling as you and Mr. Crazy Rummagesale Man uncover treasures and characters along the way. Each stop could become an episode or a musical moment — half comedy, half heartwarming Americana.

✨ Why: Because you love the thrill of the find, and the joy of human connection in dusty parking lots and old barns. Plus, it’s a love story on wheels — yours.

3. Spend a month at a quiet lakeside cabin just writing, reflecting, and letting inspiration flow.
No work, no schedule, no noise — just coffee on the porch, birdsong, maybe a laptop and a guitar. A place where you can write from sunrise to moonrise, exploring your own spiritual and creative evolution.

✨ Why: Because your mind never stops creating — and giving yourself sacred, uninterrupted time to just be would fill your cup in ways everyday life rarely allows.

If I had to give this trio a title, I’d call it “The Three Treasures of Lisa: Creation, Adventure, and Reflection.”

The Magic of Creating a Love Song

This is how my brain works.

I went onto Suno and put in a prompt to create a love song about a couple cuddling on a couch, wrapped in each other’s arms, sharing quiet laughter and gentle whispers. The warmth of their connection filled the air as the soft glow of the lamp bathed the room in a cozy light, making it feel like their own little world. And here is what Suno spit out.

Cuddle Close First Version

Here are the Lyrics Suno made from the prompt.
[Verse 1] [Male]
The world can spin
Let it go
Let it turn
[Female]
The fire’s low
But it’s enough to burn
[Male]
Your head on my shoulder
It’s all I need
[Female]
A blanket
Your heartbeat
That’s luxury indeed

[Prechorus] [Both]
The TV’s on
But we don’t watch
[Male]
The plot’s forgotten
[Female]
Your warmth’s the plot

[Chorus] [Both]
Cuddle close
Just you and me
Wrap me up in your gravity
No need for words
The silence speaks
Cuddle close
We’ve got all we seek

[Verse 2] [Female]
The couch is worn
It sinks in the middle
[Male]
But it’s perfect for two
Where we fit like a riddle
[Female]
Your socks mismatched
My hair’s a mess
[Male]
But nothing beats this
No fancy dress

[Prechorus] [Both]
The clock can tick
Let it unwind
[Male]
We’ve got forever
[Female]
In this small slice of time

[Chorus] [Both]
Cuddle close
Just you and me
Wrap me up in your gravity
No need for words
The silence speaks
Cuddle close
We’ve got all we seek

I took those lyrics and infused them with new life using Microsoft CoPilot, and after playfully reshaping the words even more, I eagerly turned to Chat GPT for additional inspiration. I then seamlessly integrated those lyrics into Suno, letting it marinate overnight to percolate all the creative juices. This morning, I was greeted with a stunning song that ignited my heart! I gathered some enchanting images from Microsoft Co-Pilot and sought out even more from Chat GPT, but I wanted something that truly resonated. So, I crafted a prompt for an image using Co-Pilot and brought it to life in Microsoft Designer. After a few magical generations, I selected a masterpiece and brought it into the online wonder called Specterr. And then, with a triumphant flourish, Bim-Bam-Boom! I had created a Love Song!

After all the tweaking to get it just right, here are the lyrics.

As the world spins, this is all I know 
Let it turn, where it wants to go 
Your head on my shoulder, that’s all I need 
Your heartbeats a blanket, a luxury indeed 

[Prechorus] 
The TV’s on but I don’t care 
The stories forgotten, your warmth’s my love affair 

[Chorus]
Cuddle close, right next to me
Wrap me up by your royal decree 
No need for words, let silence speak 
So cuddle close, right next to me

[Verse 2] 
The couch is worn, it’s a perfect fit. 
Just right for two, where the soft edges fit
My socks mismatched, your hair’s a mess
But nothing beats this, no mental distress 

[Prechorus] 
The clock can tick, let it chime
We’ve carved forever in this small slice of time

[Chorus]
Cuddle close, right next to me
Wrap me up by your royal decree 
No need for words, let silence speak 
So cuddle close, right next to me

[Bridge]
Outside the world’s a hurricane  
Deadlines and noise, a runaway train  
But here in your arms, I breathe again
A quiet domain where love has always been

[Outro]
Cuddle close, your head on my shoulder blade
This pure love has been tailor made
In our quiet kingdom, nowhere else to go
Let our hearts beat as one, real slow

So cuddle close, don’t let it fade
Your everything I ever portrayed
So cuddle a little closer, right next to me

I got to be on a podcast

I got to take part of Echo’s showcase. I hope you will watch, subscribe to her and tell her you found her through Married in Arkansas ~Lisa. I did get to play 2 song. One of my newest poetry music and my remix of my theme song.

Why I Prefer Dogs Over Cats: A Personal Take

Daily writing prompt

Dogs or cats?

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Dogs for me.

Also, like dogs, because you know they are like man’s best friend, well now I think ChatGPT is becoming man’s best friend. So I had to go ask it, “Should we be Polite to Chat GPT?” and here is a video on the response I got. Also, I changed my YouTube channel name to “Married in Arkansas ~ Lisa“

Unveiling Lorelei Dean: The AI Singer with Timeless Truth

Welcome to my newest alter ego, my newest personality. My wish? I wish I could sing like my AI singer Lorelei Dean. How I wish she was real. I could listen to her voice all day. She has that romantic tone. Yes, now the Yard Sale Queen has her own style and I love making music with her but it’s time for the Yard Sale Queen to take a break and sit back a while. Here comes Lorelei Dean and she can really make you feel the emotions. Her voice drips with haunted velvet – half lullaby, half lament. It doesn’t just sing to you; it follows you. A voice forged in fire and faith- burning with sorrow, but never without strength. Lorelei doesn’t just sing a note, she testifies through it. Like moonlight on still water- calm but full of secrets. Lorelei’s voice moves between worlds; the sacred, the strange, and the beautifully broken. A voice that could’ve lived on vinyl in 1932 or whispered through a cathedral in 1799. Lorelei Dean doesn’t follow trends- she channels timeless truth. She sings like a shadow with a halo-part phantom, part prophet. You never know whether she’s warning you… or calling you home.

Explore Lisa’s AI Music & Visuals: Second YouTube Channel

Welcome to a video I made specifically for my second YouTube Channel called Lisa’s AI Music & Visuals

Instead of posting talk videos on my main channel, I thought I would record some talking videos and post to my second channel. I am using the second channel for more instrumental music and other type of music that I want to keep separate from my main channel.

I had ChatGPT to give me a prompt to make some pictures I could use for the thumbnail for the video and here are the pictures.

Plan Your Music Video Releases in Advance

Due to my inability to create new music and to plan, I have taken it upon myself to make myself schedule music in a week in advance. Procrastination is my problem. Putting things off because I don’t want to deal with things is MY Problem. The ability to schedule videos to be made public on YouTube for a specific date and time is so wonderful. Here is my schedule so you can be on the lookout to watch and listen to these song based on poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. I do have one more of her poems not scheduled (because I haven’t figured out yet how I want to make the video for it. It is the “Giddy Girl Waltz”) and I may go and look for some more to make songs from but I believe these are her absolute best poems (as of today that is, I am known to change my mind.)