VOTA

VOTA (formerly known as Casting Pearls) is a Christian rock band from Lincoln, Nebraska, featuring Bryan Olesen, a former guitarist with Christian rock band Newsboys. Several of the band's songs have been featured on rotation with national radio networks such as K-Love, and are part of the international 180 Tour. Their song "Hard to Believe" was listed at No. 17 on R&R magazine's May 2, 2009, weekly chart for the United States.

History

Casting Pearls was formed by Bryan Olesen and bass guitarist Case Maranville in 1997 when they joined drummer Shane Coop. After a few line-up changes, the band solidified in 2003 to include Olesen, Maranville and drummer Scott Rutz. In July 2003, the band met Peter Furler of Newsboys which led to Olesen's tenure as lead guitarist for Newsboys from 2003 to early 2006 and the self-titled release on Furler's Inpop Records of Casting Pearls in 2005.

In 2008, the band changed its name to VOTA due to confusion with similarly named Christian artist Casting Crowns. Originally, the name VOTA was a typo in an email from VOTA's then-current management team, Chaffee Management, as the band, management and label were brainstorming new names. The name VOTA was ultimately chosen by the band as being without a specific meaning and having a bit of mystery to it, allowing their fans to individually interpret the meaning. In summer 2008, while performing at an Oklahoma summer camp, the band discovered the name does have a spiritual meaning. Vota is a Latin root word that stands for a collection of vows before God.

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VOTA (album)

VOTA is the second self-titled album (though the first by this name) by the Christian rock band VOTA, formerly known as Casting Pearls. The album was released as a digital download on November 11, 2008, and released as a physical CD on February 10, 2009. The band is able to give $40.00 USD to Food for the Hungry through a matching grant with US AID for every album sold from their online store and merchandise table on tour. Since the digital release of the album in November, the band has helped raise over $200,000 for the Food for the Hungry project in Kenya (as of July 2009).

Track listing

All songs written by Bryan Olesen/Case Maranville/Scott Rutz unless noted otherwise

  • "Hard to Believe" - 2:56
  • "Be Mine" - 2:56
  • "Love's Taken Over" - 3:13
  • "Honestly" Jason Ingram/Doug McKelvey/Bryan Olesen - 3:10
  • "Not Finished" - 3:06
  • "I'll Go" - 3:28
  • "Give It to Me" - 3:00
  • "Free to Fail" - 4:04
  • "Save Ourselves" Nathan Dantzler/Brad Irby - 3:51
  • "Bye Bye" - 3:35
  • "In My Heart" - 4:33
  • "Everyday Is the First Day" (Bonus Track) - 4:02
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    HARD TO BELIEVE

    by: Vota

    Thought that I could hide
    Oh how I've wasted time
    I've spent my life running from you
    And I just can't say no
    your love won't let me go
    My shields are defenseless against you
    Lost in the dark
    'Til your love dawned in my heart
    Filled all the hollow
    And you freed my pent-up soul
    It's so hard to believe
    You're here with me now
    Make me feel so alive
    I've got to let it out
    Oh, extraordinary
    You're bringing me out
    Filled my heart with your love
    And turned my world around
    I've been here and there
    Oh I've looked everywhere
    But nothing can compare to you
    You know my heart
    I want to be where you are
    I'm hopeless without you
    How'd you teach this heart to love
    Oh, you don't need love
    You've got yourself
    And that's good enough
    The fool lives life
    For no one else




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