(guitar music) - Hey everybody, welcome to 24 Frames Presents the South Plains Sessions.

Today we're joined by Lindsay Turner.

How's it going?

- Great, how are you?

- I'm doing great.

So tell us a little bit about yourself.

- Um, my name is Lindsay Turner obviously, I don't know why I'm repeating that.

But I'm from Houston, Texas, I'm 21, I've been doing music for about 14 years now, I think.

And I go to South Plains College right now, in Levelland.

- Uh-huh.

And is South Plains what brought you to the south?

Is South Plains College what brought you to the south plains?

- Actually no, I just wanted change.

You know, a big change from Houston.

So it's nice to get out here and meet friends that do music, especially with the great commercial music program at South Plains.

So, it's been nice.

- Awesome.

And I understand you released an album a couple years ago?

- Yes, back in 2015, I made a full length album.

It's called Exist, it is on iTunes, Spotify.

And it took about two years to make it.

I had some producers help me in Houston.

Sarah Kelly, Jonas Ekman, and they created the whole thing with me.

Helped me through the process, and it ended up turning out pretty well.

But my music is totally different from that album now, considering it's been two years.

- Well, speaking of it being different now, do you have anything that our viewers can check out that's closer to what you're doing now?

- Yes, I have a song on Spotify right now, or I'm sorry, SoundCloud, my friend Blakelee who's joining me later for a song, it's called Our Usual Spot.

And we released it about two weeks ago.

She produced it, she's in the commercial music program.

So she knows a little bit about Pro Tools, so we get to do a little demo of it.

- Awesome.

Well I'll get out of your way and let you guys perform.

Once again everybody, Lindsay Turner.

(applause) - All right, joining me is Blakely Brown.

I wrote this song called Our Usual Spot, which is the one I just said was on SoundCloud.

And she's gonna join me for some harmonies.

♪ Let's start talking and ♪ Forget where we're walking 'cause we'll ♪ Still be drinking when it's ♪ Five in the morning and I ♪ Just want to know you ♪ Even when you say you hate me ♪ To meet me outside in our usual spot ♪ I'll be waiting for you here ♪ To make our bad habits disappear ♪ You don't talk much but I ♪ Grow on with such inside ♪ Now the sun is waking up ♪ And your friend just wants us to shut up ♪ But we're still drunk as hell ♪ Because last night we couldn't tell ♪ Walk me outside to our usual spot ♪ I like to see what happens here ♪ Until this place is in my rear view mirror ♪ But if I really had to go ♪ Let me know ♪ Let me know ♪ Let me know - Thank you very much Blakelee.

(applause) All right, so this next song is called Giving Tree.

♪ Nothing's wasted even ♪ Kindness pasted on thee ♪ Silence makes it evident ♪ Fingers crossed in olden seams ♪ It's not hard to find a fiend ♪ When everyone refused repents ♪ I find they're so addicting ♪ While they can't breathe ♪ Am I alone in loving ♪ Our specific nothings ♪ It's not always easy to be free ♪ The world is just so stunning ♪ But all my friends are running past me ♪ Like I'm just a giving tree ♪ Here, a giving tree ♪ Wake yourself up for the ♪ Ordinary something ♪ That I might turn into lights ♪ Brooding like the others ♪ Makes for not so lovers ♪ Trapped he stands her on the thinnest line ♪ Are you the last one standing under my leaves ♪ Am I alone in loving ♪ Our specific nothings ♪ It's not always easy to be free here ♪ The world is just so stunning ♪ But all my friends are running past me ♪ Like I'm just a giving tree ♪ Here, a giving tree - Thank you.

(applause) ♪ I know how ♪ It felt so good ♪ It felt so good ♪ To go insane ♪ I lucked out ♪ When I met you ♪ And all them too ♪ You're not ashamed ♪ You loved the way ♪ The good girl leaves her place ♪ To take on anything ♪ So she feels great ♪ I always thought ♪ This was a scenario ♪ That I would never crave to go ♪ Down this street ♪ You held my hand ♪ Can't tell if it was just pretend ♪ You put me at the weaker end ♪ But I love it, I love it, I love it ♪ We walked through ♪ Our parking lots ♪ But I forgot ♪ To put on shoes ♪ I'm barefoot ♪ And you're bare minded ♪ You and me find the soul in you ♪ You loved the way ♪ I let you take his place ♪ It might not mean a thing ♪ But it still feels great ♪ I always thought ♪ This was a scenario ♪ That I would never crave to go ♪ Down this street ♪ You held my hand ♪ Can't tell if it was just pretend ♪ You put me at the weaker end ♪ But I love it, I love it, I love it ♪ Hey ey (applause) - Thank you.

All right, so I wrote this song about a poem by Edgar Allen Poe called Evening Star, and the song is called Star of Evening.

♪ Incredible light ♪ Your soul shot out for tonight ♪ But the coldest mile ♪ Is not so bright ♪ The moon tries to say ♪ That the atmosphere is your slave ♪ Because she thinks she starts to gray ♪ But the truth comes out ♪ The moon still hides the shiny side ♪ To become like one ♪ With the midnight fire ♪ 'Cause only on the way ♪ She's beaming to be ♪ Like the star of the evening ♪ The beautiful folks ♪ 'Cause they think they don't fit the mold ♪ But the night's reflecting their soul ♪ And so we're deceived ♪ By what the moon tries to be ♪ For the stars they always flee ♪ But then the night ♪ Will grow cold ♪ The moon still hides the shiny side ♪ To become like one with the midnight fire ♪ 'Cause only on the way she's beaming to be ♪ Like the star of the evening (applause) - Thank you.

All right, this song is actually from my album, it's called Size of Heart.

♪ Your pretty face ♪ Has so much to loathe ♪ Where can I find whatever ♪ Turned you into gold ♪ I won't ask what melts ♪ The population into glue ♪ But I'd like to know ♪ How they became the fools ♪ What else are you known for?

♪ Are you just a phase or are more?

♪ If everybody closed their eyes ♪ What would be your honest size ♪ Of ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha heart ♪ Of ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha heart ♪ Right underneath our skin ♪ We're all just made of bone ♪ What makes us individual is in our soul ♪ I'd like to know how I became one of the fools ♪ And who's responsible for coming up with naive rules ♪ What else are you known for?

♪ Are you just a phase ♪ Or are you more?

♪ If everybody closed their eyes ♪ What would be your honest size ♪ Of ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha heart ♪ Of ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha heart ♪ Shame on all of us for being so oblivious ♪ Many spend half their life ♪ Looking for the lust ♪ When we die we reside ♪ In our very soul ♪ So take your time reconstructing ♪ Yours to not be cold ♪ What else are you known for?

♪Are you just a phase ♪ Or are you more?

♪ If everybody closed their eyes ♪ What would be your honest size ♪ Of ha ha ha ha ha ha heart ♪ Of ha ha ha ha ha ha heart (applause) - Thank you.

All right, this next song is called Lukewarm, and it's gonna be my last one.

♪ Felony ♪ It is to commit ♪ Just to commit ♪ Listening ♪ To bits doesn't fit ♪ Your words don't fit ♪ Hollow voices mean nothing ♪ If you quit ♪ It won't mean anything ♪ Moral choices not loving ♪ Kill your wit ♪ They kill your wit ♪ And it's too bad you think ♪ I'm mad but everything you are ♪ Is so lukewarm ♪ And I'd rather you stay cold ♪ Than release the heat and fold ♪ 'Cause by you I'm wrongly told ♪ I've got a safe place in your arms ♪ In your arms ♪ Surely sure is a contest ♪ So my strength disintegrates ♪ Don't use words I can protest ♪ I'm insane ♪ From what you aren't saying ♪ And it's too bad ♪ You think I'm mad ♪ But everything you are is so lukewarm ♪ And I'd rather you stay cold ♪ Then release the heat and fold ♪ 'Cause by you I'm wrongly told ♪ I've got a safe place in your arms (applause) - Thank you so much.

- Awesome, let's hear it again for Lindsay Turner.

(cheering) - Thank you.

- Thanks again for coming, and I want to let everybody know, be sure to check out 24 Frames, Saturdays at nine on KTTZ Channel 5, and pbs.org And one more time, thank Lindsay Turner.

(applause) ♪ I always thought this was a scenario ♪ That I would never crave to go ♪ Down this street ♪ You held my hand ♪ Can't tell if it was just pretend ♪ You put me at the weaker end ♪ But I love it, I love it, I love it