Mark Ballas back in the studio :)

Mark is back in the studio recording vocals for "The Love In" (...so the name has changed again) and ukulele on Hot Wire. :)

Recording Hot Wire...apparently the ukulele is proving difficult to record. hmm.

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Studio collage (I kinda LOVE this):

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Lyrics for "The Love In" by Mark Ballas

"The Love In" by Mark Ballas
Unreleased, 2010

Hoping for a little piece of heaven
Hope will get you nowhere when you're clutchin' your weapon
The pain becomes the present
and the heart becomes a habit
while the love is right here waiting
so reach out and grab it

and I know it's hard when you've been broken
to finally let it go
and open your mind
but the good, it ain't ever gonna happen
if you keep on tryin' to put up a fight

so I hope you're ready to learn
we could find a new way to burn
you know we gotta keep on livin'
you know we gotta keep believin'
but now you gotta let
you know you gotta let the love in

losin' direction on a one-way road
gettin' fed up with having nowhere to go
and it seems it's getting harder
to finally find a partner in this game
that we all hate to play

and I know it's hard when you've been broken
to finally let it go
and open your mind
but the good, it ain't ever gonna happen
if you keep on tryin' to put up a fight

But I hope you're ready to learn
we could find a new way to burn
you know we gotta keep on livin'
you know we gotta keep believin'
but now you gotta let,
you know you gotta let the love in

Let the love in
Let the love in
Lettin' the love in
Lettin' the love in

'cause I can't seem to get my head around the fact that you'd be afraid
of somebody steppin' up and treating you the right way
but if we hesitate, it's only gonna complicate
the reasons that we feel like this
we'll never catch a break
the thought of you havin' a heart of stone
walkin' the world alone
you should never deal with all the things you condone
there will come a day when we'll be reprimanded
and nobody wants to face their love life empty-handed
so tell me
what have I gotta do to to get you to cave
and ride the wave
so you can let me in
to wipe up the stain
tappin' at your window pane
you got everything to gain
so get out of your brain
and recognize this is the right way
the right way

Let the love in
Let the love in
we gotta let the love in
Lettin' the love in

you better let the love in

Video of The Love from Good Things Utah

markfan75 has uploaded the Good Things Utah performance on YouTube...here it is! Thanks MarkFan75!

Audio from Mark Ballas on Good Things Utah

There is a video of Mark singing The Love on Good Things Utah this morning, but I can't get it to embed. Luckily, BHBFanForum has uploaded the audio. Thanks BHBFanForum! :)


I like it! :) Love that there is some rap in there...I was hoping he would put some rap on this record :D

Also, here is a great picture from what looks to be a staff member of Good Things Utah:

photo copyright Rox Hasegawa, 2010

Utah adventures

Pics of Mark in Utah. :) Mark taught his VIBE students and appeared on Good Things Utah. I'll be on the lookout for a video of the performance :)

At the airport:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Mark and an old friend in Utah:

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

Warming up for Good Things Utah:

photo copyright Good Things Utah, 2010

Performing on Good Things Utah (Aug 3, 2010):

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

New studio photos from Mark

A couple new photos from Mark...

Loren commenting that his piano playing is 'damn good'. LOL (and happily endorsing Starbucks, hehe)

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010

A great shot of Mark and his guitar...working on "The Love" and "Burn Me Alive" (that reminds me...Mark has decided to rename his song "Let Love In" to "The Love"...I'll update the tags accordingly.)

photo copyright Mark Ballas, 2010 (tho I'm not sure who took the photo...unless Marky has telekinetic skillz)

Oh and I can't embed it, but Mark posted a video of a little sample of the unmixed guitars for "The Love" (formerly known as "Let Love In"): http://yfrog.com/5e9q6z