Show 1 00 f student releases first solo album t J aris ris Gibson Writer J k tragic accident leads ing your dreams After a a I. I devastating train accident aident Brandyn Cross chases chases' after his dreams 1 Do Dont Don't 1 t wait until you st about killed and tin up for five years to f 1 th kii the the lesson says Cr ss Live the life makes akes you happy m After years of singa sing- sing it il inV i in t a southern rock Bad baad nd Called galled Whiskey R Rose e- e which has been I l t bed as more party music Cross changed hf tactic and took a am arii rii m te re Christian I Ie e music approach i A Christian band rl more more r re is satisfying I II t I 1 like the message better better better bet bet- ter says Cross In his solo album Blue Moon over Heaven en Cross mixes country soul an and rock styles with influences of a Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian flair Some tracks include the voices of children Some tracks have the contrast of a womans woman's voice The CD features 10 other artists One of pf the main features features features fea fea- tures on the CD is a 10 year old boy singing I Will Always Love you written by Dolly Parton Jalon Watts was singing the national anthem at ata ata ata a Utah Jazz basketball game when Cross heard him for the first time They spelled his name wrong on the I j rr i c. c i r Photo by Andrew James Album art for Brandyn Cross's I album Blue Moon Over Heaven I couldn't find him for 4 months month says Cross After having Watts sing singon on Cross's CD he recorded record record- ed a music video for the song Director of photography photography photography pho pho- is student Jacob Thorup The Trie music video discusses suicide that relates loosely to a personal experience If the video can keep one kid from committing suicide I will praise god for my accident because I helped someone with my music says Cross Cross attends majoring in Film Pro Pro- Cross's reason behind his major aside from his passion for it is preferring not to put his potential work in the hands of someone else Besides doing music Cross has invested himself himself himself him him- self deeply into acting and writing screenplays After acting as one of the leads in the summer boot camp for film students Cross acts for a web series Rais- Rais is a fi dealing with vampires and werewolves Cross' Cross part is the Candy Man Cross strives to complete complete complete com com- things he loves daily while leaving a message for everyone everyone everyone every every- one to learn from The strong motto Strictly and Completely Complete Complete- ly ly doing things that you love everyday is what Cross lives by everyday |