The Wheels Keep Turning: Regina Swarn's Musical Comeback After Loss

What happens when life's wheels suddenly stop turning? In my latest podcast episode, I reveal the deeply personal journey behind my new EP "Asleep at the Wheel" - a title that's caused some confusion but carries profound meaning about life's purpose when everything changes.

For fourteen years, my life has been a rollercoaster of extreme highs and devastating lows. Many believed the "Swarn Sisters" era ended with my sister Lora'  passing. "Lora's gone, Gina ain't gonna do anything," they said. And honestly, for a long time, I couldn't imagine recording without her - we were always a pair, doing everything together.

The EP features "Still There," a three-minute string composition dedicated to Lora, celebrating how "the Lord never left my sister, my sister never left the Lord." This project stands as testimony to resilience through unimaginable loss - not just Lora, but my beloved pastor, cherished friends, and talented musicians who've left this world. Through it all, I never stopped singing, despite what some might think. I wasn't just "twirling my hair and looking into the sunset" during my recording hiatus - I've been continuously working, healing, and preparing for this musical return.

Thank you to everyone who's patiently supported me through this journey. For those asking about the EP release date - hang tight! I'll soon share where to order it and which stations will feature it. Want to connect? Reach out to me at swarnregina@gmail.com and be part of this new chapter in my musical journey.

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Chapters

• 1:48 Welcome and introduction
• 2:22 Explaining "Asleep at the Wheel"
• 3:32 Talking about my sister Laura
• 5:04 Reflecting on losses and friendships
• 7:23 Family support and future plans
• 9:53 Addressing misconceptions and closing

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:55

Hi there, regina Swarn, and welcome back to another like pop-up bonus of Regina Swarn audio series. Thank you all so much for um. Well, let me just say, give you a place to write to me. Write to me at swarnregina at gmailcom, and thank all of you for supporting me monthly, the ones who support me and the ones who listen to my podcast and share them. Thank you. When you listen and share, that means a lot. Thank you so much.

Speaker 1: 1:29

The new EP Asleep at the Wheel. I explained very clearly that that is the meaning of life. You know, a car, or even a wheel. If that wheel is not turning, then it's just sitting there, right. So it's the wheel of my life, the wheels of my life. I didn't want to say asleep at the wheels, but asleep at the wheels sounds so much more appropriate and a lot of people just did not understand. They thought I was talking about being asleep when you're driving. Now, that's happened before on several occasions. Thank God that he came to my rescue. But I was talking about the wills of life. The wills of life, and for the last 14 years, since 2012, my life has taken on a turn of events that's been just out of this world. There have been really great moments, really happy times, and then there's been some very, very tumultuous times and then some extreme sad times, and so I wanted to name the EP that you know about the will of life and I felt like I had to do a podcast. I made a podcast before about it.

Speaker 1: 3:05

I'm going a little bit deeper about it because I do have a song on the EP about my sister, Laura. The song is like three minutes long and it's called Still there. The song is like three minutes long and it's called Still there. The song speaks of this beautiful, beautiful person who's an angel now and how this person is with the Lord and the Lord is still with her. So the Lord never left my sister, my sister never left the Lord. Sometimes we stray a little bit, but you know, if you are of the Lord's, you never leave him. He never leave you.

Speaker 1: 3:43

And so I just thank God for giving me the willpower to record again, because so many people would sit back and they would laugh and say sworn sisters are over, laura is dead, laura's gone, gina ain't gonna do anything and you know, and for a long time I really didn't think I would want it to record again, especially without laura, because we always did everything together. We were a pair, but I'm so thankful that there is a god who really, if he's for you, he's more than the whole world against you. So I'm very thankful and this is a live bonus. So people are kind of sending their messages right now. So, yeah, I was trying to read what the person was saying, but anyways, I'm just really thankful to God for intervening in my life and giving me the willpower to come back and record. So thank you to everyone who was patient, who were fans of ours, who are fans of mine now. I really thank you for that. I thank you for the support, the endless support that I receive.

Speaker 1: 5:01

I'm so thankful because the last 14 years, I've lost some really key figures in my life my beloved pastor in 2012. Throughout the last 14 years, some wonderful friends, wonderful musicians whom I loved with every part of my heart, passed away. A dear friend recap music. He was such a special man to me. I mean he was. I have friends and then I have dear friends and he was genuinely a friend. You know that really truly was a friend.

Speaker 1: 5:41

He told me that the song Blue Spirit. He said check that out. I hope you like it. That's for you. You know it don't have my name behind it, but when he wrote it he told me he said that's for you and I made a little video for it back in 2016. But you know, I didn't realize that we had such a short time, you know, together. But I am so appreciative of him and his music and so glad that we had a chance to work together when we did Back to my EP.

Speaker 1: 6:16

The song's still there Again. It's three minutes. It doesn't have any music to it but it has strings and it's beautiful. I think Laura would really love it. I know she would really love it and so I'm really happy with it. So my ep again is going to be called sleep, is called sleep asleep at the will and it's about the wills of life and uh, yeah, I, I don't want to hold this too long, but thank you all to who support this podcast. You're so wonderful. I thank you. Thank you for sharing the podcast and I still wish my family would support my podcast more.

Speaker 1: 7:00

You know, I have really wonderful topics and I wish they would support it more. I have a lot of friends outside friends that support it, but it would be good to have my family be of more support. You know, I feel like it's a time to really come together now. It's time out, for that's my section right there and this is your section over here and that's your section over there. It's really time to just come together as one and I wish that. That's something I wish and pray for. So we'll see how it happens. We'll see what happens, but I am thankful for those people out there who don't, half of the times, don't know me, who actually put their support behind me. But isn't that what the bible said? But I don't want to go there. I don't want to go there. But thank you to everybody that showed me support.

Speaker 1: 8:02

And yes, I'm still recording and yes, I have some really good songs for this EP and it's taken me a while to really get back into the groove of it, but I never, ever, ever stopped singing. So if you go back and listen to my podcast about singing and never stop singing, then you'll know that I never stopped singing. I was always singing, I'm always singing. And I got an email one day and I got to tell this that I never stopped singing. I was always singing, I'm always singing, you know, and I got an email one day and I got to tell this. The lady was like well, I really miss you, but you know you had your songs and it's like you stopped singing. So you got to do more than just sit down and twirl your hair and look into the sunset. And little do people know I'm not sitting back twirling my hair and look into the sunset. And little do people know I'm not sitting back twirling my hair and looking into the sunset.

Speaker 1: 8:54

I am busy on a daily basis. I I'm doing a lot more. Although I may not have recorded in a while, I've been busy just the same. So, yeah, I have to overlook the things that people say sometimes, because you find yourself getting mad at these little things that they say. They throw things at you to make you react to them. So I try my best to like keep a cool head on my shoulder, because sometimes it's really hard and a lot of times things people do out of jealousy and I have to realize that jealousy is going to still be around. So anyways, thank you to all support the podcast. Contact me at swearing regina at gmailcom. Now for those who are asking about the ep, I promise you, as soon as it get near. I'm going to have a place where you can order it. I'm gonna have you the stations that's going to play it and the different um, you know, broadcasts and everything where it would be. So just hang tight, guys, hang tight, it's coming, thank you.