Tulsa World calls it, "Genuine Talent." Urban Tulsa calls it, "The Real Deal."

But it's all just an obsession with growth, a strong desire to connect, and the love of good pop music.
So where does Lindsey Neal come into all of this?

Welcomed to Earth at three-something-am on June 29, 1985 was a kid that Tom and Carolyn Neal named Lindsey. Tom had a music room where he and his friends would "jam" on late nights, and Carolyn grew up playing piano in church. The toys laying around the household for little Lindsey were things like Casio keyboards and drum machines. Michael Jackson records and music videos played fairly continuously. The influence was obvious.

This led to a child who marveled at the power and influence of the stage, who would rather sit around and create sounds than watch TV, and wanted only to spend time planning out the next performance, whether it be for family or a big imagined audience.

Elementary school years were boom boxes, karaoke machines, lots of tapes, and talent shows with neighborhood kids. Middle school began the violin, and junior high began the guitar. Bigger gigs came along at nicer venues and festivals, singing with sisters Amy and Jen, then a rock band with some boys in high school. The decision to become a solo artist came easily, since the songwriting had always been happening.

And there were lots of notebooks. Words about beloved people, events, realizations, lessons learned, and stories bottled up into poems and modified to be melodically pleasing. Notebook after notebook was filled. Money was saved, recording gear was bought. A demo was made, a girl with a guitar began singing at coffee places by herself. More notebooks were filled, more songs were called finished.

After graduation of high school, two years were spent in Eagle Studios recording an album and forming bonds with some incredible new band mates. That album is called "GENUINE" and was released November 20, 2004.

Recent times are spent at band practice. And loading the gear every weekend to play at the next gig, wherever it may be, unloading the gear, then the optional band gathering at a late night diner to have water with lemon and coffee and talk about gear and music and gigs.

Probably the most important question is, what drives all of this? Why do it? The reasons are certainly not about attention or glory. It has progressed past being about Lindsey. Now it's about doing something good with the love of music that we've been given. It's about making magic, and planting seeds that will grow into something positive. It's about telling everyone that they're not alone. And it's about telling everyone that something benevolent is working for them.