Here is a track WE recorded but it  never quite made the full length album…Check it out below …Let me know your thoughts on it… Like it, hate it, crush it, burn it, just don’t ignore it.

Click right HERE and listen “Home“

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So one of the reasons for being here in Nashville was to work on becoming a better song writer. I’ve never been musically trained. Nor do I have the best formula to write songs. I learned in the hood. From 18th place and Damen in Pilsen to the Southside of Chicago. I wrote down my thoughts, my everyday experiences. I listened and continue to listen to many artists, bands and composers. My greatest musical hero is Ruben Blades. He’s a story teller and puts music to his words. He is brilliant in how he communicates thru the art of music.

I grew up listening to Depeche Mode, U2, the Doors, and many latin artists. One day I decided I’d give it a shot and I would write a song. Whether it was a good song or not, I wrote what I called my first song. I picked up and old guitar figured out how to play it and bam!! There was no stopping me after that. Since then I’ve been writing. Trying to get better, trying to learn better ways to communicate what’s going on in head in beating fast in my heart. I don’t know too many songwriters here in Nashville yet, but I am hoping to eventually collaborate with some artists and hope they will invite me into their world of song writing. I have lots to learn so I have my pencil and notebook ready to write and begin.

HERE is some of the stuff I’ve written. Take a look around, listen and let me know what you think. I’ve got tons and tons of ideas and songs ready to be crafted and produced.  Any song writers out there wanna hang and write? Hit me up on facebook or follow me on twitter and drop me a line.

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As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you’ve done your job.
Tom Cochrane

Check it out…Here’s a sneak peek at some of Reinalisa’s(my wife) art work. These items are not for sale…yet.  But please let us know your thoughts…I’ll get some Home design decor pics up  as well, as soon as I get clearance.. So proud of my girl!!! More art, designs and online store to come soon…

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Zion Max Santoyo has been a blessing to us. It’s been priceless seeing Diego interact with him and love on his brother. It’s awesome. I will admit though, on them days when Zion cries and keeps crying, and cries some more…it can be a little frustrating…Reina is the true rockstar though. She is up every 4 to 5 hrs to feed Zion, change his diaper, and just be an amazing mom to him. I help out but it’s nothing like mama. I will admit I have gotten better at changing diapers. Getting baby crap on my hands is less and less everyday…So I am proud of that. Baby #3 has been mentioned but I won’t tell you when…LOL…Yes we want a big family. When I am up at 3am (which isn’t too often) I think, ” ok, maybe 2 kids is enough”, but when the boys are up during the day, screaming, running, I imagine 2 more…When Diego and I are at the pool on the weekends I imagine 4 kids running and jumping in the pool. I imagine myself traveling the globe with Reina and the Santoyo tribe…These are all random thoughts right now…I guess I am just totally loving fatherhood. It’s amazing.

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The Challenge of being a dreamer is trying to sleep at night. It just seems like my mind doesn’t stop racing, creating, writing, seeing, believing there is always more. More I can do in this world…Re considering pursuit, is not an option.

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…I would put a huge band aid over the planet, Comfort all pain, heal all disease,  Restore the broken, save the world…But I can’t. But I know someone who can…All I can offer you is a simple prayer and hope and believe for the best, together. Let me know how I can pray with you…

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There is always more room to grow. Ok, maybe not in height but in other areas of life. It’s been insanely awesome having 2 boys at home. One thing is for sure, I couldn’t  handle it without my amazing wife. She is an amazing wife and mother. Having 2 kids has it’s challenges, but I am all about that! Challenge!!!!  We will learn as we live and grow together. Just proves there is always more room to grow as a leader of my home. It is a daily adventure. Yesterday as I changed Zion’s stinky diaper I thought, wow…one day he will change mine. But until I grow completely old, my duty is to lead my boys in the best path possible and Instill in them a passionate love and desire for God’s heart. I invision them impacting the world with me, on stage, across the continent, in the streets, thru the arts…It’s a fathers dream…

After being in the hospital with Reina as they removed Zion from her body, I realized how much more amazing she is day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute. It was scary seeing all these Dr’s operate on her. As I wiped her tears in that room, I felt so weak inside but did everything possible to be strong for her in the outside. Then within minutes there was a sound in the room that took all worries away. Zion’s firsts words in this world. It was amazing. He is God’s gift for us!!!  Having 2 children requires double the attention and work, but it made me realize there is so much room for us to grow as a couple, as companions and lovers.  New adventures, new words, new gestures, new jokes and dreams. There is so much more…Love my Reina more and more…

Performing in Asia was really cool. I felt like the saturn project was making moves so loud the whole earth can hear our anthems. It was cool walking out of that auditorium  to screaming fans who embraced our songs and our mission. It had it’s weirdness of course, flashing cameras and autograph signing everywhere, but it let us know we are up to something good on it’s way to being great. Arriving here to the US, we didn’t have screaming fans at the airport, nor billboards displaying “The Saturn Project Rocks!” Just proves there is so much more room to grow as an artist and a band. So much more to achieve, so much more to do and share the anthems for a broken world story. We are eternally grateful to those who have and continue to believe in our sound and what we do…the best is yet to come…

As the creative arts and worship pastor for life pointe I have a team of leaders, artists, directors and producers that I lead. There is always that challenge to be the best possible leader I can do. From time to time I drop the ball and maybe don’t lead as I am meant to lead. Just proves there is so much more room for me to grow. It is a blessing to be able to fly out from time to time with the Saturn Project to share  our talents with the world. From Cambodia to the Philippines, Europe to South America and the US. None of that is possible without the amazing  staff and teams I have the privilege of working with at LPC.  When you are encouraged to dream and follow those dreams by the people you work and experience life with, it really encourages me to be a better leader, artist and “pastor”. There is plenty of room for that…

Me and my crew live in Homestead Fl, many of my family and friends live in Chicago. I don’t have the luxury of driving over to my Mom’s for Dinner, nor hanging at the pool with my brothers and bust each others chops. I can’t drive over to see a show in wicker park with my fellow chi-town artists. Just shows me there is more room for me to grow as a friend, brother and son. I am challenged to constantly reach out and say “what up?”, or constantly post pictures and videos of my crew so my family in Chi-town can see them. Out of sight, out of my mind shouldn’t exist for me. But rather push myself to be available to all my distant peeps.

We are all constantly growing, learning, dreaming and living. The day we stop that process, the things that wage war against growth, lessons, dreams and living will begin to eat away at our bones and quickly lead us to our death bed.I wanna constantly live and grow. As my  1773 friends in chi town would say, “Constant Motion”.

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“i should write a book”…Who would read it?

We will all sing together…

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I am here at the Atlanta airport waiting on the 3rd and final flight taking me home to Fl. One thing I have learned through all my travels, there is no place like home! The Philippines was a cool country. It has a city feel to it. Really cool shops, cafes and restaurants.  The people are really passionate about music. It was clearly shown after our performances. I learned that the majority of the country is Catholic and Christian. I learned tons of cool words, but I forgot to say them from the stage. Sorry! ☺ It was weird and cool at the same time, to see so many people into our music and wanting to meet us. I think I saw spots of light for a few hours after all the pictures people took. I can see why many people wear sunglasses at meet and greets. Thank you Asia fest, for making us feel so cool!!! Special thanks to “the edge” radio! You guys were awesome. It was great to connect with so many people on this trip, people from all walks of life.  I have learned so many valuable lessons on my journeys across the globe.  We are on paths to find our purpose on this planet. The same God here in the US, is  the same God in the Philippines. As I dream here in the US, someone across the ocean is dreaming too.  While we have pain and suffering, so do others. God is constantly working in, out and all around us. Looking back at my life I realize there are so many friendships I took for granted, so many I broke, so many I gained and so many I have been blessed to restore. We are all working towards a better life, a life destined just for us. It is then that others will follow theirs. As I sit here at the gate waiting for my plane, I am on a new journey and mission to inspire the people around me with the gifts and talents God has blessed me. I hope to connect and reconnect with people and make it right, as right as Christ would want it to be. To all my friends all over the world, thank you for inspiring me, thank you for reading and listening when I share my heart, and I am also sorry if I have ever offended, broken, or discourage you in any way. We are all part of a bigger bridge, a bridge to help the human soul connect with the supernatural.  I am so excited about this new season approaching…in God, in my family, LPC, in music, in everything God grants me to do…” I will go”. I can’t wait to go home and squeeze my boys and tell them I love them, and remind them how much they inspire me to be a greater Dad, leader, and friend.  I can’t wait to hug and shower my girl  “ la unica Reina” with kisses! “We talked, and dreamed about this for yrs babe, did you ever think we’d come this far?…Glad to have you by my side. We’ve gone thru the sunshine and storms, the warm and the cold, peace and war…we’re unbreakable! -fuser+

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