Regina Swarn Audio Series Presents - I Grew Up On Rock And I’m Not Hiding It

Episode Date: December 18, 2025

Fan MailForget tidy boxes. I grew up harmonizing to soft rock while training my voice in gospel, and that mix still shapes every note I sing and every song I love. Today I open that door and invite you into the real soundtrack—Queen on the shelf next to Bread and America, melody-led and lyric-first, clean and crafted.We unpack why people are shocked when a gospel singer loves classic rock, and why that surprise misses the point. Genre is a frame; craft is the picture. I talk through the bands that raised my ear, the records my sister and I wore thin, and the lessons those songs taught me about phrasing, harmony, and restraint. If you care about arrangement, vocal placement, and the kind of writing that lingers without shouting, you’ll hear why “good music” isn’t about labels—it’s about standards.I also share where we’re headed next: a new year of music stories, guest voices, and playlists that put melody and meaning first. Expect conversations about the art of “clean” production, songs that last across decades, and the practical ways soft rock sensibilities can refine gospel performance. We’ll swap first favorites, pull apart the choices behind timeless choruses, and celebrate artists who keep the heart of a song intact.If you’ve ever felt torn between the music you make and the music you grew up loving, this is your permission slip to bring it all with you. Press play, then tell me the band that raised you and the track you still can’t skip. Subscribe, share with a friend who loves classic rock or gospel, and leave a review so we can grow this music room together.Music Show endSupport the showContact [e-mail]

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Now let's take you into an episode of Regina Swark Audio Series. You know what's really? I want to say 20, but I'm not going to say funny. You know what? It's strange or... I don't even if I want to say strange. You know what is weird. When I tell people that I grew up.

But listening to rock music, they're, like, blown backward because it's like you sing gospel. I'm a singer, yes. I am a person that interviewed different people from walks of all the life. But as a kid, and this took a lot of people by surprise. My sister Laura, the closest sister, and the one that I grew up with, we listened to exclusive rock music. It just kills people when they hear it. What? There's not a band that you can not, we cannot name, we could have named.

Like I even right now know bands like bread and it's definitely hard and all of these great bands. So we grew up on that type of music, listening to it, singing it. So I don't want people to find it strange now that I still liked good music. Not a lot of music with Carson and all that stuff, but I still like good music. I really, too. I still like the bands that I grew up on, like, bread and the other great bands. I'm not going to try to conceal that part of my life because I really like it, still like it.

So coming in a new year, I'm going to be talking about it and have guests on that talk about their favorite bands and groups and music, just a whole music show. It's what I'm going to bring you coming in a new year. God's willing, I always say that. So I just want to say that because don't let that take you my surprise. If you hear me playing a little bit of queen or playing some bread or playing some of my favorite songs America, you know, it's as far as what it is. I know what I like, and I know what I still like.

The good, soft, clean music. Yeah, I say clean. It's the kind I grew up like. So coming to the very new future. Regina Swarind Audio Series presents. Thanks for listening, guys. Okay, that concludes another great broadcast. Thank you so much for joining me for Regina Swaring Audio Series.

If you'd like to be a part of this series, please send me an email at Swarineorgina at gmail.com. I want to thank all of my wonderful friends, fans, and guests for being a part of this show. Most of all, I'd like to thank the Lord. Until the next time, take care of yourself and be safe. You know, I'm going to be able to be.