Letter's From War - Mark Schultz - By: Phillip Mills

[bashdawg1]

not the best voice in the world but great vid!

[phillipmills]

@bashdawg1 hah thanks!

[markdecker1]

Nice u have a very good talent of singing and piano

[phillipmills]

@markdecker1 thank you, that means a lot

[IcelandIreland08]

thanks! What talent --use it!

[phillipmills]

@IcelandIreland08 thanks and I plan to. trying to!

[ekdarkness]

Praying for you, God has a calling upon your life!

[phillipmills]

@ekdarkness thank you very much

[pmiller1967]

Great job, Phillip. I like your rendition better than the original by Mark Schultz.

[phillipmills]

@pmiller1967 thanks a lot Paul

[krg321]

Awesome job man, great work!

[phillipmills]

@krg321 thanks!

[mermaidcandy]

Dear guy,

Thank you so much for this. My son is in the 82nd airborne and he just found out he is getting deployed to Afghanistan in Oct. 2010. I cannot quit crying. Today, I long to be a man so maybe I would not be crying. I am glad he was home for 3 weeks.

Thank you again.

candy

[phillipmills]

@mermaidcandy awww, its ok to cry though. it means u truly care. im glad you liked the song.

[03PROUDSISTER]

thankyou for helping us and u have a awesome voice my brother is in the air force and i am a proudsister thats where i got my name for youtube so good voice and thankyou for serving america... i think..well used to but thatnkyou still!!!!!

[phillipmills]

@03PROUDSISTER thank you very much :)

[azninvazn627]

hey do u know where to get the sheet music for this?

[phillipmills]

@azninvazn627 no, sorry

[mystieye]

nice voice..makes me feel relax..the lyrics is also good...

[phillipmills]

@mystieye thank u

[LittleBird6035]

Awesome, very well done! I am the mother of 2 boys serving our great nation. 1st son, USMC 1st Recon '03-'08, now Army. 2nd son, USMC 1/6 '08-Pres. currently in the 'stan'. The fear of 'that vehicle' in my driveway is an everyday feeling. This is a very moving song. Thank you.

[phillipmills]

@LittleBird6035 i wish them the best of luck :)

[devildoggi1]

Just happened to get a call from my AFA grad son yesterday right after I posted. He said, of course he knows you.....you- manager t&f, he was a 'devine' thrower, used to sit at same dining table. Totally unsolicited: he had nothing but good things to say about you. So keep up the great effort and you'll be leading our fine men and women in the AF soon.

[phillipmills]

@devildoggi1 haha what a coincidence!! Kirk is awesome!! lol, yea we ate lunch together all last year.

[devildoggi1]

Cadet Mills, it truly is a small world, I'm the mother of 2 sons. One graduated from the AFA '09 "Our Time"! The other, only 16 mouths younger, is a Marine, currently in the thick of things in the stan. Someone in our FB group linked this and I'm so moved by your talent and so blown away at the common connection here. Don't know if you're a C1C, etc; but I want thank you for your great service & sacrifice for our country and for what you're achieving now. Congrats & get those butter bars!

[phillipmills]

@devildoggi1 thank you very much! Haha...gotta love "Hub" lol. I'm almost a firstie, Class of 2011. Thanks again and I am glad that you enjoyed the song! :)

[johnston45]

Lovely. Wish all our troops could have a happy ending. God bless them and their families.

[phillipmills]

@johnston45 as do I

[shweyinaye]

flawless.. loved it.. <3

[phillipmills]

thanks

[vAIERIEHARPER121]

awesome :))

[phillipmills]

thank you

[xoxangelruthxox]

you have an incredible voice and you sang this song really well- well donee :)

[phillipmills]

thanks a lot!

[killason300]

dude i so vary love this song it helps me get past the bad times in life so just love it

sincerly matt.a.t

[phillipmills]

thanks. im glad that u enjoyed it :)

[Allendalesinger]

Do you think you could do me a favor?

I want to hold a concert at the end of this Summer for someone really close to me who will be leaving for basic training in MI.

Could you record the insturmental to the song?

Please.

Godbless.

-Kileigh

[phillipmills]

You will have to remind me. I can't this semester because I am just too jam packed with flying and school.

[JesusLoverOfMySoul10]

Beautiful. This song really hits home for me and my church. Three of my pastors kids are in the services and one of them has already been to Afghanistan and is going back. Keep playing!

[phillipmills]

thanks

[123LnMshow]

This is definately one of the best renditions of this song I have ever heard! I loved the fact that you made this song your own and you did a great job with it!!!:-)

[phillipmills]

thank you very much. it was fun to play :)

[markshultz1]

You did great on this song!!! I can kind of relate to this song. My Aunt Elizabeth is in the Nation Gard, all I can think about is what if she never returns? Instead of writing letters, she calls us. I love this song, it makes me cry. You are so amazing!!!! Doesn't it take a long time for you to figure it out by playing it by ear? Anyway, keep up the all of your good work!!!!!!

anne

[phillipmills]

Nope, it usually takes me about 15 minutes to get a song figured out by ear. Sometimes a little longer, sometimes a little shorter

[lalamaikao]

well nice voice you could really sing. I like the song it actually made me cry because right now my husband is in Afghanistan and yes its hard letters are so hard to wait for and especially phone calls cause you wanna hear their voice so much

[phillipmills]

yes i know how you feel. i'm glad you can find some kind of solace in the song though :) my mom felt this way waiting for my letters when I was deployed as well. i wish your husband safety. he'll be home before you know it :D

[YomieHomie9]

how did u learn to play it?

[phillipmills]

by ear. played the song a couple times on my comp and then learned it on piano

[markshultz1]

That's amazing that you can do that!!!

[phillipmills]

its a fun talent to have :)

[KeyLew]

I LOVE this song. I'm in the Army National Guard and it really touches me. And u sound good. Great voice.

[phillipmills]

thank you very much. i agree...its a great song

[debo127]

I think you did a veryy nice job=D

I love how you can relate to the song.

& your cute too!

[phillipmills]

thank you very much

[sarahd212]

You're piano playing is amazing. and you do have a great voice!

[phillipmills]

thats very nice of you to say Sarah. thanks

[derekdshaw777]

Nice twist. Voice needs work, love the piano tho. Nice job overall.

[phillipmills]

i agree. voice does need a lot of work but its just a hobby (singing) :) i appreciate the constructive criticism though. i only claim to be a piano player, not singer ;)

[skebbr]

wow this is so good i love this song and you play it soooooooooooooo good

[phillipmills]

thank you :)

[proudmom20091]

I love this song. You did an amazing job. I really like your singing. I keep this song close cause being in the military I never know if i will make it home but i love serving my country and I wouldn't change it for anything.

[phillipmills]

aww well i'm glad that u liked my version :) it is a great song!

[marandamyers94]

I love the way you play the piano! I play the piano, drums and i sing! I hope to be that good one day!!!!!!! Keep up the good work!

[phillipmills]

aww, thanks a lot :)

[mrsnickjonas8596]

amazinggggggggg!

[phillipmills]

thank you :)

[mileyshakirafan]

this song makes me cry so much. my brother is just about to leave to the marines and this song makes me think of him

[phillipmills]

aww well i'm sure he'll be fine :)

[moerockssocksoff101]

bravo!! (: I luv this version (: good job(: comment bk

[phillipmills]

thanks a lot!

[Indiag1994]

Ah I cry almost everytime I hear this, right now I am going through a phase of " Obessesive Mark Schultz disorder"hahaha so basically I have been listening to Mark Schultz all day whenever I got the chance to! anyways its amazing how you play, would you mind covering " Hes my son" by Mark Schultz? when you have the chance that is.

[phillipmills]

thats an amazing song! i'll see but i'm really swamped right now. glad u liked this though!! :)

[Indiag1994]

OK thanks and yes I am watching this yet again...I watch at least once a week :P and yet again today, I have been walking around the house singing Mark Schultz songs, I swear my family is going to get annyoed.

[TwinDragonProduction]

lol who cares what your family thinks, if you love it then sing it! I sing it all the time, once my dad threatened me with ducktape and I woke up taped to my bed ^.^ But this is really awesome, good job

[phillipmills]

thank you

[Indiag1994]

Ha Ok I love it sooooo much lol! your dad threatened you for singing Mark Schultz?! ahhh thats sad..he shhould appreciate mark schultz..like u do :)

[kiankeenian]

really?lol! that's cute!:))

[jowalesuk]

i had never heard this song before untill 2nite.... what a lovely song, still made me cry though. You sing and play it amazingly....you are fab x

[phillipmills]

thanks a lot. it truly is a beautiful song

[sarakarissa]

hey my other account is searra322 but they wont let me post anymore comments so i made a new one umm ii was wondering r u filming this while ur doing the singing or is there someone else?

[phillipmills]

yep, i'm filming. i set it on a box and push record, then have at it! :p

[jamuu1]

dude..your super good...man...im not gay or anything haha..but your good...piano wise and voice...this song is tough too...

[phillipmills]

very very tough :) thank you very much

[searra322]

Dude this is awesome i love this song but bravo u should go on american idol ill definetly vote 4 u =) plz reply

[phillipmills]

i dont think that American Idol is in my near future, but thank you very much :)

[searra322]

lol

[tls017]

hey cuz!!!! its torie,great song btw love you bye

[eggrollman24]

ooo i likes gj on singing in it but i didn't like it with tha echos but i like ur singing voice

[phillipmills]

thanks a lot

[wycofficer]

That was great I love that song! I have for the past 2 years been writting letters and sending care packages to soldiers I have never meet. Thank you!

[phillipmills]

that's an incredible act of kindness! thank you :)

[wycofficer]

It is fun I enjoy doing it!

[joshuafrancisco0207]

this is one of my favorite songs... ever

[phillipmills]

yea its an awesome song

[ellsworthanamnesis]

I'm a proud mother whose oldest son Evan is a 2nd Lt. training at Fort Knox at Armor Officer School. He's assigned to the 82nd Airborne, and he expects to be deployed to Afghanistan by September. Thank you for serving our great country. And thank you for your music.

[phillipmills]

Oh it's my pleasure :) You must be very proud!

[dancing2myownsong]

This was the first song i came across that you had done and it was very touching to hear your story. my mom loves this song because she says it reminds her of all of her boys she writes to overseas (even though none of them are my brothers she calls them her boys and writes to them like a mom). i thought that your version of the song was very well done!

[phillipmills]

aww, that is so nice of your mom! i dont think people realize how much a heartfelt letter means to us when we're over there :) your mom has a good heart for doing that :)

[dancing2myownsong]

Ya it's something her and i do together but she is the first woman to pray for anyone over there...she's an amazing woman i must say.

[phillipmills]

sounds like it :)

[ikkejick]

Cool video, cool song :D

[Quatokamikasi]

you went to the air force academy? that's like my dream college... anyways... u did a really good job regarding this song...

[phillipmills]

slight correction, i GO to the Air Force Academy :p if it's ur dream then come on over. never give up. :)

[R6demon08]

Hey bro i'm an enlisted airman and that was great! I know all of my friends and I cried when we heard this in basic

good luck at the academy!

USAF 4N0X1 A1C

[phillipmills]

Thanks a lot man. Yea, I was enlisted before coming here :p 330 days in the desert, and now I sit on my butt and go to school to be an officer lol.

[Artemis2002]

You did a really amazing job. I first heard this song when my ex fiance was deployed to Iraq.

Fast Forward a few years, and I came upon this video. Your personal experiences really bring life to the song, and tears to my eyes.

[phillipmills]

thank you very much :)

[Indiag1994]

love love love!! would u mind covering back in his arms again by mark schultz?

[phillipmills]

if i can muster the time. it's hard to do requests anymore but i'll try

[Indiag1994]

ok lol thanks..that was a quick reply! I only asked cause I tried it on guitar....did not work well

[vampmania109]

i just LOVE this song. it means a lot to me. i heard it in the car yesterday and i started crying. i had no idea why...but i did. lol. great lyrics...awesome story.

[phillipmills]

yea, truly is an amazing song

[kayokoyma]

I love this song .

[truthful3]

man, that was amazing. my eyes were tearing up. beautiful piano and a great voice. keep on playing with your heart and soul.

[phillipmills]

thank u veru much and im glad u liked it :)

[frank3lyn]

I love the meaning of this song!!!! Beautiful version!!!!!!

[phillipmills]

i agree. it has an amazing story

[Meowmie707]

I just got to say... You continue to blow me away!!

[phillipmills]

thank u

[face2facechick]

Oh man, great cover. Every sunday at BMT church. Wish you could've sang it at Lackland

[phillipmills]

ah nice. yea i when i went through (2003) they played the Toby Keith song every Sunday :p

[mackendrea22]

vry nice..my fiance and i were exchanging letters while he was deployed in iraq.. anyways, just thought i'd share..but yeah..great ideo :)

[phillipmills]

i know the feeling :) glad u liked it

[tcalliso7]

Very, very nice Phil. Still lovin your posts, keep um coming

[phillipmills]

thanks :)

[socko234456]

I hope you are doing well phill,i know that me and my mom and jenny and everybody miss you tons.

[socko234456]

ur welcome phill :) Do you get on yahoo anymore?

[phillipmills]

nope. not allowed to here

[socko234456]

Hey phill this is ur cuz torie linn lol I love this song!!!! You play it so good

[phillipmills]

thanks tor

[giraffeluver2000]

You should make a piano cover!!!!

[phillipmills]

ah. solo piano?

[giraffeluver2000]

Huhhh?

[phillipmills]

lol. just piano without singin?

[giraffeluver2000]

Mmmmhhhmmm(:

There aren't any other covers for the song with just piano that are this great. And I wanna learn how to playy:)

[vinsdarkprincess]

Wow this is such a good song. I love Mark Schultz. You did a good job :)

[phillipmills]

thanks! :)

[paradisoparadis]

I finally listened to this entire song for the first time. Let me tell you... I just burst into tears! Thought it was going to have a sad ending, but I'm glad it didn't! Your voice was just magnificent in this song! You should make more videos with you singing! I really love it!

[phillipmills]

yea, it has the potential to be a very sad song lol but thankfully it isnt. the second verse gets me every time :p. i'll see what i can do about singin more, but it's still not the most comfortable thing for me haha. thank you.

[meeuhhh]

oh my god i want you on my ipod.

seriously that was great.

[phillipmills]

that makes me happy :)

thank you

[phillipmills]

thank u :)

[MemoryofLightwaves]

yea everytime I play, I just think of life and get lost in the songs O.O

[phillipmills]

thats exactly what u should do! just get lost in the music :)

[MemoryofLightwaves]

You truly are an inspiration. I've been playing/learning some of the music you play here. My passion for music is just growing l0l and I'm loving every moment of it. Thanks =]

[phillipmills]

it's a great feeling isnt it? :) thank u

[airmoo44]

man we really gotta hang out and i feel bad cuz i'm like so crazy busy it's almost not fun anymore lol But it's fun stuff i'm doing but ya. I have not forgotten about you and I will let you know! Um ya so I decided to take voice lessons and I HATE singing in front of the instructor.. and she makes me sing in front of a mirror it's like torture

[phillipmills]

haha yea i would hate that lol.

no can do on church anymore though cause i quit. the new worship leader wasnt a leader at all and just liked the spotlight and put himself in from of everyone. it was pretty much "joe and the worshipettes". not how it should be. lookin for a new church now

[airmoo44]

well you did absolutely amazing at it and i love that voice of urs too by the way!

[phillipmills]

thank you so much Amber! :)

when we hangin' out again btw? :p

i'm still not too comfortable with singin lol, but i'm glad that u enjoy it. i still wont sing for ppl "live" haha

[airmoo44]

well now that's a good way to make me cry! :) Beautiful song Phil.

[phillipmills]

aww :) yea, about the first 3 takes i choked up at that second verse, so i had to redo it and try to keep my composure :p

[indescribable518]

i wanna be a commercial airplane pilot. gonna go to military school and from there be like.. a pilot or something~ get education~~ 4 years... and server for 5...

live in canada....

[phillipmills]

u can still come here from canada. but yea if u want training to be free then go military...be a pilot for them...then go commercial. that's what i'm gonna do

[indescribable518]

i have no idea what you've just said lol

thinking of military school~~ btw i'm only like.. grade 10 lol so~ yeah.....

[phillipmills]

lol...ok to be an Air Force pilot you have to be an officer. to be an officer, you have to go to college and get your bachelors (4 years) degree in almost any major. if you go to a regular college, then it is wise to do Air Force ROTC at that college (so choose one that has it) and after you graduate you are an officer in the Air Force and apply for a pilot slot.

[phillipmills]

Or if you want to go to a military college like here (Air Force Academy) then you apply for a pilot slot your junior year of school (and usually get it if you're medically able) and when you graduate you head of to pilot training.

[indescribable518]

only 5??! i take a while~~ lol

man you're awesome!

i wanna be a pilot!! info plz?? lol

[phillipmills]

yea. usually it only takes one or two takes. but i kept "losing my composure" at that second verse. af pilot? get a bachelors degree and do AF ROTC in college or come here to do both

[indescribable518]

DUDEUUDUEUDUEUDE NO WAY!$!@$!@$!@$ I LOVE LIKE.. ABSOLUTLY LOVE THIS SONG!$!@$!@$@$ FRKCIRKCCLIRIFCKRIFKCRIKF

the first time i've heard this song i actually cried. This is a beautiful song

thank you!

[phillipmills]

yea that second verse is a getter. let's just say it took me about 5 takes to do this song cause of that verse lol.

[LadyBethaliz]

Beautiful = )

[phillipmills]

thank you very much

[dundermiflinpaper]

good job, keep it up!

[phillipmills]

thanks :)

[MemoryofLightwaves]

Request - Shoulda Woulda Coulda - Brian McKnight. I never seen anyone on youtube play this on the piano. I think this song would sound great with the accompaniment from your Motifsx and maybe you can sing it =]

[phillipmills]

i'll see lol. that songs seems pretty tough

[shirkus85]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jennifer32825]

this is a very good song phil u always have done and still do a great job

[hisgirl21]

Love this song--beautiful job!!!

[phillipmills]

thank you :)

[marquezshelly]

very meaningful song...and u sang it really good!keep it up...

[phillipmills]

thanks shelly! :)

[sziha]

And he sings!! Amazing... Congratulations^^

[phillipmills]

i try to anyways lol. thank u :)

[sziha]

Indeed... too modest :P