From the opening electric guitar strum of “No Regrets Only Greatness,” one thing is clear: this song is here to motivate. With big upbeat drums and major key pop punk chords, the new single by Darryn Yates will get your body moving, while its message will have you nodding your head.

“No Regrets Only Greatness” is an anthem for everyone who knows it isn’t too late to follow your dreams. As Yates sings, with a tone reminiscent of gen-X icons like Bon Jovi or the Gin Blossoms, “I didn’t come this far just to give up now… There’s no regrets, only greatness.”

Yates’s optimism has been hard won. Two decades ago, he was a young rocker hustling to make it in the LA and Nashville music scenes. The big break didn’t come, and soon Yates moved on. A relocation to St. Louis, marriage, and three kids, and a music career was all but behind him. 

But the rebellious spirit of rock & roll lived on in Darryn Yates — so much that he kept on getting fired from job after job. He hit rock bottom, struggling with depression and a feeling that there was no way forward. 

Yates didn’t give up. Instead, he rebuilt his life through coaching others. In helping people with personal growth, he applied those lessons to himself, leading him back to music.

“I realized I could either stay on the dark path or fight my way back. Once I chose the fight, the music came rushing back like it had been waiting for me all along,” Yates says.

Now Yates is making up for lost time. Three singles in 2025 have quickly led to more than 20,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. With more ideas flowing, Yates is just getting started.
Yates’s chief collaborator on these tracks is producer Kevin W. Gates of Reach Audio in Springfield, Missouri. Gates, a specialist in the sound of 90s bands like Gin Blossoms and Barenaked Ladies, has proved an ideal partner for Yates’s retro rock vision. Together they are crafting song after song of anthemic hooks, driving guitars, and, of course, choruses ready for concertgoing crowds to scream at the top of their lungs.

As a Generation X father of three rebooting a music dream after so many years, Yates has his doubters. But he sees them as fuel. He says, “Every time someone doubts me or writes me off, that’s when I do my best work. The hate and the doubt are fuel. I want to see their jaws drop when they realize I’m not stopping. That’s what ‘No Regrets Only Greatness’ is all about.”

“No Regrets Only Greatness” is available now on all streaming platforms. More music will follow soon. Upcoming releases include a baseball-inspired rocker, “Swing for the Fences,” and an ode to all “the ones counted out,” titled “Freaks Rebels Weirdos.”

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Lettie Law is a vessel for God’s message and she spreads it through her music. She gives Him all the credit for the songs she releases, which she says come to her from Him directly. Her latest single, “Forward Ever Backward Never Jesus” is one that celebrates the ever lasting power she believes He has.

When I spoke to Lettie, I could feel how strong and at peace she was just from our conversation. She shared a variety of stories of her life with me and God was the constant throughout all of them. She has a writing process for her songs but as earlier mentioned, she always credits Him with giving them to her.

“I write songs as they come to me from the Divine. Something is whispering to me to tell me what to write, how to sing it and what instruments go with it. Sometimes I’ll get partial parts of a song gradually but for this song, everything came together at the same time. It all comes from Heaven and I give out what I receive from the Almighty.” she said. 

Sharing God’s message is a part of every song Lettie releases but this one was specifically crafted to encourage people who are dealing with everything happening in the world today. Lettie sees all the turmoil people are going through in the world and wants people to know that they will make it through any situation they find themselves in.

“No matter what is going on in life at this current time, you can look to God. If yesterday was not good for you, you don’t need to look back. Look to God and there is no way He will not deliver you. Keep moving forward and doing your best and look to God.” she said.

Lettie believes that music and singing can bring people joy, hope, courage and also healing. The latter can come in the emotional sense but also the physical sense too. During our conversation, she shared a story about how one of her other songs, titled “Yaweh” had a large impact on someone’s life.

“My favorite thing about music is how it can be healing. Not all diseases are physical. A woman called me had shared how she had been dealing with insomnia for eight years and had taken all kinds of medication for it. But once she started listening to my song, she would sleep like a baby.” she said.

Lettie Law knows about the power of God and music from firsthand experience. She shared that while she enjoyed singing in front of the congregation at church as a child, this changed as she began to get older. She became more shy and reserved not just in church but in life and in general.

Her shyness and reluctance to sing became the catapult that would push her to sing as God wanted her to after she went through a life altering situation.

“I ended up getting sick and my son suggested I record one of the songs I had written in the books I had from years ago. But once I started recording more, the sickness left my body. But recording and singing in public are very different. So it became a tug of war between me and the Lord because He wanted me to sing publicly but I didn’t want to.” she said.

“A different situation happened and I ended up in a coma and I could hear various voices around me as I faded in and out. I thought I was dying but I woke up on this side and realized I was still alive. The Lord asked me ‘Are you ready to do My work now?’ And I said ‘Of course! I’ll sing in front of the congregation. I will tell my story to the world. Wherever you send me, I am going.’ And when I woke up, all my family members who I had heard while I was fading in and out apologized because I heard them planning for my funeral and things like that. So the Lord spared my life and I’m not shy anymore. The Lord gave me strength and I chose life.” she said.

As Lettie said, she truly did go wherever God sent her. She’s since sung at Boston College, in Connecticut, at churches and even a club.

“University students love Christ. They were singing and dancing and they wanted me to come back. In the club, people were drinking and smoking and couples were dancing and it was nice because everybody belongs to the Almighty. God sees a sinner and knows one day they will become one of His children.” she said.

Lettie Law is West African with her father being from Nigeria and her mother being from Cameroon. The range of the diaspora is felt throughout “Forward Ever Backward Never Jesus” whose production is far from traditional Gospel instrumentation and blends a variety of musical styles. The positive and uplifting atmosphere is felt through both the instruments and the lyrics.

For many Gospel artists, their foundation was laid by someone older than them that raised them in church and likely also had them singing in church as child. For Lettie, this person was her father.

“He played a very big role in introducing me to Gospel and the Almighty. He introduced me to reading the Bible and he and my Mom introduced me to reading hymns.” she said.

Lettie Law has a 10 track album coming soon which will include songs like “Prayer is a Masterkey” and “God is Our All in All.” Her journey with Gospel has encapsulated her whole life and her ongoing faith continues to motivate her to keep making more music.

“I am just a vessel for His word and His message.” she said.

“Forward Ever Backward Never Jesus” is available on streaming services now.

You can experience more of God’s messages through Lettie Law by following her on these platforms.

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