Good thoughts from David Baroni via CCLI blog: It takes a degree of trust to launch out with other musicians into the unknown waters of spontaneous composition. Our tendency, especially as Greek-mindset influenced westerners who rely on empiricism- that is,...
Songwriter Tom Kimmel on why a lyric is like a three-act play: Some of the story, be it a literal tale or an emotional or spiritual narrative, is revealed in the first act, which most often is the song’s first...
Title to a great song by Brady White, a dear friend to this ministry who gets it. Click here to listen to it via My Space.
Peter Bannister is a modern classic composer who takes theology seriously. Concerning his recent oratorio Et iterum venturus est (And He shall come again), he says: The historic creedal statement…reminds us that the Christian faith not only calls us to...
“If he has like a ninja or superhero quality, it’s definitely his ability to see that one, tiny little spot that’s not filled and put something in it that you’re like, ‘oh my gosh.’ That becomes literally to me as...
Some good insight here including: Discipline in songwriting (he sometime writes a song a day for a month or two). He appreciates old school rock (Sting, James Taylor, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin). The importance of melody and “swagger.” Stealing from...
Very good interview w/British songwriter of “Blessed Be Your Name,” “Better Is One Day” and “Let My Words Be Few” (the younger Robertson shows a good grasp of his subject). Matt earns his plug with comments on: ‘Letting God’s truth...
Jen and Brady White were simply counting on a getaway, not on God changing their lives. The young couple – known to audiences across America as the band Wrent – visited the Dominican Republic in September of 2007. They became...
John Sall was an young church music director when he heard about a competition for young composers, sponsored by a well-known New York church. At the time he was the Director of Music at Bethel Lutheran in Rochester, Minnesota, and...
Great doxology is born out of the depth of theology! Doxology comes from two Greek words: doxa, meaning glory; and logos, meaning word. A doxology then is a word of glory, a note of praise, a saying ascribing worth. The...