Below is a promo video from an upcoming release of old material by Bruce Springsteen. The compelling part of the clip for me was the sheer exhuberance displayed by Bruce and band member Steve Van Zandt playing an unfinished song...
While songs of lament have a long Biblical tradition but seem to have given short shrift in the current milieu of worship music. Michael Card is among those recognizing the situation: “Our theology tells us that if we complain to...
Here is a great song by Keith & Kristyn Getty that your church should be singing if it is not already: Download the lead sheet for free here.
Here is a entire repost from the blog of David Neff of the Christianity Today Media Group, who took notes on Keith Getty’s session at the 2010 National Worship Conference (some things are best left as-is, and this piece is...
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,...
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.
…is all you need, according to Kevin Kelley: A True Fan is defined as someone who will purchase anything and everything you produce. They will drive 200 miles to see you sing. They will buy the super deluxe re-issued hi-res...
Bring me a white horse for Christmas We’ll ride him through the town Out into the snowy woods Where we will both lie down Underneath white birches Our faces toward the sky We will make snow angels With our white...
“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...