Schedule REHEARSE: Tuesday, June 18, 7pm We will begin with a short time of sharing and prayer, and then run through the three songs. RUN THROUGH: Sunday, June 23, 9am Arrive a little early. We will pray, run through the songs, and make any adjustments we need to make. You won’t need to plug your… Read More »
Worship Jam
Below are the six songs we have planned for the October 16 jam night. These are not “official” arrangements or anything. They are loose ideas of how the song sound. (And I want to point out that the videos are far from perfect.) We want to really take these songs and do something with them together.… Read More »
The Blues
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWqA1Z4lPHw] When I was learning the guitar, my dad had a whole bunch of blues tablature books. There were some modern players like Jeff Beck and Jerry Garcia, but most of his books were about acoustic, finger style blues. I cut my teeth on stuff like “Black Snake Moan” by Lemon Jefferson and old, old… Read More »
Keep Pounding Away
I have a reputation for being pretty good in front of people. It takes a lot to make me afraid or nervous. I’ve been in front of people all my life. There are family videos of me at the age of four or five, waving my hand in time from the platform, standing next to… Read More »
I am Outta Here – for the weekend
I am headed to Syracuse, New York, for the weekend for the Biblical Imagination Conference with the man, the legend, the awesomely bearded Michael Card. While I could never aspire to have a beard like his, Michael has long been one of my musical heroes. He combines teaching and art in a way that you… Read More »
Psalms in Worship
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtklfgWES9Y] Yesterday, the Acoustic Gurus presented a song I wrote using Psalm 1 for lyrics. If you have a songbook with 150 different lyrics that you claim is inspired by God, why do you sing songs by less inspired authors? Like it or hate it, I think our primary source material for music should be… Read More »
Getting Excited for Easter?
Here’s a clip of the Grace music team practicing for Easter. If you look close, you can see our brand new drum kit and our incredibly excited drummer. They’re doing a stellar job, and I am wicked excited for them to lead worship on Easter. There are 200 seats in our auditorium. I believe God… Read More »
My Five Biggest Influences
So, Jesus and the apostle Paul are givens and I am not one to offer super-spiritual thoughts in things like this. Here are my five biggest influences in the way I think and work. #5 – P.T. Barnum For all of his quirks, P.T. Barnum was probably the greatest showman and entrepreneur of American history.… Read More »
