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September 27, 2007
iTunes; you Tunes; we all tunes...
I used iTunes to make gigantic iMix of about 80 of the songs we sing at New City Fellowship. I had Lisa in our office post the mix on our church website on the music ministry page. You should check it out!
The tunes I am most excited about:
-the original Jesse Dixon recording of "I Am Redeemed"
-The Five Blind Boys of Alabama doing "Let Us Break Bread Together"
-"O The Blood"
-"Sera Llena La Tierra"
-Mavis Staples singing "Turn Me Around" (Ain't Gonna Let Nobody)
-"Where Justice Rolls Down" as recorded by Ken Medema
-Noel Paul Stooky (that's Paul of "Peter, Paul, and Mary") and Micheal Kelly Blanchard doing "Be Ye Glad"
click here and scroll to the bottom.
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September 11, 2007
Darkness to one side and light to the other
Then the angel of God, who had been traveling in front of Israel's army, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front and stood behind them, coming between the armies of Egypt and Israel. Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side... Exodus 14:19,20
Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength. 1 Corinthians 1:22-25
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September 6, 2007
Get to work, songs!
My dad was in town a few weekends ago and he planted an idea in my brain that has been cooking for a while: My songs are financial assets. Making music is a wonderful thing that is about more than money, but it is also a craft for which I can make a living. I am already making a living through music ministry and music instruction. I shared with my dad that I really want to record another CD. The problem is that making a recording is so expensive. You can do it for cheap, but I think my songs are better than that. I want to do justice to the songs. My dad told me to think more broadly than just pressing 300 copies and selling them to my friends. He suggested to make a recording that would be marketable to performing artists who are looking for material to record. For example, why wouldn't Chris Tomlin want to record my song "Search Me" on his next CD (besides the fact that he's never heard of me)? I need to make my recording with the expectation that it will be a demo of my music.
So now my mind is cooking about my songs getting out in the world to make me some money. Like my little army of flying monkeys.
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