We completed the drum tracking for the other 7 songs:
I Am My Beloved's
Walk The Talk
Thorn In My Side
My Eyes Are On You
New Creation
Your Presence Is Here
My Refuge
It was exhausting, but now we can move on to the next phase which can be done in shorter times slots. I set up a schedule with Jacob to meet for the next three Monday afternoons. Next Monday we'll work on some acoustic parts. Over the next few weeks I have to nail down what I want to do for each song so that we can get a plan for how to schedule our time.
Joe Meyer did an excellent job playing the drums. He was pretty amazing to watch because he could usually get the part exactly right on the first take and we'd do another one just to be safe.
I was able to bring home the drum parts with the scratch vocal/guitar stuff. It was pretty cool to bring it home and put it on the CD player. It's real tangible progress.
Please continue to pray for me. Pray that the Lord will provide us with more financial resources since the entire project is being paid for out of pocket. Please pray for Sarah and my kids because I will be gone a lot. Please pray that I will not be ashamed of the gospel of Christ as I share these rather emotionally vulnerable songs with the non-Christians I'm working with. (I felt so embarrassed sharing "I Am My Beloved's" with the guys yesterday. It's the most Jesus-is-my-boyfriend kind of song I've ever written.)
"It's the most Jesus-is-my-boyfriend kind of song I've ever written” I’ve never thought of it that way. As a woman, those songs are much easier to sing. Hum.
You know, your songs may be the only Christ focused songs they've been exposed to so that's pretty neat.
P.S. I wish we had known you guys when we got married. I think you and Sarah would have appreciated Dan Wachsmuth's Song of Songs dedication likening Jacob to a gazelle.
We're praying for your project, and that it will go where it should for listeners and distributors. We're proud that you are steppin out!