worship song of the week - how he loves (david crowder*band)

just a few months ago, i posted about this new song "how he loves" and we discussed it and the implications of its language. david crowder*band released it today as the first single from their forthcoming album 'church music' and i couldn't wait to get to my computer so i could purchase it.

it's a shorter arrangement, just over 4 min, of a song that takes kim walker 8 minutes and eddie kirkland 5:19. crowder jumps straight to the 2nd verse 4 measures earlier than kim, and jumps to the chorus instead of the 2nd pre-chorus, adding it after the bridge as a dynamic drop then build to the chorus again.

the rest of the arrangement is very similar to the originals, even utilizing the melody of the guitars and piano. it's a great key for dave. he's able to sing the lows and then jump to the highs half-way through the 2nd verse.

i really love the bgvs that he adds. i know from the youtube featurettes that the girls from eisley "dropped by" to sing on this song. there are also some male bgvs that i would assume he did himself, even though they don't have the same rasp that he normally has, so maybe it's someone else. for a second i thought it sounded like robbie seay. i'm sure that once i post this someone will be able to find out pretty quickly who it is.

he did change the "sloppy wet kiss" from the original bridge to "unforeseen kiss." still has the passion of but without the what-did-he-just-say?

this recording seems pretty conservative but very fitting for the more laid back song. i can't wait to hear the rest of the album. from what i saw on youtube there's a lot more rock to be heard from this church band.

*thx for the help guys. it is confirmed that this 4 min version is the radio edit and the album version is longer. probably more like the original.

loop rescue

as many of you know, i use a lot of drum loops and midi with my music, both for 'fusion' and for 'sprang.' i had all of my samples and finished songs (about 45) stored on an external hard drive. it's not even a year old and it had a 5-year warranty so i figure i'm good for a while. well, i was wrong.

a month ago, it went out. i tried to use a program to read the files, i let a friend of mine take a look at it and i finally took it to a place in rockwall. none of it worked, so i ended up having to send it off to get fixed in a clean room.

needless to say, i was pretty bummed that we weren't going to be able to use the loops. but then i remembered that i had shared some of my loops at bwacksforum.com. i was able to go on there and find pretty much all the loops that i've needed so far for sundays. we have our cd release party coming up july 10 and i hope that my drive comes back before then, but if it doesn't i've been able to get a majority of the loops thanks to the community at bwacks.

pretty awesome.

catalyst one day

got to go to catalyst one day yesterday thanks to our buddies at cornerstone rockwall. it was incredible! craig groeschel (from lifechurch.tv in oklahoma) and andy stanley (from northpoint church in atlanta) were incredibly authentic and real...and hilarious. very informative and inspiring. very practical on how must do ministry.

so many incredible kernels of truth i can't even list them all here.

the one that i'll post here is from craig groeschel:

if you want to reach people that no one else is reaching you have to do things that no one else is doing.

that's the ticket!

on the news!

last thursday was the national day of prayer and in rowlett we had an all-city worship service. we got to lead the worship at this event and it went pretty well. despite the fact that we could never get the in-ear monitors to work, we stayed together and had a great time.

the day of we found out that a news crew was going to be there to do a story. we got on the 10 o'clock news so i thought i'd show you here :) make some comments on the youtube vid if you get a chance.

we did it

so...after a week of pondering and reflecting on the lyrics of "how He loves," and discussing with all of you who commented (thank you so much :), guess what?

levi came in friday and was sharing how his message was going to be focused on how big and massive God's love for us is, and how human words cannot explain it. i said, 'dude! we have to do this song.'

really, when human words fail, poetry is the only way.

thanks again to all who joined me in this discussion. it was very helpful and insightful.

peace

a song to discuss

okay. a few weeks ago i came across this song that really moved me. i found a video of it on youtube with hillsong united singing it. i couldn't really make out all the words so i tried to find more videos that the words would be clearer. i found 2.

one was by the original writer of the song and he is telling the story of the song before he sings it and it really kinda made me feel weird. i didn't really agree with the things he was saying but i thought i'd listen to it and i kinda liked the song alothough there are some lyrics that were a little to 'touchy feely' for me.

the second was a video of kim walker from jesus culture. i really liked the arrangement. and she sings it beautifully. but there's something about it that doesn't sit right with me. i'm not totally sold on the song for worship. but still, it moves me when it gets to the chorus.

today, i found out that one of my favorite worship leaders, david crowder, is doing this song on his upcoming album. i trust his opinion. hmmm. what to do?

i thought i'd post and hopefully we can have some 'civilized' discussion about the implications of these lyrics:

verse
He is jealous for me
loves like a hurricane and i am a tree
bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy
when all of a sudden
i am unaware of these afflictions, eclipsed by glory
and i realize just how beautiful You are
and how great Your affections are for me

pre-chorus
oh how He loves us, so
oh how He loves
how He loves us so

chorus
He loves us
oh, how He loves us
oh, how He loves us
oh, how He loves

bridge
we are His portion and He is our prize
drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes
if grace is an ocean we're all sinking
so heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss
and my heart turns violently inside of my chest
i don't have time to maintain these regrets when i think about the way...

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i will post my thoughts as the first comment. please keep your comments civilized. let no one get their feelings hurt by this discussion. no attacking please. :) let's discuss this with grace.

that's a good question

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