I have decided to change the format just a little in my blog. Along with worship stories and personal stories I will start including worship deals, freebie's and suggested material.
Today, I want to turn you to a website. There is a worship leader based in Georgia that has a couple albums available to purchase on iTunes. His name is Aaron Keyes. He has a resources page on his website that gives some lessons that he has taught at various venues. Also, on this page he has pdf chord charts of his albums. One great arrangement that he has on his first album is It Is Well with Made Me Glad. Most of his songs can either be done with a full band and worship team or acoustic guitar and a couple singers. Check out his resources here.
Blessings.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 04, 2009
I had some time to think yesterday on my way home from work. Most of the time I have the iPod on playing New Life, Desperation Band, Brooke Fraser, Hillsong or something of that nature. I decided to blog about something that has been on my mind for a while...
I read a Tweet by John Mayer the other day that had me thinking. John Mayer is a phenomenal artist. He can sing through a guitar like no one I have ever seen or heard. I got to watch a video of him in the studios with a couple of great musicians and they pulled together a hit song in a day. After everyone left John is in the studio harmonizing his guitar with the guitar line that he had just played a few hours earlier. The tweet that got me to thinking John was stating that he had a guy over that was teaching him some new chords and techniques. John Mayer is John Mayer for goodness sakes who could teach him anything?
My point is we are never to old or experienced in any field to say we know what we need to know or that we have all that we need to have to do what we have been called to do (pretty long sentence right?). I am 28 years young and I pray that I never get to a place where I think that I have a patent on how things should go or that the routine is too perfect to change. For me I have decided that I never want to do something just because it is popular or because The Jones's are doing it but do it because my convictions line up with what I see, hear or feel. We have been instructed by Jesus in "The Parable of the Net" this: "...every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old." There is another scripture that I am reminded of that speaks about not putting new wine in old wineskin. Whenever I learn something new I need to renew my wineskin(current way of doing THAT thing), for we will all be judged according to our own teachings.
I read a Tweet by John Mayer the other day that had me thinking. John Mayer is a phenomenal artist. He can sing through a guitar like no one I have ever seen or heard. I got to watch a video of him in the studios with a couple of great musicians and they pulled together a hit song in a day. After everyone left John is in the studio harmonizing his guitar with the guitar line that he had just played a few hours earlier. The tweet that got me to thinking John was stating that he had a guy over that was teaching him some new chords and techniques. John Mayer is John Mayer for goodness sakes who could teach him anything?
My point is we are never to old or experienced in any field to say we know what we need to know or that we have all that we need to have to do what we have been called to do (pretty long sentence right?). I am 28 years young and I pray that I never get to a place where I think that I have a patent on how things should go or that the routine is too perfect to change. For me I have decided that I never want to do something just because it is popular or because The Jones's are doing it but do it because my convictions line up with what I see, hear or feel. We have been instructed by Jesus in "The Parable of the Net" this: "...every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old." There is another scripture that I am reminded of that speaks about not putting new wine in old wineskin. Whenever I learn something new I need to renew my wineskin(current way of doing THAT thing), for we will all be judged according to our own teachings.
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