A Prelude to Tomorrow: a raw refreshment
14/01/07 00:29 Filed in: Music &
Stuff
I'm partly not sure if this should go in "Memory
Residue" or the "Prelude Notes," but I just wanted to
express some things about this project that is going
to be available in a few weeks.
The first thing to realize is that my CD's are concept albums. There are "bigger pictures" to the collage of songs that I throw together. For instance, "Depravity, Grace and Reckless Abandon," my last album was a grappling with devotion and abandoning oneself to the martyr's love that is found in Christianity. Likewise, this one carries a theme that is close to my heart.
Did you ever notice that we live in a country that has a reputation for being founded on Christian values, is now a country where those values are their own economy? Radio stations, TV stations, bookstores, clubs, associations and churches of every flavor all stretching to meet the demanding need of a rapidly changing society. Within the Christian (sub)culture of US America, I wanted to do something different. I wanted to just stick my heart raw on a recording and market it.
"A Prelude to Tomorrow" was written primarily at night, when most are asleep. They are prayers offered up in a simple manner. This is my first recording in a while, but it is my first recording having come out of recording school. I wanted to experiment with this project. I could have spent big dollars in trying to compete with a market of common sounding, radio worthy, manufactered sound (with a bank account in the high negatives)...but that's not where my heart is. So for this I took what I had available: two microphones, a guitar, a djimbe (and some percussion items), an acoustic bass, and some vocals and laid them down in a recording. Simply. Organically (no, or extremely little, pickup electronics), with little processing. The theme of the project is simply that I love Jesus Christ. Within a culture of "programs" and "ministry philosophies" I wanted to just declare my love for God in an almost bootleg fashion. This project is about process...not processing. It's about the art: that music and recording is something that I love, and (in my life) God is continually changing me.
The point? Listen. Let's not rush through this moment, let's savor it. Let's get raw. Jesus is coming back. It's not a myth or a fairy tale, He's going to come back and life as we know it is going to be extremely different. I pray for Him to come back, I long to see Him. I'm completely captivated by Him and am amazed that the uncreated God would choose me not only as a friend but adopt me as His child. He continually breaks into the moments that I live in to lavish me with love. He's continually giving me a new heart. He's continually drawing me deeper into the mystery of who He is. He loves me even in my imperfection. He is everything to me, so I long to give Him everything, continually. I can't really say it any other way than in song...thus my new project: "A Prelude to Tomorrow."
The first thing to realize is that my CD's are concept albums. There are "bigger pictures" to the collage of songs that I throw together. For instance, "Depravity, Grace and Reckless Abandon," my last album was a grappling with devotion and abandoning oneself to the martyr's love that is found in Christianity. Likewise, this one carries a theme that is close to my heart.
Did you ever notice that we live in a country that has a reputation for being founded on Christian values, is now a country where those values are their own economy? Radio stations, TV stations, bookstores, clubs, associations and churches of every flavor all stretching to meet the demanding need of a rapidly changing society. Within the Christian (sub)culture of US America, I wanted to do something different. I wanted to just stick my heart raw on a recording and market it.
"A Prelude to Tomorrow" was written primarily at night, when most are asleep. They are prayers offered up in a simple manner. This is my first recording in a while, but it is my first recording having come out of recording school. I wanted to experiment with this project. I could have spent big dollars in trying to compete with a market of common sounding, radio worthy, manufactered sound (with a bank account in the high negatives)...but that's not where my heart is. So for this I took what I had available: two microphones, a guitar, a djimbe (and some percussion items), an acoustic bass, and some vocals and laid them down in a recording. Simply. Organically (no, or extremely little, pickup electronics), with little processing. The theme of the project is simply that I love Jesus Christ. Within a culture of "programs" and "ministry philosophies" I wanted to just declare my love for God in an almost bootleg fashion. This project is about process...not processing. It's about the art: that music and recording is something that I love, and (in my life) God is continually changing me.
The point? Listen. Let's not rush through this moment, let's savor it. Let's get raw. Jesus is coming back. It's not a myth or a fairy tale, He's going to come back and life as we know it is going to be extremely different. I pray for Him to come back, I long to see Him. I'm completely captivated by Him and am amazed that the uncreated God would choose me not only as a friend but adopt me as His child. He continually breaks into the moments that I live in to lavish me with love. He's continually giving me a new heart. He's continually drawing me deeper into the mystery of who He is. He loves me even in my imperfection. He is everything to me, so I long to give Him everything, continually. I can't really say it any other way than in song...thus my new project: "A Prelude to Tomorrow."