For today’s article I thought it would be fun to look at the journey of a song. How it’s birthed, developed and is finished. We will use a song I wrote called, “I’m In love” that is currently on the radio in a few places. This song began somewhere around 6 – 7 years ago.[…]
Back in college I overpaid for a black Washburn acoustic/electric guitar that I thought would help propel my sound into the stratosphere. After a few years of use, I opened my case one-day to find that it was literally falling apart. To my dismay, the part that connects the strings to the face of the[…]
It’s getting down to it. The last few days and weeks before Christmas can be a stressful time for worship teams across the planet. It’s a season of learning a lot of special music, extra rehearsals, and high expectations. But even in the throws of all that comes with this special time of year, I[…]
Buying an Acoustic Guitar is an art form not a science. Each guitar is unique, even though they may be the same model and from the same manufacture. The same is true for all acoustic instruments, but the differences are especially pronounced in wooden instruments such as guitars, cellos, pianos, etc. For this reason[…]
The first thing you’ll notice is that there’s a lot of options. Different brands and different models but yet many of them look very similar and in fact may look exactly alike except there is a different name at the top. This is partly because most all major guitar manufactures have two lines: The[…]
With the Christmas shopping in full swing we thought we’d take a moment to talk about things to watch out for while buying instruments. First thing to know is there are four levels of instruments. The first are Toy Instruments: These are the instruments that you buy at a big box store and are usually in a[…]
Got a bit of a rough start on my trip to Katmandu, Nepal. Arrived to the airport to find that my ticket did not match my ID. Not a big deal unless you’d like to get on the airplane going to Nepal, which I did not. Had a peace that I was going to get[…]
I wrote this article from the beautiful city of Arequipa, Peru situated high in the Andes near the border of Chile. The views are beautiful, the food amazing, and the people, though much shorter and struggle mightily to pronounce Shawn’s name, are very warm and welcoming. While laying awake this morning listening to bustling streets and[…]
You may have already noticed, but we are having a presidential election this year. With all the commercials, news coverage, signs in the neighborhood, and the endless posts on social media it’s hard not to know about it. But no matter what your political beliefs are, it is simply fascinating that though the actual election[…]
To say that Michael Farren is one of today’s top songwriters is a bit of an understatement. Besides penning “Let It Rain” which has sold a mere 2 million copies, been translated into multiple languages, and is impacting worshipers across the globe, Michael has written and is writing many of todays top songs for Christian[…]
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