Both services went great today. We introduced a new song “Let Me Sing”. I think Gary heard it at the Drive conference a month or so back. It’s a great song and seemed to go down really well.
Here’s the whole set list from 08 Jun 2008 at New Horizon Church, Durham NC.
My Saviour Lives - New Life Worship
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOFy-Ez3_gk]
Blessed Be The Name - Matt Redman
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUhlxFw5tkg]
Nothing But The Blood - Matt Redman
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ysjZlloCJI]
Majesty (Here I Am) - Delirious
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGZQlyNP4ZA]
UPDATE: Head over here for a chance to win a copy of Jon Foreman’s Summer EP.
(Mud’s giveaway is over)
Mudpuppy mentioned this song today on Twitter and then sent me the video. It’s a new song from Jon Foreman’s Summer EP
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I hate all your show and pretense
The hypocrisy of your praise
The hypocrisy of your festivals
I hate all your show
Away with your noisy worship
Away with your noisy hymns
I stomp on my ears when you’re singing ‘em
I hate all your show
Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
Your eyes are closed when you’re praying
You sing right along with the band
You shine up your shoes for services
There’s blood on your hands
You turned your back on the homeless
And the ones that don’t fit in your plan
Quit playing religion games
There’s blood on your hands
Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show
Let’s argue this out
If your sins are blood red
Let’s argue this out
You’ll be one of the clouds
Let’s argue this out
Quit fooling around
Give love to the ones who can’t love at all
Give hope to the ones who got no hope at all
Stand up for the ones who can’t stand at all, all
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
I hate all your show
Instead let there be a flood of justice
An endless procession of righteous living, living
Instead let there be a flood of justice
Instead of a show
I hate all your show
This made me laugh out loud in my little cubicle today.
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Rodney contacted me a couple of days back and asked if I would like to link to his blog stereotruth.net. It’s a great site with regular updates on what’s happening right now on the music scene.
I like that the posts are so varied but still keep to the general theme and goal of the site. Recent coverage of American Idol David Cook is good as well.
Here’s a snippet from their About page.
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I wish Rodney & Scott all the best with this venture.
Dave has been doing a series recently about getting into God’s word. As Christians we shouldn’t need to be told this, but we do. I do.
Yesterday, Dave gave practical advice on how to study using the acronym SOAP. To me that usually means Simple Object Access Protocol, but yesterday it got a new meaning - Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer.
Scripture: I need to be reading and writing out Scripture as it speaks to me.
Observation: I need to study and observe the who, what, when, why and make a note of any questions I might have.
Application: I need to think about how I can apply these new truths to my everyday life.
Prayer: And I need to pray that God will help me do so.
I have kept a bible study journal before, but I need to be more consistent. I need to work it in to my daily routine. Today as I drove to work I was listening to a new album (Narrow Stairs
You gotta spend some time, love
You gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find, love
I will possess your heart
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsCV61zsdtA]
Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsCV61zsdtA
I don’t normally do requests, mainly because I already have a list of songs in my head that I want to do and don’t even have time to do those! HollisBoy92 over at YouTube requested this the other day and I managed to squeeze it in during my (now routine) Sunday night* recording slot!
*My wife watches Desperate Housewives followed by Brothers and Sisters - so I get two whole hours of guilt-free play time! Rock & Roll! 
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4–g3BnROc]
Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4–g3BnROc
As I mentioned in the previous post, video quality is not great. I’m currently experimenting with different software packages and video capture methods.
I found Phil’s Cannon lesson the other day and loved the song. This is a great worship song and I’d love to play it at church. I think it would go down a treat.
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKrd-anos4]
Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRKrd-anos4
Phil’s Blog: http://www.philwickham.com/blog
I used Vegas to capture the video (Logitech Pro 9000) and audio (Samson CO3U) for this. As you can see, the video framerate is not great, and slightly out of sync. I need to tweak some settings. The second video (Holy Is The Lord) I’ll be putting up in a second suffers even worse.
I love it when artists do videos like this. Here Phil is teaching us how to play Cannons which is a great worship song. I can’t believe I have not bought this man’s album yet.
[youtube url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_MiCMB1pEw]
Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_MiCMB1pEw
(Update: My cover here)
Lyrics
It’s falling from the clouds
A strange and lovely sound
I hear it in the thunder and rain
It’s ringing in the skies
Like cannons in the night
The music of the universe plays
You are holy great and mighty
The moon and the stars declare who You are
I’m so unworthy, but still You love me
Forever my heart will sing of how great You are
Beautiful and free
Song of Galaxies
It’s reaching far beyond the milky way
Lets join in with the sound
C’mon let’s sing it loud
As the music of the universe plays
All glory, honor, power is Yours amen
All glory, honor, power is Yours amen
All glory, honor, power is Yours forever amen
Here’s the video of Come Thou Fount from NHC, 04 May 2008.
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I’d been trying all week to pull this footage from DVD and put it on YouTube, but Adobe Premiere (Elements) was giving me jip.
I downloaded a trial version of Sony Vegas 8 Platinum
So, I loaded up Super and converted the VOB to Mpeg2 and brought the Mpeg2 into Vegas. I’d tried this step already in Premiere with unsatisfactory results, but it worked a treat in Vegas. I cut the section I needed, added title, fades and rendered it to Windows Media 9 format for upload to YouTube.
I found a great YouTube channel (guerillabill) with loads of Vegas how-to videos. I used tips from this video to customize the render for YouTube - except I kept the output size to 640×480 instead of the suggested 320×240.
I have to say, I was impressed by the final file size and quality of the Windows Media 9 file. I normally use xvid/divx to keep the files under 100mb. The Windows Media 9 file that I uploaded to YouTube was 28mb!
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YouTube Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5g41OEFUS4