We have been recording a worship album for our church over the past couple of weeks and throughout the sessions we have had 39 musicians and vocalists come through the studio to be a part of the record. It would have been simple to have studio musicians come in and play on the album [...]
Writing Archive
where words don’t work
The older I get the more I realize that words don’t work sometimes. There are some moments in my life that I’m feeling something that literally words cannot describe. All across the emotional spectrum of our lives there are experiences, seasons, situations that we can’t express our feelings in regard. Feelings from [...]
Encourage Invention 10
Well, I haven’t done this since I started vintagethought.cc, but I used to do this all the time on the previous blog I authored. Every once and a while I’ll take a collection of songs that have been inspiring me while I work and post them here. This is the 10th installment of [...]
What’s Next for Worship?
In the late 1600s Isaac Watts was bothered by the poor poeticism of the songs in his father’s church so he set out to write songs to glorify God. Some of these songs were based on the bar and pub melodies of the time. His songs were met with some resistance, but none [...]
Stained Radiance (music+art)
Stained Radiance is a project combining the amazing guitar stylings of Nels Cline (Wilco, Nels Cline Singers) and the visual art of Norton Wisdom. Wisdom implores a unique style of visual art for this project of paint on clear acrylic with the aid of lighting. Nels paints a live audio backdrop inspired as [...]
Stop Sleeping with Music… Marry It
I’ve been really trying lately to relearn how to listen to music and it has not been easy. When I was a kid I remember getting Duran Duran “Wild Boys” on a 45 and listening to it about 100 times in one week alone. I just checked my iTunes playlist and the highest [...]
Jonsi’s Music Experience
It’s no secret and Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi has been exploring amazing musical landscapes for the past decade, but on his new solo album and tour he is taking it to another level. Jonsi is exploring the connection of animation and visual media with the songs from the album. While using visuals on [...]
Create Like You
Oswald Chambers said, “Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as He is with you.” That statement contains a lot of truth and is hugely encouraging for those of us who are artists and those of us who lead artists.
For us as artists it’s the [...]
Electronic Music is Born
I love going back in music history to really figure out where the things that influence me have come from. Knowing your roots makes it a lot easier to not only be influenced by a certain style of music. It helps you understand how it was created and how you can learn to [...]
Electric Guitar Gear Tour
I’d like to take you on a tour of my guitar rig. I get a lot of questions about what gear I play and how it’s set up. I love talking gear and helping people figure out how to get the sounds they hear in their head. I have been searching for [...]