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This post marks 500! yay! Happy 500 post day!

I haven’t been blogging here regularly as I keep a consistent writing schedule going on The Worship Community and over on my health and fitness blogs. RH.com has kind of taken a back seat. But I try to share about the times I lead worship or when I participate in some musical event and such.

I am excited about a great new opportunity that will unveil itself in the very near future! Keep your eyes and ears open for some neat musical things coming from this part of the world!

In 2011, I’d like to write 50 songs. I attempted that feat back in 09 and made it to about 30. Great accomplishment back then, but I’m going to knock it out of the park this time. That’s 2 songs a week. Who’s with me?

So here’s contribution number 2 this month for the Songwriting Assignment over at The Worship Community.

It’s out of the same passage (Isaiah 40). It’s neat how you can meditate on a passage for almost a month and then write 2 totally different songs, almost based on the same ideas. Nice.

This song is basically about singing LOUD that God is coming back.

Kind of a “prepare the way” kind of a song.

I kind of went back to some of my old Blind Men See rock roots for a little of this. I can also hear some Lincoln Brewster and Hillsong influence in there as well.

What do you think? If you’d like to use this song please contact me and let me know you do! It is © 2010 Russ Hutto, but I’d love to hear about how you used it!

We Will Shout It by russhutto

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This is a new song in progress for the Worship Community’s Songwriting Challenge for April 2010.

My Thoughts:

Arrangement-wise this ended up being kind of a club, soul, smoky jazz kind of a 6/8 groove. I’m tempted to not share this version, but I worked on it for a few hours so I’m sharing!

It could be done in a more typical acoustic guitar driven kind of arrangement.

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So you want to be a successful worship songwriter?

Here’s a pointer: Write deep stuff.

Not obscure. Not psychedelic. Not indecipherable. Not over spiritual. Just deep.

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So here’s my contribution to the Worship Community’s February Songwriting assignment (Psalm 31). If you’re a writer there’s plenty of time to get in on the action!

The intro stinks. No excuses. i just stunk it up.

The lyrics and melody are what I’d like you to focus on. NOT the production or instrumentation! I had some fun with this one. Added in some mandolin and even some autotune on the voice…Yeah I know. But I like doing things to rock the boat a little…so I had to use autotune because it’s the last thing anybody would want combined with an acoustic guitar and mandolin driven song.

Anyways, I chose to use the verses to focus on the negative aspects of the Psalm. The prechorus moves into the “prayer” to God aspect of the song. And the chorus (hopefully) is the payoff. Where the negative tension and prayer are resolved.

Thoughts?

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Lord of My Refuge (Psalm 31) by russhutto