Sunday Setlist [5.30.10]
Today I sang and played acoustic guitar. I always enjoy that arrangement because I feel like I get to move around a little more and, maybe it’s psychological, but I feel more free on guitar than on keys or piano (even though I love them).
1) [Walk-in] Glorious (Baloche): Key C. One of my favorites in the last year. Great song. To be kind of a mid-tempo song it has so much energy.
2) Say So (Houghton): Key D. We do this one with a click track. I led out on this one. It’s a great song based on Psalm 107:2. In the key of D it’s pretty high. It’s got a great groove and people connect with it. You can’t help but feel the energy of this one.
3) Oh, How I Love Jesus (Traditional): Key G. Fred brought this arrangement back from the All About Worship Retreat. It was a fun soulful, bluesy arrangement, that showcased all of the vocals. I think the older folks in our church really connected well with it.
4) Christ Is Risen (Maher): Key F#. This is another of my favorites from the last year. Great song!
5) Lead Me (Sanctus Real): Key B. This was one of the two closing songs and was perfect for the moment after the great message given by Jon Blankenship this morning. Our series is about fighting for family/relationships and this song was amazingly perfect. I led out on this one.
6) Lead Me To The Cross (Hillsong): Key Bm. Our closer. We went from asking God to lead us (to be better leaders in our families) with the previous song to a song that talks about being “led to the cross” great follow up.
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Sunday Setlist: VHS Baccalaureate Service [05.09.10]
Today I had the opportunity (for the second year in a row) to play at the Valdosta High School Baccalaureate service. It was indeed an honor to participate in this inspiration service for the Class of 2010.
I was doubly honored and privileged to have some good friends (from all over South Georgia) join me to form a great team. Big thanks to Jason Crowe (on drums – Jesup), Jimmy Linville (on bass – Valdosta), Hamp Rogers (on guitar – Valdosta), Cortni Joseph (on vocals – Valdosta), Rosalind Moore (on vocals – Valdosta) and Danita Campbell (on vocals – Valdosta). I played keys and acoustic guitar (I’m from Brunswick!).
We had planned to do 5 songs, but added a new one in and cut 2 out due to lack of time, so our end set looked like this:
1) Shackles (Mary Mary): Key Em. This one is always a fun song to rock out. Our tried and true Maroon 5 meets Kirk Franklin version never lets us down! The girls rocked it.
2) Revelation Song (Riddle): Key C. Definitely not your worship leader’s version. This one rocks pretty hard. I actually led out vocally on this one, and it would have been nice to take it up a step or two…but the girls came in on the chorus and pretty much carried from then til the end while I took everything up an octave and had fun “soaring” on this one.
3) Blessed Be Your Name (Redman): Key G. Another steadfast tune that works really well for us.
4) One Way (Crazy Train Remix): Key F#m. This one is always fun. Wish we’d had one more electric guitar but I tried to fill in the blanks a little with my acoustic. Not quite the same but still a rockin’ tune.
We cut: With Long Life (Houghton – Cm) and Your Love is Beautiful (Hillsong – Cm) both great tunes that I wish we could have done.
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Fitness Friday: Turning Off The Lights to Relax
So today’s Fitness Friday post has more to do with wellness than actual fitness, but in the end I need to be “well” to be able to pursue fitness so it all works out!
I’m one of those people who takes a while to to sleep. I’ll lay in bed for hours sometimes just thinking about stuff. Any stuff. Not just stressful stuff. My brain just keeps on whirring and I can’t slow it down. Call me a thinker. Call me a worrier even.
Problem is, I’ll wake up the next morning NOT REFRESHED. I feel groggy and I hate waking up (getting out of bed and getting going). The problem with that is if I roll over and go back to sleep I only compound matters. I sleep TOO much and it keeps me awake the following night.
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