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December 14th, 2009 by Travis Swan | Posted in Song Writing | 1 Comment »
The Unlikelies are Travis Swan (founding member of rockworship.com) and Katrina Stone – once a week or so we’ll be posting insights gained in the writing/recording/worship leading process of our album, “The World Will See.”
The marriage between a set of lyrics and the perfect melody is an often overlooked prerequisite in the art of songwriting. [...]
December 2nd, 2009 by Travis Swan | Posted in Song Writing | 1 Comment »
The Unlikelies are Travis Swan (founding member of rockworship.com) and Katrina Stone – once a week or so we’ll be posting insights gained in the writing/recording/worship leading process of our album, “The World Will See.”
I’ve been told at multiple conferences and by multiple books that writing music with someone else is absolutely the only way [...]
December 2nd, 2009 by Travis Swan | Posted in Song Writing | 1 Comment »
There are a lot of fundamentals behind good song writing: rhythm, rhyming, verse-chorus-bridge flows. However, I don’t really want to touch on those much – they can be learned, go get a book about songwriting. I’m going to instead touch a little on my own experiences in co-writing. There are a lot of thoughts out there about writing and productivity, but what finally worked the best for me was having someone else with me that could handle the pen and paper the entire time. Every time I sit down with the pen, my brain switches modes to a very non-creative space and just starts processing the physical act of pushing a pen and making letters with it. Melodies and lyrics pop into my head much faster when I’m doing the “walk around the room playing my guitar singing random stuff” thing.
October 21st, 2008 by Matt Heerema | Posted in Song Writing | 1 Comment »
Bob Kauflin shares the Top Ten Ways to Write Bad Worship Songs over at WorshipMatters…
Aim to write the next worldwide worship hit. Spend all your time working on the music, not the words. Spend all your time working on the words, not the music. Don’t consider the range and capabilities of the average human voice. Never let anyone alter [...]
August 22nd, 2007 by Justin Meyer | Posted in New Music, Song Writing | 1 Comment »
We are beginning writing with a team of people at Walnut Creek. I am working with a few different people and kind of overseeing the project. It is interesting how different people write songs. I have a girl who is working with us that has gone to Drake University and graduated as a music major [...]
August 14th, 2007 by Justin Meyer | Posted in Song Writing | No Comments »
I will be posting new songs on here in the next few weeks that we are writing. I would love some feedback. Coming soon!
July 17th, 2007 by Matt Heerema | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, Song Writing | No Comments »
An excellent read about art and worship.
prayerbookproject: the revealed and revealing mystery
I want to insist that the worship of Christ becomes worthless when it is pursued as a hobby…that the worship of Christ becomes worthless when it is pursued as evangelical apologia…and that the worship of Christ becomes worthless when it is understood [...]
January 6th, 2007 by Matt Heerema | Posted in Ministry Philosophy, New Music, Song Writing | 38 Comments »
From the “850 Words” E-newsletter from Relevant Magazine.
Editor’s Note: In the latest issue of RELEVANT, we got the chance to ask seven leaders about seven big questions facing the Church. Here’s an excerpt from their responses. To read more, be sure to check out the January/February issue of the mag. [...]
January 2nd, 2006 by Dan Price | Posted in Song Writing | 7 Comments »
This is a link to an interview that my Pastor Noel did with me on/about corporate worship
October 26th, 2005 by Travis Swan | Posted in New Music, Song Writing | 1 Comment »
As I stated at the end of my Picking Songs post, you can just skip the weeding out process of picking worship songs by writing your own.
Everyone has different methods of writing – when I’m by myself I tend to do the “walk around the room playing my guitar and sing random stuff” thing a [...]
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