I love it when people work together to create something completely unique or hilarious, or joyful, or truly heartbreaking. And the most lifegiving thing is just having a community of people you can be with and know you’re not alone. The most affirming thing is to see someone say or do something about songwriting and think, “Oh, that’s not just me?”…
Read MoreSince about the age of five, I remember loving to sing. Church talent shows, school plays, choir, on my own. I’ve always felt this need for it, a way to express thoughts and feelings inside of me whether it was a song that someone else wrote or later on in my life something that I wrote. Singing in choir upon
Read MoreMusic has always been a huge part of my life - living in Music City only enhanced my love for it. When I was younger, my songwriting hero Sara Groves drew out that passion for sharing my heart through story and song; that’s when I started singing and writing, too. Over time…
Read MoreAs a kid, I enjoyed rap music for its unique ability to energize me. Later, I grew to love its social commentary. Eventually, I wanted to contribute back to the world, the mood, and the enrichment rap music gave me.
Read MoreIn this episode, Blake sits down with arranger & producer, Steve Young. They discuss his journey into music, his approach to creativity, and the ways restrictions can actually free us to create.
Read MoreI think we were born with music in our bones. There wasn’t a time I remember where music wasn’t a part of me. We both grew up using music as a form of expression.
As writers, our journeys were wrapped in trying to express what was happening on the inside. God has used music in our lives to help us relate to Him, ourselves, and the people around us.
Read MoreIt’s pretty weird to think about because as a kid, I wasn’t really a fan of music. I didn’t really care much for it. I still remember a time when I would be at church hearing music from the band and being super uninterested in what was happening. That changed when…
Read MoreI feel like I was always drawn to music, but my first desire to take piano lessons was when I first heard the pianist at this church we started attending when I was about 7. I knew enough about music to realize she was playing much more than what was notated in the hymnal and I wanted to know, learn and understand…
Read MoreMusic is something I have always been interested in, and for some reason, I am drawn to its creation and not just its performance. I grew up in a musically inclined family (especially my mother who plays piano, and uncle Chris who played the guitar) and I distinctly remember as a child…
Read MoreWe’d been in bands together off and on as teenagers and kept in musical contact ever since. Brenton and I have been occasionally collaborating here in there on single songs over the years but never honed in on a specific sound. We felt like was time to commit to a new fun project and call it a real band…
Read MoreI was a musician first although I never would have used that word to describe being a member of a church choir and school choir and taking piano lessons. I think I would've just described myself as having a love for music…
Read MoreWhat first drew me to music and songwriting was the freedom within the whole process of both. Music happened when I was probably 9 or 10 with my best friend teaching me how to play the drums on his drumset, which progressed to…
Read MoreSo I’ll answer this question in two parts because I was drawn to music much earlier than I was drawn to songwriting. I started playing piano when I was 5, and I played for five years which gave me a really strong background in basic musicality…
Read MoreDarrin Stephens on Bewitched. He was an advertising guy and I just loved the whole idea of making words and pictures work together. From a very young age I started telling people that I was going to be in advertising, “the word part, not the art part.”…
Read MoreI grew up in a musical home. My mother played and taught piano and was the Music Director for our church and my father played acoustic guitar and sang. They also had their own Folk trio, along with a friend, and they would travel…
Read MoreIn this episode, Blake sits down with songwriter, Bill Brimer. They discuss the vocations of musician and songwriter, and where Bill finds creative inspiration.
Read MoreIn episode 2 of the CommunionArts Podcast we sat down with Eric Marshall at the Trinity Grace offices in Park Slope, Brooklyn. We talk songwriting, creativity, liturgy and more.
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