We posted an #5 8-pack for “Shelter Me” for free download in the store at village thrift.com. Go here to download it and start your remix to submit for the next Village Thrift recording.
Shelter Me 8-pack Sample Audio
Remember, submissions are due back to us by August 1, 2008!
Categories: Circa 2008
Tagged: Circa 2008, EWC, Todd Berger, Village Thrift, Worship, Worship Circle
Songwriting has commenced for the new Village Thrift recording. We should have plenty of material for you all to work with by the time we release the tracks to you for your creative genius. Between 3 writers, we have about 40 song ideas so far to sort through and choose which ones to develop further. My friend, DJ Doc (Harrill), and I are pretty excited about some of the collaborative alliances that are being made both here in Cleveland and abroad. We’re dreaming big dreams at this point, and I’d imagine the credits will be a lengthy list of friends by the release date of this latest Village Thrift installment.
Let me say this, that the Psalms have never seemed so relevant in light of the issues we are facing around the world and in our own back ally. I think I’m personally starting to understand David and his wildly creative collaboration between Psalmists who were about singing to God about the issues that surrounded them in that time. They didn’t wax elloquent in pouring out their hearts to the Lord, nor did they feel bashful about airing out their dirty laundry in the corporate setting. Another thing I’m remembering is that before we had what we now know as the Bible, God was speaking to and through mortals like David, who were simply responding to what they were hearing. They created a bunch of songs, that have been added to the Bible, and the rest is history. We who now have the Bible, refer to these now as the “Word of God”. I wonder how David and the psalmists would have responded in the creative process had they known their music would be documented as the God’s word to future generations. I wonder how they would have fealt knowing that only the lyrics would endure and that future generations would only be familiar with these songs divorced from their original musical and cultural context. Pray for us, as we now excavate this ancient poetry from it’s cultural context and reassemble it using the musical context of today to preserve it’s truths for posterity.
Categories: Circa 2008
Tagged: Collaboration, Update, Village Thrift, Worship Circle
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