by dsiverns | Feb 23, 2009 | Church, Songwriting
I posted a blog in December saying that I had just put up a few new songs on the myspace. They were really just ghost demos, and one of them is actually finished now. All of the tracking for this song was done by high school kids at the church (except the lead vocals...
by dsiverns | Feb 12, 2009 | Leading Worship, Songwriting
I was sent a link to Dr. Stackhouse’s blog this morning by someone on staff here. He has recently written an interesting blog calling for a higher level of musicianship and lyric writing from worship leaders, specifically calling out Chris Tomlin. Here’s...
by dsiverns | Dec 23, 2008 | Songwriting
So I had more of a productive day than I thought I might today. I managed to sneak into the studio at the church and pound out two demos. One is the song “Why Me” which I’ve written my last two blogs about, so see those if you want to know the...
by dsiverns | Dec 22, 2008 | Christmas, Songwriting
Why Me 2 AM, it’s dark and it’s cold Trying to stay warm by the fire It’s a dirty job; I’m despised by the world They all say we shepherds are liars The wind stood still, the grass began to shake I thought they’d come to bring us justice They said a boy, a King, a...
