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Don explains how he records music with the
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American Idol
Behind the scenes of America's top-rated
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UK Connection:
A few years ago I sponsored a worship songwriting
contest at WorshipIdeas.com. I received entries
from all over the world, some good, some
not so good.
One day I received an email
from Phil LeCheminant
in Romsey, UK. Attached
to the email was
the song "Our God
Reigns" written
by his friend, Tim Light.
It was fantastic - head and shoulders above
any other entry - and Tim won the contest.
You can download the song for free at WorshipIdeas.com. Both Tim and Phil were worship leaders
at Tim's father's church, New Life Church
in Romsey, a quaint little English village
with a beautiful 1000-year-old Abbey smack in the middle of town.
I became fascinated with these two talented
musicians from an unlikely place. We struck
up a friendship and have visited each other
several times leading worship here and in the UK. [If you'd be interested in having Tim come
to your church the next time he's here, contact me.]
I believe Tim will be the
next Matt Redman.
He's a very talented songwriter
and has a
nice voice. On one of his
trips to the US
I suggested we write a
Christmas praise song
since very few exist. At
Christmas time,
contemporary churches make
the awkward shift
from songs like "Here
I Am to Worship"
to "God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen"
(if you're a worship leader
you know what
I mean!)
We wrote "I Adore You" in an afternoon
and the song was an instant hit, downloaded
by over 20,000 churches that Christmas season.
This year G3worship.com is doing a version,
PraiseCharts.com will have it and WorshipFilms.com
plans on creating a video for it a la Integrity's
iWorship videos. Tim and I are re-recording
it, and you can download it for free at IAdoreYou.net. Keep your eyes on Tim - I expect you'll
hear more from him in the future.
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