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steal, kill, and destroy and I refuse to give him any place in my life. I know who I belong to! You could call it a rebel song in a culture where we listen to the voice of the enemy quicker than we listen to the voice of God… we’re rebels. In that sense, I want to be rebellious! [WM] Let’s talk about your gear… Tell me about your guitar? [Darren] Oh GopherWood! I got connected to GopherWood through Marvin Mumford. He called me and told me these were brand new guitars to America. Marvin brought seven or eight of them to my house. I’ve now got a couple of them. These are beautifully designed guitars. I love the cutaway model especially. What really amazed me the most was the playability. Now, I’m not like the world’s greatest guitar player, but I love how easy the guitar is to play and how warm it sounds. It doesn’t sound like any other guitar, it has its sonic texture all of it’s own. In terms of the quality of the guitar, it rivals any guitar I have ever played. I have played like hundreds of shows all over the world and [WM] What In-Ears are you using? their intonation remains the same, the tuning counseling services and support services. We’re also ministering to many who are dealing remains the same. These are perfectly setup [Darren] I use 64 Audio. I have the four-driver. with abortion. Those who have walked through from a company that actually loves God! I love I really like that because it’s so clear and it’s abortion and those considering it. We’re really the whole mission statement that GopherWood simple. I don’t like having too many speakers just trying to offer them alternatives and to be has, that they are there to demonstrate the in my ears. As a vocalist, all I want to do is a voice of hope, support, and encouragement. love of God. They have taken such good care make sure my voice is coming through strong of me! I really hope that America latches onto and clear and that I have a nice general mix [WM] Will you pray now for the broken and their brand. Their customer service is beyond musically. The 64’s are bright, they took a little hurting people reading this article right now? excellent! People… go try them, play them, and getting used to because they were a bit brighter put them side by side with any guitar you have than the one’s I had been using. But now, as a [Darren] Yeah! I would just remind people in your collection and you’ll be amazed! vocalist, I love how they sound. that God has not given you a spirit of fear, but one of power and of love and of a sound mind. [WM] Do you use any special processing? [Darren] No, I run straight into the board. [WM] You have a heart for broken people. You know, we have a billion voices in our heads What are some of the most common situations telling us we’re not enough, we’re broken. But, you find yourself ministering to people in? it only takes one word from God to make all That’s the thing that amazed me. You know, things right. The other scripture I would pray (we had been trying other guitars) and because [Darren] It’s really broad, but at the moment, over you would be Matthew 11:28-30 and it we were running them direct, they all needed we have an awful lot of people coming to us reminds us to come follow Jesus. Learn to walk a bunch of tweaking at the front of house. saying that they are struggling with suicide. with Him and you will find rest for your soul. See, The first night that I played it, I remember the There are a lot of stigmas, you know. I think the the Bible is full of promises that come to pass. sound engineer was like blown away. He told song Maybe It’s OK is reaching a lot of people. Trust in His word and may His word increase me we didn’t need any processing, just straight There are hard things to hear and hard things the faith you have in Him and may that be your through the direct box. to deal with. We really try and refer people healing and wellness. May your intimacy with back to services that can help them. You know, Jesus always grow. In Jesus name, Amen. April 2019 Subscribe for Free... 57