new idea and new way of viewing God. In the came up with a lot of those parts - melodies so much, gets me ready to go and keeps my
back of your mind you think that it could be have always come easily to me, it’s the lyrics endurance up. Another thing I’ve begun to do
something that your church will roar out and that I need to sweat over! is warm down. I find that sometimes I’ll get off
sing, and I try not to quiet that voice, I use it to
stage and my voice is hoarse and I’m hacking.
propel me forward and to keep going down that [WM] You had nodes, had surgery, and sing If I just take five or ten minutes to sort of do
road, “What is in this moment that is making as good or better than you ever have. What the warm up from the end - start high and get
me feel that this could be a song that people advice do you have for vocalists, in terms of down to the low hums, I find at the end of that
connect with?” do’s and don’ts, so they don’t hurt their voices? my voice is no longer hoarse. So, warm up and
[WM] A moment ago you mentioned that [Phil] This is giant and so simple, but for some the piano is one of the instruments you write reason so many singers don’t do it – be religious One thing I needed to learn ever since I was
from. Cannons has a number of signature about warming up. I’ve got a 12-minute warm a thirteen-year-old kid leading worship, I would
instrumental lines. Did you write those, and if up on my phone and I do it any time before I get on stage and feel like, “I’m going to go for
so on what instrument? sing and it has changed my singing. It helps it!”, so first song out of the gate I’m at ten out
warm down, so practical.
of ten, singing as hard and loud as I could. I’ve
[Phil] My producer, Pete Kipley, and I came up found that not doing that is beneficial in so
with almost every musical thing on that whole many ways. To keep yourself at that seventy
record, just me and him in the studio. Obviously, percent will allow you to last through a set –
we brought in a drummer but I think he played or three services on a Sunday morning. Just
bass and I played most of the guitars and we to temper your whole output will enhance your
just cranked it out. A lot of error, so glad you endurance. It will also actually sound better.
can just press ‘Stop’ and ‘Delete’ nowadays
When you listen back to recordings of yourself
because I definitely need that in the studio. I “Cannons” // Phil Wickham at Harvest 2010
10 August 2018
you think if you’re holding back it’s not going
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