all of our songs off stage and then get on stage give it to the Lord and do it in a church setting. and leave them all behind. We’re not reading a And that’s part of what Planet Boom came out note, we’re solely focused on what our worship of. Planetshakers was a conference and they Planet Boom is more along the lines of Hip Hop
leader is feeling right now, what is the Holy we’re writing songs because they felt like they or Trap. There’s a lot of Electronica out at the
Spirit wanting to do. wanted to be relevant. And people needed the moment that are doing more of an aggressive in
musical genre, especially with Planet Boom.
church to be relevant, and people still need the your face style. Planetshakers came out around
[WM] My wife grew up in Australia, so I’m church to be relevant otherwise they’re just not the same time as POD and Rage Against the
familiar with the impact that Youth Alive has going to go. I’ve been to so many churches Machine, so you can hear those influences in
had there. I also understand that Planetshakers that have great content, but because it’s not their early music with that in your face, “We’re
Church came out of a Youth Alive conference relevant, to be honest, I’ve been bored and not going to stop at anything we’re going to
by the same name. What impact did Youth tuned out a bit. praise Jesus”. And now it’s similar with Planet
Alive have on you personally, and how has that
Boom, the song “Lemme Tellya” is very in your
impacted your sense of legacy in terms of what There’s something really significant about face. I don’t want to say aggressive, because
you’re personally pouring into Planet Boom? speaking the language of the day, and that’s that’s the wrong word, but it’s very much that,
what Jesus did. When he was speaking to “Let me tell you, I want to tell you about Jesus,
[Josh] My mom grew up going to Youth Alive fishermen he would speak about fishing, when I want to tell you about what He’s done in my
events. I grew up going to Youth Alive events. he was speaking to finance guys he would talk life, and I’m not going to stop until I can tell
They’ve been going on a long time and so about money, when he was speaking to the you about how good He is, about how great
many people have been impacted by these Pharisees he would quote scripture. It would He is.” And the music is reflecting that. It’s not
outreach rallies. I would just be so blown away be very relevant to who he was talking to aggressive for aggressive sake.
by how current and real and relevant it was and he was able to speak to them. A little bit to me. Every time I’d go to Youth Alive it was of a tangent, but we always say when you’re There’s aggressive music or Grunge music, or
like, “This is the best, I love this! We could use picking a key for a song you always want to Dub Step, or angry Trap or that kind of stuff,
this music that I’m listening to at church, this is pick the key for the congregation never for which is all awesome and great dependent on
awesome.” And I’ve never really let go of that, the worship leader. Because it’s not about the what the song is or what the artist is about. If
to be able to do the music that I love. To be able worship leader, it’s about trying to engage the the artist is angry or depressed, you see that
to produce or play the music that I love, but congregation. And I think it’s the same with come out of the music. But that’s not what
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