[ Mike ] That’ s kind of how it was when you say“ drawn into it.” I’ ve been writing songs with Jason Ingram for a while. I think six or seven songs from the last record, we wrote together. And I didn’ t want to go to his house at first! You know everybody was all like“ oh, Jason Ingram... Jason Ingram” you know? Whenever I hear that much about somebody, there’ s just something in me that makes me not want to go do it!( laughs)
Well, when I got there, he was not the“ machine” you know what I mean? He really did care about the song, man! I was so blessed by that and I really look up to him where his instincts are concerned. He really does care about the song, so we wrote a good many together. Then, he was given this opportunity with“ Great is Thy Faithfulness.” That song is about a hundred years old now. And the publisher of that song approached Jason and said,“ What if we make a new version... like“ Great Is Thy Faithfulness
2.0” or something like that for today? It’ s tricky because that song is a very sacred song. So, yeah, he invited me to come be a part of it and make it part of One Sonic Society’ s new record. They were kind of approaching it in a different way. Jason wasn’ t singing a lot on the record, and he was having a bunch of other people that he had also written with come in and record songs with them and kind of be the voice on these songs. It was other folks that I love too, like Amanda Cook from Bethel, and just some others that he had worked with for some years. To me, I was just greatly honored, and I really mean that! After working with him, he has become someone I really look up to. Because he has worked with so many people, when he invited me into that, it was a really special thing for me to be a part of. So, I jumped at the chance of it. And it ended up taking all of about 30 minutes!
He had the first part of the chorus already... that
“ Beginning to end, my life in your hands, Great, great is Your faithfulness.” And he just kind of threw it to me and I was like,“ You never let go, this one thing I know, great, great is Your faithfulness.”( Laughs) It was just really easy! I love singing that chorus over and over again.
[ WM ] You worked on that with Paul Mabry also, right?
[ Mike ] Yeah, that dude is amazing as a producer, you know? Just to hear him play the drums is like a dream, which is weird! That’ s not normally what you’ d say about a drummer!( Laughs) It really was beautiful. You know, I see those guys and I feel like the nerd in the room with the cool kids. I was blessed to be part of the whole process.
When we finished the song, I was waiting to hear back with the mix and everything, and in the meantime my dad had struggled with
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