As a member of the Hillsong Worship community Brooke Ligertwood has contributed powerhouse songs including “ Hosanna ”, “ Who You Say I Am ”, and the Grammy-winning “ What a Beautiful Name ”. But before all that , Brooke was writing and releasing songs as a solo artist . As the name implies , SEVEN marks Brooke ’ s seventh release as a solo artist . Brooke is also celebrating the release of her signature Martin guitar , and we were fortunate to catch up with her for this interview about all of the above . thrilled to be partnering with her on SEVEN which we believe is a very special project and a gift to the global church .” Hudson Plachy ( CCMG , Co-President ) added , “ Brooke is one of the most prolific artists and songwriters in the genre and her already storied career has received the industry ’ s highest accolades . We are honored to partner with her in this next season on this incredible album , SEVEN , and could not be more excited to see this music impact the world .” lose it . Particularly , when it comes to creative gifting and things that put you on the stage , you have to know what God says about you .
Because I ' m sure you could have pulled up equally a thousand things from the internet that were scathing , do you know what I mean ? Well , I don ' t know , that ' s speculation , of course . But I think it ' s why I go when you read those things that are very , very , nice and very kind , I hear the Lord go , " And who do I say you are ?"
[ WM ] Brooke , we usually don ’ t quote press releases and the like verbatim , but in this instance , we ’ re going to bend the rules a bit . This press release for SEVEN from the Capitol Christian Music Group ( aka CCMG ) speaks volumes …
“ Brad O ’ Donnell ( CCMG , Co-President ) said , “ Brooke is a one-of-a-kind songwriter and artist who we admire deeply and have been fortunate to work with for years now . We are
… and that ’ s just part of the press release ! So , before we did deeper into SEVEN and your brand-new signature Martin guitar , what do you say we dial the clock back to the beginning of the Brooke story ?
[ Brooke Ligertwood ] When I hear those things and I just hear the Holy Spirit go , " What do I say about you ?" Because I think that ' s always the most important ... that ' s the only way that ' s possible in this life to not go bananas and
Anyway , sorry , that ' s not answering your question . Let ' s rewind , go back to the beginning of your question . The start , I guess the start was when I was two years old . We were visiting my grandparents and they had a piano in their house . Apparently , my Mom walked into a room and found me playing “ Doe A Dear ” from The Sound of Music on the little piano and was like , " That ' s quite strange ." She identified in me early on that I was drawn to music , and then as soon as I was old enough ,