photos by Justin Posey
CHRIS McCLARNEY
an interview by Mitch Bohannon
Chris McClarney is as skilled a songwriter as he
at the Christian Musician Summit in November.
is a worship leader. In this interview Chris talks
that down to fifteen. Then we recorded thirteen
songs, and maybe eleven will be on the record.
about his new record, having some of his songs [Chris] Oh, I love that guy! He’s the real covered by the likes of Chris Tomlin and more. deal. Yeah, and I think we wrote a good song [WM] That’s a great place to start… with
yesterday, too! That’s always the goal, (laughs)! that information, what is your test process
I do write a lot of bad songs too, but… I think to approve a song to where it makes it onto
that’s part of the process. the record?
[WM] Hello Chris! How have you been?
[Chris McClarney] I’ve been really good! It’s
been a busy year. I feel like there has been a ton [WM]
of (God’s) favor on the music stuff, and I’m so experience for this new record?
Tell
us
about
your
songwriting
[Chris] Oh, gosh! I mean, a lot of it is just
trusting the people I’m working with. One, I trust
thankful that I get to do what I’m doing!
my pastor, I trust the guys at Jesus Culture, and
[Chris] For this record I just made, I think I I trust Capitol Music. When I write a song, a lot
[WM] I heard that you were writing with wrote fifty songs last year. We narrowed it down of times that song has come out of something
Stephen McWhirter yesterday. He was with us to, I think, twenty-five, and then we narrowed that is happening at my church… whether that
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