Worship Musician May 2018 | Page 40

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 40 May 2018 WorshipMusician.com