involved in some prison ministry - whenever I to listen to a record from front to back. But I spent a lot of years rehearsing, recording and
had the time and was off the road. Obviously think now, where we see so much music being touring, can you compare and contrast those
when I started to think about recording this released and it’s so available, and we all live in musical experiences with those serving as a
record they were the first people I reached a world where you can have anything available campus leader?
out to, and they were a huge help with getting at your fingertips anytime, we’ve just come to into the prison system to be able to record this a place where people aren’t buying records or [Zach] It’s sad, sometimes I feel like we are
record. I’m looking forward to this being the CD’s anymore. They want to be able to go to really limited to only give our best on Sunday
start of a long relationship with those guys. Spotify or iTunes and listen to half of a song mornings. It’s unfortunate that a lot of churches
and when they’re bored with it move on to don’t pay their worship bands, they expect
[WM] Back on the subject of trends, the old the next one. I think it’s unfortunate, because these guys to come in and play every Sunday
‘record an album and pick the lead single’ you’re missing out on the way these records and every Wednesday, but they’re volunteers.
model seems to have gone by the wayside. are made. We put a lot of time and thought into And as a worship leader it’s hard for me to
As I understand “Chain Breaker” was released how it’s arranged and the sequence of it, to tell expect them to come in and practice ten
as a single before you’d recorded the Chain a story through ten songs instead of one. But hours a week like you would for one of those
Breaker album. Were you someone who grew that’s just the world we’re in right now. I wish shows. I do feel like when I was working as a
up listening to albums from front to back, what it wasn’t, but you just have to move with the campus director and worship leader that we
are your thoughts on this trend? trend if you want to have a job I guess [laughs]. did spend quite a bit of time on the songs on
Wednesday or Thursday night rehearsals. We’d
[Zach] I did, I definitely grew up being one [WM] For those of us who’ve come from spend three or four hours sometimes. I’m not
of those guys. My dad, I remember listening a mainstream music background where we so sure that some of the guys were always
to records with him when I was a kid, and spend weeks rehearsing for a single gig, the happy about it, but it sure made for an easier
obviously I had cassette tapes growing up and way worship teams rehearse for Sundays practice on Sunday morning when everybody
in high school. I’ve always loved being able can seem a bit ‘minimal’. As a musician who was prepared and knew the songs. Honestly,