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one player he is doing so much. But in all of every time we’re out or in the car or something pushing, even into the eleventh hour. He’s
those things, technical skill, everything, Daniel we look at each other like, “Are you serious, always pushing to make sure we have the best
has an incredible heart for God. He wants to we really get to do this?” But yeah, the record, version of a song and the one that represents
see people worship God and really knows we kind of recorded in lots of different ways. the song the best way. We even re-recorded
what it’s about. I don’t know if there is any I’m really happy with this batch of songs. We a few songs a few different times just trying to
person, especially band member, that has all recorded some at our producer Ed Cash’s. But get the right treatment. So that’s been really fun
of those things wrapped in one, and he is so the way things work now, it’s so easy to send to watch the record evolve in that way and to
humble. Again, probably the most influence files back and forth, so I have a little recording watch Chris always push himself. I think he’s
that anybody has had in the genre on guitar. studio set up at my house so several times in pushing himself even harder this time than the
So humble and it has just never changed. At the process of making the record we would try last time for the songs, mixes, and production.
the end of the day he has always been about different versions and just send them back and Every time we keep pushing it, it’s really cool to
seeing people worship God. I think that it lights forth. It’s really an amazing luxury just to have be a part of that.
him up just as much as it lights me up. My hope the ability to record at home and spend some is, as long as I play music, that Daniel and I play time with the tracks. In the studio a lot of times, [WM] One of the things that you guys do so
together. And God willing, that’ll happen. if you’re recording as a band, you’re just kind well is just strip things back to acoustic guitars
of seeing what happens. I like the luxury of just for the big reveal if you will. A great song is a
[WM] Well Daniel if that’s a performance spending a couple hours or whatever working great song and whether the production is big or
review, it sounds like your job is quite secure through a part or trying something that I might small the song takes on a life of its own. Chris
(laughs)! As far as the new record goes, it is one not try if it’s on everyone’s time. It’s really been what is this like for you?
of the best sounding, best recorded records I’ve fun to do that for little pieces of the music here heard in a long time, guitar included of course! and there and it’s really been beneficial.
Can you share your perspective on making this
one from the inside looking out?
[Chris] Recently, we’ve been working on the
songs and recording them in a new way. We’re
As far as what ends up in the mix or on the doing a little live recording with two hundred
record, that’s always up to Chris and the and fifty or three hundred worshipers together
[Daniel] First of all, very kind of Chris to say all producer. I’ll just throw some ideas out there in a small Church with the band, just stripping
of that about me, I feel so fortunate to be a part and see what sticks. Thankfully, we’ve got a it back. Most bands out there don’t have every
of all this, it’s just crazy. We say that all the time, great team, and I would say Chris is always bell and whistle and computers, or Matt Gilder
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