what God has done means for what we should accessible and playable for worship leaders I did the vocal for the studio version and was
be doing with our fellow man. who are sometimes intimidated when trying to really struggling with my voice that day due to
reproduce the giant arrangements they hear allergies and being in Nashville. I could barely
The last thing I would say, is just to throw out a on some of the modern worship songs? Your sing, so there’s a frailty to the sound that’s
theological thought for people: We follow Jesus acoustic version really struck me as a way never gone away, and I feel like that’s just how it
and we want to care about the things that God that one person with one guitar can still make always needs to be sung now. I’m very glad that
cares about. God Himself is unified in perfect worship sound huge. it turned out that way. It was a great “accident”.
relationship in the Trinity, and God cares about
It changed the way I looked at singing the song.
relationships. Part of being in a relationship [Matt] For me, what always makes a song with God is that you are not in a personal most compelling, is a compelling performance. [WM] When you recorded the piano version,
relationship. It’s a communal relationship, We live in a day and age with Pop music where were you singing and playing at the same time?
because God Himself is a community of three ninety percent of what you are listening to, and That’s a different experience to do that, isn’t it?
Persons. that your attention is drawn towards, is in the I know you’re thinking about worship, but how
vocal. A live version with just piano and vocal, do you take your mind off of the fact that you’re
[WM] Your song, “Your Love Defends Me”, to me, forces you to just listen to the voice and recording it when you’re trying to create this
has 2 versions on the record. When I first heard the lyric. intimate worship moment in the studio?
and immediately thought, “Oh, this is one of In my thoughts, that song was never going to [Matt] I think it’s one of those Malcom Gladwell
those songs.” But it’s interesting that there is be a radio single. Originally the arrangement quips about 10,000 hours of practice, even
an electric version and an acoustic version. was super vibey and didn’t get big until the though I’m probably only about 5000 hours in,
As I was listening to the recording, when I got very end. It was a song that was much more to be honest. It’s about learning to play and sing
to the acoustic version I immediately thought reflective and inward focused, and there were at the same time and get to the point where
that it has something very special to it. What other songs on the record that I thought were the piano playing doesn’t take a lot of my direct
was your intent with having both versions going to be the first single. But we ended up attention. It’s like active RAM in a computer
on the album? Was it to make it feel more pulling out this one.
the acoustic version, I heard the first 2 chords
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