[WM] Jared, great to meet you and thanks for are a lot of people who have yet to hear you
joining us! guys. This tour is a really exciting opportunity
to get out and share the message of what God
[Jared Runion] Hey! Thanks for having me!
is doing in and through your ministry. This has
all happened pretty quickly, so what is it like
[WM] So, Local Sound is the musical heartbeat
to see something that was birthed locally take
of the Nashville-based college and young adult
ministry My Local, hence the name. Like Los
flight nationally?
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Angeles, lots of people end up in Nashville as a [Jared] We are just so thankful. We started
‘destination city’, which is to say lots of people writing these songs for My Local, so to see
come there looking for something. There’s them bring life into Churches outside of our
obviously a great ministry opportunity to meet a place is just the cherry on top of a dream come
need, known or otherwise, so how exactly did true.
My Local get started?
[WM] On the international front, you just
[Jared] My Local started in hopes to see announced your signing to Integrity Music –
college students and young adults grounded congratulations! “Nobody” is the first single
in Jesus-centered communities. I came across you’ll be releasing and it is set to drop tomorrow,
this stat that messed with my brain – 81% of which no surprise marks the first date for the
people that grow up in Church leave Church tour. That’s pretty crafty, can you tell us about
when they go away to college. So, the dream that song as well as when we might expect a
is to create a space for college students and full album?
young adults to find Godly relationships and
Godly purpose.
[Jared] At My Local we place a huge
[WM] I first heard about My Local when I saw
your name as part of the lineup for the upcoming
Heaven tour you’re heading out on with Mosaic
MSC, Mack Brock, and Cody Carnes. You also
did the 2017 Outcry tour, so the road is nothing
new to you. Although your WWJD EP has over
7 million streams and the YouTube video for
“More Than Air” has 250,000+ views, there
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