The Maker and the Instrument
interview with
CHRIS TOMLIN
by Bruce Adolph
[WM] Most people expect an artist of your house during the day, and most of the time I bring a lot of peace and calm. These songs
long running stature to at some point release an don’t want to hear anybody singing, I just do that, and there’s something powerful about
obligatory “Hymns that I learned in my youth” want it to fill the house. For the longest time, just music.
type record. You definitely zigged instead of I just found different playlists but never found zagged with this instrumental album. Tell us something I truly loved. So, I thought why don’t Along those notes, we released a book this
why an instrumental? I just take a stab at it and just take songs from year called “Holy Roar” that I wrote with my
some of my past catalogue, and take some of pastor, about the seven different Hebrew words
[Chris Tomlin] This is my first time to even the great songs that are out there, and just find of praise. One of the words of praise that’s in
talk about the instrumental, so I’m happy to talk a way of making it beautiful. I thought it could the songs that means to praise is Zamar. Zamar
about it. In all honesty I just thought I wanted be something that people could pray to… is a Hebrew word that just means to play an
to create something that I loved playing in my meditate with. It’s not a real dynamic record, instrument, because just music is praise to God
house. I love having music on throughout the I think it’s something you can just let play and with no singing or lyric. It’s used several times
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