Worship Musician September 2019 | Seite 17

and it casts out all of that evil stuff. I just have to think about it for me, it challenges me and the responsibility that we all have as Christians to take the opportunities that we are given, and not to waste them and think that it’s insignificant when we have those opportunities to share Jesus or to love someone and really impact them, or invite them to church. You never know what one small word or one small act of service or love or invitation could do for someone, and how powerful that is. So I think about that, the people that God has given me, the people I come across, I believe that in every moment God knows where we’re going to go and be, and there are moments that are so set up and organic, those are divine appointments and I just want to be more aware of those. I think if every believer was doing that how much greater would the impact be in our world, if everyone loved Jesus our world would be so much different. It’s so incredibly sad and so heartbreaking, there are so many solutions being thrown around but it’s such a complex issue. I just think about trying to love people in my sphere amazing all the time. I’m also a bass player, I believe that in and I own my Dad’s ’79 Fender Jazz that he every moment it, which is really significant, and it’s just been God knows where incredibly and sounds amazing. I also have a we’re going to go been primarily playing because it’s small and and be, and there is a new Fender Mustang Bass. It’s the Justin are moments Mustang. It’s kind of a workhorse, and I can that are so set bucks, super cheap, but it sounds and feels up and organic, it everywhere. I can travel with it and not be those are divine to get messed up. appointments So that’s just a little bit of the stuff that I have, and I just want to I play acoustic and when I play bass I have a be more aware of I need. I don’t use a whole lot of effects, I more bought original in 1980. I’m the only owner of amazing. It’s got a maple neck and just plays ’74 Fender Precision bass. The new bass I’ve easy to travel with, but it also sounds amazing, Meldel-Johnsen Signature, modeled after a ’63 throw it in a plane. It was just a few hundred amazing so it’s a great go to and I can throw scared that one of my vintage basses is going I don’t have a lot of pedals and things. When those. Noble Bass DI that’s amazing, it’s just everything just go for the pure tone of everything. [WM] Just for fun, if you had a day off without of influence as best as I can. That’s what I’m the kids, and you and Kari had a food truck, responsible for. what would you serve and where would you ministry I think it would be the movies. The park it? [WM] I’ve heard you say that if you had top of my bucket list in life is to be on a major another strong interest beyond music and movie set for like a day and get to see how it [Cody] (laughs and relays question to Kari) worship, it would be movies. What movie, if works with the directors and actors and all of Kari (sitting next to him) says, “Tacos and any, communicated the Gospel better than any the crew. I love movies, I love the way people snow cones” (laughs). That sounds like a great other in the past five years, and why? can tell a story and how well it can be done combo. Crispy tacos and snow cones is what and how creatively it can be portrayed, it so she says we would serve (laughs). Where intriguing to me that aspect of creativity. would we park it? On the beach in Rosemary, [Cody] That’s a hard question. Where my Florida, on 38 th Street. We’d move there, that’s mind goes immediately is to the movie Selma. eventually maybe what we’ll do. Rosemary I think about that movie, and I think that it had [WM] a really significant impact on me. The story of keyboards, guitars, pedals and amps to use? Beach. Thanks for the inspiration! up for justice and the way that he rallied and led [Cody] I like all of them (laughs), I like all the [WM] Thank you Cody for this visit. It has people together, he did it with love, grace, and toys, and gear hunting is like a never-ending been a real pleasure for me. peace. I just thought it was so amazing, it was black hole. There is always something new to an incredible display of love and justice coming get but I’ll just talk about the gear that I have. together, which I think is so the heart of God. I own a Nord Stage 2, which I love. I usually What are your current favorite Martin Luther King, and the way that he stood [Cody] It was great, thanks for having me. play the black upright patch for sound. I have I have said if I had to pick a career that was a Martin OMJM Model acoustic guitar with anything I wanted to do other than music and a K&K Western Mini Pickup, which sounds September 2019 Subscribe for Free... 17