the more platforms you get on, the more you’re
responsible for what to say.
For me there is also a power in music because
it teaches, so I didn’t want to be flippant. It’s
almost like if God gives you a sword as a gift.
I want to learn how to use it so that I don’t cut
people’s heads off. I don’t want to influence
people in the wrong way. I want the truth of His
word to be shining through what we do. I want
His Holy Spirit to be anointing our music even if
the lyrics aren’t blatantly about Him. I want Him
to be anointing us to help people be free and
to help people know who He is. To help people
feel loved and to help people feel hopeful.
So, it’s all to help people be loosed from the
devastation of a life of sin and from the power
of the enemy who really just wants to kill and
destroy them. Music can do that.
I never knew exactly what platform God would
put me on, even if it was behind the scenes I
was happy for it. Actually, my favorite way to
do music is on worship teams. I grew up on
worship teams, worship nights, ministry nights,
just serving wherever I could because I just
loved God and felt called to do it, I didn’t know
what it was really going to look like. Then God
opens the doors. I think obedience is key. I just
want whatever He wants for me. I think God
can increase our talents. I believe God will open
doors to give you a larger influence if that’s
what He chooses to do, and if not, He won’t.
So, I want to be faithful to wherever He opens
doors for me, and if that’s general market stuff
I’m so happy for it because I want to get this
message of hope out there. I want to get the
photo by Tim Albertson
message of salvation out there. I feel like as
long as I have character to be able to withstand
whatever temptations may come my way, or even without saying “Jesus”, which we do the darkness of the atmospheres that we are sometimes. But even without being super in, I get so excited about those, because you blatant about what we’re about it changes [WM] You guys are members of the billionaire
can feel the darkness. the atmosphere and you can see God touch stream club. As a musician and producer how
peoples’ lives. That’s what it’s all about for me.
people. For me, I feel super called to be there, do you balance the legacy of the band versus
The bands that go before you or go after you and maybe its not for everybody as far as music stepping into something new?
are encouraging that, even if they don’t know because its super dark, the culture is dark, and what they’re encouraging, because a lot of as a Christian they don’t really want you in [Korey] It’s been twenty-three years of doing
times to them its theatre. We get up there there. But I feel called to be there and I love this, which is kind of miraculous. Every album
and it completely changes the atmosphere it and I love how God can use us to change cycle we’re like, okay, we want to reinvent
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