So I’ve put together some video clips from the making of Adore and Tremble. Its funny that most of the video clips that I took from that week are only about 30-or-so seconds long. I’m not sure why I took such short clips…..I guess I was pretty intimidated by all the great musicians. I think I was a bit more excited about documenting the moment than they were…..I was trying not to act like a seventh grader in the locker room with the varsity basketball team.
But it’s for your good now…..eh?
The first half of the video was taken in Paul Moak’s Studio, where we recorded drums, bass, electric, and keys. Other than Nathan, Paul was the one guy I was most familiar with before we recorded. He has played on so many great records…..and does this viby/delay-ie kind of sound so well. Ken Lewis, who is another guy who has played on tons of stuff played drums, and percussion. And Chris Donohue, who has also recorded on an amazing amount of projects, played bass. Everyone of the guys was so nice….it was a huge honor to have them play on these songs.
The last few shots on the video are from Nathan’s studio, where we tracked acoustic guitars, vocals, and B3, and did all the programming work. I plan on posting some more pictures from Nathan’s studio in Adore and Tremble post #3, which my creative media and editing teams (me) are currently working on.
From left to right, Nathan Nockels, Ken Lewis, Me, Chris Donohue and Paul Moak.
I thought it would be cool to put up some pictures and video from the making of Adore and Tremble…..and maybe even talk about why we picked such a weird name. But before that I thought I would show you one of my favorite things about the Adore and Tremble Project. My one-of-a-kind Adore and Tremble tee shirt. My sister in law, who is one of the funniest people I know, made this shirt for me for the night of the release. What I tried to do with music, Natalie did with tee shirt design…..if anything says Adore and Tremble it’s obviously Tina the llama and the Liger from Napoleon Dynamite.
Last Friday morning I had the chance to grab coffee with Andrew Bryant. Andrew is an amazing photographer from the Raleigh area, who I’ve known of for a little while, but hadn’t had the chance to meet. So it was fun that we were able to carve out some time to hang out and talk about bands and artists that we’re both into and about how cool it is to see Raleigh becoming a welcoming place for artists to live. We’re also thinking about working together on some stuff in the future. It was an encouragement and challenge to me to see how he serves people through his art/work. He’s got a great site where you can see his work and blog as well. So go check it out when you have time.
Friday evening, Mike, James, Ben and I all traveled to Wendell to play at a coffee house type thing called First Friday. We haven’t ever played non-full band versions of the Adore and Tremble songs, so it was a lot of fun to try playing the songs in different ways.
This picture cracks me up. I took it Saturday morning. It’s the line that formed in front of the library on Saturday morning. A line to get into the library on Saturday? Really? I guess I shouldn’t laugh too hard…I was right there with them.Danielle and Bennett were out of town for the weekend, so I had time to go sit in the quiet study room at the library….I love the quiet study room. I didn’t hang out in the quiet study room that much before we had a baby, but now when I have the time, I love to go the quiet study room.
I also love the chairs in the quiet study room. Little bit of rock….little bit of groove in the seat. Very nice.
About a month ago I contacted Aaron Niequist, and asked him if he would consider reviewing my CD. Aaron is a really accomplished musician and worship leader. He has served at both Willow Creek Community Church (South Barrington, Il) , and Mars Hill Church (Grandville, MI) as a worship leader. He was kind enough to say some really nice things about the Adore and Tremble. You can read his post in the blog section of his website.
When you have time go check out his blog and look around at his other posts. He has a CD which came out yesterday. I can’t wait to listen to the whole thing….the clips I’ve heard on his website and myspace sound great. He’s written a bunch of corporate songs that have this really indie rock feel to them….i’m excited to see this type of sound invading corporate worship music. You can buy his CD at cdbaby.com.
Rebecca Schlieman, a friend of ours, and an incredibly talented photographer, took some pictures of me last night for some advertising we’re doing soon. Rebecca and her husband Joel were kind enough to keep shooting through the rain and all my blue steel mishaps.
Most of the students that come to PCM, are from the Raleigh area (NC State, Peace, Meredith, Wake Tech). UNC and Duke are both about a 25-30 minute drive from Providence. So when we do have students coming from that far away to be a part of PCM on Sunday mornings, we do our best to show them that we appreciate their commitment to us. Tonight that was in the form of music, Bible study, and chick-fil-a number 1 combos.
The UNC students from PCM have a discipleship group that meet Wednesdays on campus, at 5:30, and then they all go eat together at Lenoir Dining Hall. Dave, Chip and I were able to be a part of their group tonight, for the first time this year….and had a great time.
Have you gmail users seen this today? My friend Nick showed it to me this morning. Gmail is rolling out a new feature that will allow you to pre-date emails. Like, if you forgot to send something that was supposed to be to someone yesterday, you can pre-date the email, send it to them, and it will appear in their inbox as coming on the day it was due. The crazy thing, according to them, is that it will show up as a read item. The only catch is that you only get 10 a year. Itsn’t that funny?
So do you think its an April fools joke? Nick seems to think so. I think I would agree as well. What a great April fools joke to pull.
