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Hello!
You must be wondering why you're receiving an email with a brightly coloured header. Well, wonder no further: this is the first in a series of bimonthly newsletters entitled Euphor!a – a newsletter about worship and music and everything in between.
Euphoria, as defined in the header, is a feeling of great happiness and excitement – a sensation of joy. It's the spirit that we should have when we worship. Psalm 100:1–2 says "Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful singing." We sing and we serve with elation and happiness, because we understand that it is a privilege to serve our God and we want to ascribe to Him the utmost worth. It is my hope that we continually experience the joy of serving, and we never lose sight of why we worship in the first place.
This newsletter is essentially an eclectic collection of things that I have found interesting or beneficial or both. I hope that you will find them just as fascinating, and perhaps use them as a springboard for creativity, excellence, and growth. Enjoy!
– alvin(:
What is a true worshipper? As this is a part of CAMY's vision this year, I think it's important to understand what it really means to worship in spirit and in truth. This sermon by John Piper and this article by David Mathis seek to answer that question by considering John 4:23–24 – a rather well known but not-so-well understood passage of scripture.
Creating Smooth Key Changes
Somehow the keyboardists always kena sabo – I mean, are always given the opportunity to transit between songs, and sometimes we face some wonky key changes, so it's always helpful to have a few tricks to do the job. This tutorial gives a plethora (okay, there are only 5 but that’s quite a lot already) of methods to segue nicely between songs. (Click on the image to view.)
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Great Awakening – Restitution
This is probably my favourite jam at the moment. "Restitution" is an indie-electro track by Great Awakening with an addictive beat and strong lyrics about surrender to match. The detailed synths and electric guitar licks, along with the layers of impeccable harmonies, add up to a delectable and incredibly catchy track that I just can't stop listening to~
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Rivers & Robots – Shepherd Of My Soul
All Things New is the latest release from Rivers & Robots, and the track I'm sharing is "Shepherd Of My Soul", which is a lush indie track that has really well-thought-out instrumentation (do use earphones to listen!). It also has a particularly intricate song structure – perhaps you might get some ideas on how to vary dynamics even for a worship song that may not have many highs.
Also by Rivers & Robots: Fall Down, You Saved My Soul
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Well, that’s it for now. The next issue of Euphor!a will probably be in about 2 months’ time, give or take a few weeks (because I’ll be in NS ><). Until then, keep honing your craft and keep abiding in your walk. I’ll be keeping you in prayer!
Over and out!
EUPHOR!A // ISSUE 01 // JAN–FEB 2015