Everyone Gets to Play
I started meandering along with this piece back in 2010. I laid down the main structure of the song all in one sitting pretty much. I hadn’t intended to even write a song as I recall, but it is amazing what comes out of a person when you sit down and pour out your heart.… Continue reading Running Free
I was playing around once again with dropped d tuning which ended up in just being immersed in His wonderful presence. So its no wonder that the the words of this chorus resound with “Holy Holy Lord God Almighty” Tanya backs me with her vocals and Ian smooth-hand Gould does a whole lot of other… Continue reading Holy
Ever felt like you are waiting for something or someone? Life often seems to have many opportunities to hurry up and wait. This is my first recording, it began with a vague sense of a reflective sythn & keys pattern, that developed more form over time. Friends and whanau added their part of the conversation. … Continue reading Waiting
I woke up one Sunday morning at the end of last year and felt that I really needed to write a song for my son, Andrew. It was one of those moments where the words literally plopped onto the page. There were a whole lot of images and ideas that surrounded the writing of this… Continue reading Cross the Line (Andrew’s Song)
This song was written by Ian as a short solo guitar piece probably 15 years ago. Tanya then added a lovely flute piece to it quite a bit later. We used to play it back in the day when quiet, sort of meditative music may be helpful, in church or elsewhere. This particular recording is… Continue reading Ian’s instrumental
“Burn in me” was originally, “Burn over me”, and was inspired by the preaching of Peter Robertson, New Zealands own resident prophet, when he was preaching regularly at Thames Elim. Love that man and his heart. Ian’s comments: This was a really cool Rumours of Worship session (18 December 2010) because Andrew G (Ian and… Continue reading Burn in me
The great lake seem to inspire themes of Gods’s unending Love and faithfulness. One day coming out of the full immersion of that lake, I felt inspired with these words and melody. Who played what etc: This was recorded at a Rumours of Worship session on the 18 December 2010. Simon sang and played his… Continue reading Faithful
At the Rumours of Worship on the 6 November 2010 we had been singing about the holiness of God and we ended up in this pretty passionate jam around some of those ideas. The piece starts off with Cheryl praying a pray about us being committed to God and his ways. We end up digging… Continue reading Holy Jam
Before we recorded ‘Calling’ live, I did a quick rough version so everyone knew how the song went. This is the result. A simple acoustic version. I prefer the live version simply because I love being part of worshiping together with others and God being present. I normally do this in a dropped D tuning.… Continue reading Calling – Rough studio version
This is the live version of Calling. The song expresses the thought of Jesus calling us to Himself. The other thought expressed is one of falling into Jesus. When we let go of everything we hold onto, that we think makes us who we are, then we will find ourselves in the arms of Jesus… Continue reading Calling – live version
