Halloween has become a sensitive topic for Christians. The desire to distance themselves from the pagan and demonic images of Halloween in popular culture, have led many Christians to turn off their lights, lock their doors, and head to the nearest gathering of other Christians for a Fall Festival. I don’t have kids but I […]
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Birthdays always cause me to reflect some – maybe more so as the years pile up. As frightening as 42 might look to some of you, I couldn’t be more grateful for the view from here. There are plenty of things I would have wished for at this point in my life: financial stability, effortless
I’ve been writing songs for a living since 2004. Along the way I’ve recorded some of those songs to share along the road as I’ve traveled. None of those recordings have ever been released commercially. That has always just meant a handful of copies sold to family and friends around the world. Because it costs
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We’ve posted some pics from this summer’s shananigans on the Facebook page. CLICK HERE to join the fun. Texas, New Mexico, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama. My joy at the end of these 7 weeks is WAY STRONGER than the exhaustion. See ya along the road, James
Sparrow (Capitol) recording artist Josh Wilson has released a song I co-wrote to Christian radio this week. “Pushing Back the Dark” has had a long and winding path onto your radio. The first record I have of the title in a notebook of song ideas is from 5 years ago. I wrote a chorus around
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I have several friends who, over the years, have gutted piano’s to use as a glorified keyboard stand on stage. I’ve loved the idea and always wanted to try it. My friends Matt Papa and Steven Patterson from BRANCH led the way. I’m a piano guy, love the sound and feel of wood and steel,
This Friday, a film opens in select theaters called “NOT TODAY.” The story follows the surprising journey of a college student who decides to DO SOMETHING about the problem of human trafficking. I met the film makers a few years ago as their journey was just beginning. This Friday, a song that I co-wrote with
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I’ve given my songwriting class at Truett-McConnell an assignment this week. It’s an exercise I intend on practicing this week personally and want to invite you to join us. We will be doing some timed, “Sense-Bound” creative writing. It’s an idea I first heard about from Berklee professor, Pat Pattison, in his books Writing Better
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After years of writing songs that no one ever heard, my wife gave me the greatest gift I could imagine. She signed me up for a workshop. Not exactly a new car I know. To feed the songwriter in my soul, she signed me up for a songwriting conference in another city. It was her
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It’s time for some new tunes. In the last few months, Markus, Jeremy, Dave, and I joined together with friend and cowriter Brian Hitt (and a crew of students from Carson-Newman College) to record some of the worship songs we’ve been using this year. You can find the new EP here: iTUNES And find charts,
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