At the risk of embarrasing myself . . .

Living Water


We had a guest drummer, all of fifteen years old, which is why he's a little loud. That, and the fact that Nancy's (the backup singer) Husband recorded this on the 'drum side' of the room.

Anyhow, I totally dig Chris Nesbitt's music, you should check him out.

JC

Sunday June 29th, 2008 Review

2nd service was like this

3rd service

maybe if we talked less and rehearsed more during REHEARSAL ( I'm guilty too ) we would have sounded like we had played together before


JC

Music Set 06-29-2008

We're involving the choir and a couple of videos from Vets, and the Boss is singing the national anthem in a really cool arrangement with his nice wife Mary on the keys while Harry is out for the week. Following that, we have two quick songs ( all links take you to a really close 'youtube' version of what our arrangement is like )

Marvelous Light from Passion 2005 We sometimes have trouble remembering how to start this one, but it's pretty close to what you'll see on the YT

I Am Free by Ross Parsley We play it pretty much note for note, but maybe about 5% faster. I enjoy the guitar parts in this song, but I have a little less 'The Edge' tone ( U2's guitar player) and actually use more edge: distortion/delay/Phase/Flanger/Gain ( just picked up a used MXR late model Phase 90 on ebay. Hope to get the R28 and C11/C12 mods done by Saturday). I'm tired of how hard it is to edit the parameters and then save them, only to need a former version later, so I'm using effects outside of Line 6, but you've heard me gripe about them before

and after the Sermon:
Take My Life for the invitation. Tomlin hits this just a little harder live than we do, but I ALWAYS like what Daniel Carson brings to the lead guitar at a Tomlin event. He's just plain awesome, and inspires me to play alot more, and to try and play better along the way.

Short, sweet, but lotsa fun in the time alloted. Sure it's about God, never said it wasn't, but we can have fun along the way, right?

Be Good!
Jimbo ( email )
II Chronicles 5:13

Set for Sunday June 22

Here's our set list for this coming Sunday, with something new thrown in

God Is Great ( linked to youtube )
How Great is Our God (linked to youtube. Sorry for the Kingeth Jameseth Introductioneth )
here's our new one: You Are Good - or maybe it's We Worship You, I don't know which is correct. You tube linked ( somebody should tell the white guy in the leisure suit that men should take their hat off indoors! )
Amazing Grace/My Chains are Gone the Tomlin tune, linked as well.

our 'You Are Good' is close to a Willow Creek version. Still has a ton of B3 organ, and alot more guitar too. Scott, our tenor for the week complimented me ( Thanks Scott ). I hope we can pull it off. Regardless, the Boss did a good job of getting us through the rehearsal. I originally thought this song should have been put throught the shredder, but we actually pulled it off. ( Hey, the header above says I'm cynical, right? ) If the crowd likes it, then I'm in. I wasn't really interested when I heard it, after all we already have one I'm Still Standing , but I may change my mind yet.

My friends are always complimenting me when Worship 'feels good'. Yes, I know, it's about how GOD feels when we place our worship on HIM, but still, can't we strive towards that 'feeling' if it helps folks feel closer to God, or as I like to say it 'fall in love with God all over again'?? Why not help find that feeling? It's not a focus, God is our focus. But, can it be a goal??

Jimbo email

Workin' on it

I'm currently building a 12AX7 or 12AU7 tube preamp/Effects pedal for my church gig. I'm using real tubes, running in a 'space charge/starved plate' mode, which makes a really nice square wave, and it can run off a 15V wall wart adapter. I'm gonna dink around with tone controls until I find the one I like the most, I have lotsa options, including the Conklin Parametric EQ I developed a few years ago. I've heard enough 'models' of distortion to last a lifetime. The POD XT works ok on my USA HSS Strat, but the Les Paul Classic just overdrives it beyond hope. Too bad the $500 gizmo isn't as easy to use as the pre-owned one I got for $125 at a second hand music store. Why can't the 'modeling brains' at Line 6 put a friggin' volume control on the front!

BTW, the Volume pedal doesn't work AGAIN

Glad I'm playing for a higher purpose, otherwise, I'd be venting right now!

;-)

JC