I’ve always wanted to get a band started. I have this idea, this desire, this dream even… to start a band. Not a band for band’s sake, but a worship band – a group of people who love to write, create and perform music to honour God. And to enable groups of people to worship. That’s what ‘August’ means – to inspire awe – and I want to express that awe on a regular basis…
I’ve rattled on about this for years, but I guess now we’re back in New Zealand “for good” I can start to think about it again.
Part of me wants to find an expression in worship, not just songs, but a space that gives people a chance to sing, soak, pray, sit and wait, to listen, to hear… Get a group of people together with a similar mindset, get some material together and some songs written… then perhaps hook up with a half-dozen churches and run Saturday night/Sunday night/any night (!) worship events, maybe churches that don’t normally have a full band or much of a resource of musicians, or perhaps to give their musos a break, and do a bit of a circuit around the place, perhaps playing each one every 3-4 months… but not just once off. Building relationships with the leaders and the members of these churches…
As a musician, too, I’ve spent many years singing other people songs, arrangements done on the fly, and not really creating music in advance, so I can play with confidence, being deliberate and really expressing myself with what I’m playing, rather than just kind-of patching it together… Anyway. There’s been a number of occasions over the past few years where I’ve discovered how cool it is to do is play one simple part well; seeing design and implementation in action. Or perhaps I just feel it’s time to try the idea out for real, rather than just wondering…
Can’t do this without a band and some songs though, eh?
I’m thinking I would love to lead, sing, play some guitar, but I essentially would be looking for a rhythm section, a guitarist, and a keys player (old school piano or new school controller/laptop/samples – whatever!)
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Say hello. Let me know what you’re thinking…
