On the look out for some new tunes to sing at church? Below are some newish songs we’ve recently done at church, youth or I’ve sung at other places. I haven’t heard the final one by Kings Kaleidoscope done anywhere, but I think it would work. Let me know in the comments of any others you think are worth checking out. Here they are:
YOU BLED // REND COLLECTIVE (music and chords etc)
REJOICE // DUSTIN KENSRUE (music and chords etc)
MY LIFE IS AN OFFERING // SOVEREIGN GRACE (music and chords etc)
MADE ALIVE // CITIZENS (music and chords etc)
HIGHER THRONE // KINGS KALEIDOSCOPE (music and chords etc)
Hi Dave
We’ve been doing Made Alive for a while now. With solid bass and drums, it really goes well. Finding the right key for the singers is a challenge– range is broad. I’ll have a look at your other suggestions. Really appreciate your sharing.
Another suggestion for you: we’ve also been doing a Kings KALEIDOSCOPE version of In Christ Alone. A great re-invention of some pretty solid words.
Cheers
Stu
hey thanks stu.
i think we’ve done the kings k ‘In Christ Alone’ – it’s one of my favourite versions of the song.
we’ve got some great musicians that have taken the mars hill hymn arrangements and built upon them in a good way.
peace
dave
‘You Bled’ has been a solid song for us at our evening service – although we play it more like the version on the studio album. ‘Rejoice’ is getting a run next month, so we’ll see how it goes.
‘Made Alive’ has gone down really well at youth, they love it (we sing it in ‘E’ which puts it in a nicer range).
For sunday nights we introduced ‘At the Cross’ over Easter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPpC1j35uf0
And this adaptation of an old hymn, ‘O Love’ before that
http://stbernardband.bandcamp.com/track/o-love
At youth we’ve added ‘Alive’
sweet. thanks for sharing rod.
i really like the folksiness of the campfire version on you bled, but studio still good!
good tip on made alive.
at the cross looks good, do you guys do many tomlin songs? i’ve only listened to at the cross twice, but it sounded the same as lots of his stuff. but, hey, lots of people like it, so stick to a good thing!
o love sounded good. st bernard band – do you know them? i recognised a few names in the production notes, but don’t know all of them. is there some more tunes coming out?
what type of sound do you pull off with alive? do you try for some electro on synth? how does it go?
We don’t do heaps of Tomlin and it’s probably nothing new but it’s easy to pick up, lyrically solid and a simple anthem. We introduced it across all our services, so something ‘middle of the road’ was a good option.
Steve is my brother in law and they were in the studio a couple of weeks ago so there should be a couple of new tracks soon.
We often don’t have keys so we use Electric for the synth parts and to drive it along. It’s all down to solid bass and drums though. It’s such a simple song that it all relies on that. We sung it at Soul Survivor conference with the synth lines and it was better, but really it was just icing on a tasty cake :P
sweet – i look forward to hearing more from your bro-in-law!
thanks for the tips on alive – we have thought of doing it at youth, but haven’t yet. i’ll pass on the tips.
Have you done any “All Sons and Daughters” stuff? Ed Springer gave me the heads up on them, and was also looking for anyone who had sung their songs in church. Worth a look.
hey snowy!
good to hear from you.
we did all the poor and powerless 18 months ago, but we did the “digital age” arrangement. i didn’t mind it, but didn’t think it said much:
but i don’t really know any of there other songs or people using them.
do you have any tips on ‘all sons and daughters’ ones that might work well… in english or spanish?!?
hope you’re well.