He's Singing a Song, Written For You

I sang at my church this weekend.. did a song called Unwritten.

I showed up and, having been cast at a different campus than I was rehearsed for, I quickly found out I needed to be singing a 3rd above my practiced part. I was good with it, except for the occasional high “Bb”. Should have warmed up before the run-through.. lol.

Anyways, the service this weekend was about God’s unconditional love for us, and it talked to the fact that many feel that God’s disposition towards us is extreme disappointment. For most of us, I’m sure, we can relate to that.

Scripture, however, says he sings a song for us! Since he’s pretty much a singer/songwriter, I have to conclude he wrote a song for us, as well.

How cool is that?!? Anybody else writing songs for you lately?

Do we fall short? Certainly. Do we do it often? Absolutely! Does it lessen His love for us? No Way! We can’t earn His love.. its just there! Bask in it. God’s pulling for you!

He’s singing a song written for you... and its beautiful!

Silent? Who me?

So, I’ve been kind of quiet lately. Not much to say. Not much to write. I go through this once in awhile. I used to get concerned. Not anymore.... Its a cycle for me.

I just got done paying fall tuition bills, and of late, I’m dwelling more on the ‘make-a-living’ part of my life, and during those times, creative juices get pinched off.

I’m working on mastering my catalog. I’ve heard from many people that they would like to purchase some of my songs, and while I’m not sure if there will be many who actually will.. lol... I’ve used the request to motivate me to do something about it.

Now let me be honest. I don’t consider myself a performer. As an instrumentalist, I envy the talent of others, as I’m pretty simple in my skills.

Vocally, I can carry a tune, but most of my songs would sound better with someone else singing... I’m not trying to put myself down, mind you, but there are much better voices out there.

I recognize, more and more though, that I need to perform more to float these songs I write over a live audience. Its the live reaction to a song that is the best gage of its ability to connect. When I write a song and record it.. all without ever playing it out for an audience, the odds of a song’s final version connecting with the listener fall drastically.

I’m working to change that. The first step is performing more. Another step in the journey is finishing the past songs for sale, and that’s where mastering my catalog comes in.

In the next coming weeks I’ll be releasing an EP of my latest tunes, and in the near future, I will be releasing some of my old songs. Many of you may have copies or access to these songs. I have them posted on various sites.

The new versions however, will be re-mastered, giving the songs much higher clarity and definition. As many of the older songs were recorded on old-school recording gear, this will be a challenge.. but I’m looking forward to rebirthing the old versions.

Look for “Nothing Special”, my new EP in the coming weeks.

Thanks all for your overwhelming support.

Tim