I’ve just come back from Ichthus Revive 2014 where we were so privileged to welcome Argentinian revivalist Carlos Annacondia and his team for his first ever visit to the UK. I’m shattered now so will keep this brief: I introduced a song called “This is the day of salvation” at the conference, so for anyone … More New song – lyrics and music on the way
Hi friends This is just a quick post to announce that my good friend Mark Pierce and I have launched a brand new blog for musicians everywhere – MusiciansRepublic.net! We will be featuring tips and tricks for playing, recording and marketing your music, plus news, reviews and interviews regularly appearing! We’re hoping that both amateur hobbyists … More New Music Blog launched!
We seem to have a tendency in modern worship songs to want to write simple statements like “God, you’re so good,” or “Your love is so vast” or something – statements that try to capture how big and how wonderful this love of our God is as we’ve discovered it. Often though, if you’re anything like … More Singing “Our God reigns” in a world of genocide
Hi folks The good people at Crown Lane Studio offered the competition prize of a music video shoot, and I was very pleased when they announced that I had won it! I decided to go for the first song on my latest EP, called “You Are With Me”. So here’s me performing it, shot nicely … More New Music Video “You Are With Me”
As readers will know, last year I released my second EP Invitation, and was very involved with two other big releases from our church – an album of live worship, and an album of Christmas Gospel arrangements. These were exciting projects, and the EP especially pushed me to be expanding my listening and assessment of … More 2013: Music I discovered last year
It is with great pleasure that I can announce that not one but TWO new albums have arrived in the land of the living from Ichthus Christian Fellowship! Those of us on the core team who put it all together are immensely pleased with the results. See below for more information about each album.
Continuing the little series of song stories I have been posting, I am pleased to be able to share a bit of the story that led to Holy Overshadowing, undoubtedly the most popular song from the EP. I was able to show my early ideas to Graham Kendrick, who was good enough to take it … More Song Stories 3 – Holy Overshadowing
Continuing the series that began with my post about my song ‘You Are With Me’, a few thoughts on ‘Invitation Song’ (click for lyrics), track 3 on my recent EP, Invitation. Song-Swapping One of the things that can be enjoyable about songwriting is the flow you can create in your working process when a discarded verse from … More Song Stories 2 – Invitation Song
I thought it would be fun to provide a couple of thoughts behind some of the songs that make up my new EP, Invitation. So over the next week or so I will try to sit down regularly to write a song story! And seeing as You Are With Me is the first song on … More Song Stories 1 – You Are With Me
Hi folks Following the news that Invitation is available on iTunes, it is now also possible to stream it via the online music service Spotify! If you’re not sure what it’s all about though or just want a taster for now, look no further! Check out the Soundcloud sample player below – right now!
Ben David Trigg 