In the studio part 2 "The Mouths of Lions"

New vid capturing a day in the studio doing bass tracks. Enjoy!

#1 on Christian Radio Station

Just got the news yesterday that we climbed the top 15 chart to #1 on Modern Praise Radio. You can check it out HERE and keep the votes comin! Such a blessing to be a part of. -J

Zimbabwe webisode 1 part 2

Aug. 15th update

I'm now being played on www.modernrpraise.com regularly. Were currently #9 on most played so help us get to #1 by going here to vote! MODERN PRAISE TOP 15 recording going great and I'm looking forward to the new record! My dad tried to audition for my band the other day. I know he's been on Grammy-nominated projects and all back in the day, but what happened?

Zimbabwe Webisode 1 part 1

This summer I was part of a team that went to Zimbabwe to empower the church. I'll let the webisodes tell the story.

There is going to be about 13 episodes that I will be releasing weekly so be sure to keep checking back!

Here is the first of many.

Ben and Jerry

So from the last update you can see that the plan was to record at home, but God opened up a huge door. On Tuesday I got a call from my friend Blaine who just got off tour with his band, "Future of Forestry", that a slot opened up in the studio he was at. I jumped at the chance and we got into S1 studios in Fullerton at 3pm.

We had a blast tracking and Ben didn't sweat as much as he usually does. Most likely due to the quality of the studio and the beautiful air-condioning it had. The engineer and owner was named Cory and was a rad guy. We had a ton of mutual friends so we hit it off right away. We tracked all of the drums for the record and had a blast doin it. It was incredibly fun being in downtown Fullerton and being able to walk out of the studio and right in to starbucks.

My girlfriend Gaby showed up and got to see the studio. She showed up with a present for me for the first day of recording haha. It was a RVCA tank-top if you were wondering. Which I am sure you were. Ben was solid and got the tracks done quickly. He gonna be missed.

I might seem drone in this post, most likely due to my overdose of dayquil and a massive cold. But here are some pics and videos of the session. Ben and I sat in the car afterwards and talked about the fact that our kids are gonna hear this stuff one day and were gonna give them the "we used to be cool" talk.

Enjoy!

Why I don't like Hillsong. "Recording starts now!"

Can't believe it, tomorrow I start recording for "The mouths of lions". It's a daunting task but we are doing all the drum tracks in a house in 1 day. Little change of plans this time around. I'm not playing the drums. For those that have seen me lead worship before, you will notice to the back left a small man named Ben Lounsbury on the drums. I had to get over my pride, realize that he is 30 times the drummer I will ever be and to hand off the baton to him to record. Did I say he's small? Turns out hes nearly six and a half feet tall and a stud. He also looks like Finn from GLEE.

Anyways, you might be askin, why the heck are you doin all the drums in 1 day? Why in the world in a house? Truth be told, sad things are happenin. Ben will be leaving Wednesday morning for Australia to be a part of Hillsong's ministry. He came back to America for a small family visit, but I kind of interrupted and told him, "Glad you're here to see family, by the way you are playing drums on my record, and by the way, were doing it Tuesday, by the way, learn this songs. Bye."

On to the second question. Why a house? Because my house is pretty comfortable and set up to record. Plus I can walk to the fridge and grab an Arnold Palmer.

I'm gonna miss Ben, being one of my best friends and a huge asset to the worship team, it's a HUGE loss. But God always provides, and He is moving in all of this. But I am stoked for this new adventure in his life being with Hillsong. But because of this loss, I refuse to listen to a Hillsong record ever again :)

Be sure to check back for videos and and picture updates as the days go because I'll be amazed if we can pull this off!

Check out this video marking the beginning of the first record I did.