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Most hymns I love are penned by people who are suffering. This is apt material for a record that is a meditation on the poor in spirit.” – Audrey Assad

Today’s show is an amazing conversation with Audrey Assad. If you’re not familiar with Audrey, take a minute and watch this video. I’ve had this on repeat for a few weeks and just love it.

Audrey is a powerful singer/songwriter, worship leader, & author. This conversation is fun as we dive into her creative process, the business side of being an independent artist, her new hymns record, and so much more.

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“We are local first. We are in neighborhoods, we live on streets, we live in homes, we live in a city. God has called us to serve local first.” – Robbie Seay

Such an honor to have one of my favorite artists on the show today – none other than Robbie Seay. Ever since my college days I’ve always resonated with Robbie’s music. It is passionate, raw, believable, and moving spiritual songs.

In this episode we talk about raising inspired kids, songwriting, local church ministry, the different between worship leaders and worship pastors, and how to effectively balance global and local ministry. A goldmine!

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This podcast doesn’t exist just to promote music from artists and songwriters. Sure, that’s a part of what many of us do. But this is primarily about the week in, week out work of reaching people in our local churches. Occasionally we get to hear from a church that is doing both well.

Today I sit down with Jake & Tyler from Red Rocks Worship in Colorado to discuss their new album, but also how they build a great team, reach unbelievers in their services, and carry out the vision of their local church. It’s a great chat.

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We have a whole collection of electric toothbrushes that are all in different keys.” – Eric Persing

A quote like that is what makes me love Eric Persing. Eric is the founder of Spectrasonics, a company specializing in developing World Class software ‘virtual instruments’ since 1994.

He has produced dozens of the sampling industry’s top selling titles and gone on to create the award-winning Omnisphere, Stylus RMX, Trilian, Atmosphere and Trilogy software virtual instruments. Eric’s ground-breaking instruments and sound libraries are the best selling and most widely used in the world. Spectrasonics products are in constant use on thousands of major film, television, music, game and multimedia productions.

In this conversation we talk about sound design, the building of Spectrasonics, staying inspired, and so much more. Eric and I were on a Skype call and he shows us some of his instruments at the top of the interview. I apologize you won’t be able to see those instruments here on this audio podcast. You’ll just have to imagine the awesomeness.

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“Once you’ve tasted a little bit of pioneering, you never want to settle.” – Stu G

It’s refreshing to talk with someone who has had decades of experience doing the same thing without a jaded heart. That’s why I love Stu G. Stu is one of the founding members of the band Delirious, an incredible guitarist, and one who has had a massive influence upon modern worship in so many ways.

In this chat we dive into some of Stu’s Delirious memories, his transition from the band to what he’s doing now, as well as his new project “Have You Heard” – music which predates Delirious. And for you guitar players out there, we geek out for a bit about Stu’s live setup and signal chain.

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