January 2012
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All systems go
Today There or Thereabouts will play its first show. It’s really weird to say that. For such a long time it has only been a glimmer of an idea, then a concept taking shape, then a dream - first whispered quietly then shared carefully - and today, God-willing, it will step out into the light. For most of the people who will be at the show, this will be their first time meeting it, but for me...
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WatchBehind the scenes - working out vocal parts with Danah and Jess.
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A week of rehearsals
This has been a week of rehearsals. On Monday morning I worked with the musicians for about 2 1/2 hours and then with Danah and Jess (BGVs) in the evening for a bit over an hour. Gabre shot and edited some video of the evening rehearsal so I’ll post it soon. Having that kind of history will be interesting. On Tuesday we all got together and ran through most of the songs. It’s...
“Here is my song, listen if you will
But I have no heart for it anymore
I just...”
– Rich Mullins, The Breaks
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Here goes...
First blog entries are intimidating. First impressions and all, you know. So I’m trying really hard to not feel pressured to craft the perfect first post, whatever that would look like. So this is view from the starting line.
There or Thereabouts has been growing slowly and steadily and I’m looking forward to bringing it out into the daylight soon. There’s this peculiarity about...