Have 8 weeks flown by already? It doesn't seem that long since I started the Creative Academy at !Audacious Church, my home away from home!
So I guess the real meat of the issue is "how did it go, bro?!"...
Well that's what I'm here to tell you!
How It Went
In short, it was the best eight-ish hours I've spent on consecutive Thursday nights (what else could I be doing??) in a long time and it all comes down to the fact that it was the environment I was in; just a bunch of like-minded individuals learning songs, which I'll link to in due course throughout this post, and just having a complete ball of a time!
In particular, I do have to pay particular kudos to Adam, our teacher, who ran us through said songs and made sure we had all parts down.
I could run you through it but as I opted against doing a weekly post (even though I likely said I would), I'll just cut to the chase and give you a synopsis of what I was told: -
I need to work on my showmanship side of things because of the fact that, as worship members of the team, you need to actually look like you're as awesome as your ability suggests.
In other words, even though I play with the band at the Methodist (which even now I hear the bells a-tolling unless something changes rapido!), I need to let the enthusiasm show upon my face and throughout every sinew and fiber of my being, so that people know that I know what I'm doing and can lead them to where they want to go; a deeper place in their own personal worship!
This all fades back to a memory in time when I received prayer for a calling in life and it was one of musicianship and even then... even then I knew it was going to be music because I'd just been given my first guitar and was equipped with an unequivocal passion to play music.
Here we are over a decade later and I've already mentioned in a prior post that I'm not wiling to learn this lesson third time around, given that I've ended up with the same opportunity that I was given a few years back and ran away from in fear.
He's in there, that kind of guitarist, the A-Double calibre, I know it and I know it for a FACT so it's time to rise up and take what's mine and that's a place on the worship team!
What I've Learned From This
As far as where I go from here, this is an easy one to answer, not only am I stepping up my home recording, but also I have been given the confidence and the self-belief in that I am far better than I realised and I thought I was good.
So the next step for me now is to join up with the next Academy when it starts again after Easter, show Adam that what I said was true about already mastering a good portion of guitar soloing concept, all in a bid to put out what I've been given to "take under advisement" as it were in a bid to secure a place with the team proper!
So there you go, peeps, that's my walk as broken as it has been at times and things are definitely coming to a head and why? Because I dared to dream Audacious and live it accordingly!
You can too!
Now, here are the two songs I mentioned earlier!
Along with
Yes, just yes!!! :D :D :D
#liveandloveaudacious
Peace out!
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