Brian JohnsonOur Rising Sound

November 17 2008

Loop available: “We Cry Out” by Brian and Jenn Johnson/Kim Walker

Tagged Under : Ableton, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, Kim Walker, loops, Reason, We Cry Out

We Cry Out was written by Brian and Jenn Johnson but made popular by Kim Walker’s performance. This loop follows the arrangement that Kim Walker used, same key as well. It’s a great song that is mostly guitars and rhythm. So the loop uses a mellow pad through the song with a rhythm element and a few other rhythmic synth elements. It’s a pretty mellow loop that lets the guitars shine through.

Song: We Cry Out by Kim Walker, We Cry Out (album)
Key: D#m
Bpm: 122
Intro: 4 bar click in w/drums (guitar riff starts on measure 5 in other words)

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Download: aif / mp3 / rns (Reason 4 file)

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Sunday Set List - “My Soul Sings” and “Where You Go I’ll Go”

Tagged Under : Brian Johnson, church, Delirious, Jenn Johnson, John Mark McMillan, loops, Taylor Sorensen, Tim Smith, worship

This week marked the return of 2 songs we’d done in the past but had been put on the shelf until I completed the loops. Last week I mentioned I got frustrated working on “Where You Go I’ll Go” by Brian and Jenn Johnson, what I heard in my head just wasn’t getting delivered and after hours of trying to work it out I gave up. This week I took a fresh look at it and it came together pretty easily. Funny what a difference a new week makes. The “My Soul Sings” track was much easier to get through, had a pretty clear goal in mind heading into that one. As a whole the set went over great and the band is getting more and more comfortable in the click, loop world. Here’s the set:

Rain Down - Delirious (loop used, not yet posted)
I Am A Temple - John Mark McMillan
My Soul Sings - Delirious (listen to loop)
Gloria - Taylor Sorensen, using Tim Smith Arrangement (listen to loop)
Where You Go I’ll Go - Brian and Jenn Johnson (listen to loop)

Part of Fred McKinnon’s Sunday Set List.

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Loop available: “Where You Go I’ll Go” by Brian and Jenn Johnson

Tagged Under : Ableton, Brian Johnson, Jenn Johnson, loops, Reason, Where You Go I'll Go

Brian and Jenn Johnson - We Believe This is song gave me fits. I love the song and we’ve done it a lot in our church but I put it on the shelf until I finished the loop track. While I like the original I wanted to go in a different direction guitar wise. That ended up taking me down a different path completely on the instrumental. So programming this song took a few sessions, lots of false starts on this one creatively. But I think it’s to a point now where I’m happy with the direction and overall quality. We’ll roll with it like this in worship for a while and see how it goes. As always comment with any questions or comments.

Song: Where You Go I’ll Go by Brian and Jenn Johnson, We Believe
Key: Bm
Bpm: 133
Intro: 2 bar intro

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