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October 19 2008

Sunday Set List - Sick Day

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Last Sunday I was feeling the onset of a cold. As the week progressed my voice deteriorated, my throat was a mess and I was hoping that it would be better by this Sunday but it wasn’t to be. I asked my bass player, Josh, to step in and lead whatever songs he was comfortable singing and he stepped up and knocked it out of the park. Comforting to have someone with that talent level on the team. We weren’t without some surprises though, Josh snapped a bass string during the morning practice and had no strings with him, so had to find another bass quickly. But other than that, smooth sailing. It was Josh’s first time singing with a click an loops so he was nervous but I don’t think anyone could tell, pulled it off without a hitch.

  1. Everlasting God - Chris Tomlin
  2. Coming Back - Desperation Band
  3. Ready Now - Desperation Band (listen/download loop)
  4. Gloria - Taylor Sorensen, using Tim Smith Arrangement (listen/download to loop)
  5. How He Loves - John Mark McMillan

This post is part of Fred McKinnon’s Set List Sundays.

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October 06 2008

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

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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:

  1. Rain Down - Delirious (loop used, not yet posted)
  2. I Am A Temple - John Mark McMillan
  3. My Soul Sings - Delirious (listen to loop)
  4. Gloria - Taylor Sorensen, using Tim Smith Arrangement (listen to loop)
  5. 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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October 01 2008

Loop available: “Gloria 34″ by Taylor Sorensen

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Taylor Sorensen - The OverflowI first heard this song after watching Mars Hill’s spontaneous baptism video they released on their easter service this year. It was one of the most beautifully arranged songs I’d heard and I was tremendously moved.  So this loop is a completely transparent attempt to duplicate the genius of what Tim Smith did with this song. I have no shame in admitting it, well there is some shame but honestly the song is an amazing proclamation of Jesus’ greatness and goodness and should be played in a lot more churches. Thanks to Joe Day for pointing me to Taylor Sorensen, the original author, this guy sounds fantastic and his original acoustic version is awesome as well.

This song I warp and transpose to G in Ableton, very easy to warp this loop due to the consistent kick.

Song: Gloria 34, by Taylor Sorensen on The Overflow (using Tim Smith arrangement)
Key: F
Bpm: 168

 
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