Shaun Groves – Third World Symphony (my first listen)

My first memory of Shaun Groves was receiving a demo version of his album Invitation to Eavesdrop (circa 2000). I don’t recall if it was for a project we were doing with Lighthouse 21 or for Powerline 89.9… but I do recall us giving a number of the tracks a fairly good rotation during our Saturday night radio program in Waco.

It was a great album to introduce us all to Shaun.

A few years later (2003/2004?) he gave a concert at UMHB and I remember thinking afterwards as he took the time to talk with those in attendance, that he wasn’t like most of the “christian artists” I had worked with over the previous few years at UMHB.

Fast forward a few years, and his record company was gone and Shaun was left without a recording contract.

But it wasn’t long before he found a new voice through his blog (which I discovered through Kevin Hendrick’s recommendation). And then after months (if not years :-)) of trying, we finally connected earlier this year and I was able to interview him and share his story on our podcast.

As part of the interview, Shaun told us about his latest project – Third World Symphony – an album that was crowd-sourced through Kickstarter.

Fast forward to today and now the album is complete and the countdown has begun until it officially releases August 30.

(You can pre-order the album now on Shaun’s website for only $10!)

But Shaun, being as gracious as he is, has published the final mastered versions of the album online so we can all wet our whistle and get a first listen.

And so… I’ve listened. And I really enjoyed it.
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Five things I’m listening to today

Looks like it’s cover day around these parts…

  1. Obadiah Parker – Hey Ya
  2. The Welcome Wagon – You Made My Day
  3. Derek Webb – F**k You
  4. Jamie Cullum – High and Dry
  5. David Crowder Band – All Around Me

How about you? What are you listening to today?

The 30 day song challenge – final four days

30 day song challenge

Yes, I missed a few days. So here’s the final catch-up post.

day 27 – a song that you wish you could play
day 28 – a song that makes you feel guilty
day 29 – a song from your childhood
day 30 – your favorite song at this time last year
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Hit parade

Amazon always seems to have some super great deals going on with their MP3 Albums.

This month (or what remains of it) is no different.

I checked in this morning and noticed a number of awesome Greatest Hits albums available for only $5!

Check out some of the selection:
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A song that you can play on an instrument – The 30 Day Song Challenge

30 day song challenge

day 26 – a song that you can play on an instrument

Easy….

With or Without You by U2… I can play it on the guitar, bass guitar and piano/keyboard.

Which means I can also play Glycerin by Bush, Cryin’ by Aerosmith, Basket Case by Green Day and Machine Head by Bush…

And a number of other songs with the exact same chord progression.

What about you? Got another list of songs you can play with the same chord progression? (hint: G, C, D can play most worship songs from the 90’s)