Compassion Art
Recently I've been involved in an exciting project called Compassion Art. In January 2008, 12 writers gathered together for a week of song writing in Scotland. The song writers included Martin Smith, Matt Redman, Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Darlene Zschech, Graham Kendrick, Paul Baloche, Andy Park, Israel Houghton, Stu G, Chris Tomlin and myself.
It was an amazing week writing together - a hub of creativity. It was a fascinating process to see how different writers operated. Personally I learnt so much. It rammed home the importance of team and community. We can achieve so much more when we work together. The cool thing about the week was that it was decided at the start that everyone would share the credit for the songs. It meant that on each song, all 12 writers names would be included. It meant that straight away there was no agenda. No one minded who got the credit and we all felt passionately about each song. It definitely made for an amazing sense of team and an amazing dedication to excellence with the writing of each song. It reminded me of a quote that Ronald Regan had on his desk when he was in office as the US President,
“There is no limit to how far a person can go as long as he doesn’t care who gets the credit.”
Since the writing of these songs, we've recorded 15 of them at Abbey Road in London. The rough's are sounding fantastic. People are now adding vocals. I'm off to the studio on tuesday to sing on a couple of tracks.
The other cool thing is that all royalties made will go directly to charity. These songs could make a massive difference to the lives of many. It's very exciting to see a passion for issues of justice, combine with a passion for great art and creativity. As the strap line says,
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Comments
Ian:
As always, it's exciting to hear fresh new worship songs and without relying to much on big names, the lineup looks fantastic!
What's the charity side of things? Which charity, and will the benefits be targeted in any way? I live in Malawi, Africa, which is a big charity destination, and I know how vital it is that money which is given should come with a certain amount of accountability, not just out of the blue.
Mike T:
So exciting to hear about this, Tim! Can't wait to hear the songs. We're doing a compassion theme at our church over the next few months and could really do with some new compassion-themed songs.
lyndon:
I wander how it will sound, though I know Paul & Matt, Chris & Matt, Tim and Martin, SCC and Matt, Graham & Paul, Israel and Chris, and many more have come together in the past in making a worship song even 3 of the mentioned names together.
I hope you will share more in detail what you have learned when many of you were sitting down together trying to construct a song, that will be helpful to new and future songwriters for the Lord and his church. I know it is not easy to give up your idea over another man times. Please share it soon.
God bless you and worshipcentral.
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