I've been exposed to music since childhood. At the age of 14 I started to write poems. A year later I combined words with 3 chords and there was my first song! :-)
Slowly but surely this became the way of reflection on the world around/in me. Writing a song was something like building an altar during the Old Testament times. Songs became a remembrance of events, relationships, or simply giving thanks.
To make long story short ....
I like Christmas very much - good food, carols, sliding, fireplace fire, etc. But I know that Christmas is much more than that! Within the last years I've written few Christmas songs and with few friends of mine we've got an idea ;-)
.why not to record them
.why not to involve others into the process
.why not to give it for free once it is done
So yes,
.we recorded them (in the midsts of our crazy schedules; I really liked how each song was finished based on whom I was working with; everyone joined as a volunteer and contributed with his/her talent, time, energy, finances)
.we involved others in the process (it's my joy and pleasure to be able to connect different people/ groups like my own brothers, Fusion students and local leaders I work with, my colleagues, friends from church/worship band...more than 20 people)
.we will give it for free (Christmas is about God who gave us the best gift ever and therefore we want to give/bless others as well. No hard copies, only downloadable version. We had to cover only the studio and mastering, so we even invited public to help to raise money for this reason...and people are responding. Whoa! )
I'm so thankful for and proud of everyone involved! I'm so happy that it became such a community project. And my prayer is that it would really serve as blessing to others. Let's see very soon.
So far you can listen to a sample (as we are still working on the final version/mastering). And you can follow us on FB :)
