Casey’s blog

 

Casey Darnell is a good friend. And he’s a good songwriter. This blog he’s started should be good, because he usually has really good thoughts on whatever it is he’s talking about. The conversation is always interesting with him.

 

Some random items from our friendship: He’s in my Community Group. We carpooled together to a rehearsal today. He beat me at Tip-In HORSE on the b-ball court twice yesterday. We went to Sydney Australia together last summer for the Hillsong Conference. And, he’s almost 30, folks; he only looks like a teenager.  I like to call him Darnell Harris.  About 4 of you will get that. 

 

Please check out his blog and his record. 

P is for Press.

 

My buddy Chad Pearson of P is for Panda recently got some good press.  Check it out here.  Here’s a teaser: P is for Panda is an Atlanta-based indie clothing line that started in 2007, relying mostly on word of mouth to generate sales, and contributing a third of those sales to various charities.

These days, they’re also branching out into music by starting a record label in partnership with Hopeless/Sub City Records. It’s a more natural evolution than one might expect; the founder of P is for Panda, Chad Pearson, has a long history in the music industry.

 

You can also read more about Chad and P is for Panda in a previous blog post of mine here.  He and his wife Candy are amazing people.  Please support P is for Panda.

 

 

 

Still powerful.

I came across this today and had almost forgotten how amazing it is.  It’s from the late 2007 Northpoint series It’s Personal.  Meghan Coffee is a dear friend who has posted here before.  She’s also a newlywed.  Meghan is an amazing singer/songwriter.  Please check out her site.  The video below gives you some insight into who she is, what she’s been through, and from Whom she draws her strength.  The video is  brilliantly put together; Meg’s gift with words and her beautiful heart take this piece from brilliant to powerful.

 

 

 

 

Tonight’s the night.

Tonight at 7:30pm.  Buckhead Church.  Night of Worship.  Led by Casey Darnell, Seth Condrey, Eddie Kirkland, and Carlos Whittaker.  I’m on keys.  We’re expecting a ton of folks.  Please come.  

Update: Video from Friday’s lunch

Told you I’d try to get my video issues worked out, so I could share a little of the music that went down at this past Friday’s 1ATL Thank You Lunch for Jackson Spalding.  (Click here if you have no idea what I’m talking about, or just scroll down to the Aug. 8th entry.)  Thanks to Josh Peters for fixing the video problem.  Here’s a 10 minute series of song clips with Rudy Vaughn and Miriam Ah Kuoi, doing all original music.  (Sorry it’s so dark; but hey, studios are usually dark.)  

 

Whitestone presents “Smiling Addiction”

Check out this film by Atlantan Brandon McCormick of Whitestone Motion Pictures.  I came upon it today and found it to be pretty powerful and very well done.  Music is by our buddy Nick Kirk and Billy Wilkerson of the PlayChase Music Group.  I’ll let it speak for itself.  Please check it out and share your thoughts.

Convoy pics.

Here are pics from Convoy of Hope yesterday, hosted by Safehouse Outreach.  There were about 3,000 people.  A whole lotta groceries, haircuts, and other necessities were given away.  I volunteered at the stage, where were some talented musical acts.  1-A-Chord was there.  I love those guys.  I told one of them that they’re like a Christian Kool & the Gang.  I also enjoyed hearing some talented guys I’d never heard like my new friend Scott Free.  Dude can freestyle like crazy.  It was really impressive.   And then there was Angel, freestyling in espanol.

 

I didn’t feel like I did much.  I tried to make sure the bands knew how much time they had before they went on stage.  I passed out water to the musicians.  The best part of the day was helping a guy named Rufus recharge his wheelchair using an outlet on stage.  I hate that I didn’t get a picture of him.

 

Glowing in the Dark.

ONE Atlanta took over the “A” room at Glow In the Dark Studio today.  We threw a lunch for Jackson Spalding public relations firm to say thank you for all their incredible work on our behalf.  They have partnered with us on branding and marketing stuff, and they are amazing.   Original music was provided by Rudy Vaughn (and his bandmates Nathan Cooley and Mike Hankins), with a special guest appearance by Miriam Ah Kuoi.

 

Several of the Jackson Spalding creative staff were there, including Glen Jackson himself.  There was also a contingent of 12Stone’s redemptive arts staff there.  A few other friends of 1ATL were there, too, including Glow in the Dark owner Matt Goldman (thanks for the room) and Michael Johnston (thanks for the pics), both of whom are former bandmates of mine in Smalltown Poets.  Fellow 1ATL founders Dan Hannon and David Fussell were there; even my wife, kids, and in laws were there!   Okay, sorry for the who’s who.  (But I do still need to thank Cindy, Alice, Jenny, and Jake for the food and the chairs.)

 

Hoping to update this post soon with video.  My camera is being very uncooperative at the moment.

 

 

 

Little rock stars.

Thought some of you might enjoy a few pics of the video shoot 2nd Wave did today for Reggie Joiner’s reThink organization.  Our buddy Ashley Appling was there rocking the lead mic, and our little rock stars appeared as his backup band for a music video to be used by reThink in October; I hope to post the final video here with their permission.   The guy with the camera is another good friend of ours, Steve Thomason of DueSouth Productions.

Time to get AMPed up.

Our friends at theAMP opened registration this past Friday for their first AMPsaturday, which is coming up Sep. 20th.  Read on for how you can get a 50% discount on this event.  

 

So, what’s theAMP?  They’re a new, non-profit organization based in Atlanta whose heart centers around equipping and connecting the next generation of worship leaders.  The way the vision plays out is primarily through two environments: their website and regular one-day conferences called AMPsaturdays. This fall they are hosting two AMPsaturdays in Atlanta - one on Sep. 20th and one on Nov. 8th.  Again, registration is now open.

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