Tonight’s the night.
August 14, 2008
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.
Get Funky on the 4th.
June 20, 2008
ONE Atlanta Music is a sponsor for Instituto CanZion’s Funky 4th of July Event. It features Seth Condrey, among others. (To hear Seth, use the 1ATL player at right.) Should be a great event. Check it out.
Visiting Safehouse
May 13, 2008
Tonight’s visit to Safehouse Outreach in downtown Atlanta will not be our last. My Iphone took blurrier pics than usual, but take a look anyway. We took a group of about a dozen people including Joni “INOJ” Portee, some Second Wave members and parents (including my wife and son and the Woffords) and other friends (like Adam, Bill, Will, and Nancy). Also ran into (recent Dove winner) Seth Condrey there.
We first walked into a worship service geared towards Atlanta’s homeless. The band 1-A-Chord was playing and they were ridiculous - tight vocals and nasty funk; these guys were for real and were great to hang out with as well. Then we took the Safehouse tour and learned about opportunities to serve, in ways both musical and non-musical. One of these ways is the Convoy of Hope event August 9th in the World Congress Center parking lot. Safehouse needs 3000 volunteers to help pass out groceries, among other things. We will be there! Will you?
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- 1-A-Chord on stage
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- Taking the tour
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- Our group
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- People hanging out
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- The Safehouse Building
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- The 1-A-Chord guys
And the winner is…
April 24, 2008
…not most of the folks we were pulling for. But Atlanta didn’t lay a complete goose egg at last night’s GMA Dove Awards.
Seth Condrey won for Spanish Language Album of the Year.
Ricardo Sanchez’ song Say So, recorded by Israel Houghton, won Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year.
And, together, Mark Hall and Casting Crowns landed 4 Doves for: Song of the Year, Group of the Year, Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year, and Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.
How about a little love for these guys? And for the other A-town nominees (see previous post). It is, as they say, an honor to be nominated. Give it up here.
I Could Sing of Your Dove Forever
April 23, 2008
The Gospel Music Association’s annual Dove Awards happen tonight, and our own Dan Hannon is nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year for producing Aaron Shust’s “Whispered and Shouted.”
Other nominations for Atlantans include:
Spanish Language Album of the Year
- De Corazon A Corazon; Seth Condrey; Seth Condrey, Mark Balltzglier; CanZion
Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
- “Glorious One”; We Shine; Fee; Steve Fee; INO Records
Praise & Worship Album of the Year
- We Shine; Fee; Steve Fee, Jason Hoard; INO Records
Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
- “By His Wounds”; Glory Revealed; Third Day’s Mac Powell, others
Short Form Music Video of the Year
- “Never Let Me Go”; Family Force 5; Ken Horstmann; Ken Horstmann; Spyplane Films; Gotee Records
Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
- “Say So”; A Deeper Level; Israel & New Breed (this song was co-written by our buddy Ricardo Sanchez, worship director at Free Chapel Worship Center in Gainesville GA)
¿qué?
April 13, 2008
A few days ago, I played a gig at Northpoint Community Church with Seth Condrey. Check out Seth’s song Esperanza in our mp3 player. It was Northpoint’s foray into worship for the Hispanic community of Atlanta. Seth killed it, in a good way, as did the other singer/worship leader Duane Nisley. Duane works for Instituto CanZion, and if I could read Spanish, I’d tell you all about it! If you hablan español, then check out the site. I do know that they have a school, they do worship events, they’re way into music, and, if Duane is any indication, they’re the kind of people you want to hang with.