Studio Video #10 – Interpretive Movement

Studio work is going great. The North Side crew has been cranking it out with Anthony over at Addeybug and we are getting real close. All the instruments are tracked (unless we hear something else we need), and the majority of vocals are done. We went through five vocalists yesterday! We had already gotten three, …

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Studio Video #9 – Pickin’ and Grinnin’

This next video chronicling the studio development for the upcoming North Side worship album is of JT himself, Eric Bryant. Eric is working on the arrangement and recording the acoustic track for “God of This City,” a fabulous worship tune penned by a band called Bluetree out of Ireland. I make a cameo in the …

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Studio Video #7.2 – Loop Work

For your studio video #7.2, I’ll give you a screen shot of me working on a Reason loop for the song, “Make Me Holy.” I wrote that song over the last year and a half, and we have used it a few times at North Side. This is just some of the possible instrumentation we …

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Studio Video #7 – Guitar Hero

Here is some footage from this weekend’s continuing studio work for the upcoming North Side worship CD. I’ve posted other videos here. This clip is of the guitar hero, John Kennerly, rolling out some rhythm tracks for the song “Everlasting God” by Brenton Brown. Enjoy!

Studio Video #6 – Keyboard Time

As the recording is shaping up, we have now brought in the illustrious Woody Nivens to put down the keyboards on the CD. Not only an impressive keyboard player, you got to see what he can do in the math classroom! You can view the previous studio videos here. In this clip, he is working …

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Studio Video #5 – Shred It

Here’s a video of Cory working on “Amazing Grace.” Keep in mind, there are only a few instruments on this track yet and you are listening through a computer microphone and camera. Cory is adding an extra guitar part that made we want to cry. God is blessing this so much. It’s already sounding so …

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Studio Video #4 – We Need More Bass in Your Face

Today’s studio video is of me laying down the bass on one of the songs on the upcoming CD. The song is “Made Me Glad” by Hillsong. We chose this song because it has been one that really connects with our church. It just seems to encourage heartfelt worship. These videos are always being taken …

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Studio Video #3 – Cory and the Hook

So this next video is not actually in the studio. This is in Cory’s Star Wars saturated office. He was listening to a scratch track of a new song called “All Things New,” and making the “hook” happen. He’s so stinking good.

Studio Video #1 & #2 – Rock Some Faces Off

Well, we are deep in the studio now. North Side’s praise band is working hard on recording a CD that will be released in September. Things are shaping up, and I am going to give you some video clips periodically of our work. This first video is me being ridiculous listening to building the track, …

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