17 players, 31 songs, 2 CD's
if you are waiting for new material - here it comes!
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here for Under The Sun lyrics and guitar tabs.
these discs literally
have "everything under the sun" on them style wise... there's
some fresh stuff on here. the back porch country blues of "help
me hold on Lord", the intense waltz rock of "dear soul"
and the blues explosion of "amazing grace" set to the tune
of "house of the rising sun". pocket option there's sitar rock and
a choir on "sick and tired of sick and tired." campfire
gospel of "psalm 104" and a modern hymn like "cast your
sweet light on me" but with all the questions and frustrations
you would typically find on a CT CD. then there are these songs to God
you can't get out of your head like Faith Comes First or God's
Telephone Number...
if you aren't familiar with the talented cast and crew of musicians
in san antonio - taylor pulls out all the stops and gets pretty much
everyone involved.
* Ruben V plays either guitar or mandolin on 10 of the tracks
* Misty Jones, leader of the Eastgate band over at Commu sings
and plays keyboards
* Davis Steadtler sings on several tracks.
* Jeff Gabelmann and John Condit from the notorious sinners appear on
many of the songs.
* Justin Graves of the Brown Band is playing some radical bass guitar!
* Dave and Sarah from Lady Jane Grey pocket option demo account are all over the place, adding
guitar, vocals and cello.
* Marjorie McInnis sings on several tracks.
* Cindy Sanchez, a lead vocalist from Cibolo Creek Community Church
adds her Tennessee pipes to many of the tunes.
* up and coming singer songwriter Luis Arizpe sings on some of the songs.
* Paul Soupiset, art director for many of taylor's projects lends his
hand on the mandolin.
* CTO and Eastgate drummer Shane Kyle is here in full force, pounding
his way into oblivion!
* Dr. Brian Bates - who's real job is saving lives and getting people
feeling better decides to let his "hair down" and play some
bass and dobro on some tunes.
* Johnny Jones plays washboard, djembe and whatever else he can find
laying around the room!
* The mighty Tim Phillips plays some rockin' guitar on a few tracks...
the
making of under the sun:
well, if you know me at all, then you know i've been up to my neck with
lables, indie and otherwise and i've been boxed in by commercial producers
who are really in it to sqeeze a buck or two out of ya... cos that's
all they really get anyways... in this little industry.
though... i must
say - working with rick elias was a pleasure and that record we did
"worthless pursuit" was the biggest bestest thing i've done
when it comes to "THE BIG ROCK SONGS". so ya know -
it hasn't been all bad.
but the past couple
of cd projects are lo budget trips through my soul. Brand New
Ache was just that. Quite a painful bunch of songs - lyrically speaking.
but so fun to record 'cos it was just me and my friends in a room bashing
it out.
Lo -Fi was the same
way...
so i called up all
the usual suspects for this cd and enlisted a bunch of people who only
played music on sundays at church and had never been studio-fied before!
this was fun because they were so excited to be on a cd and to be in
a studio...
i'm used to working http://pocketoption.br.com/legal with "hhhhmmmm hhhhaaawwwers" who've been
there, done that and how much am i getting paid for this session?
the joy of making
music was what i was after - and with 17 people in studio hearing the
chord changes 5 minutes before we recorded the song - that's what i
got!
i'm not joking either. these songs were born the day we recorded them,
pretty much. papers were flying around the room... i'm yelling
out who's playing on what... Ruben bought his mandolin the night before
and learned to play it on my CD!
johnny jones - the
percussionist/drummer at cibolo creek community church was whacking
all things percussion, playing washboard - just having a good ol time...
that was the kind of stuff i wanted.
thow any trace of ego or head trip right out the window.
this music was for the world.
now... the question
is ... how do i get the world to hear it?
if everything under
the sun has been done - who's gonna care about my songs? good
question, and i've got no answer. i just write them, record them
and put them out there.
i remember ruben's guitar part on the song "cast your sweet light
on me", we were all in the studio and this sweet lullaby guitar
just came out and plyed as the undertone for the song. it was
beautiful. the part just came to him and that's the beauty of
it.
later on he'll scorch you with his licks on amazing grace. but
here's this part that's a whisper through out the song... and it totally
makes it for me.
i'm interested in
why playing music in a church feels so different (usually restrained)
from playing anywhere else. it's like there's already 2 strikes
against you when you walk onto the stage at a church.
it's as if you're up against 2000 years of religion and you're suffocating
before the first note is played. man... it shouldn't be that way.
especially when you bring this thing called "the Holy Spirit"
into the picture.
the songs should be alive and full of the spirit. but people really
only get off on what they already know and like.
new songs are a tough sell.
old songs are hated by some, loved by others...
new ways of doing old songs are hit and miss...
and i'm the kind of artist who doesn't mind the new or the old... or
doing the old stuff in a new way.
as long as the Spirit is in the mix, i'm good.
it's all uphill though... and some of the songs on this under the sun
cd are meant to be new songs to God. new songs for people to sing
on Sunday mornings at church... Faith Comes First, God's Telephone Number,
You are the Song I'm Singing...
new songs to sing in a bar on a friday night. God even lives there...
the Sirit can flow there without the restraint of religion holding it
back! Dear Soul, Radiate, the Hymn of Jubilation.
but i'm just one guy... trying to do his thing.
good luck everybody.
good night john boy.
peace out and go with God.
chris taylor
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