“It’s not called ‘the word business’ for a reason,” my co-writer joked as I agonized over the next line of a lyric years ago. I hadn’t been in Nashville long – but long enough to know he was wrong. Christian music is the only genre defined by its lyrical content… Read More
Yesterday was difficult. I was asked again and again to rethink chord choices and melodies, to ask myself if what I’d written was the most artful it could be. And my answer? No. And I’m OK with that. There’s a subculture of brilliant Nashville musicians who are rebelling against being… Read More
Today Mitch and I begin work in the studio – Starting with rewriting the songs. This is the most painful part of the process for me. It begins with painfully honest critique and ends with changing songs I’ve lived with and grown to love just the way they are. Critique… Read More
Turning a prayer from Proverbs into lyrics… View Post
“They locked me up for preaching Jesus at the university…” “The jailers set us free because our prayers and preaching started a revival among the other prisoners and some of the guards…” “We each had one page of the bible. No one had all of it. We met as often… Read More
I met Kiran a few months ago, but if I live a hundred years I’ll still remember her. Her house is a box six feet wide and four feet deep with a roof made from sheets of plastic held in place with rocks and sticks. There’s not enough room for… Read More
Shaun Groves