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A tad late posting this week since I was all caught up with… “The Real Deal” :P.

This week’s pick is Sonicflood’s new Christmas song “When Love First Cried”:

Pretty good new Christmas song, I was thinking of doing an a capella arrangement for it for my a capella group, maybe next year… and once I figure out how to use Logic’s score editor…

Third week of song recommendations – this week’s pick is my favorite “worship song discovery” for 2010 (looking for new songs to lead next year). This song is a little obscure – definitely not very popular right now, but I think its an amazing song.
I can’t find the lyrics/chords for the song online, and I can only find a live recording of the song at a worship conference, and it only has verse 2, but here it is: Eddie Kirkland – Forever Changed

An album release of the song can be found on the North Point Live 3 Awake CD. (North Point is a church in Atlanta… Steve Fee’s church)
Since I can’t find chords for the song I guess ultimately I’ll have to tab it out myself… so I may as well start with the lyrics, and you guys can double check for me 😉

Verse 1:
I have built with my hands all the walls that hold me in,
I have wandered my way in the desert.
I have struggled against all the blessings you have sent,
and I am back to the place of surrender.

Pre-Chorus:
Lord You meet me here in my darkest hour
And You stirred my heart with Your love

Chorus:
Forever, I am changed by mercy
Forever my heart is alive
Forever, I am Yours my Savior
Forever my hope is Christ

Verse 2:
Tears are sweet as they fall, mercy rushes through my soul
Bowing low as you wash me with healing.
Lord, you’ve sealed me with grace
Life eternally sustained, by the hope in my soul You’re revealing

Bridge:
The power of sin is broken I have been set free
For I have died and Jesus is alive in me

Week 2 of music recommendations.
This week’s recommendation is a little complex – multiple versions of the same song, “How Many Kings” by a Canadian band called “Downhere”. The song is not super new (think 2007 or 2008), I led it once for Christmas last year at church during communion. Here’s the original version.
ORIGINAL VERSION

And then I found interesting arrangements – (I love arranging songs!). The original band “re-imagined” the song in a darker, somber tone, and here’s the result, which is the version I led for Christmas this year during communion… this version is actually very hard to put together and play. You’ll need to hit play in the top right corner where the music player is, since I can’t find a youtube link for it.
How Many Kings (Re-Imagined) from last.fm
The third arrangement is an acoustic arrangement that the band did when they visited a local Seattle Christian radio station (Spirit 105.3) You can see they sound quite amazing live too, even with less than ideal equipment.
ACOUSTIC VERSION

Last but not least, I wanted to present a church cover of this song – not my church 😛 but a church in Florida which I randomly came across – they just uploaded this video, and they sounded so good I thought it was the original band for a sec…
CHURCH COVER VERSION

That’s all for this week! Up ahead next week is my pick of a new worship song for 2010… definitely anticipating leading it next year!

My turn to do music recommendations!
Up first is “Owl City” – they apparently are a Christian group that does secular stuff. This is their first radio track, I believe – definitely have a “Postal Service” sound.