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Great day today at HOJ. All Because of Jesus (Fee): Key A. Casting Crowns arrangement infused with more rock juice. Structurally the same, but more intense then the radio friendly version. I Know Who I Am (Houghton): Key A. One of our new favorites. Led by one of our females in the original Houghton key, works like a charm. Blessed Be Your Name (Redman): Key G. Today was the first time in almost 2 years that I felt like we really hit the "groove" on ... Read More

Part of Setlist Sundays over at Fred's place. Not Forgotten (Israel Houghton/Aaron Lindsey): CCLI Song #4635576. Key E. We basically created our own arrangement. Not that the recorded version isn't great, but we find that a lot of Israel songs need to be simplified a little bit to promote accessibility to more musicians and singers. But don't let that fool you, we rock it with plenty of funky soul. One of our female lead vocalists tears this one up (again a great option ... Read More

Over at QuietTime.tv I began posting a few personal thoughts and devotional insights while wearing my shades. I'm not necessarily one to go overboard when trying to be "cool" but thought from the get-go that wearing shades would make my vids stand out just a little more...and so far they have. QuietTime.tv is a new site where you can post thoughts on your personal devotions, encouragements, prayers, songs, etc. I love the idea because it's a very focused video sharing site similar to ... Read More

This week we kicked off a new series alled Go For Gold. We did a funny transition video after music that had the lead pastor entering live and carrying a torch into our meeting room. Funny Transition video Torch-preview Short VERSION Uploaded by russhutto Setlist: All We Want is You [Darell Evans]: We do an extremely rocked out version of this. I'm beginning to hone my electric guitar skills, even though I haven't gotten an electric guitar. I've got a nice digital pedal that allows me a ... Read More

Great day yesterday! We had a guest speaker who brought a challenging word! The band was a little small due to summer time "off" scheduling, but we rocked the casbah anyways. 1) One Way (Hillsong United): We do this with a kinda western meets surf rock guitar intro. One of our favorites! 2) O Taste & See (Brian & Jenn Johnson): One of our female vocal leaders led this for her very first time yesterday and did an awesome job! 3) Today is the Day ... Read More