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I haven’t put any Phil Keaggy on here in a while. I just discovered this gem of a jam session. This is PK doing his rendition of the classic George Harrison tune “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. That’s Ian Keaggy playing acoustic guitar.
The jam at the end is amazing because out of nowhere Jason Truby (from P.O.D.) appears with a Strat, plugs in, and rips it back and forth with Phil Keaggy.
I discovered a cool new blog today, and consequently this TED Talks video. This is author Elizabeth Gilbert talking about the source of our creativity, that denying that there is a “divine source” to our creativity actually stifles the creative mind of the artist and may be at the heart of why so many of our most talented artists have self-destructed.
Obviously, this is not coming from anywhere close to a Biblical world view. However, I think the application here is obvious.
I loved what she said at the end about the performer who “transcends” in the moment as though there is something (Someone…) divine being displayed through that person. My opinion: Art for the Christian ultimately is about uncovering the image of God in us, and then displaying it in such a way that God is glorified and the artist is all but unnoticed. The artist (Christian or otherwise) feels angst when he/she gets confused about who gets glory.
I would love to hear your reactions in the comments.
We got a last minute opportunity to play at the annual outdoor festival in Kernersville called “Spring Folly”. I took a quick video from my camera. I was trying to keep track of my 3 kids at the same time (Heather was singing) so the video is cut short and the quality isn’t as good as what you’d get with a video camera.
Next year we’ll get a proper video camera out there, but this will give you a taste.
I’m just so proud of our band that I wanted to share the love. Thanks to Jessica Cotten and the band for pulling it together on such short notice and managing to be yourselves up there.
I found this (ironically via @nathanrice on Twitter) and laughed out loud. Â Enjoy, and if you’re a Twitter user like me don’t take yourself too seriously… Â ;-)
Many don’t know that there’s a lot more to Bobby McFerrin than “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”. A lot. Not only can he sing well, he uses his voice like an instrument (lots of them, sometimes playing all at one time). This is skat singing x 100. This is true, live, improv. Awesome.
And, of course, Richard Bona is incredible as well. Enjoy.
The audio and video is a little out of sync, sorry… I didn’t make the video.
