Joe sits down and records one of his and his wife's favorite songs.

~Keep Breathing by Ingrid Michaelson

I heard this song by Jon Bellion and loved the lyrics but wasn't crazy about the instrumentals in the original. I had to sit down and see if I could make something of it. I also have to be up early in the morning, so this is the best I could do in 90 minutes with a cheap midi keypad and an obviously broken pop filter.

Stupid Cheap (late night bedroom cover)

A reading of Don Skidmore's poem, "Unraveling," set to Godot's "The Fragrance of Dark Coffee" and a royalty-free coffee shop soundtrack.

Don Skidmore - Unraveling

Here's a more finished product -- props to Don Skidmore for giving me the idea to do reggae guitar for the track. I think it gave it the right flavor.

The bass was fun to record. It's really just my guitar pitch-shifted down an octave and run through a Garageband bass amp.

Props again to Garageband drummers for dropping beats. I'm still not good at communicating with them, but some creative track splits told it where to put breaks and fills.

Math Albums

There's a gorgeous song by Colin Hay that has been stuck in my head for nearly a decade. One night at a summer camp for our youth group, I found myself singing to God "I just don't think I'll ever get over You" out of amazement at His beauty and worth. I fell in love again, both with Him and the melody, and had to turn it into a worship song. I added a chorus and tweaked the verses until it was something I could sing honestly from start to finish. It may not be my best cover, but it's what I need to say, so I'm saying it... musically.

I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You (Colin Hay cover)

A scratch track I made in GarageBand iOS while bored at work. Tweaks will follow in the future.

Come on Bae (The Cincinnati Zoo)

Night Night Penny 2017-03-18

Night Night Penny 2017-03-20

Lifepoint Worship cover -- I re-recorded my parts to be cleaner, and got a guest to sing some harmony! Thank you, Emily!

Closer - C - With Emily

She wanted to sing a couple songs. We've been doing this for an hour...

Kids Time With Penny

I'm not great at mixing, but here's a version of this beautiful song we learned. Enjoy!

I Won't Let You Go - Switchfoot cover

My worship team is awesome, and I love everyone involved. Here is a mix of our Phil Wickham cover. I'm not great at mixing, but I'm too excited about sharing this song to care. Enjoy!

The Secret Place - feat. Jenna Richman

Originally by Pocket Full of Rocks. || welovelift.com || A simple duet with one of our youth team, Emily! I always love recording with her. One or two takes and she's done. The piano, on the other hand, took me 7 takes comp'd together. Ugh. I need work. She's amazing.

Come As You Are (PFOR) - Acoustic With Emily Kraus

Practice track for the worship team at Light of the World Church in Fort Worth, TX. Hi ladies and gents!

Rescue - D

Practice track for Light of the World's worship team, for Sunday, September 16, 2018.

Future   Past - C

Here's My Heart - C

Come Thou Fount - D

A song I wrote about (trying to be found) trusting God in bad times, too.

EP One (Promo)

Cries of the Caterpillar

Girl you know I’m not panda-ring for your love
Toucan see the blessing here from above
I sea lion all the time but not from your lips
I’m a little bit crayfish you, I’ll admit

Baby I am so koala-fied for you
I’ll never be a cheetah, this much is true
Oh baby now you know, rhino my heart is sound
Girl you know I’m not monkeyin’ around

So come to me like I’m a child in your enclosure
All I need is you, love, just a little bit closer
So wave me over and whisper so sweet “come on bae”
Honey, I need you like the Cincinnati Zoo needs Harambe

I’ve penguin-nin all the time since we got together
And I know that we can Bear the roughest of weather
We can beetle-little competition now, honey
So get your hopes hyena minute, ain’t it funny

Here komodo haters, say we can’t make it
But when I make ape-romise, girl I don’t break it
If we get married now won-tiger-ow old with you
Right giraffe-ter I macaw-ll your dreams come true

You know I wanted to take Harambe to the Tower Eiffel
But the love that we created was quickly separated by a rifle
But I think that we can make it 'cause we ain't surrounded by stone cold killas
And I love you just a little more that zoos apparently love their gorillas

So come to me like I’m a child in your enclosure
All I need is you, love, just a little bit closer
So wave me over and whisper so sweet “come on bae”
Honey, I need you like the Cincinnati Zoo needs Harambe

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