John Mark McMillan wrote the biggest anthem of our generation in HOW HE LOVES.
I've spoken at events where this song literally brought people to their feet with tears falling down their cheeks. It's a song that was written after JMM's youth pastor declared "I would be willing to die if it would shake the nation." That night, he died in a car accident. Since then, this song has swept the world.
At STORY, I'm pulling together a mash-up of artists - both known and unknown - to perform the song together on video. It will then be joined live on-stage by our artists at the event.
I'd like you to be a part of it too. If you're interested, here's how you can participate...
- Download the guitar track HERE.
- Put in your ear buds to listen to it
- Record yourself singing to it - [lyrics]
- one track with just your vocal audio - [we use this]
- one video file from your iSight camera - Send the two files to benarment [at] gmail.com by July 30
The amazing Dust Corrona will mash-up the video and piece together a stunning piece of music. To give you a better idea of the end-result, maybe you saw [this] or [this].
Depending on the response, we might not be able to use everyone. But if you make it, you'll be a part of a stunning piece of history... and an incredible moment at the event.
If you have trouble e-mailing me the files, try using DropBox so we can snag it from a server. Remember: July 30.
Brilliant! I'm in.
Posted by: Chad Jarnagin | July 06, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Cant wait to get ur files Chad
Posted by: Ben Arment | July 06, 2010 at 11:25 PM
This sounds fantastic! Just have a few questions.
1. Do we need to sing based on a certain arrangement? Like John Mark's on his latest release?
2. Can females enter by adding harmony lines or are you only wanting the melody?
3. Do you only want video recorded on an iSight camera or can we record using regular cameras?
Thanks!
Ryan
Posted by: Ryan Beavers | July 07, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Hey Ryan,
1. if you sing to the guitar bed provided, you'll be golden
2. Anyone can sing harmony. But need a dedicated audio file and a dedicated video file
3. you can use any video camera
Posted by: Ben Arment | July 07, 2010 at 12:12 PM
I'm not musically gifted, but I can sure sing my heart out when I've got ear plugs in. :)
You can decide whether or not to include it.
Posted by: Adam Lehman | July 07, 2010 at 01:17 PM
Awesome... On the lyric sheet there is a 3rd verse but not on Mcmillan's single. Do you want the 3rd verse?
Posted by: Gina Renfro-Smith | July 07, 2010 at 05:47 PM
What a great idea! Would love to see this done in a church setting. I can imagine four weeks of gripping stories where people share their journey of triumph. Then the four individually sing "How He Loves Me" and it is brought together into one master video.
Posted by: @gerrytrue | July 08, 2010 at 08:29 AM
Gina, sorry for the confusion. This is a bit messy. Can you tell what's accommodated on the guitar bed I've provided?
Posted by: Ben Arment | July 08, 2010 at 09:00 AM
No problem...since it's a cut and paste type of project it's all good! We'll just see what the Lord makes of it! Thanks
Posted by: Gina Renfro-Smith | July 09, 2010 at 09:50 AM
thanks for participating Gina
Posted by: Ben Arment | July 09, 2010 at 11:06 AM
This is gonna be great, I can't wait to do this
Posted by: Josh | July 09, 2010 at 07:01 PM
nice blog Josh. great layout
Posted by: Ben Arment | July 10, 2010 at 09:18 AM
Just sent my submission! Thanks for the opportunity!
Posted by: Lindsay @ Not2Us.net | July 30, 2010 at 11:19 AM