Today I added another new song, "Perfection". This song was originally entitled, "Grant Me Wisdom". I feel that Perfection is a better description for the song, based on what it talks about. Hope you enjoy it, and look for an update from the studio on Tuesday!

Today is a huge milestone for The Sun Still Rises. We finished putting together the guitar and vocal tracks for all twelve songs. We are all set to go to Lifeword Studios on Tuesday and do a 12+ hour recording session to knock out drums, bass, and electric guitar.

We are still working out details for our cello player, but that should come soon. So the plan now is to record on Tuesday, and spend the rest of the week and part of the following finishing everything before going back to Lifeword to mix.

Today was so satisfying, as we ended on Most Wonderful, the very song we did first. We redid the guitar and vocal, and it turned out much better than before. So it is cool to see the progression and growth as a player through this project. I guess that has to happen when you spend 1/3 of a year on something like this.

Lendell sure deserves a huge thank you for all of his work, as he is so much of the reason this all is coming together. And I am sure we wouldn't be recording at Lifeword without him. So thank you Lendell! Roger GInnett also deserves much thanks, as he is loaning us the money to go into the studio next week. And all of you for your prayers and support. We couldn't have gotten here without you.

It is cool to be at this stage of the game, because for awhile it felt it would never be done. Yet here we are! The biggest thanks goes to God, as he certainly brought all of this together and has confirmed our path.

We still have a lot of final expenses to work out, but by the end of next week the project will be near completion.

Well hello there everyone! Just got back from a 7 hour recording session, and I am bushed! Glad to let you all know that I will shortly be adding a NEW version of Restore. We went back and redid a good portion of the song. Now, keep in mind that we just did a rough mix, as we don't have time to mix twice. (Doing the mixing at Lifeword Studios). But this is certainly closer to the final version.

About the CD, it appears we just will not be able to have all of the backup vocals and extra parts finished in time to mix next week, but we WILL still be recording on Tuesday, one week from today. And we should be able to return in two weeks to do the mixing. This will allow us to make sure we have done everything we can, and not regret leaving out final touches just to have it finished a week earlier.

We are actively working on the album art, and I will be sharing it as soon at is ready as well. Obviously we are juggling a lot at the moment, but it is so exciting! Never been this tired in my life, but it is well worth it. God sure has confirmed our path, and I cannot wait to share the fruits of our labor with you as soon as possible. Thanks for all of your prayers and support; we couldn't do it withoutcha!

I will update this entry when the song is up. ***Edit*** It is now up! Thanks for stopping by, and hope you enjoy it!

This week has been the most intense week of the project yet, and it has been awesome! Tuesday we tracked three guitar tracks. Thursday we did two more guitar tracks and 3 vocal tracks, and yesterday did 6 vocal tracks. This means that we are now FINISHED with the initial busy tracking. Monday and Tuesday this coming week we will be cleaning everything up, choosing which takes sound the best, and then we get to do the fun and creative stuff. Tuesday a friend of mine, Russ, will be doing several backup vocal tracks, and if all goes as planned, we will bring in a cello player as well.

The following week (memorial day week), we head down to Conway to do the drums, bass, and electric guitar.

It blows my mind that the project is near completion. These last few months have been a huge growing time for me emotionally as well as spitirually, and while very difficult, have served to deeply strengthen me as a person and a musician. Broken friendships, financial difficulties, car breakdowns, etc certainly do serve to do that. But I cannot complain, not one bit. God is so good to Hannah and I, and our relationship could not be better!

Please do keep us in prayer these next two weeks. They are the busiest of the project, and we still have more to raise to pay for everything. I will keep ya'll updated on how things go this and next week, you guys rock!

Well hello there everyone! It's been a busy couple of weeks for us over here, but a very fun couple of weeks. We are now over the halfway point of the recording! This means that this coming week will be a bit of a break, but after that point there will be no more breaks. We will work then 'till the 30th of May very heavily, when we will be going down to Lifeword Studios to do percussion, electric guitar, bass, and some other odds and ends.

Friday the 27th was a pretty exciting day, as we brought in a friend of Lendell's: David Ervin to do accordion and melodica for Grant Me Wisdom. Sure is getting me pumped up for the work we will do at Lifeword.

Make sure to come back sometime today, as I will be adding a new song for you to listen to! ***Update*** The new song is now up! Check it out on the left side of the page. It's called "Restore". Thanks for stopping by, you guys rock!

I was deeply saddened to learn today about the shooting at Virginia Tech. It is times like these I cannot comprehend how someone can experience so much pain and be emotionally distraught as to do something of this magnitude. On behalf of all of us here, I want to say we are praying for the families and friends of all involved.