Michael Blue's Blog (7)

Hi all!



As many of you know, I'm finally stepping out an putting together my own team. Of course, I had to reinvent the whole thing as I always do, so we're introducing a whole new Alternative Worship Service at our church, the first service has been confirmed for May 29, 2009.



Essentially these are going to be something of a combination of a "worship concert" and some pretty serious ministry time. The music will be loud enough that visitors can worship freely… Continue

Mightily used, mightily abused?



Every now and again, we have the opportunity to step out of our comfort zone and do something really useful. Maybe it’s something at church; helping out in the nursery or food pantry, playing or singing on a worship team, ministering to someone who today just really needs to hear how much God loves them. Maybe it’s something in our every day lives; helping rake leaves or mow the yard of an elderly widow, offering our personal gifts for… Continue

We're all here because we enjoy music with a message, and many of us are here because we feel something of a calling on our lives in this respect. Whether it is it lead a simple acoustic worship set with a small group once a week, to lead congregational worship on Sunday mornings, or to become the next Chris Tomlin, these callings are no more or less important than one another. For most of us the hard part is; how do we achieve the goals we feel God placing in our hearts?



For artists… Continue

The weather last few days here in Central Illinois have been much like the economic and political climate last several months throughout the world. Sunday in particular was one of the more interesting weather days here in several years. All night it had been raining with occasional thunderstorms, and Sunday morning was much the same. Even the visiting Pastor that spoke at our church used a close lightning strike and the imminent thunderous "boom" as an opportunity to make a point from the… Continue

Hey all!



Recently it was heavily laid on my heart to begin an Alternative Worship Service, run by a new Alternative Worship Team. Now, my church has always tried to be in tune with the leading edge of what Spirit is doing "now", so the Service was an easy sell...But also being a smallish church with a real strain on the small Worship Community, finding "band members" was going to be a real challenge.



Working up song lists, I'm finding useful music by all sorts of bands not… Continue

Hey all!



I've been on the internet since the early-mid '90s, but usually in the capacity of my interest in cars, etc. Only in the last couple of years have I branched out into music forums. Recently I went looking for an outlet for my project, and those I'll be producing, and only this year have I discovered a few Worship-related sites.



Never having been on Christian sites before, I guess I was naive concerning the universal nature of certain beliefs; or should I say the… Continue

Hey guys! This is my first Blog, so be gentle. :)



I've been writing and recording since the '80s, but recently re-invested into the Studio and have begun Producing for other artists. This is a project I'm working on with a local Songwriter, it will be her 3rd CD, and I will be handling everything from all backing tracks to Production to duplication and distribution...I'm basically acting as everything from production studio to "Indie record label" on this one...



The… Continue