Artist Profile #9: Doug Martin That's Doug hidden on the far right of the photo, playing guitar. And, as you'll hear in this podcast, that's just how humble, Christian songwriter Doug Martin likes it....
Artist Profile #8: Dahn B of HIGHEZPRAYS Dahn B is on the worship team at The Dream Center Church in St. Louis, Missouri. He has an amazing testimony that speaks greatly to the magnificent mercy of our God and His...
Artist Profile #7: Aviad Cohen Aviad Cohen is a talented, Jewish songwriter, currently living in Boise, Idaho, who writes songs for Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus Christ).
(1) Tell us how you came to Christ
Israeli...
Artist Profile #6: John Tibbs John Tibbs is an amazingly talented 20-year old Christian singer-songwriter and Worship Leader from Anderson, Indiana.
(1) Twitter Testimony (limit your testimony to 140...
Artist Profile #5: Aaron Logan I came across Aaron by searching twitter for worship songwriters and discovered some amazing music at his website aaronloganmusic.com. He is a worship leader in Denton, TX....
Doug Martin plays on the worship team at Valley Park Church in North Hills, California. I originally met Doug and his equally talented wife, Teresa, when they played some of their original music at my church (Teresa is the sister of one of my mentors, Matt Smith, who led worship at my church when I came to faith).
Doug’s style of music is a barebones, storytelling style that is all at once sincere, beautiful, instructive, and glorifying to God.
Featured Worship Artist: Doug Martin (whilewerewaiting.com)
Includes song “Surrender”
Notable Quote: “I think for the most part Christian music – not only from my perspective but by the world – is viewed as kind of overproduced in general and very kind of superficial.” – Doug Martin
Dahn B learned his musical chops playing in the secular world, living that stereotypical secular world life in the world of music where self is king. Five years ago, the Lord revealed Himself to Dahn in a powerful way, and he has been writing music for and serving the Lord (along with his 17-year old prodigy, Jae) as the duo “HIGHEZPRAYS.”
Rob talks with Dahn about his music, his testimony, and his family… and, in the end, we ended up with one powerful testimony that knocked my socks off. Hope it does the same for you.
JOHN TIBBS’ CONTEST WINNER: Rob Shumaker. Congrats, Rob!
Featured Worship Artist: Dahn B of HIGHEZPRAYS (highezprays.com)
Includes song “Choice”
Notable Quote: “I looked in the mirror, Rob, and I just kind of like was saddened by what I had seen. I didn’t like what I saw, and I just cried out to God that, you know, this has got to stop.” – Dahn B
Aviad Cohen began his musical career in the early 2000s as “50 Shekel,” a Jewish rapper, who put his focus on writing contemporary music for Jewish people that did not resort to rhyming “marijuanica” with “Channukah.” Rob and Aviad talk about their journeys from Judaism to Yeshua, Jewish tradition, and Harry Potter.
LAST WEEK’S CONTEST IS STILL ON! Win one of 3 digital copies of John Tibbs’ worship album “Origins.” Listen to last week’s podcast to find out more!
Featured Worship Artist: Aviad Cohen (aviadcohen.com)
Includes song “Israel”
Notable Quote: “Nobody is representing [the Jewish people]. I am the one. God decided. God decided, ‘I give you this creativity, and I need you to go and revamp Judaism.'” – Aviad Cohen, as ’50 Shekel,’ before he came to Christ
John Tibbs is a 20-year old worship leader in Anderson, Indiana who puts his soul into his songwriting. John talks with Rob about his music and about contemporary worship music, in general.
CONTEST! Win one of 3 digital copies of John Tibbs’ worship album “Origins.” Listen to find out more!
Featured Worship Artist: John Tibbs (johntibbsmusic.com)
Includes song “My God”
Again, I have some sound issues, but the reverse of last week (I’m too hot in the mix). Bear with me as I iron out the tech issues. 🙂
Notable Quote: “God has opened up everything, and I try to not screw everything up.” – John Tibbs
Aaron Logan is a worship leader in Denton, Texas who writes beautiful songs for the Lord. Aaron joins Rob, discussing his ministry, his musical influences, and a cause close to his heart.
Featured Worship Artist: Aaron Logan (aaronloganmusic.com)
Includes song “Offering”
Sorry there are some sound issues on my end during the interview, as I was trying something new that didn’t work well, so it might best be listened to with headphones.
Steve Hart (aka Hart Strong) is a songwriter in Dover, Delaware who writes Hip Hop oriented music for God, and he joins Rob, discussing his ministry, his musical influences, and his testimony.
Featured Worship Artist: Hart Strong (Facebook)
Includes song “MARCH!”
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