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MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Cappuccino Date: 20 Oct 01 - 03:28 PM Good. The more creative Christian stuff we get, the better. Best wishes, -Ian B |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 20 Oct 01 - 10:36 AM Since we all last posted, Keith & Sue's website has gotten better and better-- including sound clips. CLICK HERE to get there. ~Susan (AKA "Praise"-- I had a name change.) |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 08 Mar 01 - 09:59 AM This super CD is up in the Mudcat Auction right now. ~Susan |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Alan of Australia Date: 03 Dec 00 - 04:26 AM G'day, I've listened to this album often over the last few weeks. Its (often abstract) images bring a very strong contemporary Gospel message to people living in a modern world. It's wrapped in a musical style which is simple, effective and fresh. You really owe it to yourself to get your own copy of this CD, whatever stage your life is at. Just follow this link.
Cheers,
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 05 Oct 00 - 04:46 PM Shortcut to the index to find those clips: The little search box is on the far right side of page, and then look at the index of names closely after using the box to search for KEITH JOHNSON. It is not an aphabetical list-- he is on it, just look. ~S~
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Susan from California Date: 05 Oct 00 - 03:52 PM OK, for those of you who would like to hear three songs from this cd, you can go to www.theorchard.com Do a search for Keith Johnson, and that will take you to a page that will let you play three of the songs, "Dave's Song", "Lord, Liar, or Lunatic" and "Baptism". The cd is available through CD now, or from what the distributer has told us, :-) by special order through most cd places. I'm still working on having 'the kid' fix our own website, but , well, you know.... |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Susan from California Date: 03 Oct 00 - 01:27 AM Uncle J., anyone who is willing to listen to the cd, and then take it to their local Christian radio statio, or a station that is likely to play independent folk-influenced stuff can have one "on spec", forget the ducats! Just PM me with your address, and I'll get it out ASAP! Sue |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Uncle Jaque Date: 02 Oct 00 - 11:08 PM Keep us posted, Susan; I'd be glad to invest a few ducats to check out your CD, and may be able to get our local CCM radio station, WMSJ (Freeport Maine) to run a track on the air (they also broadcast on the internet). Drop me a PM with a PO address and how much / to whom to make the check out to, eh? Uncle J., Yarmouth ME |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Susan from California Date: 02 Oct 00 - 10:38 PM OK, "the darned kid" who is in charge of the website (my son, Dylan) still doesn't have the sound clips working. We have a distributer, and it should be available on ALL the online services within a week, and the distributer will have three full songs available on their site. (http://www.theorchard.com) And maybe THEN "the darned kid" will have our site done. But hey, he works at least 40 hours a week at Legoland, is taking 14 units in his first semester of college, and he knows way more about computer stuff than I do, but I am getting ready to write another check to someone who I can fire! (phew--talk about a run-on sentence--YIKES!) |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 02 Oct 00 - 11:49 AM Susan, I see that the CD is in the MUDCAT AUCTION now. What other news do you have on distribution, online purchasing, and sound clips on your WEBSITE ?? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Susan from California Date: 22 Sep 00 - 12:13 AM I'm putting a cd in the mail tomorrow to Max, then maybe some of you can hear it. :-) |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Sep 00 - 02:17 PM The tunes get into your head and then form a lovely background score.... anyone wants to hear one, PM me for my work phone number, and I'll run a track for you... Gotta get this on Mudcat Radio. I can't emphasize enough-- these are real brand new folk tunes about the Christian life, any life.... Still flying. Can't hear it enough. ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: MichaelAnthony Date: 21 Sep 00 - 01:51 PM The lyrics you quoted are really good. This sounds like a special release. |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Lonesome EJ Date: 21 Sep 00 - 12:38 PM Can't wait to hear it,Susan.Great lyrics! |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 21 Sep 00 - 09:30 AM Silly silly Praise. THE TITLE. TELL THEM THE TITLE. "WOULD YOU?" (No, it's the title! Of course I would! You already knew that!) The title of the CD is, "Would You?" Hey, if the sound clips aren't up on Keith's site, call me up and I'll play you a cut! I wonder if I can play it at hearMe..... ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Susan from California Date: 20 Sep 00 - 09:32 PM Alan--Check you PM :-) |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Alan of Australia Date: 20 Sep 00 - 08:54 PM G'day, I'm looking forward to receiving my copy following Praise's recommendation. One problem: I'm unable to order online because the credit card authorisation seems to require a two letter state as per US convention. I live in the Olympic city in the state of NSW (New South Wales). If I shorten that to NS it still won't accept it & even if it did the package would probably be lost because it won't be addressed properly. This is the message I get: Credit card authorization failed. Specific error was 'Unable to derive two character state abbreviation from entered state in shipping address. Please enter the correct two character abbreviation for your state'.
Cheers, |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Susan from California Date: 20 Sep 00 - 08:17 PM Thanks, Praise!!! And, at your request, here's the story of how the cd came about. I have long thought that Keith writes wonderful stuff (of course, after all,:-) I married him.) I have also thought that we should get his original songs on a hard copy somewhere, to have for our grandkids if nothing else. But, we never seemed to get around to it. Well, last year just before Christmas, I had what I thought was a great idea. I would give keith an hour of recording time for a gift. He's notoriously difficult to buy for. So I got on the Internet and started looking for studios. As it turns out there were several that seemed as if they would work out, one that was even in our town. So we called around, and Keith spent some time on the phone with the three most likely studios. The one that is in our small town turned out to be three blocks away, on a street that we drive on every day, yet we didn't know it existed! It's in a converted house, and all the guys live in a different house next door. I really wanted to go with the local guys, because they were so close and convienient. But their rates were WAY higher than the other two places. Well, Keith talked to Dale, the man who was in charge of booking, etc at the studio and told him the project was for Christian folk influenced music, and Dale got excited. Dale said since it was Christian, he would cut us a deal. And so we decided to do a whole cd. When we went into the studio, the project really blossomed. We had originally planned to do a demo cd, send it to "real" musicians, and hope that someone would record them. But the engineer would say things like, "this would sound really good with a stand up bass", or "I'm hearing keyboards". We don't know anybody who plays a stand up bass, but we started asking friends from church if they would be willing to come to the studio and play or sing, even tho we couldn't pay. Jessi, Jennifer and Dan all agreed, and we ran with it. I have to admit that we are fairly pleased with the end result, and had a blast making it. The fact that our 16 yr old daughter (who doesn't like organized religion) really likes the cd, and plays it every time we get into the car is *very* satisfying. On a sad note, and in a nod to those good ol' mysterious ways of our Maker, Dale passed away in mid-August. (he was in his foties.) If it had not been for him, the cd would not be what it is. It probably would have been a demo, with just Keith and his guitar, and me singing a tiny bit of harmony. Our friends have added so much to the overall feel of the music, that I can't even imagine it without them. Dana Parker, the young musician who added keyboards is a friend of the engineer and Dale, who was just playing around and after listening to the tape twice, laid down the keyboard track. The fact that we have produced a cd, that some people think it's pretty decent is more amazing than you can know. That kid of mine said he'd get the sound clips on the website "muy pronto" so I'll let y'all know when it is up (and there I go, mixing Spanish and Kentucky into the same sentence again...) Thanks again for your kind words, guys! |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: GUEST,Kernow Jon Date: 19 Sep 00 - 07:00 PM Thanks for posting this. I've just visited the Web Site and read all the words, I can't find the right things to say to describe just how good they are. I have found it difficult for a while singing the type of praise songs and hymns that involve me telling God how wonderfull he is. These songs just seem to fit the way I feel about God and about the time I share with other Christians. I now have to find a way to buy it from over here in Kernow. Thanks again KJ |
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Sep 00 - 02:40 PM Tinker-- send a PM to Susan from California. When and where is workshop?????????????????????? ~S~
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Subject: RE: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: Tinker Date: 19 Sep 00 - 02:12 PM Please let me know what to do to buy a copy. I'm in the middle of preparing a workshop on bringing the Holy back into everyday life and song is a big part of that. Praise and Thanksgiving are easy to find. But Prophetic Voices and Laments, our hopes and our fears,these are tougher. I've been digging through the DT, but Susan I need this... Details please... Can I get some for the workshop? Tinker |
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Subject: MUDCATTERS DEBUT NEW CD: A Review From: wysiwyg Date: 19 Sep 00 - 02:00 PM Susan from California asked me to listen to a CD she and her husband Keith Johnson have just produced. They wanted to know what I thought of it. I don't know why they picked me, but I am so grateful they did! This CD is a whole new kind of Christian music, but it isn't only for Christians. It's written from the heart about the things that are in the heart of a Christian. So it would appeal to Christians... and also to people who want to know what we are really like, on the inside. The SOUND of it... I actually had it running the other day for more than four hours on continuous play, and here I am running it again today-- it is that pretty, that fresh, that solid. I wake up hearing these tunes coming back to me, lifting me up, settling me down, reconnecting me to the Divine.... This music has me flying, and I have decided it will be this year's Christmas present to each person I hold dear-- I will be proud to support this project with every Christmas dollar in my budget. It inspires, it soothes, it challenges, it says what some of us struggle to say, but says it effortlessly. According to Keith's liner notes, "You won't find the usual 'Oh Lord, you are worthy of our praise' songs on this CD; to be honest, I'd feel a little presumptuous telling God that he measures up to my standards. My songs are about people who are discovering they aren't worthy of God, about people who don't know how to follow God, about people who sometimes are scared he isn't even there.... And my songs are about how God accepts us in our weakness anyway." The songs themselves are masterpieces of writing and rhythm and melody. They don't sound like anything I have ever heard. The arrangements are clean and spare and so lovely that they make you sing inside. Keith's voice, and the voices of various ladies providing backup vocals, including Sue, make you think you are right there with them singing with friends, and yet the quality is so high that it is also completely professional. Here are some of the phrases in these songs that jumped out at me as truth-- From Baptism When a baby cries a 1000 angels cry. When a baby laughs it fills up heaven. You can see it in her eyes. She has her mother's eyes. It fills up heaven. Some lies are only told by fearful hearts. From Carry You Away This time it's different This time you're a little stronger And a little less willing to lie about the pain. From Saved by Grace We see the smiles We see the sunshine on their faces But we can't see their trials. From Lord, Liar or Lunatic "Is Jesus a Lord, a liar or a lunatic?" At least I think that's what he said. And I wondered "Is this man a lunatic? Or a liar, or the Son of God?" From Dave's Song Sometimes I hide my face, sometimes I feel your grace Sometimes my faith's a lie; sometimes I start to cry Sometimes your voice is clear. Sometimes the song is near-- You're singing, "You're still welcome here." From Wash it All Away ... and if He told you, you must believe and if you asked Him what that means if you said you're not sure how and He said I know And the tears stream down your face when you realize your freedom... The tears He cries mixes with the ones in your eyes to wash it all away. From Would You? Would you walk into the shadows of an alley If you heard a man calling out your name? Would you wonder if it's true? Was he calling out for you or was it just a name he knew? From God's Light It's a light...God's light. Sometimes it's hidden in the pain But it's the kind of light that never goes away It's a light that's breaking through the dark It's a light...God's light. Soon, I hope they will get the sound clips up on their website so you can catch the excitement I caught. The rest of the lyrics are there already. Just CLICK HERE Sue has shared with me that the way this CD was made is a marvelous story, and I hope she will post some of what she told me, right here in this thread. It's the story of believing in the music-- whatever kind of music it may be-- and making it happen, or allowing it to happen... answering that sense that something needs to be sung and heard. I think there is a lesson there for us all. What if every one of us believed in our music enough to just go for it?? ("Would You?" indeed.) After I have gotten my own copy to keep, which I will purchase, I am taking the review copy they sent me to my local Christian radio station, to urge them to listen to it and play it. I have asked Sue (and she agreed) to provide other Mudcatters with review copies, if they will agree to forward it to their local station after they listen to it. I am sure it will turn up in the Mudcat Auction, and hopefully it will be featured on Mudcat Radio, too. Thanks Sue. ~S~ |
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