RE: {WOW} I survivied the Christian Musician Summit/[Intro] Josiah Wayne Smith
Posted by: smithw <smithw@...>
and leave my wife to deal with my 6-week-old son all by herself. Hopefully
the next one...
Which reminds me, I need to give one of these:
[Intro] Josiah Wayne Smith was born on October 5, weighing in at 6 pounds 10
ounces and a height of 20 3/4 inches. He's got nice long fingers so I
figure he'll be able to handle a 7-string well. My wife won't let me buy
*him* one now though.
Wes Smith
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Weatherly [mailto:jdwxly@gte.net]
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:24 AM
To: churchbass@welovegod.org
Subject: [CB] {WOW} I survivied the Christian Musician Summit
What a weekend this has been! I'm still winding down from the First of what
will be the Annual Christian Musician Summit. Nearly 600 people invaded Our
Savior Lutheran Church in Puyallup for an amazing event. All day Friday
(9am to 10pm) was devoted to worship, worship leading, being better lead
worshippers and the tools and techniques involved. All day Saturday (9am to
10pm) was devoted to musicianship. Some of the most amazing and humble
musicians I have ever met were here to teach and fellowship with us mere
mortals.
Norm survived the ravages of stomach flu and a sore thorat to do his usual
stellar job in the classroom and at the evening concerts. I got to meet
several CBer whom I haven't met before: Erin (the ONLY woman bassist in the
first class!), Kevin and Kelvin were the typical gracious and friendly CB
types. Eric, Ken and Steve were their usual selves 🙂
Highlights for me:
-My first ever, official Bass Lesson from Norm. I now have a road map to
follow. I just need to make the time available to follow it!
-Meeting Jami Smith and watching God use her as a worship leader. What a
heart for worship and God's people! What a voice! I bought her CD's bases
solely on her presentation earlier in the day, but I was blown away by her
worship service on Friday night.
-Dave Lubben. Who the heck is Dave Lubben? Good question! I'd never heard
of him before, either. He heard about the event, called the organizers and
asked if he could come up and help in any way. They had him lead morning
worship and he did an amazing job. He's a very mature leader for such a
young man. Got his CD, too.
-After tonight's Phil Keaggy concert, I can't decide if I want a looper or
if I should just burn my acoustic guitar right now. Not only is he an
amazing guitarist and VERY accomplished effects driver, he is an absolute
crack-up entertainer as well. He did a composed-on-the-fly song that lasted
for about 10 minutes and had everyone's jaw on the floor. Amazing! Had to
buy a couple more CD's...
Next year is already set for a bigger venue. Sounds like all of these
artists will be back, and Paul Baloche has already signed on as well. If
you can reserve some time in February next year, I would humbly suggest you
plan to be here.
--
Dennis Weatherly jdwxly@gte.net
Wilsonville, OR USA
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