At SRC we plan our singing together based on what we call the 12 song superset I think I call it that because I've always wanted to be a DJ on the radio and that would sound really cool to say. Anyway, for a number of reasons the band will on play about 12 songs in a given quarter of the year. What are the reasons?
1. We don't have a place where instruments stay setup, so rehearsal is confined to only when the instruments come off the trailer on Sunday morning. Limiting the songs insures that we are able to play them at the highest quality.
2. We like to sing the same songs over and over. For real, I think it's awesome when people can really identify with a song, and when that connection is made everyone wants to sing them over and over. Now we try not to repeat songs on back to back weeks, though sometimes it happens. The point is that when people know songs really well and fresh, they sing them louder, and that's probably a good testimony to our guests.
3. We Don't like to sing the same songs over and over. Now wait didn't we just say... Yes, here's the beauty. We sing the songs for three months, and then you won't hear that song for at least three months. We believe that music is just great, but we don't think the perfect song to express our relationship with God has been written yet. (I'm currently working on a draft of it. Just kidding.) So in tune with the Bible, we're on a constant rotation of "singing a new song to the Lord".
So where do you fit into this? We're preparing our new superset for Jan.-March. Feel free to recommend a song or 2 or 12.
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