Here and There and In Between

The CD is out…. It has been a great past couple of weeks. As of right now you can only get the CD at one of the shows. It will be on Itunes and Rhapsody and in a few stores around the world in February. I played a CD release show at one of my favorite churches ever- Heights Church in Beech Island, SC (Where I sang my first song) last Sunday. It was great to share such a time with those guys… Then I headed out to Charlotte, NC and played for New Years Eve.. It is great to be back home but what a fun time… We have almost nailed down the date and place for the Nashville CD Release Show. So keep posted…Anyways heres some Fotos…..

The Promenade

This is a great blog from one of my favorite artist- John mark McMillan. Super talented Artist/Worship Leader and a very talented writer…. So I decided today to take the wonderful blog he wrote and throw it on my page for your enjoyment….. If you are a Writer, Artist, Listener, Lover of Music, Hater of Music….If you are anything…than this blog is for you….

Around the world Clint Eastwood is most famous for his brilliant one-liners, but, believe it or not, what made his career may have actually been the things he didn’t say. As an actor, Eastwood is known for blotting entire pages of dialog out of his scripts. In an ‘85 interview with Rolling Stone he explained “In a real A picture, you let the audience think along with the movie; in a B picture you explain everything”.

The same principal can be true as a songwriter. It’s important to keep in mind that a person’s imagination is far more vivid than your language or melody will ever be. Because of this, it doesn’t necessarily help your story/message/cause to insult their intelligence with over-explanation or ultra-simplification. In my opinion, the ultimate goal is not to simply relay information, but to actually draw people into the conversation. If you explain everything away, it doesn’t give them an opportunity to think along with you, and actually limits their ability to enter into a conversation.

I’ll give you an example from my own work (I know it seems a little pretentious, but it is easy because I know my own songs better than anyone else’s)

“Dress us up in the blood of a son”

I’ve seen several people reword this line to say blood of “the” son, but that isn’t what I wrote. Simply using the word “a” instead of “the” gives the listener a chance to ask themselves some very important questions such as: “If this is a son, then was he actually someone’s son, and how did that someone feel about the blood that was drawn?” They would probably have to answer: “the same way I’d feel if it was my son”. The conclusion they would hopefully come to would be that Jesus wasn’t just the Son of Glory (insert bright lights and cheesy white-girl vocals here); Jesus was also someone’s little boy. He was also a son.

Notice all the words I just wrote in that last paragraph in an attempt to explain a thought, when the more powerful explanation is still in the simple word “a”. It gives the listeners an opportunity to ask themselves who the “son” is, and that is far more important than the precision of my information.

See more of his blogs and music here…… John Mark McMillan

CD GIVEAWAY WINNER

Thanks to everyone that commented, this has been fun. Thanks for everyones support, it means TONS that you care to even receive this album. I hope you enjoy…..

I did not have any part of choosing the winner. It was a computer generated number.. As you might have noticed the comments were numbered. The computer then generated the number of the winner.

The winner of the FREE CD is……….. Drum ROLLLLLLL PLEASE>>>!!!>>>>!!!

NUMBER 18- Don Hall

If you would please send an email to info@rhettcanipe.com
From there you will receive further instructions on how to receive your cd.

Thanks to everyone for playing….I promise there is some more stuff up our sleeve and more things for you to win and me giveaway…..

Until Next Time………

“Vessel” on CNN….Barely

@2min and 30seconds——

Help-Portrait.
I had the opportunity to play at this event Saturday. I was very happy to be a part of it and help out where I could. It is such a great cause.

On or around, December 12th, photographers around the world will be grabbing their cameras, finding people in need, and taking their picture. When the prints are ready, the photographs get delivered.

I went and played a couple of songs. It was great, tons of people, tons of smiling faces.
CNN did an interview with Jeremy Cowart, founder, and at 2min and 30 sec- for just a couple of seconds you can here me playing “Vessel” one of the new songs on the album. You do have to listen very closely as they are talking and such.

anyways….