You Are My Joy (rehearsal)

Song Story
This video is of Dug Hampton and his band (of which I am a part) rehearsing the day before the CD release shows in November 2009. Playing with Dug is always a fun time and getting to prepare for releasing his first CD together with Amanda and J.D. was incredibly over-the-top!

I have always loved playing great music with great friends who are also great musicians. In a word, it was great. What takes it to a completely “wait, it gets even better” kind of level, is that we were all singing and playing to worship our God. Leading the crowd of people who came to join along with us in worshiping Jesus somehow always takes it to a level of “uh-maz-ing” beyond that.

It is such a privilege to get to worship God through music and leading other folks to do so, too, has always been one of my favorite things in all the world. It’s something I’m gifted to do and absolutely love. I’m so glad that Dug invited me along for the journey that was making his CD and got to help tie the big blue ribbon on the package as part of the release shows.

Barry came to our last rehearsal to be better prepared to film the concerts. However, at the last minute, he was unable to come to the shows. Thus, what we have instead of concert footage is this fun, raw, energetic, wonderfully noisy, and joyful rehearsal video instead. It’s definitely got some mistakes and some stellar moments. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Credits:
Song - You Are My Joy, by David Crowder*Band
Videography - Barry Keller [DidaskoFilms.com] (did I tell you he built the jib he’s using?!?)
Video / Sound editing - Amanda Dillard
Band - Dug Hampton, Fritz Schindler, Amanda Dillard and J.D. Shanks

Hello world!

This is my first Old Release Wednesdays post. (It’s not actually a Wednesday, but I had to start somewhere!)

Outro Idea

The Song: “Outro Idea” recorded in my home on August 4, 2008

I think this lil’ number is appropriate to kick off the blog for several reasons:

1. It’s an unfinished song. I don’t know quite where it will end up, much like this blog.

2. It’s intended as the “outro” to a song, which is exactly the opposite of what this post is to my blog, an intro.

3. It’s short. (Don’t want anybody to nod off during my first post!)

4. It’s just me on the guitar (three times). I like overdubbing parts a lot and instrumental music is really where I got started. Singing first became a big part of my musical life in college so this is, in one way, a tribute to my musical beginnings.

So here it is, this first, lil’ musical slice from my life. I hope there’s many more to come! If you like, take a sec and write back what you think. I love good conversations about music.

Thanks for listening.

- Fritz