The Word // El Verbo
Since I didn’t post last week, this week you get a double-feature!
As part of the second LifeEast worship CD, About You, we recorded this song called, The Word both in English and in Spanish (El Verbo). Since our drummer for the album was more of a “rock guy” and didn’t want to learn to play the Latin groove for this song, I had a lot of fun playing drums on it! I also got to co-sing the lead vocals on the English version, which made for a nifty duet. Since I don’t really habla and Gabriel did, he sang on the Spanish version, but we asked a friend of mine, Irvin, to sing the other lead part for El Verbo.
We recorded the album in Blacksburg at Rick Kraniack’s Reel To Real Studio which was a great experience both because the environment was fantastic for recording, and also because the location was only 20 minutes from campus, we could come and go as needed while not having to pull our students out of classes as much when recording.
I hope you enjoy both renditions of this song. Have a happy week!
Song Credits:
Words by Ernesto Loera; Music by Luigi Peñaranda
Lead Vocals: Gabriel Rodriguez, and Fritz Schindler (English) Irvin Johns (Spanish)
Electric Guitar: Brandon Lucas
Classical Guitar: Luke Eichelberger
Piano: Irvin Johns
Bass: Dan Lee
Drums: Fritz Schindler
Percussion: Gabriel Rodriguez, Sarah Ruggerio, and Crystal Neubauer
Backing Vocals: Lorraine Brown, and Heather Broughman
