April 26th, 2011 
Tristan I’ve always had trouble figuring out how to fit “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” into a modern worship environment and have it flow well. Most of the reworked arrangements I’ve heard either completely change the melody/rhythm (which drives the congregation crazy) or put a boring 4/4 backbeat to the traditional song (which drives me [...]
June 6th, 2009 Tristan This Sunday we’re starting a sermon series on stewardship called “the world is Mine”. To go along with that series, I reworked the hymn “This Is My Father’s World.” I liked the feel of Aaron Niequist‘s version, but I wanted a different chord structure for the song (his structure is more traditional). The lyrics are [...]
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Comments Off February 27th, 2009 Tristan A few months ago, one of the leaders from GEMS (our church’s girls’ ministry) came to me and asked if I would re-record the song “Your Grace Is Enough” for them in a lower key so they could sing along with it during their meetings. The problem: They love Chris Tomlin, but he usually sings [...]
December 22nd, 2008 Tristan Here’s a “live bootleg” from one of our worship services. ;) Recently, I was searching for a Christmas song that I could sing during communion. In the past, our church has done some great Christmas songs that have tied togther Jesus’ birth and the cross–but this time I was looking for something new. It’s kind [...]
March 9th, 2008 Tristan We recorded this acoustic version of “Cannot Say Enough” live straight from our mixer one Sunday a couple months ago, so it’s not the most fantastic quality. Still, it’s a great song. Props to Josh G on his good guitar riffs, esp. at the end. The song was originally recorded on MercyMe’s “Almost There” album. [...]
