Music at Emergence... a Thank You... and an Upgrade - Steve
It's no secret we have some music lovers at Emergence. In addition to the many, many encouraging comments we get each week, the music has always been the most downloaded files on the site--by far. In fact, because so many have downloaded it, we have regularly had to increase our bandwith plan with our website host to account for the traffic.
Because it is such an important part of the regular worship life at Emergence, it is something we want to do well. We have an amazingly gifted group of musicians, but none of those people would be heard were it not for our amazingly talented and dedicated servant team that operates all of the tech equipment. Each week, they work their art in the back of the room, and we are so grateful for all they do.
For that reason, I want to thank Ken Marechek, who heads up that team and has done a great job. Ken is a pro, in that he does a great job, but he also does sound for a living, and he donates his time at Emergence.
Another person who has greatly enhanced the worship ministry is Todd Peden. This guy came to Emergence a while ago, and since he is also a working professional in the sound world, he stepped onto the team. He's helped us upgrade our equipment, think out of the box, and really dream when it comes to what could be in the music ministry of Emergence.
Todd is really the driving force behind the recordings you all download so frequently. He spends hours and hours working on them, and helped us get to the place where we can now, in a high-quality way record and produce something worth listening to.
Because of these upgrades, I'm thrilled to say that you'll be hearing more and more Emergence music on the site. In addition, you'll soon be seeing more of it available at Emergence on disc. Our hope is that the visitors can take home a taste of the service, and that the regulars can pass it on to people who might be interested in checking it out.
Keep an eye out for new tracks on the Emergence Music Page. We'll add to it almost weekly. And heads up, we've got microphones everywhere now--sing out... you're part of the tracks now, too!
If any of you are interested in helping the audio and visual aspects of Emergence come alive, we are certainly in need of more team members. You can request more information about the tech team on our Serve at Emergence page.