Tory Farina

Healer...

I shared this story a while back in one of my messages. WOW... it is so much better to hear him sing it!

His Blood is Powerful... Jesus is our Healer!

COLD PLAY!

Love the title...
"Viva la vida or death and all his Friends"

Taking it for a spin but looking forward to some new tunes from them.

Whose the music for?

I have a high school friend who Is one of the more talented and intelligent people I know. He lives down in Chicago and has a band called the Heaven 70's. It is a club dance pop group. He is one of two guitar players and is a nut about 80's pop and dance music. He loved swing and Rockabilly in High School. He is the one that loves black and punk jewelry.

His other band mate wrote a program has really got me thinking. It is called Pitch Formula. The whole Idea behind it is that he wrote a program to analyze thousands of review by professionals critics. the program is very sophisticated and analyzed what the critics loved about the music that was on the market. He then wrote music to corresponds with what the masses liked. The funny thing is... I like the songs.

So is he cheating? Is it not fair to analyze the masses in such a way to put out music that they will like which eventually will sell mass amounts of albums and have it all because some program says this is what to write? What if this happened in worship? Do worship leaders write radio hits or do they write music only for God? Do we buy music from worship leader we like and it is all a coincidence that many of them spend thousands on a  producer and studio to make their music better. Better for who?

This is a very interesting thing... Here is my take. I think that good producers and hit-makers instinctively know what people like. I think that somewhere in their minds they go... this beet works... this verse rocks... people will get into this... people will buy this... change this and add that and bam! They do it and then the program just finds the people who are good at it.

with us as a people... we could look at the most Could this be done to worship music? What if we analyzed the psalms and found what phrases resonated preached about psalms... and then pull the words and text out and then through it into a sweet mix of music and bam... Worship hit... I bet you would love it.

I think this begs a question as to what about us as the masses tickles our ear? Are there tones and notes that more people like than others. is there something inside that rattles when we hear these tones? I Say Yes. Our God is a God who understands symphonic resonance. He was the first to make noise and that noise was apart in some way of our creation. Look at the old testament and notice the power of worship in the temple and in military exploits. Music has power and certain music hits us all in powerful ways. Could this computer program help us pull out what that is? Probably. Here is a response by the creator...

1. Do you honestly think that writing music using this method can get you good reviews?

   No, I'm not convinced that this process (or any process) is a surefire way to make music that Pitchfork critics (or any critics) actually like. All that's provided by my project is a set of compositional guidelines tied to past Pitchfork reviews. You can make a lot of different-sounding music using those same guidelines depending on how you apply them to your music, but will all of it be good? No, of course it won't.

   There's no such thing as “perfect” pop music, and you couldn't generate it using a computer if there were. Music is a very human thing, and that's what makes it great.

Something to think about! I love music and look forward to what else comes... I think that we can distort it but ultimately music is from the heart of man to God... most music even secular is worship... it is either worship of a thing, person or GOD!

The House Band...

I love music! Always have... when we started HPC we looked high and low for a rock'n Musician... We wanted a great worship leader who felt called to the local church and had a pastors heart. We Nailed it when we found Courtney or as she would put it she found us.

Pastor Courtney is more than worship leader... She is a leader of Worship leaders. That is a mark of a great leader. She doesn't need to be the one hogging the mike or making a name for herself... She sees the infinite value in recruiting, raising up and giving people opportunities to lead.

I meet people all the time who say... "If you need a worship leader to come lead let me know." Thats cool... I like to ask where they are currently plugged in. A lot of musicians float... they don't stay plugged in... they think that there called to make albums and be big names...

Your music talents should be first used in your local church. Let who you are flow out of the place you are planted. Find a leader of leaders to release you to lead people into worship and let your music flow from that. If you have songs about your girl... write them. If you have songs about your dog sign it out... But let your talents and abilities be honed by your outflow of worship to the lord and your leading of the people.

We have an amazing group of leaders at HPC... Dave, Kyle, Courtney, Orion, Mandi, Dustin... and then we have the back up leaders... WOW! our band is stacked... people who have played their instrument for years... Others who graduated with a degree in their instrument... God has blessed us...

The best part about our team and the volume of awesome musicians is that we are going to be a church that produces great worship and sends out awesome musicians to lead the church into worship and to effect the world with it. As we pray about our next steps and as we help people live their potential I am confident we will have more musicians come in and grow up in the HPC house. I am also confident that we will send out worship leaders that make n impact. Some will be big others will just make a big impact. We will send people out to help church plants, send people out to lead stadiums and we Have an Awesome House Band!

Lenny Kravits- A New Door

I can see that look in your eyes
You're in need of something you can't find
You're tired of holding on to the pain
You haven't got the strength to hold the reigns
You are out of lane

I know you can't take it
I know you can't take it anymore
I know you can't fake it
I know you can't fake it anymore
Now it's time for you to open a new door

You fool yourself when you live a lie
You spend all of your time getting high
But drunken nights won't bury your fears
All the drinks you had just turned to tears
For too many years

I know you can't take it

I know you can't take it anymore
I know you can't fake it
I know you can't fake it anymore
Now it's time for you to open a new door

When you think that nobody cares
Close your eyes and know that God is there
And if you reach out He'll do the same
Just ask for what you need in Jesus name
Don't be ashamed

I know you can't take it
I know you can't take it anymore
I know you can't fake it
I know you can't fake it anymore
Now it's time for you to open a new door

Now it's time for you to open a new door

Mac Add-ictive song

I have been trying to find out who this is... and finally found the song from the Mac add. This is such a cool song and here voice! WOW! my new favorite chick singer. Here is a link to listen to it.

Link: cool.

1. 1234 - Feist

Feist - 1234
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New Orleans is the best!

Harry Connick Jr. Last night was amazing! I took Elizabeth to see him for her Birthday and we had so much fun. He is an amazing musician and showman. His band could not be better. The drummer did a five minute drum solo using a woodblock and the top of the grand piano. Outstanding. I tried that and Elizabeth got made for wrecking her table. Then again... I cant drum.

It was jam packed and the crowed was pretty excited for a Minnesotan crowed. But as I was sitting there laughing and bouncing and tapping my foot like i was an accomplished musician trying to hear every nuance... (The guy behind me liked that)... I couldn't help but think.

Wouldn't this make an amazing church. The Orpheum seats 2579 and i was just jazzed thinking how much fun it would be to pack that place out for church. Well, as we grow who knows what God can do.