MultiTracks Now Available from The Worship Initiative, Vol. 11 Friday, September 30, 2016 Throughout the course of over 15 years of ministry, Shane and Shane have shown a great passion for discipleship and a desire to resource worship leaders, songwriters, and musicians to empower them to lead in their ministries. In 2014, the duo recorded new arrangements of 100 popular worship favorites and released them in 10 volumes of 10 songs each. They are now back with an all new volume, The Worship Initiative Vol. 11, and it features new renditions of some of today's most influential worship songs from Chris Tomlin, Elevation Worship, Bethel Music, and more.
MultiTracks.com Session featuring Austin Stone Worship - "Only Jesus" Thursday, September 29, 2016 Last month, we hosted a gathering with Austin Stone Worship here at our studio in Austin, TX where we recorded two new MultiTracks.com Sessions. We recently brought you the recording for "Center My Life" from the team's 2015 release This Glorious Grace, and are now excited to share the second session, "Only Jesus." This is really an incredible song that shares the timeless truths of who Jesus is and it's uniquely written in more of a question and answer format in the verses with powerful declarations in the Chorus and the Bridge. It's the title track of Austin Stone Worship's upcoming kids worship album which releases next Friday, October 7. Since this arrangement of "Only Jesus" has the full instrumentation we thought we'd make the original session MultiTracks available as well so you can use them to lead this version in your own services. We are excited to share this new song with you from our friends at Austin Stone Worship as we believe it will minister to people of all ages.
Two New Patch Bundles from Anthony Catacoli Thursday, September 29, 2016 Today we are releasing two exciting new bundles from Anthony Catacoli. The first bundle is AC Giant Piano which is a Giant piano preset library for Kontakt 5 Player. This pack includes expressive presets for the Giant by Native Instruments and is sure to provide quality piano tone for your worship service. V-Worship Guitar, Vol. 1 is our first in a series of worship guitar presets for MainStage. This bundle mimics Anthony's live hardware guitar rig. It's a virtual pedalboard and guitar amp rig created with the worship guitar player in mind. Anthony's live rig usually consists of a stereo amp rig in which he made sure that all the elements of a true guitar sound would be recreated with the most detail available using only MainStage plugins.
New from Hillsong Worship - "What a Beautiful Name" Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Hillsong Worship's newest album Let There Be Light is now available for pre-order on iTunes. It was recorded live at the the 2016 Hillsong Conference and it speaks to the truth of who Jesus is with songs purposely written for the global Church. The team at Hillsong Worship shares, "We have an unshakeable belief in the power of Jesus Christ. Despite the pain, sorrow and tension of this world, Jesus is not threatened by the darkness. He has no rival. He has no equal. He is the light of the world and the hope of humanity." Hillsong Worship has released the first single from the project, "What a Beautiful Name" and it is a powerful new anthem that we believe will resonate with worshippers worldwide.
Indie Showcase: What We Hope For by Emmanuel Live Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Emmanuel LIVE is a dynamic, passionate and spirit led worship band that serves out of Emmanuel Christian Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This week, we are excited to feature their latest release, What We Hope For, as our Indie Showcase. This new live recording is full of congregational worship that encourages us to look ahead with hopeful anticipation of what God can do as we live lives that are full of faith. Emmanuel LIVE worship leader Mark Alan Schoolmeesters comments, “We are excited to see how God is using the music to reach people, though it’s not at all about whether or not it is successful in the eyes of the world. We never set out to make an album. We are burdened to write songs for our church, out of the journey of faith we are walking and have a strong desire to be a resource to THE local church and these recordings have been a vehicle to do just that.”
MultiTracks Now Available from Prestonwood Worship's Songs of the People Tuesday, September 27, 2016 Songs of the People is the brand new release from Prestonwood Worship, the music ministry of Prestonwood Baptist Church which is one of the largest Southern Baptist Congregations in the world with two locations in the Dallas area. This new album introduces 13 new songs from Prestonwood's worship team led by Dove Award winning songwriter and Lead Worship Pastor Michael Neale and features the church's renowned mass choir along with special guests Paul Baloche and Michael W. Smith. "Our people have taken these songs in and are lifting them loudly to the Savior every week," comments Neale. "With more than 500 worshipers on stage, we really wanted to capture the power of a unified worshiping army, shattering the darkness with praise. Having our good friends Michael W. Smith and Paul Baloche join us in writing and leading for this project was a true gift. This project has had God’s hand on it from the beginning. We couldn’t have done this. Our prayer is that the Songs of the People project will be a resource for worshipers around the world to bring their offering to the King."
Play of the Week - "My Victory" by Crowder Monday, September 26, 2016 We are excited to offer "My Victory" from Crowder's new album, American Prodigal, as this week's "Play of the Week." You'll hear the full instrumentation and will be able to access to the song for free for the entire week through this Sunday, October 2, in our MultiTrack app, Playback. If you've never used Playback, now is a great time to download it for free on the App Store and try it out. What better way to start the week than with some new music?
MultiTracks from American Prodigal by Crowder are Now Available! Friday, September 23, 2016 Crowder has just released his sophomore solo project, American Prodigal, following up on his 2014 double-GRAMMY® nominated album Neon Steeple. This new release features a blend of folk elements, rocking beats, and powerful truths that all come together with a sound that is uniquely Crowder. "I know what it means to have the divide spanned on my behalf," he shares. "Grace works on us all just the same. Love works on us all just the same. Freedom works on us all just the same. There’s only one definitive line and that’s the one between death and life. These songs are about that divide spanned on our behalf and I pray they are subversive and healing in their insistence of that reality."