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Hey Everyone, it’s “FreePlay Friday” (view all “FreePlay Friday” Posts) … the day where I post whatever I want, on whatever topic(s) I want, with no regard to whether or not it does (or doesn’t) apply to the main theme of this blog, which is worship, worship leadership, church life, and music. What makes “FreePlay Friday” so much fun is that I want YOU to participate by either commenting on my topics or by entering your own, totally random “FreePlay Friday” thoughts in the comments section of the blog. So all you hundreds of RSS Readers need to just click on over now and finish the post on the site so you can participate. (please?)

Today’s Random Something?  “We Be Jammin”

I’m incredibly BLESSED to serve at SSCC.  One of the biggest blessings is having incredible depth of talented musicians and singers on every level.  I spent plenty of years moaning and wailing to God about not having many musicians or singers.   Now I have to work hard to make sure all these guys and gals get the playing time they deserve.

For the last couple of weeks the rhythm section has hung around after rehearsal just to “jam”.  Last week we recorded it but the piano wasn’t patched into the recording matrix.  So we did it again last night.  Granted, this is totally unrehearsed … but if you look up at these guys and say “ya’ll wanna jam, wanna play some jazz and blues” … their eyes light up just like mine.

So Travis, Jerry and Dana recorded some off the sound board last night.

Introducing:
Myself (piano)
Rick Joyce (drums)
Kimbo McMinn (guitar)
Gary Share (bass)

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If the mid tempo groove bores you, fast forward to 6:15 where I crossfaded the second time through (at about 10x the original tempo).

The cool part is, there are other players serving at SSCC who can step in if all these guys were gone and pull the same thing off.  Wow.  Thank You, God.  Travis thinks we should do this one Sunday AM for a “walk out”.

Do you ever “jam” with your team?
What other “FreePlay Friday” random nonsense would you like to share?

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