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Art and Christianity: Interview with Josh Havens, Part I

July 9, 2009 By heather Leave a Comment

A few days ago (meaning sometime in January, February, or perhaps March), I sat down with Josh Havens, lead singer of the Dove Award-winning band, The Afters (as well as guitar and keyboards) and apparently Coffee Master, and talked about music.

This podcast is Part One of that interview, where we discuss how Starbucks is working toward Total World Domination in good ways.

Please ignore the incessant dog barking. Also the fact that we decided to have the interview outside with no outside lighting at night. I promise that is, indeed, Josh Havens.

Also, you can subscribe to these podcasts (and more!) through Blip.TV or through iTunes. Rumor has it the audio-only (mp3) version is floating around in cyberworld (on iTunes, I believe), but I have no idea how to get it on this post.

Psst–If you find this post interesting and think others might as well, would you mind taking a minute to stumble it? It would mean a lot to me.

Filed Under: art, artists, bands, Christianity, Josh Havens, music, musicians, podcast, spirituality, The Afters, video blog

More Music

June 10, 2009 By heather 3 Comments

Today’s is more upbeat. Appropriately entitled "Let’s Dance," I might have broken into a little bit of dance in my office to this sound.

Hat tip to Erin for sharing this with me!

Psst–If you find this post interesting and think others might as well, would you mind taking a minute to stumble it? It would mean a lot to me.

Filed Under: Jake Shimabukuro, music, musicians, ukulele

On iTunes

February 3, 2009 By heather 10 Comments

I suspect I’m not the iTunes generation. Call me old-fashioned, but I can’t get on the pay-per-song bandwagon.

Don’t get me wrong. I love downloading music. I have a special relationship with my iPod, Theresa.

But I’m also one of those who pays special attention to the seventh song of an album.

How often have I bought an album because of one song only to fall in love with the entire album or discover another song better than the one for which I’d bought the album? Albums aren’t a collection of random songs; the songs relate via theme(s) and style(s). The songs on a particular album together form a shape. To strip one away and disregard the rest is to appreciate only a corner of a painting.

Besides this, it often means that each song on its own is judged by its ability to immediately appeal commercially. Some songs take time before understanding and love dawn.

All of this is lost with pay-per-song. You can see which songs listeners download the most (usually the songs chosen by radio DJs), and bypass the hard decision of choosing for yourself your favorite song of an album.

But then again, I think digital’s got nothing on the sound of a vinyl.

Filed Under: albums, iTunes, music, musicians