Posted by Jason Dyba on Jul 21, 2010 in Music, Video
Below is a new music video we produced for our UnCool series. The song is entitled “UnCool (Just Like You)”. The lyrics are below and the video credits are here.
“UnCool (Just Like You)”
Music By Jason Dyba
Lyrics by Jason Dyba, Lindsey Runion, Greg Saffles, and Tyler Hirth
Let me tell you what it’s like to be UnCool
We’re the Science Fair winners in every school.
We’re the anime fans, we’re the marching bands
And your mom is jealous of our minivans.
We are, yeah I said that, we are
Windows 95, pledge your allegiance
I’m a PC maker, a MySpace marvel,
Call me Mr. FaceBook, I can make your Farmville
We are… we’re the UnCool
We are… yeah, we’re just like you
We are… we’re the UnCool
So UnCool
We are… we’re the UnCool
We are… yeah, we’re just like you
We are… we’re the UnCool
So UnCool
My BFF and me, we got matching T’s
After watching Glee we re-enact the scenes!
Got our Walkmans on, our new crocs on
Not afraid to wear ‘em with our tube socks on
Imma be Imma be Imma Imma Imma Be
Imma be Imma be Imma Imma Imma Be
Imma be Imma be Imma Imma Imma Be
be be be be be be
Imma be on the next Chess Club
Imma be rockin that bead name necklace
Imma be taking you to war (what?!) N64 (oh!)
I’ve got more top kills than BP Oil (eh-oh!)
I never thought I’d be on a bus
A big long yellow-y rush
I’m riding the window seat, whoa…
I never thought I’d see the day
There’s an iPad coming my way
Good-bye to my social life
We are… we’re the UnCool
We are… yeah, we’re just like you
We are… we’re the UnCool
So UnCool
We are… we’re the UnCool
We are… yeah, we’re just like you
We are… we’re the UnCool
So UnCool
Our worship leader for the morning was our NEW Hendersonville Worship Minister, Gerald Trottman! For more info on Gerald, check out this earlier blog post.
Below is video of the opening music set from the 10 AM service:
Below are a few patriotic quotes from the countdown video we played:
“God who gave us life, gave us liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson
“It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now and Independence forever.” – John Adams
“I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs the affairs of men.” – Benjamin Franklin
“I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me.” – Alexander Hamilton
“God’s Word, contained in the Bible, has furnished all the necessary rules to direct our conduct.” – Noah Webster
“We recognize no Sovereign but God and no King but Jesus.” – John Hancock
“The patriot who feels himself in the service of God, who acknowledges Him in all his ways, has the promise of Almighty direction, and will find His Word in his greatest darkness, ‘a lantern to his feet and a lamp unto his paths.’ He will therefore seek to establish for his country in the eyes of the world, such a character as shall make her not unworthy of the name of a Christian nation.” – Francis Scott Key
“That book [the Bible], Sir, is the Rock upon which our republic rests.” – Andrew Jackson
“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.” – Abraham Lincoln
(Note: these final few quotes are powerful, but have been rumored to be merely forgeries. I would not advise quoting them as absolute truth)
“It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” – Patrick Henry
“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.” – George Washington
“We have staked the whole future of American civilization not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments.” – James Madison
With much excitement, the Long Hollow Creative department is proud to announce our new Hendersonville Worship Minister: Gerald Trottman. We have been praying & searching for the person God would designate as our new “music guru” since last November, and the Holy Spirit seemed to overwhelmingly confirm that Gerald was our guy!
Gerald Trottman, new Hendersonville Worship Minister at Long Hollow Baptist Church
BIO
Gerald Trottman, a native of St. Louis, has been making music in several capacities for over 15 years. However, in 2000, Gerald went on a mission trip to India that transformed his life. It was there that God called Gerald to use his musical expertise for leading worship. That same year, Gerald accepted a music minister position at a church in New Jersey and has been leading people in worship ever since.
In 1999, just a year before Gerald was called to ministry, Gerald married his wife Angie. They had previously met at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, where they sang together in the jazz choir. Today they are blessed with two wonderful children, Amber (8) and Timothy (6).
EDUCATION
Growing up in a musical household, Gerald began playing piano at age 5. Then, at age 10, he took up playing the trumpet and at age 13, started writing music. After High School, Gerald went on to study music at Berklee College of Music in Boston (earning a Certificate in Composition & Arranging), The New School in New York City, and received his BM (Bachelors of Music) in Music Composition from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music.
EXPERIENCE
Gerald has been involved in several professional and non-profit musical positions. While living in New Jersey, Gerald was on staff for five years at Somerset Hills Baptist Church, leading worship for both youth and adults, as well as coordinating all technical aspects. Outside of church, Gerald was the musical director and composer for the non-profit national organization, “City at Peace”. For three years he mentored students from various backgrounds/cultures, helping them come together to create music for their yearly off-Broadway productions, mounted in the heart of New York City. In addition, Gerald created and led songwriting workshops for students with behavior disorders throughout New York City and New Jersey.
In 2006, upon moving to Hendersonville, Gerald took a position as a concert band director at Metro Christian Academy and youth worship leader at Metro Baptist Church (both located in Goodlettsville). Then, in 2009, Christpointe Church, a new church in Clarksville, asked Gerald to become their weekly worship leader for their congregation. It is from there, with their blessing, that Gerald is departing and coming to join the Long Hollow family.
Gerald & Angie Trottman, with Amber (8) & Timothy (6)
This week we were able to launch the “Resources” section on the Long Hollow Worship website. Now you can download lyrics, charts, and click tracks for the songs on both the “Always” album (2010) and “Hearts that Move” album (2009). In the future we hope to also add vocal charts, split tracks, individual instrument tracks, and more!
Below is one of the videos we played during the service, entitled “Let Us Rise Again.” As we know, the flood that struck middle Tennessee on May 1st/2nd brought record-breaking devastation to our area, destroying many homes, businesses, and even killing several people. Long Hollow quickly responded, becoming a Red Cross shelter, sending out recovery teams, and receiving items/funds to directly aid victims of the disaster.
So, in praying for the worship services this week, Lance Taylor (our executive pastor, who is extremely creative) and I (Jason Dyba) met up to discuss how we should approach the Crazy Love Campaign in light of the present circumstances. And what we concluded was this: although the flood has hurt us, we can’t let it stop us. Although the setback of the flood shouldn’t be underestimated, neither should God’s power to lift us above it and equip us for His Will.
Also, below is a video of the opening music set from one of our services:
From the Creative Team perspective, here’s a brief timeline of the morning:
6:00 AM — weather is fairly clear. Temperature is unnaturally hot & the sky is nearly olive green (…not a good sign). Staff & volunteers begin their travels to the church.
6:25 AM — sudden downpour. Most volunteers are caught driving in it
7:15 AM — everyone has arrived & music rehearsal begins (note: this is 30 minutes past our normal start time)
7:40 AM — full creative team gathers for production meeting. Just as we’re about to start, Rob Holcomb (Minister to Volunteers), informs me that the Pastor has cancelled all “live” services, but would still like to proceed as normal for live-internet streaming. We begin to adjust accordingly.
7:45 AM — the weather has turned so dramatically in 5 minutes that the Pastor decides to cancel everything. Everyone is instructed to leave as quickly as possible. Upon discovering several leaks in the main building, about 15 of our staff/volunteers rush to find buckets and clean up.
8:00 AM — all roads surrounding the Hendersonville campus have been closed down. The 15 who stayed are stranded. The parking lot has begun to flood.
8:10 AM — several guys run over to the Main Offices to ensure there are no leaks over there. As they’re walk up to the building, the water line is below the steps up to the office.
8:15 AM — the group of guys have checked all the offices & are about to return to the main building. The water line is now above the 2nd step up to the office.
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From that point forward, the levels continued to rise consistently. The 15 stranded were able to get to nearby houses for lunch (thanks to Jeff Lemmonds & Mike Hurst). Around 1:30 PM, a nearby rural road (which connected to the bypass & interstate) had cleared up and allowed for everyone to return home.
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with this song for several years now, since it first came out. For the longest time, I was annoyed that the songwriter (John Mark McMillan) had written what is potentially one of the greatest choruses in all worship music, and yet these completely haphazard verses.
Even after David Crowder covered it on his last album (Church Music), I wasn’t really sold.
Well, I don’t know what it was exactly, but I listened to it again this week and was just completely overwhelmed. Here’s a really great version I just found tonight by Jared Anderson (who, on a side note, is actually a great songwriter as well). I hope that you’re not as stubborn as me & can jump right into worshiping to this!
This is an article I came across yesterday in Keyboard Magazine; it’s basically a short tutorial on how to build up a PC-based gig rig for under $1000 (which, if you know anything about programming, that’s nearly unbelievable…in a good way). Professional studio guys aren’t going to find this article very helpful, but the reason I’m posting it on this blog is for church musicians who are ready to explore the digital world of Virtual Instruments.
The most important part of the entire article is at the bottom where there’s a PDF file you can view/download. That’s gold!
This is one of the most creative videos I have ever seen. If you’ve ever been into Domino Rally or the game “Mouse Trap”, this is going to be the best thing you’ve ever witnessed.
Posted by Jason Dyba on Apr 13, 2010 in Uncategorized
This is a video I recently found about “creativity”, which I thought to be quite intriguing. It’s sort of a secular justification of mysticism… which is very backwards. It’s not a “Christian” video, but I think what the author is referring to is more Christian than she knows
Watch the full 20 minutes to really understand her point.
Job Title: Video Producer Job Type: Full Time Education Required: No formal education required Experience Required: Minimum 2 years of freelance work
Salary: You gotta call for this
Responsibilities: producing videos from start-to-finish in a variety of styles: interviews, graphic animations, short films, picture montages, basic YouTube ripping, advanced typography, etc. Secondly, running all video aspects in live production settings (camera, video playback, video recording, shading, technical directing, etc.) . Thirdly, contribute to the overall creative process (service planning, set construction, etc.)
DO apply if…
. . . love Jesus BIG TIME
. . . you have an internal drive for excellence
. . . you LOVE the details that bring out the best in any TV show, movie, graphics, story, idea
. . . you love to build and lead a team of creative’s
. . . you get excited about a big OR small budget
. . . you get excited about a two week turn-around or a two day turn-around
. . . you get excited about a small budget, two-day turn PLUS two other projects just got emailed to you
. . . you love figuring out why one video worked and another did not
. . . you LOVE macs
. . . you eat stress for lunch
. . . you research camera lens for fun; talking plug-ins is invigorating to you
. . . you can be successful with a great idea, whether it came from you or not
. . . you take good ideas and make them great
. . . you love to oversee a project from conception to completion both in studio and on location.
. . . you love to work closely with directors, actors, writers, graphic designers, copywriters, pastors, ministries, and interns
. . . you are incredibly well organized
. . . you are motivated without a due date
. . . you happen to know or be an expert in Final Cut Studio, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Photoshop, and/or Illustrator
DO NOT apply if…
. . . you want a 9-5 job. Who you gonna film between 9-5?
. . . you do not love the pursuit of making a great story
. . . you do not like people (specifically actors, artists, directors, or communicators)
. . . crisis scares you
. . . you’re unwilling to give up alcohol to serve the church
. . . you are easily satisfied
. . . you are inflexible
. . . chaos is a good thing to you
. . . you have to do EVERYTHING yourself
. . . you trust no one
. . . you can only work on one project at a time
. . . “fast-paced” is a bad word to you
. . . you’re okay with all your videos looking practically the same
. . . you’re unwilling to accomplish non-video tasks
It’s no secret that we’ve recently been searching for a new worship leader for the Hendersonville campus. We’ve already talked to several talented folks, gotten lots of feedback from congregation members, spoken with several different churches about staffing models & whatnot, and on and on. And even though we’re feeling GOOD about a few different candidates, we’re still relatively on-the-front-end of our candidate search. This position has a big influence on our church as a whole, so we don’t want to rush it.
Personally, I’m looking to create a problem. And the problem I want to create is this: I want there to be so many AWESOME candidates that it’s difficult for us to pick which one we like the most. There’s two reasons I want this problem: 1) it’s a sign of a good search effort and 2) it really puts the pressure on us to pray it out. Certainly, we’re going to be praying for God’s guidance through this entire process (and we have been); but I also know that it’s easy to say “yes” to something that seems good at first glance, without really taking serious time to lay it before the Lord.
So, hopefully that explanation will help anyone who has been wondering, “Why don’t we have a new worship leader yet?” And certainly, if you’d like to help us with this process, there are a few ways to do so:
1) Pray that God will bring about the right candidates, the ones who will not only minister to our current congregation but also effectively reach the unbelievers in our area and the upcoming generation of youth
2) If we bring in a guest worship leader (either as a candidate, or simply as a guest), be kind! It’s okay to dislike somebody’s musical style, but that should never be an excuse for us not to worship. God is always worthy of us singing praises to Him, regardless of musical preference
3) Encourage our volunteer worship team! Weren’t the Easter services amazing this year? Upbeat rock to a traditional hymn to R&B/black-Gospel, all proclaiming Bible-based lyrics and engaging people in worship. Our volunteers are doing an amazing job, and they are, realistically, just as important to our worship experience as a single staff worship leader. So be sure to thank them!
Once we do lock down a staffing decision, we’ll let everyone know. (…considering that he’ll be center stage, I’m not sure we could hide it! haha). I’m confident that God is going to use this transition to really build up Long Hollow in a way we never expected. He is good!
Job Title: Hendersonville Worship Leader Job Type: Full Time Experience Required: Minimum 2 years worship leading in large-venue, high-production scenarios; great vocal; instrumental competency; chord charting; and advanced musical versatility (Willie Nelson to Coldplay to Sandi Patty); break-dancing a plus…
Salary: You gotta call for this Pay to Relocate: Negotiable
Responsibilities: staying on the same page with Pastor, weekly song selection, musician scheduling, music preparation (in all its various forms), coordinating music with other creative aspects (audio, staging, visuals, etc.), directing band and vocal rehearsal, potentially directing choir rehearsal, playing/singing for funerals, assisting other ministries with musical needs, coordinating volunteer recruitment/training/encouragement, attend staff meetings, contribute to larger creative planning process (service planning, set construction, video shoots, etc.), and… oh yes, lead worship during the services
DO apply if…
. . . you can’t help but wanting to worship God in song
. . . you are excited to sing about God’s goodness, regardless of the style. Hymns? How great thou art. Rock? Won’t cha break free, won’t cha break free, get up & dance! Southern Gospel? I’ll fly away, oh glory. Black Gospel? Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance!
. . . you are a creative visionary. You utilize what’s been done, but you long for what’s yet to be done
. . . Planning Center is on your “Top 10 Best Things In My Life” list
. . . you genuinely thrive on finding new volunteer musicians
. . . you love tech people and are willing to learn their strange, made-up languages
. . . you like to plan ahead, not just for yourself but for LOTS of people
. . . you think like a music producer, knowing how to communicate with other musicians to effectively emulate a style of music
. . . you’re okay with AND without a choir
. . . you find comfort in hearing a Click Track playing
. . . you are comfortable reading scripture in front of thousands of people
. . . you’re okay ‘being in charge’ and okay ‘not being in charge’
. . . you like learning new musical trends, from songs to styles to technology
. . . you see music as a part of a bigger picture – along with videos, staging, lighting, and other creative elements – all supporting the Pastor’s message
. . . you can laugh about mistakes, but then implement means to avoid making them again
. . . Reason and Logic are 1) great philosophical abstracts and 2) opportunities for phat beats
DO NOT apply if…
. . . you want a 9-5 job. C’mon… since when did a real musician work 9-5?
. . . you panic when other people (like the Creative Director) change their mind at the last minute
. . . you’re not willing to speak up about things you don’t like
. . . you’re not good with speaking to pastors (non-musicians, non-artsy)
. . . you’re not good with speaking to musicians (chronically late, disheveled, unprepared)
. . . you think money is a necessity for making good music
. . . “fast-paced” is a bad word to you
. . . you’re okay with using just one style of music indefinitely
. . . you’re prone to pulling together charts 5 minutes before rehearsal begins
. . . you don’t like Hillsong… or at least Passion
. . . you’re unwilling to accomplish non-musical tasks
. . . you think “Israel & New Breed” is referring to a movement in the Middle East
. . . you love your job more than your family
. . . managing other employees/interns terrifies you
. . . you don’t think you need volunteer teams
. . . you’ve never heard of Kirk Franklin
. . . you have a short temper
. . . you’ve never watched the 2010 Easter service on the LH site
