TWCSW Feb. Lord, I Come

[Wannabe a Worshiper]

Brian, go for it. Yes, i like what you have done so far. Look forward to hearing all of it!
Thanks for working with me.
Tom

[pian0dude]

Tom,

As I'm working on this, there is one lyric I'm struggling with, to be honest. I also sang it for my wife and she too was confused by it.

"Bend down and listen"

We found ourselves asking "does God need to bend down to hear us". I typically use other, non-musical type critique as valuable input as to how the congregation would respond to something often.

Could the thought be communicated by singing something like:

1. Oh Lord please help me
2. Oh Lord I'm asking

Or some other lyric that doesn't necessarily point to God needing to do something on our behalf?

I may be misunderstanding the lyric altogether, thus my post.

-Brian

[pian0dude]

Originally Posted by pian0dude

Tom,

As I'm working on this, there is one lyric I'm struggling with, to be honest. I also sang it for my wife and she too was confused by it.

"Bend down and listen"

We found ourselves asking "does God need to bend down to hear us". I typically use other, non-musical type critique as valuable input as to how the congregation would respond to something often.

Could the thought be communicated by singing something like:

1. Oh Lord please help me
2. Oh Lord I'm asking

Or some other lyric that doesn't necessarily point to God needing to do something on our behalf?

I may be misunderstanding the lyric altogether, thus my post.

-Brian

Ok, in reading a different translation of the Psalm, I see "turn your ear to me". So I understand where this lyric is coming from. I'm just trying to brainstorm and see if we can communicate the same thought or desire without necessarily portraying something different to the listener. I totally understand where you are coming from with the lyric, but I have certain popular worship tunes out there that have some lyrics that I just don't jive with well and others thing are amazing lyrically.. so, just my two cents.

[pian0dude]

Tom,

Here is the newest recording of the song. I'd say this is pretty close to as finished as it will get at this stage.

Let me know your thoughts.

I have to be honest.. it's not just because i did the music, but I'm walking around my house singing this at the top of my lungs tonight. ;-)

[chipshot0701]

I tried a waltz beat but didn't like it too much. This is what I liked best. This is on one take of each instrument-lead guitar clean, lead guitar dirty, bass and drums. I had to play with the vocals and do three or four takes.
The over all song ended up at about 5 minutes..... but it worships well.

[chipshot0701]

After I posted my version on hear I listened to Pianodudes awesome version! I can see why pianodude is walking around singing this at the top of his lungs. Its really really great!

[Wannabe a Worshiper]

Chip, thanks for your work in coming up with a version of this. Please don't be offended when I say I like pianOdude's version better.

Brian, love it!
The "bend down and listen" is how the New Living Translation says v2 of the psalm. The idea, from all translations is, listen to me, God; please pay attention to my request. It is a human request for something that God is already doing.
I'll give it some thought. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
Tom

[pian0dude]

Hey there,

Thanks for the positive feedback on the musical arrangement of Lord I Come.

Tom, would you say this one is a keeper then?

It was fun collaborating on this.

Could you picture a congregation singing along to this after being taught how it goes?

Praise God!

-Brian

[pian0dude]

I will try to brush up / polish the lower harmony track a bit before we classify this as finished. The notes are off in spots and I accidentally said "my enemy" instead of "the enemy". I should be able to have it sometime this week.

-Brian

[Wannabe a Worshiper]

Yes, I can see this as a keeper, but I'm prejudiced. Let's have some feedback from some of you who have been watching from afar.

Since you did this on a piano, how hard would it be to come up with a chord chart for those who would use guitar/band? It would be helpful to them.

As for me, a piano score would be a great asset, too. Not asking too much, am I?

Tom