Mack Brock - Do It Again

We have the one, the only Tony Wood on this episode! Tony is an incredibly gifted songwriter with 33 #1 songs and multiple Dove Awards. We talk through this story, how songwriting has changed over the years and an incredible songwriting tool called the North Star.

We kick off season 3 with Pat Barrett. Pat talks with us about everything from Braves baseball, the best advice he received as a songwriter and also shares his thoughts on if every church should be writing songs. Do not miss this episode!

Season 2 is coming to a close. On this season finale episode we hang out with Mack Brock. You may know Mack from his years with Elevation Worship but for the last few years Mack has been on his own writing some amazing songs for the Church. We talk about his family’s journey with foster parenting, debunk some common myths of songwriting and hear the story behind the song, “Do It Again” along with much much more.

What a great episode! We talked with artist/songwriter, Hope Darst. Together we unpack many great thoughts on writing for the Church including having a posture of generosity as a songwriter, giving yourself permission to be a bad songwriter and we also talk about the story behind her song, “Peace Be Still”.

Michael Farren is a Dove Award winning and Grammy nominated songwriter, worship leader and producer. A former founding member of the band Pocket Full of Rocks, Michael’s songs include the worship anthems “Let It Rain,” which was recorded by Michael W. Smith, and “Let The Worshipers Arise,” which was recorded by Phillips Craig & Dean. He is also the writer of the No. 1 radio single “Trust in You” as recorded by Lauren Daigle and “Say Amen” as recorded by Finding Favour. Michael’s songs have been recorded by Reba McEntire, Natalie Grant, Aaron Shust, Unspoken, Hawk Nelson, Karen Peck & New River, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, and Big Daddy Weave among others. On this episode we talk about starting a song writing culture in the church, his secret to writing great songs and the amazing story behind his song, “Let It Rain.”

On this episode we sit down with Josh Baldwin from Bethel Music. We talk everything from playing golf in 100 degree weather, finding your tribe of songwriters and also the importance of the rewriting process. We also look at the amazing story behind his song, “Stand In Your Love”.

Everything you ever wanted to know about song administration is in this episode. If we didn’t cover it then I encourage you to pick up Holly’s course and the promo code SONGCAPTURE to save $50. KrissyNordhoff.com/songadmin.

We sit down with Matt Redman and talk all things worship songwriting! We discuss the first song he ever wrote, the essential ingredients of a great worship song, his new worship project “Let There Be Wonder” and we unpack the story by his massive song, “10,000 Reasons (Bless The Lord)”.

On this episode we talk with Corey Voss. Corey is a worship pastor and songwriter with Madison Street Worship. We talk about their new record released on Integrity Music as well as the song story behind one of Corey’s most popular songs, “Praise The King”.

We sit down with the incredible Cody Carnes to kick off Season 2!  We talk about everything from Texas BBQ to his songwriting process and also the song story behind the massive song, "The Blessing" written with his wife Kari Jobe along with Chris Brown and Pastor Steven Furtick from Elevation Worship.