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Some days, you're sitting at your desk, fighting the drudgery of the day job when, out of the blue, you receive a text from the manager of The Union of Sinners and Saints inviting you to interview the guys as they wrap up in the studio. These are good days. And who are the guys? Billy Smiley and John Schillt. You might be most familiar with them as associated with their other projects: Whiteheart and Petra respectively.Joe sat down with Billy and John to chat about the forthcoming album, writing songs together, why they can't share any details, and why Newsboys was the worst band ever. Also, don't miss the little gift at the end. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Multi-platinum five time Grammy Award winner Steven Curtis Chapman is set to release his latest project on March 4th, 2016. While Chapman contends that all of his records have been worship albums, he had yet to write one specifically with corporate worship in mind. Over the span of an almost 30 year career and 23 studio albums, this is Chapman's first “Worship” album. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Check out our full Jody McBrayer podcast post here: http://wp.me/p2Zyqu-11P See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

You'd think that five albums into his career as a singer/songwriter and fronting the band that bears his name, more folks would be familiar with Josh Blakesley. He's worked with mainstays of the Christian music industry including our friends Michael Farren and Mia Fieldes, yet to many of us, he's a newcomer. And perhaps that's because he's Catholic. Though Matt Maher and our recent guest, Audrey Assad, have been able to breakthrough, many Catholic music artists have been unable to crossover into mainstream CCM.Well, let's change that. Spend a few minutes with us as Joe Brookhouse sits down with Josh to discuss bridging the apparent gap between Protestant and Catholic in Christian art, worshiping in seasons of deepest wounds, the band's most recent album, Even In This, and writing a song about the very American holiday of Thanksgiving with the very Australian Mia Fieldes. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We’re back with another Amp’d interview! This episode features singer/songwriter and worship leader Audrey Assad. Joe was able to catch Audrey literally in her car via Skype to talk about her latest crowd-funded recording entitled “Inheritance“. View the full post on Frequency: http://www.frequency.fm/ampd-interview-audrey-assad/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Joe Brookhouse was able to catch up with two members Corey Horn and Ben Garrett from the band Zealand and talk priorites, balance, Jon Foreman, Remedy Drive and other side projects of interest. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Though we spend a lot of time connecting with artists, we also believe it is important to connect with behind the scenes in those essential but often unheralded roles. Our conversation with Jonathan Mason is one of those occasions. Jonathan heads up the worship arm of Word Entertainment. An artist himself and graduate of Moody Bible Institute with a degree in Biblical Studies, he followed God's somewhat circuitous route from worship leader to his current position as Director of Word Worship. Listen to learn more about Jonathan's journey, his heart for worship leaders and worship music, and the exciting events on the horizon at Word Worship. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy New Year and welcome back to the podcast. For our first episode of 2016, we wanted to share something special and uniquely appropriate. Katie Gustafson is a name familiar to many folks as an accomplished singer-songwriter and worship leader. But she wears another hat - she's a licensed professional counselor who has been in practice since 2009. It was her work as a therapist that brought her to our attention.The topic of self-care is one that is perhaps not discussed frequently enough amongst creatives. Considering that we are entering the long Winter months, we wanted to arm you with some information and options to help you thrive and grow while the sky is dark and ground is frozen (especially for Dan in PEI). Katie sat down with Joe to discuss the importance of being emotionally and mentally healthy and self-aware as an artist, including her own experience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you’ve been keeping up with our series of interviews from CMS NW 2015, the name Andrew Marcus is likely a familiar one. This gregarious Canadian songwriter and worship leader jumped in and facilitated several of the resulting artist conversations. Andrew is based out of Vancouver, BC, which is quick couple of hours from Seattle where CMS NW took place. Andrew has written and worked with some big names including Paul Baloche, Leeland Mooring, and producer Ed Cash. They describe him with words such as “sincere”, “anointed”, and “refreshing”. And we tend to agree. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back with another Amp'd interview! This episode features one of the original band members from the band Kutless, James Mead. Ironically, although Joe is a throwing distance from James in Oregon, Dan was actually the one who connected with James due to scheduling...soon to be rectified of course with a coffee at a local shop! Not unlike what happened with former band mate Nick De Partee back in an earlier episode.In this interview, Dan and James discuss the early days of the band, James insertion into major portions of the production process, songwriting and arranging styles and finally the bands passion for ministry beyond the music. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CMS NW - Nathan Mark Begins the Songwriter Journey by Joe Brookhouse and Dan Thomson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Interview by Andrew Marcus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Interview by Andrew Marcus See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew Marcus interviews fellow Canadian and Integrity artist Greg Sykes. Fun is had by all. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CMS NW - Wombat Worship with Mia Fieldes by Joe Brookhouse and Dan Thomson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

CMS NW - Healing the Nation with Don Moen by Joe Brookhouse and Dan Thomson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An episode or two ago, Dan and Joe were chatting about our friend, Christa Wells. Christa has been on tour with Plumb and has journaled about the experience on her blog. Dan remarked about how honest and vulnerable the entries were. So we decided to connect with Christa to see if she would spend some time chatting with us about the glamorous life of an indie artist on the road and how touring with a large act is quite a different animal. She kindly obliged us. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In June of this year, we published a humble, five-minute Amp'd episode that featured Brothers McClurg. Those of you who've been following understand that we shared the only remaining usable audio from an otherwise wonderful conversation. Well, because God is good and Brothers McClurg are good guys, we managed to connect again in late Summer for a redo interview.Our great friend, Paul Herman from CCLI, offered to allow us to use one of their conference rooms and host this motley group. We're proud to say that the resulting interview turned out great. Tune into this fun conversation about music, heritage, and their recent releases: Home and Around the Mic. Oh, and just ignore that crunching sound. It's only the guys chowing down on M&Ms provided by CCLI. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tim Timmons is cool. There. We said it. And you'll probably be saying that too when you've finished listening to our interview. Tim was our guest on Episode 13, and when we heard he was releasing a new LP, Awake Our Souls, we knew we had to catch up with him to talk about it.Tim took time out of his schedule on two different days to speak with us about the record, delving into the meaning behind the songs and offering insight into his personal journey, including how his relationship with Jesus is allowing him to learn how to truly breathe. Tim's generosity, enthusiasm, and wisdom are on full display in our conversation. We expect Episode 35 will be amongst your favorites. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.