Song Capture Podcast

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”.

On this episode we talk with Paul Baloche. Paul is such a major influence in worship music and has penned many songs we sing in the church. We talk about his song “Your Name” and how that song came about. Check out Paul’s new record, “Behold Him” along with his songwriting video series on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1CuH2wINIanS15e_s0yPsXILZp1ZyYDO.

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. 

We close out season 1 of the podcast with episode six.  We are exctied to have songwriter and worship leader, Meredith Andrews stop by.  We talk everything from working and writing with her husband Jacob Sooter to her songwriting process, her love for mentorship and we also hear the story behind one of many impact worship songs, “Open Up The Heavens.”  Meredith is a worship artist with Word Label Group out of Nashville and her latest release, “Faith & Wonder” is available wherever music is sold and streamed. meredithandrews.com

On this episode we talk with producer/songwriter Matt Armstrong.  We dive into his humble beginnings in Nashville, TN as well as his journey to writing songs for Bethel Music, Jesus Culture, Passion, Casting Crowns among many, many others.  We also unpack the story behind the song, "At The Cross (Love Ran Red) by Chris Tomlin.  You can read more about Matt at his website, mattarmstrongsongs.com.

Stu G is an absolute legend!  We are honored to have him on the show.  Stu is the former guitar player for the very influential worship band, Delirious who helped launch the modern worship genre as we know it today.  Today, Stu is a still an in-demand guitar player and a prolific songwriter, autho and film maker.  He has written songs with just worship acts Meredith Andrews, One Sonic Society, Jesus Culture, All Sons & Daughers and Elevation Worship just to name a few.  On this episode we dive into the story behind the Delirious song, "Majesty".  We also talk a little about our passion for golf, his Kemper guitar amp profile packs with ToneJunkie and The Beatitudes Project.   stugworld.com tonejunkiestore.com thebeatitudesproject.com

Krissy Nordhoff is a professional songwriter and co-founder of Brave Worship.   She has had 3 Dove Award Nominations, and also won the 2012 Dove Award  for Worship Song of the Year for “Your Great Name,” a song she co-wrote,  which has impacted the church worldwide.  Her songs have been recorded  by artists including Natalie Grant, Mandisa, Darlene Zschech, Lauren  Daigle, Dustin Smith, Aaron Shust, Anthony Evans, Meredith Andrews,  Charles Billingsley, Todd Agnew, Anthony Evans,  Kerrie Roberts, Lacey  Sturm, Joseph Habedank, Corey Voss, and Michael Farren. On this episode we dive into the back story behind the song, "Your Great Name", recorded by Natalie Grant, as well as Krissy's ministry to women worship leaders and songwriters called "Brave Worship.  In addition, we unpack a few incredible resources for all songwriters that she offers on your her website.  www.krissynordhoff.com | www.braveworship.com

Jess Cates is a Nashville, TN based songwriter who has written worship songs for Chris Tomlin, Vertical Church, Passion, Jesus Culture and many more. On this episode we sit down and talk with Jess about the song, "Even So Come".  We discuss the decade long journey that it took to write and the importance of holding on loosely to your songs.

Jesse Reeves kicks off the Song Capture Podcast.  Jesse is a husband, father, musician, songwriter, church planter, and pastor. As a musician, Jesse spent 17 years leading worship, touring and playing bass guitar in the Chris Tomlin Band.  As a songwriter, he has co-written several songs that are sung in the church around the world today including “How Great is Our God,” “Our God,” “I Will Rise,” “Indescribable,” and more. As a church planter, Jesse and Janet have been a part of planting The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Tx and Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia and now The King's Porch in Austin, TX.  This episode highlights the story behind "Lord, I Need You" co-written by Jesse along with Matt Maher, Kristian Stanfill, Daniel Carson and Christy Nockels.  It was recorded by both Matt Maher and Chris Tomlin for Passion.  Jesse is also a podcaster.  He hosts The Worship School podcast produced by BEC Worship.  This episode was done in conjunction with The Worship School podcast.