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Now you can finally lose the fear of not being good enough as a Christian songwriter and level up your skills with these powerful insights from veteran Christian songwriter and President of Nashville Christian Songwriters, John Chisum!

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ABOUT THE SONG REVOLUTION PODCAST The Song Revolution Podcast exists to empower you through valuable songwriting insights, inspiration, and interviews with some of the greatest songwriters, producers, arrangers, artists, and creatives in the industry and beyond.

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The Wood Drake Sessions creates sacred songs of gospel hope to inspire the church in enjoying God. Founded by Kirk Sauers & Paul Ranheim, friends from earlier days in Nashville, TN, bringing their many years of songwriting and church leadership, they create songs of profound hope.

Paul is a minister and songwriter in Colorado, with a particular heart for resourcing the church’s worship and cultivating her leaders. Kirk is a worship leader in Georgia, with a passion to shepherd the diverse and beautiful body of Christ through music.

On today’s episode, Paul and Kirk talk us through their beginnings as songwriters. They also share their experience of working with some amazing writers and vocalists like Sandra McCracken, Leslie Jordan, Liz Vice, and Wendell Kimbrough.

At the end of the episode, they perform a couple of their songs “Grace Will Prevail” and “Oh How Good To Be Together.”

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET ON TODAY’S EPISODE

• 03:55 Paul and Kirk take us through their songwriting journey
• 17:36 The experience of working with different co-writers and vocalists
• 24:25 Paul and Kirk share their primary musical influences
• 28:47 The origins of The Wood Drake Sessions
• 34:11 The one thing they wish the world knew about them that they probably don’t
• 45:12 An acoustic version of Grace Will Prevail and Oh How Good To Be Together

WE HOPE THIS SONGWRITING TIP HELPS YOU

Kirk says [when you have a song that you’ve recorded], “You don't want it to sit on your iPhone. You really want to give it an opportunity to have the life it could have as a song.”

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE WOOD DRAKE SESSIONS AT https://www.thewooddrakesessions.com/

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ABOUT THE SONG REVOLUTION PODCAST

The Song Revolution Podcast exists to empower you through valuable songwriting insights, inspiration, and interviews with some of the greatest songwriters, producers, arrangers, artists, and creatives in the industry and beyond. Find out more at https://www.nashvillechristiansongwriters.com/song-revolution-podcast/

Sarah Hart is an award-winning songwriter whose songs have been recorded by everyone from the Newsboys to Amy Grant. Grant's recording of "Better Than a Hallelujah" earned Hart a Best Gospel Song Grammy nomination. Sarah works as a singer-songwriter writing music for television, film, audiobooks, pop, rock, but mostly Contemporary Christian music and hymns. She has recently recorded her 11th full-length album called “And Lovely It Is.”

On today’s episode, Sarah and John talk about their faith and the power of books and poetry in a songwriter’s toolkit. Sarah shares some fascinating details about some of her most famous songs and how she came to write them, as well as her own music ministry within the Catholic culture.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET ON TODAY’S EPISODE

• 04:20 How Sarah started as a singer-songwriter
• 10:49 The openness to Catholic artists
• 22:21 Some of the most influential authors for John and Sarah
• 34:08 Sarah’s love for poetry
• 37.08 Sarah’s upcoming trip to Ireland
• 44:00 John and Sarah discuss some of Sarah’s most famous songs
• 52:36 Sarah shares what her ‘Take Only One Song To The Moon’ would be

WE HOPE THIS SONGWRITING TIP HELPS YOU

Sarah says, “That's the true mark of art to me, is that the listener has an opportunity to discern for themselves what it means to them.”

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT SARAH HART AT https://www.sarahhart.com/

CONNECT WITH SARAH HART

• Website - https://www.sarahhart.com/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sarahhartmusic/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/SarahHart
• Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/sarahhartmusicofficial/
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPGytohiPG_BW69GpPRyrTA/

CONNECT WITH NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SONGWRITERS

• Nashville Christian Songwriters - www.nashvillechristiansongwriters.com 
• Kingdom Songwriters Academy - www.kingdomsongwritersacademy.com  
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• Instagram - www.instagram.com/nashvillechristiansongwriters/ 
• Twitter - twitter.com/NCSsongwriters 

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ABOUT THE SONG REVOLUTION PODCAST

The Song Revolution Podcast exists to empower you through valuable songwriting insights, inspiration, and interviews with some of the greatest songwriters, producers, arrangers, artists, and creatives in the industry and beyond. Find out more at https://www.nashvillechristiansongwriters.com/song-revolution-podcast/

Jason Gray, an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, returns to the Song Revolution Podcast, almost four years since he first came on the show! Jason was born and raised in Southwestern Minnesota where he spent six years in youth ministry, before going into full-time music ministry in 1999 as an independent artist. He lived in the Mankato area until his move to Nashville in 2015. Gray has a speech disorder, and as a person who stutters, his work emphasizes finding strength in weakness. He released four independent records before signing with Centricity Music in 2006. Centricity released his first major label record, "All the Lovely Losers" in 2007. ChristianityToday.com calls Gray one of "Christian music's best kept secrets."

On today’s episode, Jason reminds John why he is supposed to be mad at him. Then, they have some deep personal conversations about challenges in one’s faith and the challenges faced while making music. Jason also talks about why he thinks self-righteousness is the greatest sin of all, the OCEAN personality-profiling test, ideological purity, and several other topics. Stick around till the end of the episode to hear an acoustic version of Jason’s famous single “What I Wish For You.”

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET ON TODAY’S EPISODE

• 03:39 Why it’s better to wait until a chapter of your life closes before you share about it
• 08:22 Jason shares about why, at times he feels alienated
• 16:41 The sin underneath all other sins is self-righteousness
• 24:24 The OCEAN personality-profiling test
• 32:01 The notion of ideological purity
• 36:48 How we see what we’ve already decided to see
• 38:38 Jason’s experience of having to go through Order, Disorder, Reorder
• 45:28 An acoustic version of “What I Wish For You”

WE HOPE THIS SONGWRITING TIP HELPS YOU

Jason says, “I think it [the idea] comes from my own desire to escape the bounds of my own self-righteousness and blindness and confirmation bias.”

GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT JASON GRAY AT https://jasongraymusic.com/

CONNECT WITH JASON GRAY

• Website - https://jasongraymusic.com/
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• Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/jasongray
• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/jasongraymusic

CONNECT WITH NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SONGWRITERS

• Nashville Christian Songwriters - www.nashvillechristiansongwriters.com 
• Kingdom Songwriter Academy - www.kingdomsongwritersacademy.com  
• Facebook - www.facebook.com/nashvillechristiansongwriters/ 
• Instagram - www.instagram.com/nashvillechristiansongwriters/ 
• Twitter - twitter.com/NCSsongwriters 

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ABOUT THE SONG REVOLUTION PODCAST

The Song Revolution Podcast exists to empower you through valuable songwriting insights, inspiration, and interviews with some of the greatest songwriters, producers, arrangers, artists, and creatives in the industry and beyond. Find out more at nashvillechristiansongwriters.com

Are you struggling to with your calling as a Christian songwriter, artist, or musician?  Have you been putting off sharing your music because of fear, comparison, or imposter syndrome? Do you question if your music matters or how to get it heard?

Welcome to the Songwriter Gospel Podcast. We exist to inspire, elevate, and empower Christian songwriters, artists, and musicians, just like you, to share your music and message with the world. 

Listen as we speak with everyday Christian songwriters, artists, musicians, and music industry pros about their story and how they deal with the struggles and internal roadblocks that come with being a Christian creative in music. Discover tips and resources on how to find your voice, find your message, and get your music heard.

Come join the  community @thesongwritergospel on Instagram and Facebook and check out our website www.thesongwritergospel.com for more tips and resources to help you share you music and message with the world.