Album Recording: Le Rivage
For several months, Jordan and the worship team from our church, Le Rivage, have been dreaming of and working on recording an album.
There were three goals for this project:
1. Create a resource to help other French-speaking churches.
2. Enjoy playing music together as a group.
3. Glorify God through the music.
As Jordan worked on the details of the project, he learned of another project at a Christian camp, Praz-de-Lys, located just over an hour from us in the mountains. Praz-de-Lys, through their new association JAM, hopes to create a recording studio and offer a space for musicians to come together to create and collaborate. Upon hearing the vision for JAM, it only made sense that Le Rivage would record the album in their new studio as a test-run.
So on November 4, the worship band [and their families] packed their bags and headed into the mountains for a weekend of recording. The camp was an ideal setting for this kind of project, and all parties involved learned a whole lot for future projects.
In addition to our church band, there were a couple of American musicians there for the weekend. Kevin is in the process of raising support and preparing to move to France long-term as a missionary, and he will likely work with Praz-de-Lys and JAM. His friend Karen is a student at the University of Bern in Switzerland, so she came to hang out for a few days and help wherever she could. They were a great help, both musically, and also in the kitchen throughout the weekend. On Saturday night, after a busy and somewhat stressful day of recording, Kevin played some of his original music for us and Karen played along on her flute and sang with him. It was a great way to unwind and simply spend time together.
Overall, the band was pleased with the recording, though it's far from professional quality. They recorded 7 songs in less than 12 hours. They still need someone to mix the album (do you know anyone?) and then they will have to determine exactly where and how they want to distribute the music. While there are obvious mistakes in the music, Jordan feels like it can still be a useful resource for other churches. (France is surprisingly lacking in many Christian resources; though a wealthy country, less than 2% of the population are evangelical Christians.)
Stay tuned [pun intended] for more details....
There were three goals for this project:
1. Create a resource to help other French-speaking churches.
2. Enjoy playing music together as a group.
3. Glorify God through the music.
As Jordan worked on the details of the project, he learned of another project at a Christian camp, Praz-de-Lys, located just over an hour from us in the mountains. Praz-de-Lys, through their new association JAM, hopes to create a recording studio and offer a space for musicians to come together to create and collaborate. Upon hearing the vision for JAM, it only made sense that Le Rivage would record the album in their new studio as a test-run.
Overall, the band was pleased with the recording, though it's far from professional quality. They recorded 7 songs in less than 12 hours. They still need someone to mix the album (do you know anyone?) and then they will have to determine exactly where and how they want to distribute the music. While there are obvious mistakes in the music, Jordan feels like it can still be a useful resource for other churches. (France is surprisingly lacking in many Christian resources; though a wealthy country, less than 2% of the population are evangelical Christians.)
Stay tuned [pun intended] for more details....
It was a great time with you guys!! Hugs from Bern! :)
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