Music Spotlight: You Won't Relent

If you were to ask Melissa what is the song that Brandon has played most on guitar over the last several months, she would provide an answer for you quite easily. It would be this song and while I may not be able to rock it quite like the originals here, its such a powerful song no matter which way you cut it. A beautiful picture of God's pursuit of us. I was turned on to Jesus Culture last year and they have since become one of my favorite worship groups. All of there stuff is so moving and the music itself is incredible. I would definitely suggest it to ANYONE. You can put this song on and just let it move you by the power of the Spirit. Its really great and is an especially important reminder to me and Melissa right now. Enjoy.

Music Spotlight: Sound Off

Today I was working on a welcome board that Melissa wants for the foyer at the wedding reception hall. After listening to the live album by Matisyahu, I threw on one of my favorite hip hop acts, Mars ILL. Hip hop has always been my favorite music genre and these guys keep it true to form. There's a lot of mainstream that is very self-glorifying and foul, but these guys are among an underground movement that is positive, conscious and just plain good. Manchild and DJ Dust for you and you and you and you too...

Music Spotlight: Running Around In My Dreams

So I love music. Because I love music and I have the opportunity to share good music on my blog I'm going to do just that. We'll go ahead and call it Music Spotlight (because that's what everyone else calls it).


Today, I'm sharing a song that is quite important to me. This is the song that my lovely fiancé Melissa and I will be dancing to at our wedding. Before Melissa and I met face to face, the Lord gave me many dreams with her in them. It was one of the things that He used to prepare me for our coming together. I found this song shortly thereafter and shared it with Melissa. We found it quite fitting. Beware this song is quite catchy and you'll joyfully get it stuck in your head. Without further ado, here's "Running Around In My Dreams" by Tyrone Wells.

Poetry Corner: Constance

Last night, Melissa and I found ourselves watching hip hop videos on YouTube and I showed her this one. I wanted to put it out here, because hip hop is close to my heart and is the reason I got into poetry in the first place. This song is intense and quite sad, but the heart behind it is so good. Mr J Medeiros shows what hip hop ought to be and that's an art form that expresses truth in a way that is bigger than the form itself. More of this meaningful music is what I would love to see and certainly what I dream for for hip hop.