...Words Remain... Symphonically!

Mason Jar Music Presents... Josh Garrels from Mason Jar Music on Vimeo.

The past two days a number of folks have posted this video. I chose to 'sit' in it. I was a giddy boy just 'drinking' it in... This is a song that I've journeyed with - off of Josh's Jacaranda Album - a beautiful song in that version, but this... this production, this sound, this collection of musicians... It is just spectacular!

The first thing that hit me was the visual 'story'. I was so drawn in that later, in the evening I had my wife, julz (aka jewels), sit down and we watched it together - she was taken by it! Kudos to the Mason video team - shot beautifully. Kudos to the musicians - vocalist to bells to strings - who ventured to work on this thru the night! There is a lot going on this video - as mentioned by other note takers, but I recognized something deeper... I knew I wanted to really 'hear' it, as the Mason Collective suggests, "Listen with Head phones", so I took the past 24 hours to do this... 5 x to be exact. When I put on the headphones,

I closed my eyes.

The music followed a center - a beautiful line - the tiny guitar - and the miraculous voice. This version begins to hop, skip and jump along this line - similar to the 'climber' culture of 'slack lining' - the music follows its line, but it begins to skip and turn along in some spectacular ways! The creativity of all involved stays incredibly cohesive... and takes this song to a spectacular place. By the second line, when Josh sings, "it was pro-phesied long ago...", the strings and flutes and the bells all start to find there place. It's a beautiful line, and the orchestra makes it hop along!

The message and the voice are the real gift in this song, thank you, Josh, for writing and risking. A small group of 'faith-walkers' met tonight near USC, in a victorian house-turned-apartment. They talked about the 'Word' and its affect in their lives. This same Word hops, skips, and follows the 'center line' in their lives, as similar as this song comes alive in this video.