WSW is a podcast that began with the feature of a worship song that speaks to me each week. However, it is gradually growing into a platform that shares the worship story of anyone who is bold to share how God has been faithful and how a particular worship song motivated, inspired, and encouraged them through a season. I hope that the stories and testimonies shared on this podcast will be a blessing to you and encourage you to worship beyond songs but use the songs as a springboard to leadin ...
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The RESOUNDworship Songwriting Podcast is designed to equip, train and inspire grass-roots worship songwriters in local churches. Joel Payne and Sam Hargreaves discuss songwriting technique, analyse classic worship songs, interview established writers and present a featured song. All to help you become a better worship songwriter! Also available on iTunes and via the usual podcast apps - search for "The Resound Worship Songwriting Podcast".
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Maryland Hope Church Praise & Worship songs
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The Writing Worship Podcast is a resource for Kingdom songwriters everywhere to grow in their worship songwriting craft and hear from trusted voices in the Christian music industry. Hosted by our leadership and featuring teaching from our annual conference and interviews from our online “Writing Club,” we invite you into our community to learn and grow with us. Everyone has a seat at the table.
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In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Rebecca and Andrew to review November's AI songs challenge and set the final challenge of the 2024 season!
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Ep 129 - Interview Special: Jonas Kurlberg
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In this episode, Chris meets Jonas Kurlberg to talk about the rise of AI and its potential impact on creatives, creativity and the writing of songs for worship. Joans is Director of Postgraduate Studies and a Tutor in Theology at Spurgeon’s College in London, leading the MA on Digital Theology. His primary research interest lies in exploring the in…
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In this episode Joel is joined by Chris Juby (while Sam has a half-term break) and together they review some fascinating data gathered from 12 Song participants about song usage in church, look back over a month of Happy Songs in October, and dive deep into a conversation about how to tackle the new November challenge. Make sure you also listen to …
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In this episode Sam and Joel are joined by Chris and Elise to look on September's retreat at Eagle Rock in Tennessee, review the 'Songs for Someone' challenge including some live song-feedback and set a new challenge for October.
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In this episode Sam and Joel look back on August's Olympic Songs Challenge and set a new challenge for September. The featured song is 'There's a time for tears' by Sam Hargreaves from the Downcast Souls Expectant Hearts album.
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In this short episode Joel and Sam take a look back at the early songs from Isaac Watts challenge and set a new challenge for August.Links:https://12songchallenge.org/https://prattgreentrust.org.uk/hymn-competition-results
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Marriage, Ministry and Music
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We hear from three happily-married couples...and they do ministry and music together. How do they do it?! Listen to a panel discussion from Writing Worship Conference 2023 with Scott and Lydia Ingegneri, EJ and Janice Gaines and John and Marina Stratton. Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Join us for Writing Worship Conference 2…
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Ep 124 - Daniel Johnson Interview
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In this episode Joel talks to Daniel Johnson about the hymnwriter Isaac Watts to coincide with this 350th birthday! They discuss Watts' early life, the context in which he operated, his prolific writing, some characteristic themes of his hymns and his influence on future song and hymn writers through the centuries.…
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In this episode Joel and Sam are joined by Olwen to look back at June's 'Jesus of Nazareth Songs' challenge and set a new challenge for July.The featured song is 'In the Valley (Your Everlasting Love)' by Judy Gresham--Watts' texts on Hymnaryhttps://hymnary.org/person/Watts_IsaacDaniel's recommended reading:Daniel Johnson: Isaac Watts’ Hymnody as a…
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Ep 122 - Jesus of Nazareth Songs
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Joel is joined by Chris Juby and Rebecca Beese in an episode so epic it includes a break in the middle. We cover the story of staging a town-wide worship event, contributing to the launch of a new hymn book, the ins and outs of copyright when writing songs from Bible translations, a deep-dive review of the Word-for-word Scripture Songs challenge, a…
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Ep 121 - Randall Goodgame Interview Special
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Joel meets songwriter Randall Goodgame to discuss his journey into writing, the story behind Slugs and Bugs, his approach to setting scripture texts to music and a new scripture hymnal.Find out more about Randall and his songs at https://slugsandbugs.com/
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Ep 120 Word-for-word Scripture Songs
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Joel and Sam are joined by Travis and David from teams Shannon and Malin on the 12 Song Challenge to look back on April, featuring songs from every team, and set a new challenge for May. Sam and Joel also report back on a fun couple of days songwriting and a unique experience in an undercroft. The featured song is 'Mary's Song' by Liturgical Folk.…
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Ep 119 - Whole Church Worship Songs
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Sam and Joel are joined by Robb, Olwen, Andy & Chris to look back on the Hero Songs challenge from March with 10 songs featured! And Sam sets a new challenge for April based on Engage Worship's new Whole Church Worship resources. https://engageworship.org/project/whole-church-worship
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Rebekah White Williams | Writing Make Room + Rest On Us
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Rebekah White Williams joins us on the podcast to talk about the stories behind the writing of the songs MAKE ROOM and REST ON US. Learn more about working with Rebekah for songwriter coaching and song critiques. We are thrilled to welcome professional songwriter Rebekah White Williams (Make Room, Rest On Us) to the WW family as songwriter coach. R…
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In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Andrew and Elise to look back on February's 'Acts Challenge' and set a new challenge for March. The featured song is 'Gethsemane' from Jubilate's 'Journey to Resurrection', written Susan Goforth and David Hill.
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Ep 117 - Interview Special: Steve Walton
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In this episode Sam and Joel meet New Testament scholar Prof Steve Walton to talk about the book of Acts, his new commentary, and inspiration for songwriting in the Biblical text.
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In this episode Joel and Sam look back on the first month of the 12 Song Challenge, with a featured song snippet from every team, and set a new challenge for February. The featured song is 'Lord We're Waiting' by James Martin from the new album 'Downcast Souls Expectant Hearts' from Resound Worship.
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Cody Jones | Your Song, Your Sword
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Cody Jones has been a member of the Writing Worship Community for the last 2 years. He was one of our band leaders during the recording of our album. He's a leader in his own church in Texas. This is a portion of his message to songwriters during a breakout session of our most recent conference (October 2023). Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter P…
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In the episode Sam and Joel are joined by Elise from United Adoration to kick off the new season of the 12 Song Challenge. They share their top tips for surviving the challenge, how to make a start on a song and how to give and receive constructive feedback. And they introduce the the first challenge of the season, offering a variety of angles from…
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Meet The Mentors | Rachael Thomas, Ryan Hall, Emily Weeks, Stacy Riddle and Matt Crosson
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We asked our songwriter mentors of the Worship Songwriter Mentorship program to share what God had put on their hearts for worship songwriters at our most recent Writing Worship Conference. You'll hear from: Rachael Thomas - 9:36 Ryan Hall - 20:13 Emily Weeks - 30:06 Stacy Riddle - 43:15 Matt Crosson - 58:21 Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Per…
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Krissy Nordhoff | Singing The Psalms
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Krissy Nordhoff shares what she's learned over the years about worship songwriting sitting at her piano and singing the psalms - PSALMING. Taken from a breakout session at Writing Worship Conference 2023. You can order your Psalming Journal at Psalming.com Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Join us for Writing Worship Conference…
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In this episode, Sam talks to Joel and Matt about the new song 'My Redeemer Lives', the first release from the upcoming Downcast Souls / Expectant Hearts albums. They talk about the origins of the song, the writing process, and some of production elements that lead to the overall sound. A bit of an insight into the whole process!…
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All About Writing Worship Conference
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It's almost time for our annual Writing Worship Conference. Nick Morrow, Director of Writing Worship, and Eric Nordhoff, Co-Founder of Writing Worship, talk together with our Writing Club Community online about all of the goodness that we're planning for the Conference. Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Join us for Writing Wors…
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In this episode, Joel and Sam are joined by Keiko, Andrew and Stephen to review August's 'Closing Songs' challenge, and look back of the last year of the 12 Song Challenge.
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Drew Small | Music Marketing Today
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Drew Small is an Artist Coach and Music Marketer who specializes in helping artists grow more than 1 million fans in 1 year. We had the honor of having him share his thoughts and insights about artist marketing in our Writing Club last month. Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Join us for Writing Worship Conference 2024 - Octobe…
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Jeff Deyo | Sonicflood and Songwriting
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Jeff Deyo is a worship leader, author, pianist, songwriter, speaker, and professor. He is known internationally as the former lead singer of the Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning group, Sonicflood, and lives to help people grow closer to God. Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Join us for Writing Worship Conference 2024 - Oct…
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In this abbreviated episode Joel looks back on the Creed Songs challenge, picking out a couple of highlights from the Wydale retreat final night concert, and sets the final challenge of the season.
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Steve Davis | The Honor of Writing Worship for the Church
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Steve Davis of Sons the Band, Family Music, + Mav City staff writer. The change-up turned out to be a beautiful conversation, rich with Steve's pastoral heart and take-aways from his own journey in writing, worship leading, and artistry. Here's some of the links to Steve's work we mentioned in the convo: Sons the Band Family Music Maverick City Mus…
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Vince Wilcox | How To Make A Living In The Music Business
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Vince Wilcox has enjoyed a lifetime of rich experiences as music industry professional, attorney, educator, and author. Starting in the warehouse of Nashville’s Benson Records in 1979, Vince rose through the ranks to eventually become vice president of marketing before resigning in 1991 to write and tour as an artist for five years. Along the way, …
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In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Emma from 'Welcome Churches' to review June's Refugee Songs challenge. And they set a new challenge for July. The featured song is 'We Believe in One God' by Chris Juby from the album 'Songs for Sundays'.
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Sharon Byrd | Songwriting Is A Journey
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We're joined once again by guest co-host, Sharon Byrd with Kingsway Worship who shares more about her journey as a songwriter. And, then we share Chapter One from the Writing Worship Book - Songwriting Is A Journey read by Krissy Nordhoff. Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Support the show Follow us on Instagram and Subscribe o…
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Robby Busick | Developing a Songwriting Culture
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Robby Busick, formerly of Bethel Music Publishing, shared how he helps other churches develop a strong songwriting culture in their creative communities. And guest co-host, Sharon Byrd returns to talk about the development of the songwriting culture at her church, Kingsway. Take the simple 10-minute Songwriter Personality Test. Join us for Writing …
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In this episode Joel flies solo, presenting a selection of songs from lasts month's 'Eurovision Songs' challenge and setting a new challenge for June. The featured song is 'We pray for those adrift, afraid' by Laurie Gauger available from jubilate.co.uk
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Jaime Jamgochian | How God Works All Things For Our Good
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We're delighted to be joined by songwriter and worship leader, Sharon Byrd (Kingsway Worship) as guest host for this episode. And, on today's episode, we share an interview from our Writing Club with Jaime Jamgochian. Sitting down to talk with Jaime, you quickly realize she is a woman of faith who God is using in many different ways through her mus…
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Chris Hauser | 36 Years of Christian Music Radio Promotion
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Chris Hauser is a legend in the CCM music industry. His work in radio promotions over the past 40+ years has greatly impacted the music written and led for churches every Sunday. For his passionate work and impact, Chris was recognized and honored with the CMB Industry Achievement Award. In this conversation with Writing Worship co-founder, Eric No…
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In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Andrew Finden and Rebecca Beese to review the songs from April's 'Worship for Workers' challenge, and to set a new challenge for May. The featured song is 'Lord Protect My Heart' by Andrew Finden.
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Benji Cowart - A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
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Christian songwriting veteran Benji Cowart shares from the 2022 Writing Worship conference about the power of lyrics. Benji’s experience as a working songwriter in Nashville has shaped his philosophy and creativity and unique perspective. Benji Cowart is a staff writer for TIM (Tomlin Ingram Music) Publishing. He’s written songs for artists like Na…
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Chris Clayton - Songwriting as a Producer
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Chris Clayton shares about his years of experience as a producer, songwriter, and worship pastor. Because of his unique vantage point as a producer, Chris is able to speak into the writing process with depth and wisdom. Chris has worked on records for Bethel Music, Big Daddy Weave, Shane & Shane, and Philips, Craig, and Dean. Chris’ recent writing …
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Ep 108 - Worship For Workers (Part 2)
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In this episode, Joel talks to Matthew Kaemingk and Katie Roelofs from the Worship For Workers project.
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Ep 107 - Worship for Workers (Part 1)
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In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Andy and Elise to chew on some questions about introducing homegrown songs, review the community's attempts to complete the Psalter in the March challenge, and set a new challenge for April. The featured song is 'Now I Lay At The Altar' by Elise Massa, from the album 'Songs For The Sunset'.…
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Celebrating Women's History Month | Female Songwriters Panel
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Three hard-working Nashville songwriters - Natalie Layne, Rachael Nemiroff, and Rhyan Shirley - share from the 2022 Writing Worship Conference about their perspectives as female writers in the music industry. Natalie Layne is an artist & writer for Centricity Music, who has a flair for incorporating her unique musical background into catchy CCM son…
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Stacey Willbur | Publishing Christian Music Today
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Stacey Willbur shares from her breakout session at the 2022 Writing Worship Conference. What does a publisher do, and how does it affect the worship songwriter? Why should a songwriter take care of their publishing? Willbur is a long-time veteran of the music industry, whose career has included both Christian and country music. After working for a …
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In this episode Joel tells Sam all about the recent Resound Worship trip to the US, Keiko and Andrew join in to review the February 'Songs of Rest' challenge, and a new challenge is set for March. The featured song is 'House of the Lord' by Rebecca Beese from her recent album 'Psalm Twenty Seven: Ask, Seek, Dwell'…
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Patrick Mayberry | How Pastoral Ministry Prepared Me For Songwriting
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Worship artist Patrick Mayberry shares about his experience as a writer and an artist, including how being a worship pastor for so many years shaped his approach to songwriting. Patrick Mayberry is an artist with Centricity Worship, worship leader, and songwriter. His writing credits include songs with Passion, Rita Springer, Pat Barret, Mack Brock…
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Shealy Worship | Communion with God & Collaboration with Community
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Worship is breathing. Worship is living a life in communion with God every minute of every day. We were created for intimacy with the Father, just to Be with him. We are surrounded by a culture that is driven by productivity, but Chris and Summer Shealy of Shealy Worship want to raise up a generation of worshippers who desire more than anything els…
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In this episode, Joel and Sam are joined by Resound Worship co-founder, Matt Osgood. As well as review January's 'Assembly Bangers' challenge (with the help of some special guests) and setting a new challenge for February, they also revisit the beginnings of Resound Worship, each telling the story from their own perspectives.…
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Stephen Brewster | Why Your Church Should Write Music
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Stephen Brewster shares about fostering a culture of worship songwriting in your church from our 2022 annual Writing Worship Conference. Brewster is a leader, coach, creative, and developer of culture. Stephen is passionate about coaching churches and worship teams, the Enneagram, and seeing God’s plan unleashed in others. The Writing Worship hosts…
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Matt Lopez | Bethel Music, Publishing, and Worship Writing in the Church
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Matt Lopez shares with our Writing Club about his experience working with Bethel Music, the nuances of publishing, and why publishing is important to the songwriter. Matt Lopez is Bethel Music Director of Publishing Admin and Digital Rights. Having worked with the label for several years, Matt is passionate about creativity in the Church and using …
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Tony Wood | A Songwriter's Journey
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Tony Wood shares his own story and practical songwriting tips from our 2022 annual Writing Worship Conference. Tony is a veteran songwriter in Christian music. With over thirty(!) #1 hits, Tony is one of the most celebrated writers in the history of the genre. Beyond songwriting, Tony has a passion for family, teaching, and sharing the wisdom he’s …
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In this episode, Sam & Joel are joined by Olwen and Elise to kickstart 2023 with a review of December's 'Global Songs' challenge and a new challenge for January. The featured song is 'Sing a Hymn to God's Great Glory' by Michael Saward and Sam Hargreaves.
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