Here’s another one I wrote with Anje Dowler and a great singer/songwriter I went to Berklee with, Mike Willis. Staying put. Seeing love through. Walking it out. Hard, but so worth it. Enjoy!! Download the MP3 here. Listen here. Don’t…
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Another New Song – Don’t Want to Run
Tagged with: Acoustic, acoustic guitar, Acoustic Music (Musical Genre), anje-dowler, Artist, ben-ward, berklee college of music, biggest-loser, don't want to run, gibson custom, guitar, mike willis, mike willis music, nashville, new-york-city, olivia-ward, Original, original music, original song, pat pattison, piano, Shelter Rock Church, Singer, song, Songwriter, songwriting
Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
Finally Free – New Song
Time for a new song! This one I wrote with my dear friend Anje Dowler…bunch of new ones coming up here and on the YouTube channel! Finally Free Anje Dowler/Ben Ward It seemed so permanent Felt like forever They all…
Tagged with: acoustic guitar, anje-dowler, ben-ward, berklee college of music, finally free, gibson custom, nashville, new-york-city, olivia-ward, original music, pat pattison, piano, Shelter Rock Church, song, songwriting
Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
New Song. New Video.
We got a new Canon 60D for filming video so this was a test run. I thought I’d record a little worship chorus that I wrote with Stephanie White around Easter. Enjoy! Thanks to Gregg Farah for filming!
Yours – New Song!
The sessions are back! New tunes, covers, etc., etc., from a brand new “studio.” It happens to be my office . This is a new tune I wrote about missing a certain someone… Download here. Play here: Yours I am…
Tagged with: charis-acoustic, country-music, live-video, new-songs, songwriting, youtube
Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
Posted in Music, YouTube Sessions
Fav Lyrics
So today is the day for one of my favorite lyrics… Now the first of December was covered with snow, and so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston (James Taylor, Sweet Baby James) Something about that picture, I know…
Play with Passion
I think one of the hardest things to impart to worship teams, especially volunteer teams, is how to play with passion. So often they are concentrating so hard on playing the right chords at the right time or wondering if…
Tagged with: hillsong, john-mark-mcmillan, musicians, training, worship-leader, worship-team
Posted in Music, Worship
Posted in Music, Worship
Sliver of Silver
The iPhone pic below certainly doesn’t do it justice, but the moon was beautiful tonight. It looked just like its description in one of my favorite old lyrics by Rich Mullins: Well, the moon was a sliver of silver Like…
Setlist 3-21-10
Great time in the presence of the Lord…. Praise the Lord (Kauflin) You Never Let Go (Redman) I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (Smith) I Love You Lord (Klein) (Communion) Song of Freedom (original) (had to cut b/c of…
Come Home
Here’s a new video from Christmas Eve. I was so happy to have Olivia singing with me! I wrote this song back in 2007…enjoy.
In-Ear Monitors and Leading Worship
It took me a long while to get used to playing/singing with in-ear monitors (IEM). I’m sure part of it was my own slow adapting, but there’s still part of me that goes back and forth on their usefulness. As…
Tagged with: in-ear-monitors, wedge-monitors, worship-leader
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Posted in Just My Opinion, Music, Worship
