Throughout the year, our church (The Jesus Fellowship) hold events throughout the country, where the whole of the church meet up to hang out, worship and celebrate God. The first event of the year happens in Birmingham. There are also events that happen in London, Sheffield and Northampton, and are fairly large events. For more info, check out www.jesus.org.uk for some info... we'd love to see you there!
As Birmingham's event drew closer and closer, we were asked to do a piece of backing music for one of drama's that was going to take place during the evening. We found out soon after that the main theme of Birmingham's event was "Light", and so we had to make a fairly large track that helped to represent light breaking through, filling the darkness and lighting the whole place. It was a pretty big ask, considering it had to be around 10 minutes long and we had just under 2 weeks to do it! In a normal situation, that would be very difficult to do, especially with the fact we weren't able to do it during the week because of University and Work.
We started listening to tracks for inspiration, tracks that were massive, with large drops and even bigger builds. One of the main inspirations for the musical style of the track was a guy named Arkasia, who's music is beyond massive! The drops he makes are always huge, but because he is classically trained, he incorporates an orchestral feel to his music, which is what we wanted to do.
Eventually we came up with the baseline of chords for the track, and spent countless late nights until early hours of the morning making it. In fact, we were still adding final touches a few hours before it was meant to show! The pressure was really on during the last 2 weeks, but we definitely had God on our side, giving us both patience and energy to do what was needed in the track.
After all the hard work, it came to using the track in the drama, and we prayed that what we made would achieve the desired effect of the drama and help emphasise the message that was being said. I think it's fair to say that God was definitely in the building that day! When the music played and the drama happened, there was a sense of awe throughout the hall as people watched what was happening on the stage, and listened to the music being played. We could see that people were really appreciating what was happening, and it definitely worked!
And of course, a day spent in a hall filled with over a 1000 people and the love of God wouldn't be complete without a celebration!
The hardest thing to remember when making tracks like this is that, although we can enjoy making the track, and add various characteristics to the track that make it ours, the music is actually there to emphasise what is happening on the stage, and isn't the main part. But after all the hard work, it definitely worked really well and I'm certain people were touched by the whole drama.
In terms of the whole event, it was a really good, God-filled experience. The worship was great and the hall was definitely filled with God's presence. These events are what really emphasises the fact that church isn't a building with a steeple, but rather it's the people that join together in worshipping God. "Hate Religion, Love Jesus" ... probably the best way to describe what church should be. The events that we go to are not religious, but are there purely to be together and love God. Everyone and anyone can love Jesus!
The next event we are looking forward to is our London Day March, where the whole of our church march through the centre of London, right to Trafalgar Square, where we spend the afternoon showing the people around what our church is and that demonstrating the love of God to all of them. And to make the whole thing better, TP7 are in charge of the music for the whole march, which means back to the Lab for the next 5 months!!
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