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The National & The Creative Process

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Check out this video of The National talking about their creative process. Really interesting stuff!!

 

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Artist Spotlight | Trees Of Lyres

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Austin is an arts city plain and simple. From crazy bicycles that are custom made to be twice as tall as a normal bike being ridden by people dressed up in costumes or speedos to classy art museums & galleries featuring some of the worlds finest art...we got it all! Occaisonally we like to spotlight our artists so that others will be able to engage in the art that they make. We believe that music is also art and Austin being.... ehhem.... the "Live Music Capital of the World" we'd like to spotlight Trees of Lyres the Austin based duo of Matt and Joanie Oakes, who combine a love for old and new, loud and soft, layered and bare.Crafting songs to be carried in your head and to carry your heart. We hope that you enjoy!

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Music For The City | VOL 1

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Music For The City is a movement that combines Music, Art & Charity. On Saturday night MFC released their first compilation album of 14 local bands benefitting two local Austin charities: Safeplace, who provide a safe haven for victims of domestic violence & Austin Children's Shelter, who provide emergency shelter to children who are in life threatening situations.

To support these organizations purchase your copy of Music For The City | Volume 1 NOW!!

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Miranda Dodson | FREE Single!!

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Miranda Dodson is one of the Music Leaders here at ACL and also serves on Staff at ACL as the Worship & Arts Director. Miranda has been hard at work over the past year working on her latest musical endeavor, "Change A Thing" which is due out on June 15th.

Last Tuesday Miranda pre-released her single "Too Late" which is the first track on her upcoming album. You can stream and Download the single for FREE for a limited time HERE.

 

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ACL @ SXSW

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Austin City Life is a church that is full of artists & musicians. We have several folk in our church that will be out and about in our city making good music and culture. You should go check them out!

AlphaRev: Our very own Dave Wiley plays with AlphaRev as their cellist you can catch AlphaRev several times this week:

Miranda Dodson: Our Worship & Arts director is also a singer/songwriter. Catch her at SXSW!

Jordan Whitmore: Jordan is a partner here at ACL and is also one of our Music Leaders. You can catch Jordan this week at:

Trees of Lyres: This husband/wife duo... also known as Matt & Joanie Oakes are partners here at ACL as well as Music Team members. Catch them here:

Trevor Of Doom: Trevor serves us weekly with his mad bass skills.... we just love having him around! Here is where you can catch him this week:

 

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Lead Us Back

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This past Sunday we experienced a really sweet time of Worship by way of music. We sang a new (to us) song by Bobby Gilles of Sojourn Church out of Louisville called "Lead Us Back" (off of their 2007 release "Before the Throne"). This contemporary hymn of confession cut many of us and called us to repentance. There aren't many confessional songs that are from the Church...glad to have this one. While researching this song I stumbled upon this blog post by the author on why and how he came to write this contemporary hymn. Here are the lyrics:

 Falling down upon our knees
Sharing now in common shame
We have sought security
Not the cross that bears Your name
Fences guard our hearts and homes
Comfort sings a siren tune
We’re a valley of dry bones
Lead us back to life in You

Lord we fall upon our knees
We have shunned the weak and poor
Worshipped beauty, courted kings
And the things their gold affords
Prayed for those we’d like to know
Favor sings a siren tune
We’ve become a talent show
Lead us back to life in You
You have caused the blind to see
We have blinded him again
With our man-made laws and creeds
Eager, ready to condemn
Now we plead before Your throne
Power sings a siren tune
We’ve been throwing heavy stones
Lead us back to life in You

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