Zach and Sal Episode 2

Zach and Sal Episode 1

Zach Trandum Presents: I'm So In Love With You

Just a couple years ago I composed this little ditty.  Coffee in hand, surrounded by the walls of our cozy little apartment, my 12 year old Mac working it's tail of to do pretty much anything.  This isn't even close to a finished product, but I came across it in my archives fairly recently and fell in love with the song all over again.

You and I: An Original Song by Zach Trandum (Featuring Sarah Trandum)

I have some pretty amazing people in my life.  God has richly blessed me with family and friends that have loved me enough to not only walk with me and rejoice in the good times, but to call me on my crap in the tougher times.  The single greatest, most amazing (and super hot) person in my life is my incredible wife, Sarah.  When I step back and look at the gift God gave me in her I am, quite literally, speechless.  And that's saying a lot because I like words lol.  This girl sharpens me, encourages me, challenges me, recharges me, along with so many other things.  And to top it off, just when I thought things couldn't get any better, she gave me a daughter.  Did I mention she's smoke'n hot? Cuz yeah, she is.  BONUS!!!!
Back in 2009, right when Sarah and I started dating, I was the worship pastor of a small church in Mount Vernon Washington.  Sarah would drive more than 2 hours to come visit me.  On one particular afternoon I was in the church neck deep in a songwriting session.  When she arrived I was getting ready to lay down a scratch track for my records.  Knowing that she's had quite a bit of musical experience and training herself, I asked Sarah to sing with me on the tune.  It took her all of 2 minutes to latch on to the melody, find the harmonies, and remember the lyrics.  I've been doing music for a long time and I still cant pick things up as fast as she does (kinda drives me nuts lol).
Well kids, this is the recording we did that day.  Nothing special at all about the production.  Its just the two of us singing live, worshiping God.  I sincerely hope you enjoy the tune!

Let the Music Thump You

If you could make worship music literally thump in your chest, I'm pretty sure this is what it would sound like.  One of the reasons I've fallen head over heals in love with Dubstep is because it is so insanely creative.  Hank Hill may label it as a bunch of toilet noises... But Dubstep has a musical quality that you just can't get anywhere else and now we're hearing more and more of it breaking in to Christian music. 

Whether you agree or not, these Christian Dubstep sounds are worth a listen. Let your ears drown in the thump.

Inside the Sprawling World of Christian Music Festivals

Brought to you by James Rickman on Papermag.

To the nonbeliever, Christian music festivals can conjure up lasers piercing clouds of weed-free smoke, Jumbrotrons flashing relentlessly positive refrains and seas of blissful arm-waving. How to get beyond the stereotypes if you're in New York, far from even the touring Christian festivals of early 2015?

As part of our "Do You Believe" issue, we wanted an insider's look at these massive gatherings. We also wanted to talk to some Christian rock artists who, in one way or another, had dipped their toes in the secular pop world. We called up four people: Colton Dixon, a 23-year-old Tennessee native who sang both sacred and profane songs during his fan-adored stint on American Idol; David Crowder, who injects a quiet sense of humor into his churning "Appalachians and Ibiza" sound and whose big beard, specs and trucker hat suggest Brooklyn as much as his native Waco, Texas; John Cooper, singer of the Memphis-based Skillet, which exists on a level of crossover success shared only by Switchfoot, P.O.D. and a few others; and Josh Caterer, a solo artist and worship director based outside of Chicago, whose band Smoking Popes was an early-nineties institution (see: "Need You Around" from the Clueless soundtrack) and whose subsequent band, Duvall, marked Caterer's rebirth as a Christian.

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2 share top honors at ASCAP Christian Music Awards

 Brought to you by The Tennessean
Two accomplished songsmiths got to share the night's top honor. David Garcia and Ben Glover are co-writing and co-producing partners and thus tied for the Songwriter of the Year award. In the past year, they were responsible for Mandisa's "Back to You," MercyMe's "Greater" and Francesca Battistelli's "Write Your Story." Those three tunes were among 25 most-performed songs presented with awards on Monday.
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"Lead Us Back": New Album from Thirday Day

Aaaaaaaaand.... THEY'RE BACK!!!  After quite the breather from cutting any records at all, Grammy award winning band, Third Day, has released a brand new worship album.
I've just sampled the tracks and am delightfully pleased with the newer sound!  I'm fairly certain that you'll agree, so don't wait!  Stop and listen!!!



Here's another great article about the new release from BreatheCast: http:// www.breathecast.com/articles/third-day-launches-new-album-with-concert-in-nyc-lead-us-back-marks-the-bands-first-worship-album-in-years-exclusive-video-25476/

Christian music is all kinda sounding the same

I'm only speaking for myself when I say this... Christian music is all kinda sounding the same. Maybe I just don't spend enough time poking around to find those little gems hiding out there in the interwebs, or maybe there is more of a... Read More: https://www.facebook.com/ZachTMusic