God has used Don't Waste Your Life to change the course of many lives since 2003. In the Spring of 2006, I had a chance to interview Chad Johnson about how it was impacting him. Little did he know that God would call him to leave his successful position at Tooth & Nail Records and start a non-profit music label called Come & Live! this year.
Come & Live! is an expression of the major themes of Don't Waste Your Life (radical generosity, risk taking love, making others glad in God, missions, living simply for the sake of giving, etc). The basic idea is that the label is like a missions agency, the musicians are like missionaries, and you do not have to pay for the music. I am encouraged by how God calls men and women in different industries and cultures to find ways to make others glad in God within their context.
You can download for free without registration their first music sampler I Am Living Vol. 01. If you enjoy indie rock, hardcore, and alternative music styles you will find some tracks you will appreciate (there is a great variety). Also included is a sermon excerpt from John Piper.
Thanks "Desiring God" for pointing us to this, and thanks Come and Live for this new venture.
2 comments:
I downloaded and listened to this album today. I appreciated all of the energy behind the songs, especially after Piper's excerpt. With the exception of two of the hardcore tracks, this is a pretty solid album. Thanks for sharing!
("Stars Will Bleed" and "Open Hands") Um.. that's just my opinion, of course =) I thought they were a bit silly. Holding Onto Hope, however, did a fairly good job at creating a carbon copy of Underoath (if you must make Christian Hardcore, it might as well sound like Underoath).
For the sake of worship, I prefer the sincerity, emotion, and energy of tracks 2,3,4,5. Tracks 7, 8, 10 I enjoyed musically (technical and diverse within one song!). Track 9 is worshipful, both excitedly and peacefully.
I'm not in to electronica, but I enjoyed the feel of track 12 a lot. Track 14 was almost psalmic in lyrics which was very cool.
Lastly, I noticed that "The Crown," the last track, is the theme for the Calvin In The Theater of God conference videos on Desiring God.
Thanks for posting this! I really enjoyed listening to it. We could definately use some of these as overhead music =)