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The Northern Conspiracy front man Joe Day was a prolific songwriter long before attending Mars Hill and has graciously allowed the Mars Hill worship department the use of his songs for years. His songs For Your Goodness, I Surrender and The Glory of God are arguably some of the strongest songs in the Mars Hill cache. Though the band’s influences may not always directly inform their music stylistically, the studiousness of the bands vast listening habits are apparent (Emmylou Harris, Tom Waits, The Arcade Fire).
The Northern Conspiracy’s main goal is to appropriately respond to God’s initiation. While this may seem like a given for any worship band, Day explains that this is a focal point for their approach. “Our main goal is to continually examine how we craft our response to the scripture we are studying. Basically,” states Day gleefully “we just want to rock…with strings”.
Day is joined by longtime friend and music collaborator Seth Fikkert on drums along with Fikkerts wife Lauren on vocals, Audrey Stout on cello, Dennis DeMercer on bass, Craig Marais on violin and Jackie Marais on piano.
May 3, 2009
Next Sunday, Pastor Mark will be preaching on 1 Peter 5:6-11 about humility. This topic has been on my heart a great deal, mostly because of conviction that there are many areas in my life that need strengthening in this area. I can easily be arrogant, which is ugly in …
Feb 17, 2008
Since Craig & Jackie are in Hawaii, I decided to switch things up this week and to a trio with Seth & Audrey. Wasn't sure how it was going to turn out, but it ended up being a lot of fun and sonically really cool.
I split the acoustic signal between the system and …
May 11, 2007
Back in February I went with a client of mine to the PMA show in Las Vegas. (I think PMA stands for Photo Marketer's Association...their web site doesn't really explain it. Not bad for a bunch of MARKETERS!!) It was your basic convention in Las Vegas, all of the …
Tom Waits, Nada Surf, Radiohead, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Bon Iver, TV On The Radio, Blonde Redhead, Pedro The Lion, and many many others...
The Bible, The Abolition of Man by CS Lewis, Heretics & Orthodoxy by GK Chesterton, The Reason for God by Tim Keller, Humility by CJ Mahaney, Desiring God by John Piper,
Family time, Making music, Discussing theology, Eating meals together,
Ben und Jasmin, Apr 22, 2008:
Hey Guys,
My wife and I dig your music thanks for making it and thanks for sharing it with the world.
Blessings,
Ben
THIS IS AN EMPIRE (NEW MUSIC ON OUR MYSPACE!), Apr 06, 2008:
Thanks for adding us!
-THIS IS AN EMPIRE
jonpederson, Oct 22, 2007:
In June, a new day will dawn.
coffeepostal, May 05, 2007:
You're out of you're element Donny...
Tyler James, May 03, 2007:
man.. i would love to be up there again. hopefully in the fall. also... i love the your new music joe... you should come visit nashville again. and if you see jono.. tell him i love him dearly ;)
coffeepostal, Apr 26, 2007:
JOE!!! LAUREN!!! SETH!!! Hey, how is you guys?!? I miss all ya'll. Anyway, glad you found me, I'm very much interested in hearing you guys.
Kristen., Apr 11, 2007:
* Canon EOS 30d or a Nikon DSLR
Kristen., Apr 11, 2007:
haha, just lots of random ones. A few of them are just with some point and shoot cameras but most of them are either with a Canon EOS 30D. and thank you.