The MAM BlogThe MAM Bloghttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2012-01-20T22:48:24ZSquarespaceWelcome Mathttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2012/1/20/welcome-mat.htmlDavid Bailey2012-01-20T22:31:29Z2012-01-20T22:31:29Z
Last Monday was the celebration of Martin Luther King’s life. As I reflected on his life, I was reminded of a conversation I had over the Christmas holiday with my Aunt.

My Aunt was one of the first black children to integrate the schools in her county. As we ate food and enjoyed each other’s company, she vividly shared with us her personal story of segregation and integration. Being the age that I am, I marveled that the reality of her experiences with white only and colored signs was not that long ago.

The famous evangelical preacher, John Piper has recently released a book and documentary Bloodline where he confessed his sins of participating in the sin of racism as an evangelical Bible believing Christian. He’s been on a journey of learning redemptive living in the area of racial and cultural sins in the light of the Gospel.

A lot of time has passed from 1968-2012, the conversation and challenges of integration are still alive today because when we took down the Jim Crow segregating signs, we didn’t learn how to lay down the welcome mat with Christ-like hospitality for people of every nation, tribe, and tongue. 

The Arrabon Book was written to be a resource to this problem. Music is often the primary expression of culture in many Christian Communities. I wrote the book to help Christian communities not say, “White Only”, “Black Only”, “Young Only”, “Senior Saints Only” with their music. I produced the Arrabon CD, to provide communities with songs to sing that say, “Welcome” to a variety of people.

We have 7 days before the IndieGoGo campaign ends next Friday on Jan. 29th.  To pre-order books and cds, click here.
If you want to make a tax deductable donation, choose one of the two options:
Write a check addressed to "Making a Melody/A.C.T. Intl" and send it to the following address:
 
Making a Melody/A.C.T. Intl
PO Box 1649
Brentwood, TN 37024-1649
 
or
 
If you want to make a credit card donation, you can do so by logging on to:
 
1) www.actinternational.org
2) Click Donate
3) Fill out the amount
4) Click on "Donation Category" and Scroll to "Making a Melody/Bailey".
 
And I’ll see YOU March 9th!

 

]]>Questions You May Havehttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/12/29/questions-you-may-have.htmlDavid Bailey2011-12-30T01:15:51Z2011-12-30T01:15:51Z
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope you had a great Christmas celebration. Joy and I had a great time with each other and our families. We feel overwhelmed with blessings!

Since I started the IndieGoGo campaign, I’ve been running into many people who have learned about the campaign and have asked some really great questions.


Hopefully you can benefit from some of my answers:

FAQ’s

1. How’s the Campaign going?

We’re 29 days away from the campaign ending and we’ve had over 400 people view the campaign video and have had 22 people contribute to the campaign. I think people must have been waiting until after Christmas, so they can get the cd & book for New Years!

If you or anyone would like to get the mp3s, cd, or book, you can order a copy by clicking here. You will get the mp3s immediately and you will be one of the first people to get the book and cd as soon as they are manufactured.

2. Why are you doing a campaign during Christmas?

Because my strength is producing music, leading worship, and not strategic planning.

3. Can I get a tax deduction?

You can’t get a tax donation by contributing to the IndieGoGo campaign... but...

I have good news!

Tuesday this week, Making a Melody has become a non-profit organization through Artist in Christian Testimony International. If you would like to make a tax deductible charitable donation, you may do so through the following two ways:

Write a check addressed to "Making a Melody/A.C.T. Intl" and send it to the following address:

Making a Melody/A.C.T. Intl
PO Box 1649
Brentwood, TN 37024-1649

or

If you want to make a credit card donation, you can do so by logging on to:

1) www.actinternational.org
2) Click Donate
3) Fill out the amount
4) Click on "Donation Category" and Scroll to "Making a Melody/Bailey".

Thank you for support and encouragement,

 

]]>Arrabon Campaignhttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/12/8/arrabon-campaign.htmlDavid Bailey2011-12-08T12:51:09Z2011-12-08T12:51:09Z 

Friends,

Many of you all know that I have written a Book & produced a CD. The name of the Book and CD is Arrabon. I made a vdeo that shares more about the project and if you click on the IndieGoGo widget, you may contribute to the project or click here. 

Thanks,

- David

]]>Bless Richmond, CD Releases, & Tourshttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/11/28/bless-richmond-cd-releases-tours.htmlDavid Bailey2011-11-29T03:35:09Z2011-11-29T03:35:09ZI hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving Holiday.

I’m thankful for a lot. I’ve been a part of a lot of great activity of the last few months. Most recently I had the honor of leading worship for an event called Bless Richmond. It was the first event of its kind in our city. In essence, Bless Richmond was an event where 30+ pastors brought their congregations together for worship, prayer, and giving food to the Central Virginia Food Bank. About 1800+ people came to this event and the communion with the Lord was rich!

Below are a few videos to give you an idea of what Bless Richmond was about. I want to encourage you to start forming relationships and prayerfully do something similar in your city. A friend of mine in Charlotte was the catalyst for a similar event called, Unite Charlotte. There's only one church and we need to be reminded of this!

I also want to let you all know about 3 CDs that I’ve contributed to that are out on the market:

Lori Michelle has released her project Keep. It’s an R&B singer/songwriter EP that I produced. You can sample the Keep CD here.

Logan Jones who is another artist that I have produced has released his CD Ruminations. Logan has a more rock sounding singer/songwriter feel. You can check out Ruminations here.

And last but not least, Jewell Booker has released her project Love Letters, which is a compilation of songs Jewell has written, sharing about her relationship with God. Some of the songs are live from a concert I produced and music directed for called A Tale of Two Women and the other tracks are studio recordings.  You can listen to Love Letters here. 

 

For those that are in Philadelphia (Dec. 9) & Baltimore (Dec. 10) area next week, I’ll be playing two dates on Alex Mejias’ Christmas tour for his new project that was recently released. The Philly show is in collaborations with the guys from Lamp Mode Records, so Timothy Brindle and Quarry Street Hymnal will be performing that night. For more information about the tour, cick here.

 

 

 

 

]]>In Indy @ CCDA 2011http://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/10/14/in-indy-ccda-2011.htmlDavid Bailey2011-10-14T12:50:37Z2011-10-14T12:50:37Z

It’s been a great week this week being in Indianapolis at the CCDA Conference. It’s been a really busy week. I’ve been playing sax on the worship team lead by Louis Carlo (who is an awesome worship leader!) and a few members the CCDA Leadership Cohort. 

I’m presenting a workshop at 1pm today with my colleague Reynolds Chapman called Melody & Memory. A few months ago, Reynolds published an article in Christianity Today based off of the material he presents in our workshop. You can check out the link below:

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/march/worshipinblackwhite.html

If you’re here at the conference, I want to encourage you to attend this workshop and at 3pm, I’ll be on a panel with other artist having a conversation about the Arts in Community Development.

Please come by if you get a chance!

]]>The Summer Time Has Come and Gone!http://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/10/7/the-summer-time-has-come-and-gone.htmlDavid Bailey2011-10-07T14:53:46Z2011-10-07T14:53:46ZThe summer time has come and gone. I’ve had a great time.

As you all know, for 6 weeks this summer, I started the first Urban Worship Songwriting Internship. It was an amazing time! We had 5 amazing interns. They wrote 18 quality songs. We wrote urban worship congregational songs about justice, shalom, reconciliation, the Holy Spirit, and other not so common worship themes.  We had a really great time. To learn more about the interns experience, you can log onto:

http://urbanworshipinstitute.blogspot.com/

After the internship, I recovered for a few weeks and headed to the UK for training in Arts in Missions. There were about 60+ professional ethnodoxologist with a variety of expertise from ethnodramatology to musicology to various forms visual arts. It was a really great time. I was on the worship team and each day we worshiped in the style of a particular continent or country, which was led by an native and/or export of that particular place in the world. Again, it was great time! Check out this youtube video about the event:

 

 

Currently I’m in Atlanta at the Catalyst Conference. This is my first year here. I’m not speaking or playing, just attending with a group called Uptick. It’s been a good experience. If you haven’t been to Catalyst, I want to encourage you to go. Someone told me that Catalyst is the best and worst of evangelical Christianity all in one place. It’s a great place to do an Andy Crouch Cultural Analysis:

 

1)   What does Catalyst assume of the world?

2)   What does Catalyst assume about the way the world should be?

3)   What does Catalyst make possible?

4)   What does Catalyst make impossible (or at least a lot more difficult)?

5)   What new culture is created in response to Catalyst?

 

If you've been to Catalyst or know about Catalyst,  do the cultural analysis and let me know what you think!

 

]]>New Location for CCDA Cafehttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/6/20/new-location-for-ccda-cafe.htmlDavid Bailey2011-06-20T20:29:47Z2011-06-20T20:29:47ZFor those of you all that are planning to come to the CCDA Cafe, but haven't registered yet, I want to inform you that due to the high numbers of pre-registration, we've changed the location to Northminster Baptist Church (3121 Moss Side Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222) We hope to see you all there!

]]>CCDA Coming to Richmondhttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/6/10/ccda-coming-to-richmond.htmlDavid Bailey2011-06-10T11:37:37Z2011-06-10T11:37:37Z

Many of you all know that I am involved with community development. In a few weeks, I will be co-hosting a CCDA event with my friends and colleagues at Miss Marti's House and East End Fellowship. If you are involved in community development or interested in community development, I want to encourage you to come to this event!

We hope to see you there!

]]>Internship: Congregational Songwriting for the Urban Contexthttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/5/10/internship-congregational-songwriting-for-the-urban-context.htmlDavid Bailey2011-05-11T03:30:37Z2011-05-11T03:30:37Z

I'm happy to announce that I'm piloting an internship program through my church community that will focus on writing congregational worship songs for the urban context. In this program, 4 interns will study theology, worship, and African-American music by the decade within its historical context, so that they can write theologically informed worship songs for the urban congregational context. 

The link to more information about the internship you can go to: 

http://www.eastendfellowship.org/worship-music-and-songwriting-summer-internship/2011/05/10/

The internship is a paid internship. If you know of anybody age 18-25 that would be interested, would you please let them know about it.

Thanks,

David

 

]]>Great Global Songs we did at The Calvin Symposiumhttp://www.makingamelody.com/the-mam-blog/2011/5/1/great-global-songs-we-did-at-the-calvin-symposium.htmlDavid Bailey2011-05-01T16:17:55Z2011-05-01T16:17:55ZI just received this link from Robin Harris, president of International Council of Ethnodoxologist. There are some great songs in these worship services, so feel free to watch the service and take some of the songs to your congregation!

 

Symposium 2011 - Thursday morning worship from CICW on Vimeo.

 

Symposium 2011 - Thursday afternoon vespers from CICW on Vimeo.

 

]]>