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Mike Crawford

even the darkness will not be dark to You

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Member Since: 7/20/2006
Band Website: jacobswellchurch.org
Band Members: the secret siblings (so far) are:

isaac anderson - drums
rachel bonar - voice, glockenspiel
timothy bridgham - engineering, photos, hillarity
don chaffer - cello
lori chaffer - voice
corrine cooper - voice
ian davidson - guitar, banjo
andy dondzila - bass
matt fillingham - trombone, horn arrangements
alan fogelman - drums
david fritz - trumpet
mick hartman - guitar
adam hutchinson - drums
jeff larison - guitar, feedback
eric looney - guitar
andy michael - piano
kevin morris - bass
william pollock - drums
collin rausch - bass
kyle rausch - drums, percussion
chris shillito - piano, rhodes
roger strong - trumpet, muted & not
jennyrebecca walker - voice, opera star
suzanne wessel - violin, viola

Influences: max richter, sigur ros, bob dylan, thomas merton, thelonius monk, debussy, mum, sufjan stevens, broken social scene, agents of future, the beatles, arcade fire, ac/dc, efterklang, kraftwerk, radiohead, the jazz butcher conspiracy, bright eyes, the cure, juana molina, miracle legion, stars, set fire to flames, ulrich schnauss, u2, rem, the smiths, n.t.wright, tujiko noriko, miles davis, brad mehldau, caribou, midlake, wilco, tim keel, yes, colleen, arvo part, the bible
Sounds Like: "Wee have also Sound-Houses, wher wee practise and demonstrate all Sounds, and their Generation. Wee have Harmonies which you have not, of Quarter-Sounds and lesser Slides of Sounds. Diverse Instruments of Musick likewise to you unknowne, some sweeter then any you have; Together with Bells and Rings that are dainty and sweet. Wee represent Small Sounds as Great and Deepe; Likewise Great Sounds, Extenuate and Sharpe; Wee make diverse Tremblings and Warblings of Sounds, which in their Originall are Entire. Wee rep resent and imitate all Articulate Sounds and Letters, and the Voices and Notes of Beasts and Birds. Wee have certaine Helps, which sett to the Eare doe further the Hearing greatly. Wee have also diverse Strange and Artificiall Eccho's, Reflecting the Voice many times, and as it were Tossing it; And some that give back the Voice Lowder then it came, some Shriller, and some Deeper; Yea, some rendring the Voice, Differing in the Letters or Articulate Sound, from that they receyve. Wee have also meanes to convey Sounds in Trunks and Pipes, in strange Lines, and Distances.":

- Francis Bacon - : The New Atlantis: - 1624 A.D.:

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My Blog

got the masters back

I just got the final masters back from Mr. Alan Douches. They sound great. He's done a fantastic job of getting the volume up, yet still letting all the layers speak. It's fun because there are so man...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:34:00 PST

some secrets...about the siblings...

nothing too juicy, just an article from Sojourner's Magazine I found talking about "secret siblings". I thought it was interesting..."Whoever does the will of God is my brother, andsister, and mother"...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:31:00 PST

mix done, mastering close to done, new (old) song posted

Hey everyone-Just wanted to let you know that the mix is done on the worship cd...or should I say cdS...yes, you read it here first...not one, but two cds coming in one package...we had too much good...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:48:00 PST

tracking done!

finally finished with the tracking of the worship record! tracked Don Chaffer's cello the Wednesday before Christmas...on Words To Build A Life On (96 tracks on this one...) and Lord I Believe, Help M...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:17:00 PST

almost done with tracking

up til 1:30 with the horns last night...just a couple more parts to lay down...strings are done, mostly...guitars are done...just a couple more vocals to do...opera is done...Center My Heart has 72 tr...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:44:00 PST

my guitars are done...

all the acoustics are done...we used several sweet olden guitars...60's Silvertone Archtop (my very first guitar), 1975 Guild D-25 (my very second guitar) , 1970 Martin O-18 (thanks Mr. Ian Davidson),...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:55:00 PST

Drums Done!

The drums for the new worship record were finished up by Mr. William Pollack last night around 10:30...we ended with Psalm 23, a slow-burner ala Neil Young's Out On The Weekend. Nice tight kick and th...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:00:00 PST

drums sounds

ok, so the drum sounds are coming along...we're using about 13 mics to get the sounds and we're getting a Midlake/WhiteAlbum feel...nice fat kick and tight dry snare...also, we're getting some Sigur-e...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:58:00 PST

it has begun

after 3 years of construction, the studio is finally ready! We started getting some drum sounds together last night...could take a while, but I've finally started on the worship record...hopefully it ...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:03:00 PST

Podcast Interview...

Just wanted to let you know that I did a podcast/interview with Aaron Mitchum from Youthfront in KC, MO last week. It's a double interview with Jon Shirley and myself. Jon is the worship leader at The...
Posted by Mike Crawford on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:22:00 PST