I Will Sing

Infobox Album
Name = I Will Sing
Type = Live Album
Longtype =
Artist = Don Moen


Released = February 14, 2000
Recorded = CBN, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Genre = Contemporary Christian
Length =
Label = Integrity/Hosanna! Music/Sony International/Pasil Music
Producer = Paul Mills, Don Moen (Executive), Chris Thomason (Executive)
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:qgjv7i43g74r link]
*Cross Rhythms Direct rating-10|9 [http://direct.crossrhythms.co.uk/cd.php?cd=3083 link]

Last album = "Heal Our Land"
(2000)
This album = "I Will Sing"
(2000)
Next album = "God in Us"
(2001)

"I Will Sing" is an album of Christian worship music recorded by Don Moen. Recorded live in the CBN studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the Christian Contemporary album was produced by Paul Mills, and includes the vocals of Lenny LeBlanc and guitar by Chris Rodriguez. The album also includes narrations that contain Bible verses. The video and the DVD are the same recording of this album.

Conception

Don Moen's other albums have been recorded in front of large audiences, such as God Is Good - Worship with Don Moen which was recorded with an audience of 7000 worshippers. However, for "I Will Sing", Moen decided to record an album with only a small group of worshippers. Speaking on this, he said,

You hear a lot about mega-churches, but most people worship in small churches. My heart goes out to music directors who hear our CDs and think, "That sounds great, but we've got 85 people in our church."cite web| last = Farrell| first = Elisabeth| authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Integrity Music Sound Bytes: Don Moen A Cast of... Tens?| work = | publisher = Integrity Music| date = | url = http://www.integritymusic.com/worship/artist/10-00.html| format = | doi = | accessdate = 2006-11-08]

Moen thus decided to record an album to help other worship leaders to lead worship in front of small audiences."I Will Sing" was recorded with only 70 local worshippers. [cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Discography – "I Will Sing"| work = | publisher = DonMoen.com| date = | url = http://www.donmoen.com/music-iwillsing.html| format = | doi = | accessdate = 2006-11-08]

Moen described the experience as being the "second most powerful worship experience [he had] ever had".

ong inspiration

The title track of the album, "I Will Sing", was written by Moen. It was written while Moen was in his car at one of Alabama's gulf coast beaches, trying to write songs for his upcoming album. He had been having a frustrating day, and the lyrics he wrote demonstrated his feelings. However, he did not like the lyrics. He said,

I didn't feel anything the entire day. It was one of those times when you wonder where God is. I was driving back home, feeling frustrated, and I said, "Lord, You seem so far away, a million miles or more it feels today." It just popped out. Then I got another line: "And though I haven't lost my faith, I must confess right now that it's hard for me to pray." The words kept coming, and I wrote the entire song right there in my car, but I didn't like it. I thought, "What a waste! I need songs for the album; I don't need this!"cite web| last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Song Inspirations – "I Will Sing"| work = | publisher = DonMoen.com| date = | url = http://www.donmoen.com/inspiration_06.html| format = | doi = | accessdate = 2006-11-08]

Moen did not plan to use the song, thinking that he would "never put it on a Hosanna! Music album".

Later, he found out about the death of David C. Reilly's daughter. Reilly had been designing album covers for Integrity Music for more than a decade. Moen then recorded the song on a CD and sent it to David, with an encouragement. The note he attached to Reilly said,

I know you're going to have days when you feel like, "Where in the world is God?" but I want to encourage you to sing. Don't give up.

It was then that Moen discovered the value of the song, realising that God wanted his people to be "honest before the Lord".

Track listing

#"Our Father Overture" – 1:22
#"Our Father" – 5:51
#"Lift Up Your Heads" – 4:33
#"Sing For Joy" – 4:05
#"River Of Love" – 4:33
#"Two Hands, One Heart" – 4:06
#"Glory To The Lord" – 4:38
#"As We Worship You" – 7:33
#"Here We Are" – 4:37
#"Have Your Way" – 2:13
#"Narration" – 0:50
#"Like Eagles" – 4:36
#"Narration" – 0:39
#"We Wait" – 4:00
#"Narration" – 2:16
#"I Will Sing" – 4:37
#"Narration" – 0:41
#"Lord You Are Good" – 4:49
#"Lord We're Come To Worship" – 4:55

Credits

*Randy Adams – Engineer
*Steve Brewster – Drums
*Mark Childers – Bass
*Michael Coleman – Liner notes
*Carl Gorodetzky – String contractor
*Lenny LeBlanc – Acoustic guitar, Vocals, Vocal arrangement
*Ken Lewis – Percussion
*Blair Masters – Keyboards, Hammond organ
*Jerry McPherson – Acoustic Guitar, Electric guitar
*Michael Mellett – Vocals, Vocal arrangement
*Paul Mills – Arrangement, Conductor, Keyboards, Producer, String arrangements, Track arrangement
*Don Moen – Piano, Arrangement, Executive producer, Vocal arrangement, Track arrangement, Worship leader
*Rich Moore – Photography
*Nashville String Machine – Strings
*Adalberto Rivera – Keyboards
*Garrett Rockey – Engineer
*Chris Rodriguez – Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar
*Chris Thomason – Executive producer
*Rachel Wilson – Vocals, Vocal arrangement

References

External links

* [http://www.integritymusic.com/?option=com_artists&task=audio&aid=3&did=64&Itemid=72 Integrity Music Album Page]
* [http://www.donmoen.com/music-iwillsing.html Don Moen Album Page]