Mike Walker Creative

Wow, it’s been a while since I last posted. It’s been a crazy year thus far and I’m not even sure where all the time has gone.

A few months ago I posted with the question “where are all the artists?” In mid January my travels led me to Nashville, TN where I ended up in a meeting with new worship leader/artist Kari Jobe and her family in a restaurant in Franklin, TN.

Kari was in town working on her record with producer Ed Cash. Sometimes you meet people and you can just see big things inside of them and that’s what I saw in Kari.

We just had a CD release party at her home church (and mine as well) with a completely packed out room, in fact it was standing room only. I was amazed as I watched the audience stay engaged for over an hour and a half. No one left, but everyone had an incredible worship experience. O

One of the highlights of the night for me came when I walked up to one of the overflow rooms during a worship time and saw that the entire crowd in a room completely removed from the main worship center, was entirely on it’s feet and completely engaged in worship.

There were no HD screens, no amazing audio, and no moving lights. I guess it goes to show that when you have something to say and a call on your life maybe you don’t need all the toys….it definitely made me re-evaluate some approaches to things. The technology and the set design stuff are all great, but they should always exist to compliment a larger message. Too many times we as tech people tend to forget that we are not the message…we are just support…..

I am sitting in the front seat of our tour bus headed down the road as Kari’s tour manager. What a blessing it has already been. You look for opportunities in life that are “once in a life time”…..this is one of those.

If you haven’t seen Kari live you absolutely should. If you aren’t as familiar with her then you should check out her new CD called Kari Jobe.

Hope to see some of you on the road somewhere…..