More Rain - Acoustic Worship: Public Domain - Open Source

The Lord's Prayer

dan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:27:00 -0500

This song is taken straight from the Lord's prayer found in Matthew 6. There is such a simple and powerful expression of adoration and worship that is reflected in these short lines. When I don't know what to pray and when I feel anxious, I just reflect on this prayer and God seems to put things into their right perspective.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Yours in the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever.

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The Lord's Prayer.pdf

dan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:16:00 -0500

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Still Worthy.pdf

dan — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:57:00 -0500

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still worthy

dan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:21:55 -0500

Even though His name is used and abused. It is still the most worthy name.

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You Are To Come

dan — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0500

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Giving up my rights - Public Domain

dan — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:43:00 -0500

Well, I have given this much thought. And, while I don't think that it will really change anything at all, I have decided to put all these songs and future songs into the "Public Domain".

What does this mean?

Well, previously, all songs were under a creative commons license that allowed people/artists to download, share, and even add to the music as long as credit was given to the contributing author and not made commercial. But as I thought about this I felt that even those loose restrictions are not suitable for this music or it's contents. So according to wiki, public domain is...

"an intellectual property designation for the range of content that is not owned or controlled by anyone. These materials are "public property", and available for anyone to use freely for any purpose."

It seems to work for me. Do I think everyone should go "Public"? I think everyone should seeks God and follow His leading on what to do with their art. For this art, this is it.

But what if someone takes your songs and makes a fortune off of them, and never gives you credit?

MY response is this: the glory in these songs is meant to point to Christ. So the glory, or credit, was not mine in the first place. So wherever these songs find themselves, they will always be giving credit where credit is due...GOD.

The only exception to the public domain for this site will be anything that I collaborate on with other artists. For those songs, I will be respectful of the licensing wishes of the other artist.

-Dan

i love you too

dan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:07:00 -0400

A simple song of reciprocated love.

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Servant's Heart

dan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:13:00 -0400

I wrote this one a while back, but I just recently finished it. The song is hopefully self explanatory. But I'll say a word too...

Broken people sharing a perfect message. As God fills us he sends us. As followers of Christ, we are called to share His love and message with the world around us. Even when we feel too broken or flawed to do so. But our shortcomings should not stand in the way of our service and outreach, because even our greatest abilities and our shiniest days fall way too short in comparison with Christ and His greatness. But God calls us and He sends us with His spirit so that we can become the hands, eyes, and feet of Christ to the weak the hurt and the broken.

So don't wait until you have your act together to serve and share God's love. Just ask God for His spirit which He freely gives. And His spirit will enable you do spread the good news with those around you, in a way that you could never do on your own.

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Servants_Heart.pdf

dan — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:26:52 -0400

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Creative Commons

dan — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:03:00 -0400

A quick reminder

I am happy to announce that "More Rain" has now issued a creative commons open source license for all work found on this site. You are free to take, share, rewrite, rerecord, and redistribute with the same open source license.

Also check out Take Me In. Murray also has the same open source licensing on his work. Click the link below.

www.youiseek.com

Servant Artist

dan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:23:00 -0400

I was going back over some old posts and this one stuck out. I thought I would release it again. Let me know your thoughts....

I've been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a "Servant Artists". When you take those two words and put them together it's almost an oxymoron. Yet I feel like this is something that God is wrenching in my heart. Here what I mean...

“Servant”. Servants are concerned with one thing, their master. Everything the servant says and does is in service. That is, they do not think about how something will affect them, or to what loss it would be for them to serve. A servant's actions point to and honor those they serve. They are not concerned with fame or fortune, because that is not the fuel behind their deeds. They are driven by a heart of humility, debt, and gratefulness. They don't treat others as beneath them, but rather they lift them up. Self promotion is not in their vocabulary. They serve with confidence, not in their own gifts to serve but in the freedom of service they have been given.

"Artist". In a commercial sense, artists strive to be noticed. They must be noticed to survive. Being seen and heard is what makes them important. Humility is just another label that is used for promotion. In this sense artists must always be selling themselves. This is what I would consider as a common perspective of an artist in today's culture.

In a more generic sense, artists create to bring attraction to and inspire thought on the subject of their art. This is the definition of "artist" that I would like to marry to the word "servant".

So what is a "Servant Artist"? What does their art look like?

A servant artists are artists whose art is created in such a way that it points to and honors the one it was created for. Their desire to create is not driven by attention or wealth, but rather it is moved by a humble, indebted, and grateful heart. They want the spotlight to be moved to the one they serve, the subject of their art. Their art points attention to the beauty of the subject. Their hope is to be a highlighter for the beauty of their master (the salt on the table, not the centerpiece).

The best example of this is seen the life of Christ. He humbled himself for our sake. He turned down earthly riches and power for our eternal hope. He came to serve not to be served. Always pointing to the Father in word and with demonstration through creativity and humility. He is exalted of God, not of himself. That is the image of a true servant artist.

God, give us the grace to follow your lead and live as servant artists; using artistic expression to bring your beauty and splendor to the forefront.

-Dan

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Wake Up! - More Rain - Acoustic Worship Music

dan — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:45:00 -0400

Our flesh is weak even though our spirits are willing. Jesus' disciples slept while Christ was going through agony in Gethsemane. They certainly wanted to be there for Him, but their hearts of flash were weak and tired. This is song is about jump starting that heart of flesh into the love and passion we have in Christ. I find that this is a daily (if not bi-daily) thing I need to do to keep focus on the prize. This focusing is renewing our hearts and minds in Christ, and dying daily to ourselves. Of course we must submit to God and His spirit. This is what gives us the ability to renew. Acoustic Worship.

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Closer Still - More Rain - Acoustic Worship Music

dan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:31:00 -0400

Sorry for the long delay between postings. This is one of my most recent songs. Pretty straight forward, just always desiring to be closer. That is just how it will be until we see Him face to face, living and growing closer and closer to God. Acoustic Worship.

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Closer Still.pdf

dan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0400

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God Of All Wonder - More Rain - Acoustic Worship Music

dan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:41:00 -0400

It has been a while, but here we are again. God is still in control and we are called to serve Him and others in his love.

Thank you to everyone who has commented and encouraged this podcast, it reminds me how something so small can make a large difference.

Keep praising the king.

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God of All Wonder.pdf

dan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:42:00 -0400

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Touch - More Rain - Acoustic Worship Music

dan — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:47:00 -0500

This song focuses on the tangible experience of God's embrace when our hearts are dry and broken, God's touch can bring warmth and healing.

We know that God does not stop with the experience of His presence, however it is in those moments that we are able to setup a flagstone, a marker in our journey to remember His presence and strengthen our faith.

The tag on this song is a side note that I might expand on later.

"With our hands in the air, a songs we will sing, all good comes from You, and to You all our praise."

This is something God is working in me. It's the idea that when we use our hands in worship, we are declaring that our value does not come from our works and the things we are able to produce with our hands. But rather our value comes from God, because he is the maker of all things that are good. So then to Him all the honor and praise belongs. More on this later...-Dan

Acoustic Worship.

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