New friends, old friends. See, the myth isn’t true: not all songwriters are tortured loners. Many of us mingle! all images courtesy of Tom Branch Photography
Louisville singer-songwriter Rebecca Williams (right) and Sojourn worship leader (and frequent Jamie Barnes’ collaborator) Rebecca Dennison. And seated, having just burned his mouth on coffee, is singer-songwriter Daniel Crowther.
Sojourn worship leader Lorie King discusses service planning and worship team-building with attendees from Amelia, OH — Landmark Baptist Senior Pastor Brandon Little and Worship Team Leader Brian Simpson.
I introduce Jamie Barnes, wearing a shirt that Jamie’s wife Kelsey tells me should be buried under molten lava.
The man himself. Jamie’s lecture focused on lyric writing. We’ll talk in-depth about that in the near future right here on sojournmusic.com.
And the crowd hung on every word …
This side of the room listened, too.
At one point, Jamie had us break into small groups to do a writing exercise.
The group exercise was part of a study on metaphor.
This would have been the photo that showed us all joining hands to sing “Kum Ba Ya” but I couldn’t get anyone to pay attention. Next time.
Stay tuned to sojournmusic.com in the days to come for several blog columns about Jamie’s lecture.   And a special thanks to photographer Tom Branch for capturing the event on film.
