3/16

thoughts for 3/16:

video montage: nicely done by josh b: loved the music choice (whoo! ramones!) loved how he mixed some of the audio in from the clips- nicely paced. would have been nice to keep the song going (or restart it, in this case) and let the sound guys fade it down for transition purposes.

i like mixing it up and having someone do the welcome who's not speaking. i can't put my finger on why, but i like it.

Belief- John Mayer: good song, sounded great.

Changing Minds drama: i (john c) confess a bias, but i thought kathleen did very well on this one. sam was a great choice- he played it right on. it seemed like second service, there were some awkward searching for lines pauses, on both of their parts, but very slight, not enough to take away from it.

Help me believe- nicole nordeman: Cool having the singer be in the drama area- christina has tremendous stage presence. she did great with this song.

Message/video: i liked fred sciff (sp?); i thought he made some really cool points. the "y'knows" were really distracting to me though- but kathleen (for instance) didn't notice it all. i liked the sunset pictures- some more stills to break it up would have been cool. nicely edited by trevor in a very limited amount of time- probably could have been a little shorter.

creation calls song/media backup: great song, well sung (as usual) by david. i thought the timing of the piece (and the work the band did to maintain the timing) was a real home run for us- as always with a youtube download, there is some quality issues (slightly fuzzy) but i thought this one looked pretty good, considering it came from youtube. not enough to take away from the emotional impact. again, to reference kathleen: she didn't notice anything different quality wise with the piece.