{"id":19204,"date":"2019-04-18T17:45:05","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T17:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=19204"},"modified":"2019-07-30T08:19:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T08:19:26","slug":"common-hymnal-communion-matt-mccauley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/common-hymnal-communion-matt-mccauley\/","title":{"rendered":"New song from Common Hymnal: Communion by Matt McCauley"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Common-Hymnal\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We’ve worked for years with our dear friend Malcolm DuPlessis who was instrumental back when Musicademy was first founded in helping us get our DVDs out there, particularly into the US.<\/p>\n

Malclom has been working in recent years on a new project called Common Hymnal. Rather than me describe what it is all about, I’ll use Malcolm’s words:<\/p>\n

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Songs, stories & ideas from the spiritual underground: a collaborative space in which everyone has a part to play.<\/h2>\n

This world is full of believers whose voices are not being heard because they don’t fit into mainstream Christian culture. Therefore, the emergence of the spiritual underground, which is buzzing with new life and creativity as a random network of misfits find each other and a place of safety.<\/p>\n

These past few years, Common Hymnal has served as a connecting point for this community, and, in the process, built a fairly well-stocked library of new songs, unheard stories and interesting ideas. A key thread: worship with a social conscience.<\/p>\n

Recently, we gathered songwriters from the network for a House Show recording. Some songs were “produced” in the living room with a live band. Others were captured “unproduced” in the kitchen, on the porch and around the property. So, from now until November we are releasing a video a week, alternating between our self-titled “produced” project, and our “unproduced” series.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

New song: Communion by Matt Macauley<\/h2>\n

The Common Hymnal\/Musicademy connections don’t just begin and end with Malcolm. One of the Common Hymnal artists, Matt Macauley is an old friend of ours having spent several years in Chorleywood here in the UK where we are based (he’s now a Director of Worship in Tennessee).<\/p>\n