The date is September 27th, 2007. The time is 4:19 PM. I am in San Diego. The sun is shining. A breeze is blowing. The birds are singing. To my right hand lies an iced Americano. To my left sits my celly. It has had a busy day. Final preparations, last minute decisions, ordering this, picking up that. There has been much to do, yes, much to do, for the time draws nigh. We are within the final week of waiting. Come this Tuesday, twelve songs will be officially released under the umbrella of a single word: “Cannons”. Even now they sit in their cardboard prisons, waiting in the musty dark for one such as yourself to free them from their current state and give them the listen that they so desire. For that is why they were created. Hewn from experience and emotion, fashioned in love, they simply ask you to lend an ear (as well as a small fee of anything from $9.99 to $20.00, depending upon the retailer). I am writing today, on behalf of these songs, to seek your aid. The circumstance is woebegone, but all is not lost. Their story must be told. The message proclaimed from whatever edifice you can climb. Here, on this site, we have provided one such edifice. Bookending this post you will find a link, a gateway if you will. Should you choose to help, then you need only click the link above or below (didn’t want ya to miss it) and further directions will guide your way. Oh, and you’ll be entered into a contest to win some fun stuff including an ipod. Who wouldn’t want a free ipod right?
I’ve also been reading this book by Tolkien called “The Children of Hurin”. The whole “world stacked against a hero” theme seems to have rubbed off on me.
Oh, and one more thing. If you don’t have a myspace then forget I mentioned anything about a contest. It has to do with your myspace profiles, so if you don’t have one then think nothing of it.
aaahhh!!! yay… my cd came in the mail today!!! i now have 2 copies cuz i couldnt wait yesterday!! haha. phil, its just soooo great!! i cant stop listening to it. it definately lifted me up and showed me some encouragement…awesome worship! i cant wait to see u perform… i’ve been telling all my friends about u… some want to go to the concert!! yay philly wick!!!
god bless,
amanda
HEY PHIL I GOT A PRESENT FOR YOOOU on my blog.
OOO… Mae has a new CD? How did I not know this?
Yeah I really wanna know who won.
It’s bugging me >.<
Is New Orleans going to be blessed tonight or what? I wish I could go to every tour date. I’m only going to one though, which is o.k., because it’s in his hometown San Diego. My cousin though gets to go to the one in San Diego and Anaheim, lucky! Can’t wait and love the new cd, I listen to it every chance I get. Hope there’s a fourth.There will be, because God is really changing lives through Phil’s music. God bless you Phil, I pray for you every day that God gives you his strength and joy. Continue to love on people with your kind and understanding heart.
sincerely your #1 fan, see you in San Diego.
Holly- That seems to be the greatest mystery…..no one knows…..Phil ????….or, maybe Brody knows….?????….anyone ???? uhhh….except for Batman…who obviously doesn’t even have a clue to anything !!!
So, who won the contest on Monday?
I’m liking the new stuff. The Light Will Come is sounding like my favorite for today.. Good music has come out – new Tree63, new Phil Wickham, new Mae, new Mainstay (which I have yet to listen to)
Got your disc yesterday at Borders—the only copy!! I was pretty annoyed because Best Buy did not have it although they said they had it in stock. Whatever.
The music really reminds me of Coldplay in places. Very X&Y. I love how the whole disc seems to revolve around Christ’s return. I thoroughly appreciate that since our lives need to focus there every day as Christians. —Eternal perspective.
One of the songs that really moved me was “Beautiful”. I loved the woman’s voice on BGV, and it almost sounded a bit eerie. When all the voices come in at nearly the end of the song (when the saints are in heaven adoring the face of the Lord) it sounded frightening. Not frightening in a way that is bad, but because it is so foreign to our human state—the sound of the voices all combined was like an explosion—like seeing a real angel in the flesh sort of frightening. It is amazing how music can evoke such emotion from us by hearing it.
Thank you for sharing your music. It is beautiful.
……uhhh…you must be awful short to punch him in the kneecap….lol !!!
batman won the ipod and everything
cuz batman rules
sukkkas
Celly? I’m going to punch you in your kneecap.