Thank you to all of you for your amazing support of what we're doing! We are blessed by your support, and it's an honor to be working with you. We will be posting updates to this page throughout the recording process. All backers will receive an email whenever we past an update, so you will know where we are in the project and how it's all coming together.

In the next couple days I'll be contacting you individually to get the info. we'll need to send your reward (shirt size, mailing address, etc.)... I just couldn't wait 'til then to say thanks.

Under the Mercy,
Joel

Here's a song we are working on for the next recording. The video is posted below the text. Let me know what you think of it...

Your Hand in My Hand
words and music by Joel Pakan

Home is nowhere near, but Home is somewhere here
Between your hand in my hand...

Father God in heaven, forever holy be your name
Your kingdom come, your will be done
On earth as in heaven, 'til everywhere knows your heaven

Home is nowhere near, but Home is somewhere here
Between your hand in my hand...

Give to us all we need, forgive us all our sinful ways
As you forgive, may we forgive
Keep us from temptation, and deliver us from evil

Home is nowhere near, but Home is somewhere here
Between your hand in my hand...

For yours is the kingdom, and yours is the power too
and the glory, is yours forever
May what we hold be a piece of you, may what we hold be you
so hold on, don't let go, hold on 'til the kingdom come
and hold on, don't let go, hold on 'til the kingdom come

Home is nowhere near, but Home is somewhere here
Between your hand in my hand...

Here's another song we are considering for the next recording. Let me know what you think. -Joel

Kyrie
Words and Music by Joel Pakan

Mercy, mercy on me.
This is a prayer, and this is a plea.
Penitence and joy rise up and fall down.
Sorrow and grace enough to drown.

Mercy, mercy on us.
For everyone your mercy's poured out
To calm our fear and reach beyond our doubt
With thanks and need we're sirens calling out
Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison
Lord, have mercy.

Mercy, mercy from you.
May we come to know this mercy too.
This is a prayer, and this is a plea.
Lord, have mercy on me.
Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison
Lord, have mercy.
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More information on the history of the kyrie can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie

Hello,

Just a quick note with some thoughts, a question, and few new upcoming concerts. I woke up this morning thinking about some of the music and relationships that have moved me, so I started this list. I was tempted to paw through our CD racks downstairs to jar my memory, but decided it would be a better exercise to simply list the musicians who come to mind. Here are the first forty in the order that they came to my mind...

Rich Mullins
Night Ranger
David Wilcox
Bruce Cockburn
King’s X
Lost And Found
U2
Aaron Strumpel
Tracy Howe
Charles Wesley
Over The Rhine
Storyhill
Billy Crockett
Pierce Pettis
Jonathan Rundman
Phil Madeira
Ashley Cleveland
Buddy Miller
Julie Miller
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Glen Phillips
Antonio Vivaldi
John Mellencamp
John Gorka
Cloud Cult
Collective Soul
Peter Gabriel
Prince
Paul Simon
Fleming and John
Lenny Kravitz
Bill Mallonee
Death Cab for Cutie
Bruce Springsteen
Martin Sexton
Kurt Elling
Everything but the Girl
The Choir
Blaine Howard
Harry Belafonte

If you were to make a list like this who would be on it?

As we’ve been preparing for this next recording, We’ve been thinking about how we can thank folks who pledge toward our goal of two new recordings in the next 20 months. We’ve decided to schedule a series of “Thank You Concerts” for folks who pledge via our kickstarter.com page. These five concerts will be open to anyone who pledges $10 or more... honestly, I can’t imagine turning folks away from an evening of shared experience. We will open these concerts to everyone, but your support is always welcomed. The dates and locations are at the end of this message and I will be posting more details as soon as they’re set. It will be helpful to know in advance if you can come so that we make sure there’s enough room for everyone. If these shows aren’t close to you, we’d love to organize a concert in your area. Contact us for more info.

As you may know, pledges toward our goal at kickstarter.com are not processed unless we reach our goal, so these Thank You Concerts may be completely free if we don’t reach our goal by May 10th. That’s OK. We make music because this is what we are called to do. With eight years and 400,000 miles of your support behind us and many more ahead, it feels like the right time to say “thanks”.

Under the Mercy,
Joel
joel@tangledblue.com
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1103349008/new-music-for-worship-by-tangled-blue

Thank You Concerts:
Friday, April 23 - St. Louis, MO - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php...

Saturday, May 8 - Sioux Falls, SD - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php...

Friday, May 21 - Minneapolis, MN - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php...

Friday, June 11 - Bismarck, ND - more info. will be posted soon at tangledblue.com and http://www.facebook.com/event.php...

Here's one of the tunes we are working on. It's still a bit rough but I can already tell that if it makes it onto the final recording it will have some big guitar and drum sounds. For now here's an acoustic version. Let us know what you think of the tune... we really want to know your thoughts. Thanks for listening. -Joel

Joyful Noise
words and music Joel Pakan
© 2010 Subtle Conversation Music

As we're gathered together, we will make a joyful noise
With all that You are giving we will raise up our voice
To shout about a Love who lives, everyone rejoice
All people come together, let's make a joyful noise
Make a joyful noise, come on now lift your voice up
Make a joyful noise, make a joyful noise

The gates are now open, we run grateful through the rays
Of light that shines in darkness filling up these courts with praise
The Lord is good this love endures forever and always
The gates are now open, let's fill up these courts with praise
We are made to praise, with head and heart and hands up raised
We are made to praise

As we're gathered together, we will make a joyful noise
With all that You are giving we will raise up our voice
To shout about a Love who lives, everyone rejoice
All people come together, let's make a joyful noise
Make a joyful noise, come on now lift your voice up
Make a joyful noise, and praise, We are made to praise
With head and heart and hands up raised
We are made to praise

I will sing unto the Lord for he has done marvelous things
I will sing unto the Lord for he is doing marvelous things
I will sing and shout and praise, we are made to praise
With head and heart and hands up raised, and noise
Make a joyful noise, come on now lift your voice up
Make a joyful noise, make a joyful noise