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Archive for August, 2007

Get your Caedmon’s Call ringtones!

Friday, August 31st, 2007

If ringtones are your thing, then you’ll be happy to know you can download the “There is a Reason” ringtone from the interwebs. (You may or may not need to download RealPlayer as well to get to the ringtones)
For those of you who are so old-school that you don’t have the new record yet, i [...]

The Very End of the Liveblog

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

This is the end of the liveblog. In fact, it’s the very end of the LiveBlog.
It’s the 50th post that I’ve filed from the road. Seems like a good number to end on.
Thanks so much to everyone for following along and taking part in the liveblog. Knowing that you guys and gals were reading [...]

the (bonus) songs of Overdressed: Love

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

what you probably already knew…
Track Number: 13
Author(s): Andrew Osenga and Randall Goodgame
what you probably didn’t know…
…Randall wrote most of this song, except for the outtro, which Andy wrote.
…Andy said that they had about 65 different bridges for this song before they ended up on the one that is on the record

the (bonus) songs of Overdressed: 10,000 Angels

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

what you already knew…
Track Number: 14
Author(s): Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken
what you probably didn’t know…
…this song is another one that Sandra wrote years ago. She actually wrote it and performed it for a friend’s wedding.
…the band was originally going to record this song with Danielle singing lead, but they ended up wanting to keep Derek’s [...]

the songs of Overdressed: Start Again

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

what you probably already knew…
Track Number: 12
Author(s): Andrew Osenga and Randall Goodgame
what you probably didn’t know…
…Andy said that the idea for the song came from a mentor of his who always is talking about the need for emotion and hope in situations where things look bleak.
…Andy originally had a very “wordy” chorus that Randall helped [...]

the songs of Overdressed: Always Been There

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

what you already knew…
Track Number: 10
Author(s): Andrew Osenga and Randall Goodgame
what you probably didn’t know…
…according to Andy, this was an attempt at a gospel song that “went a different way”.
…Randall and Andy went back and forth on the chorus of this one, chopping it up numerous times before finally settling on the finished lines.
…They also [...]

Phoners

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

So Cliff’s been on the phone in our hotel room for the past hour and a half doing “phoners”. Andy Osenga has been busy doing some as well. Some of the interviews are live, others are taped, and that’s about all you can say about phoners.
I had to get out of the room and do [...]

the songs of Overdressed: All Across the Western World

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

what you already knew…
Track Number: 10
Author(s): Derek Webb and Sandra McCracken
what you probably didn’t know…
…Sandra had written most of this song a few years ago and had all but scrapped it because she didn’t think she liked it. Derek loved the melody of the chorus, specifically how it ends, and he encouraged her to finish [...]

the songs of Overdressed: Love Grows Love

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

what you already knew…
Track Number: 9
Author(s): Andrew Osenga
what you probably didn’t know…
…as you might have guessed, this is the story of Cliff and Danielle.
…”put on a happy face” refers to the musical that Cliff was in when they met.
…”your handwriting on a bible page” refers to when Danielle borrowed Cliff’s bible and noticed that he [...]

the songs of Overdressed: Two Weeks in Africa

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

what you already knew…
Track Number: 8
Author(s): Andrew Osenga
what you probably didn’t know…
…Andy says: “The song is about missions trips overseas, and how we can get ramped up on feeling super-Spiritual, but it’s a feeling that passes all too quickly. Meanwhile, God is doing great things in other places, even if we aren’t responsible, or we’ve [...]

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