The Resound Worship Songwriting Podcast

Jan 13 2025 131 ep. 59 mins 97
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The RESOUNDworship Songwriting Podcast is designed to equip, train and inspire grass-roots worship songwriters in local churches. Joel Payne and Sam Hargreaves discuss songwriting technique, analyse classic worship songs, interview established writers and present a featured song. All to help you become a better worship songwriter! Also available on iTunes and via the usual podcast apps - search for "The Resound Worship Songwriting Podcast".

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Ep 131 - 12 Song Challenge 2024 End of Year Review

Jan 13 2025 95 mins  
In this extended episode, Joel & Sam are joined by Robb, Ruth, Andy, Andrew, Rebecca, Elise,Chris, Travis, Olwen, David and Kieran to celebrate another year of the 12 Song Challenge, featuring favourite songs and challenges, memorable moments and shout-outs to numerous writers and team-stars-of-the-year. The featured songs are "Jesus it's You" by Sue Crossman, performed by Hopestre

Ep 130 - Commitment Songs

Nov 30 2024 61 mins  
In this episode, Sam and Joel are joined by Rebecca and Andrew to review November's AI songs challenge and set the final challenge of the 2024 season!

Ep 129 - Interview Special: Jonas Kurlberg

Oct 31 2024 41 mins  
In this episode, Chris meets Jonas Kurlberg to talk about the rise of AI and its potential impact on creatives, creativity and the writing of songs for worship. Joans is Director of Postgraduate Studies and a Tutor in Theology at Spurgeon’s College in London, leading the MA on Digital Theology. His primary research interest lies in exploring the intersection between Christian fai

Ep 128 - AI Songs

Oct 31 2024 71 mins  
In this episode Joel is joined by Chris Juby (while Sam has a half-term break) and together they review some fascinating data gathered from 12 Song participants about song usage in church, look back over a month of Happy Songs in October, and dive deep into a conversation about how to tackle the new November challenge. Make sure you also listen to episode 129 and Chris' fascinating

Ep 127 - Happy Songs

Sep 30 2024 65 mins  
In this episode Sam and Joel are joined by Chris and Elise to look on September's retreat at Eagle Rock in Tennessee, review the 'Songs for Someone' challenge including some live song-feedback and set a new challenge for October.

Ep 126 - Songs for Someone

Aug 31 2024
In this episode Sam and Joel look back on August's Olympic Songs Challenge and set a new challenge for September. The featured song is 'There's a time for tears' by Sam Hargreaves from the Downcast Souls Expectant Hearts album.

Ep 125 - Olympics Songs

Jul 31 2024 29 mins  
In this short episode Joel and Sam take a look back at the early songs from Isaac Watts challenge and set a new challenge for August. Links: https://12songchallenge.org/ https://prattgreentrust.org.uk/hymn-competition-results

Ep 124 - Daniel Johnson Interview

Jun 29 2024 60 mins  
In this episode Joel talks to Daniel Johnson about the hymnwriter Isaac Watts to coincide with this 350th birthday! They discuss Watts' early life, the context in which he operated, his prolific writing, some characteristic themes of his hymns and his influence on future song and hymn writers through the centuries.

Ep 123 - Isaac Watts Challenge

Jun 29 2024 54 mins  
In this episode Joel and Sam are joined by Olwen to look back at June's 'Jesus of Nazareth Songs' challenge and set a new challenge for July. The featured song is 'In the Valley (Your Everlasting Love)' by Judy Gresham -- Watts' texts on Hymnary https://hymnary.org/person/Watts_Isaac Daniel's recommended reading: Daniel Johnson: Isaac Watts’ Hymnody as a Guide for the Passio

Ep 122 - Jesus of Nazareth Songs

May 31 2024 92 mins  
Joel is joined by Chris Juby and Rebecca Beese in an episode so epic it includes a break in the middle. We cover the story of staging a town-wide worship event, contributing to the launch of a new hymn book, the ins and outs of copyright when writing songs from Bible translations, a deep-dive review of the Word-for-word Scripture Songs challenge, a new challenge for June, and some