The acoustic stylings of Toonie Bapts
Sunday evening was a bit of an event.
I had enjoyed the morning/arvo just hanging out at home with Steve & B2, watching the V8s from Phillip Island, which I felt like I hadn’t done in a long time. And then it was time to head down to church for band practice. I was on keys, which again was something I hadn’t felt like I’d done in ages!
Practice started well – it was a pretty relaxed affair. Mitch, Chensee, b and I were playing and it was a little different cos we’d had to do some last minute instrument switching… but it was going pretty well. And then at about 5, we took a break so b could head downstairs to get some extra sheet music… and the power went off! There was a storm brewing, but it didn’t seem that bad! But enough to kill the power somewhere.
B walked back in and said, “Well, I think this is a good outcome!” Puzzled, I asked why, and he said something along the lines of, “Cos now we can just sing and praise God without worrying about sound or anything.”
So cool.
And that we did. I ducked home and got my acoustic and joined Chensee and b in the cool acoustic stools, Mitch found some brushes to play the drums with, we picked four completely different songs, and away we went!
I loved it. (Aside from the rumble of the generators out the front for some lights, which I didn’t think were necessary.) The brushes on the drumkit matched the acoustic guitars really well, and I think the four of us had a tops time just singing and praising God without worrying about volumes or effects or anything. And we even made up a cool rhythm for Jesus, Lover Of My Soul at the last minute too, which was fun. And I hope people in the congregation were able to praise God and enjoy it too.
B joked at the start of the service with the congregation that this was the beginning of the once a month acoustic church. I don’t think I’d at all have a problem with that.