July 14, 2004

• Today I am continuing my posts on my observations of the various performers at King’s Fest. Again, I’d like to offer a disclaimer that I do not know what these various people have been called by God to do specifically in ministry and the following comments are merely my opinions and observations as a worship leader and should not be construed as any type of judgment against any of these “performers.”

  
  

   

  
  

  The lineup for the third evening was as follows:

  
  

  June 26, 2004 (Starting at 4:00PM)
  * Jeremy Camp

  
  

  * Pillar

  
  

  * Jars of Clay

  
  

  * Cameron Mills (speaker)

  
  

  * Audio Adrenaline

  
  

   

  
  

  My original intention had been to see Jars of Clay but I decided I wanted to experience Jeremy Camp.  I purchased his newest CD a while back but as with the Newsboys, I never have given it much of a listen to.  (I tend to listen once to find suitable worship tunes and if nothing jumps out, I may not get back to giving it a second chance.)  His set was received well, though he needs to cut down on the banter with his band and concentrate more on the music.  About the only real “worship” I experienced there was when he sang a Chris Tomlin song.

  
  

   

  
  

  Next was Pillar.  I knew somewhat what they sounded like and wanted to give them a listen as I can tolerate most types of music.  One of the problems I didn’t mention before was that our seats were to the right of the stage about 12 rows back from a huge bank of speakers.  This presented problems in and of itself as the loudness factor would almost distort the music to the point of making it all unintelligible, especially after two previous days of having our ear drums bent out of shape.  The Pillar performance was quite loud and after the first couple of songs, my wife and I took our leave and went out of the amphitheater to sit on a bench.  Being way back from the stage did not prevent us from hearing all that was going on, on the stage.  I’m not going to judge their ministry other than to say that despite my love of rock music and loud music, Pillar did not appeal to me as I could not understand what they were singing or playing at all.  Maybe I’m getting old and also looking back I was beginning to suffer from loud music festival burnout.

  
  

   

  
  

  Next was Jars of Clay who put on a good show but it then started to rain and we had to put on the ponchos.  Couple the beginning of burnout with standing in soggy sandals in the rain and the third day of the “Fest” was beginning to wear on me.  About this time we decided enough was enough and decided to skip not only the speaker but Audio Adrenaline.  My children used to listen to Audio Adrenaline and I have enjoyed some of their music and would have liked to of heard some of their set but by then it was all a bit too much for us so we returned to the motel to get ready to depart the next morning.

  
  

   

  
  

  The last day, due to the various factors mentioned above, was not as enjoyable as the first two. (to be…)

  
  

   

  
  

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  "Next to the wonder of seeing my Savior will be, I think, the wonder that I made so little use of the power of prayer." - D.L. Moody

  
  

   

  
  

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