Jesusfreakhideout.com Music News, November 2011: BETHEL MUSIC RELEASES THE LOFT SESSIONS CD/DVD JAN. 24, ITUNES PRESALE BEGINS DEC. 20

BETHEL MUSIC RELEASES THE LOFT SESSIONS CD/DVD JAN. 24, ITUNES PRESALE BEGINS DEC. 20

Features Worship Leaders Brian and Jenn Johnson,
Jeremy Riddle, More

"Come to Me" iTunes® Single/Video Bundle Available Dec. 6

NEWS SOURCE: Hoganson Media
November 21, 2011

Bethel Music releases its all-new, full-length recording, The Loft Sessions, Jan. 24, 2012 as a special CD/DVD Digipak combo with global distribution through Kingsway. Recorded live in a refurbished rustic loft, the Bethel Music team gathered friends and family for several nights of worship that set the stage for this ground-breaking recording. The Loft Sessions explores new territory for Bethel Music, merging an array of acoustic creativity with the modern melodies of original songs by Brian and Jenn Johnson, Jeremy Riddle and emerging artists Steffany Frizzell, Hunter Thompson and Matt Stinton.

"Incorporating several different musical styles, we wanted to create a new sound, something that shakes the stereotypes of what people might think Bethel Music is," says Brian Johnson. "The strength of what we accomplished is in the community of artists that came together."

"It was like stumbling upon a new way to create or write songs," says Jeremy Riddle. "I'm used to refining songs before going into the production of a record. The writing, refining process for this album all happened during the production, which is kind of unusual, but it worked beautifully!"

One of the standout tracks from The Loft Sessions, "Come To Me," was written by Jenn Johnson. Seeing the news of earthquakes and other natural disasters happening all around the world, she wanted to know what God was saying through all the chaos. Jenn heard the Lord saying, "You don't have to worry about anything, just come to me."

Prior to the release of the full CD/DVD, "Come To Me" will be featured at iTunes Dec. 6 as a single and a song-video bundle. The Loft Sessions will also be available for pre-orders via iTunes beginning December 20.

For more The Loft Sessions information, including song clips, downloadable chord charts, behind-the-scenes video, and more, go to: www.bethelmusic.com/theloftsessions.

The full The Loft Sessions CD/DVD track listing follows:
One Thing Remains
My Dear
You Have Won Me
Come To Me
Walk In The Promise
You Know Me
Angels
Fall Afresh
Draw Near
This is What You Do
Angels (Acoustic) - (Featured on Digital Deluxe edition)
Fall Afresh (Acoustic) - (Featured on Digital Deluxe edition)

About Bethel Music:
Bethel Music, formed as an organic extension of Bethel Church, represents the worship of the church, which leads a rapidly growing "Global Legacy" association of nearly 2,000 churches around the world. The heart of Bethel Music is to be a steward of the worship being created and released at Bethel church, making it a resource available to the world. In addition to the thousands of people that attend Bethel Church's weekly worship service, another 50,000-plus people tune in each week via the internet to stream portions of the service at www.ibethel.org. More about Bethel Music can be found at www.bethelmusic.com.

About Kingsway:
Tracing its music heritage to 1969, Kingsway today is known as a leader in Worship Music. As the creator of Thank You Music, and later in partnership with EMI, its catalogue includes songs such as "Here I Am to Worship," "In Christ Alone," "Everlasting God" and "Blessed Be Your Name" to name a few.

Kingsway's songs are sung in more than 300,000 churches worldwide accounting for over 30% of CCLI's (Church Copyright Licensing International) bestseller list. With writers and artists like Tim Hughes, Matt Redman, Delirious?, Graham Kendrick and Stuart Townend, Kingsway is dedicated to feeding the Church with songs that will change the world. As part of David C Cook, a non-profit organization located in Colorado Springs, CO, a significant portion of the profits that Kingsway and David C Cook generate are used to provide discipleship and music materials free of charge to church leaders in developing parts of the world who wouldn't be able to get them any other way. (www.kingswayworship.com)

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