I’ve got a pre-release copy of the new album ‘Mercy Tracks Me Down’ waiting for you to download.

Here’s what you get:

All the tracks im mp3 format (which means you can play them on your computer, iPod or any other type of mp3 player (or even burn them to CD).

All the chord charts (thanks to Simonas in Lithuania - sekluma.lt)

All the Power Point Files for songs (thanks to Roger Buzby in North Carolina - RogerBuzby.com).

PLUS

If you get your copy BEFORE MIDNIGHT on SUNDAY I’ll also send you the download version of ‘We Say Yes’. This is a 9 track studio demo recording which includes some of my songs that made it on to the final recording of Engage24 plus some others that will make an appearance on future recordings.

So, if you’re quick you get 2 for the price of one - all this for less than the cost of a fast food meal!

There is a favour I’d like to ask too. I’m looking for some reviews that I can use when the official CD launch comes around.

If you decide to grab a copy now and review it, I may use your comments (with a link) on the official MercyTracksMeDown.com website when it goes live.

In the meantime you can get your subscriber’s pre-release copy here:

www.AndyRogersMusic.com/mtmd

Remember if you get it before Sunday I’ll follow it up with a copy of We Say Yes for free

In the meantime I thought it would be good to let you hear what the songs would sound like with just 2 acoustic instruments. Not everyone has a full worship band to recreate the arrangements that we listen to on worship albums so I hope this is helpful in demonstrating that simple acoustic worship can be equally effective.

Let me know what you think.

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I’m nearly there with the pre-release version but I’ve had
a last minute idea that I want to include in the ‘Mercy
Tracks Me Down’ album.

I’ve been thinking of ways of adding more value to it and
figured that it would be useful to include the chord charts
for the songs and power point files for worship leaders to
use along with the downloads.

The problem is I only have this done for a couple of the 10
songs, some of the others are handwritten on paper.

So here’s my offer: If you (or someone you know) would like
to create the chord charts in a MS word doc and/or the Power
Point files for the lyrics then I’ll get you a free copy of
the album, both the download and the CD which will be
released later. Oh, and you’ll get a credit on the album
too!

I can email you the handwritten chords. On some of the
songs you’ll need to listen to the songs to match the words
to the chords which means you’ll need a musical ear to do
that.

If you’re interested give me a shout.

As soon as I get this done the album is good to go!

I’ve been road testing some of these songs during live worship events both here in Ireland and the US and it’s been great to see them working with real live people.

In fact you may have been one of them!

Anyways here’s a sample of half a dozen of the tracks all joined together in one mp3.

It’s just over 8 minutes long so make yourself a cup of your favourite beverage and enjoy!

Mercy Tracks Me Down Preview

You can click on it to play or right click and ’save as’ to download.

Oh and another thing I’m going to pay you to be my ‘record company’ if you’re interested. I’ll keep you posted on that.

Just the other day, in our Irish summer, we had 3 weeks of rainfall in 12 hours - many places ground to a halt with flooding!

Anyways, undeterred here in the ‘lab’ I wanted to write a quick note to tell you that I’m about to press the ‘go button’ on the new studio album launch but I want to include your name on the project if you’re interested.

Let me explain.

The album title is ‘Mercy Tracks Me Down’. It’s a collection of worship songs from big guitar driven anthems to intimate prayers and you’ll be able to get it as a download for instant access as soon as I ‘go live’ with the album launch date.

Many of the songs are the final versions of some of the 20-20 project.

Now, if you’ve been on my mailing list for any time you’ll remember that project last year were I set out to write 20 songs in 20 weeks simply as a discipline to help me manage the transition that I had made into the life of a full-time musician/worship leader.

Well that process went incredibly well as a result of your feedback along the way and I want to credit everyone who helped shape those songs. Maybe you left a comment on the blog, or you sent me an email or you simply listened to those early rough drafts, all of that was incredibly helpful so here’s what I need you to do.

Go to the comments section below, leave me your name and, if you want, a web link - it could be your website, your myspace profile or your blog etc and I’ll include you in the credits section of the album download and on a special credits page on my site.

Not only will your name appear in the credits but you should get some additional visitors to your page - it’s win-win.

However there’s a deadline, I need you to do that before next Monday (25th August) if I’m going to be able to add you to the credits.

I hate imposing deadlines but sometimes it’s the only thing that forces me to actually complete tasks (I have the gift of procrastination!)

Cheers - Andy

Leave me your comments.

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In the meantime here’s a clip from one of our rehearsals.

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This is a video clip that my daughter did from New Hope church in Brentwood near Nashville where I got to play again with friends Neil Andrews and Chester Thompson.

Check out the amazing rhythms that Chester plays just at the end of verse 3.

Enjoy!

This sunday I’ll be at the Family Prayer Center in Tulsa Oklahoma (1818 West 86th Street, Tulsa, OK 74132) - speak soon.

I’m in the US for 4 weeks as a result of an invitation from Troy Carver, a worship leader from Westminster in Maryland. Troy and I will be doing a live worship recording on Saturday 26th of July, a worship seminar and some worship leading events in an around Maryland during the previous week.

I decided to take advantage of being here and combine it with a family holiday with Shirley and our daughters hence the idea of coming for 4 weeks. We just arrived in Nashville a few days ago and will be moving on to Branson Missouri for a few days followed by Tulsa Oklahoma then to Columbus and Medway Ohio before going to Westminster in Maryland.

We’re doing the ‘Great American Road Trip’ this time driving to all these places and if you know of any other worship leading events that might consider booking me on the way through (Branson, Tulsa, Columbus etc) drop me a line - if I can fit it in around our schedule great, if not then no harm done as they say!

This Sunday I get the pleasure of leading worship at New Hope Community Church in Brentwood Tennessee and my band for both services will include the amazing, and all round nice guy, Chester Thompson. Chester is Genesis’ drummer and I just watched a DVD  of him playing to an estimated 500,000 crowd in Rome last year on their world tour.

Here’s a snippet of that gig below.

I’ll try to post a clip from our session next week - speak soon

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