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Marty Sampson
Martin W "Marty" Sampson (born 31 May 1979) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and former worship leader at the Hillsong Church in Sydney. From the late 1990s until 2019 he featured on the United Live albums and was one of the original Hillsong United band's worship leaders. Sampson's main instrument is the guitar although he also plays the piano, flute and drums. Aside from work for Youth Alive and Hillsong United, Sampson has issued solo albums. Biography Sampson was born on 31 May 1979 and became a member of the Hillsong Church in Sydney. From the late 1990s he has featured on the Youth Alive albums and was one of the original Hillsong United band's worship leaders. His last album with Hillsong United was the 2011's '' Aftermath''. He often lead worship at the church and had contributed for Hillsong albums. Since his departure from Hillsong United, he has worked on his songwriting. Sampson helped with the worship at Northern Beaches, a Hillsong extension service. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Worship Music
Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a distinct genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has evolved over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are often referred to as "praise songs" or "worship songs" and are typically led by a "worship band" or "praise team," with either a guitarist or pianist serving as the lead. It has become a common genre of music performed in many churches, particularly in charismatic or non-denominational Protestant churches, with some Catholic Church in the United States, Catholic congregations also incorporating it into the Mass. History and development In the early 1950s, the Taizé Community in France began attracting youths from various religious denominations with worship hymns based on modern melodies. In the mid-20th century, Christian unions (student groups), Christian unions in university settings hosted evangelistic talks. The Universalist Church o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Performing Right Association
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwriters, composers and music publisher (popular music), music publishers in Australia and New Zealand. The two organisations work together to license public performances and administer performance, communication and reproduction rights on behalf of their members, who are creators of musical works, aiming to ensure fair payments to members and to defend their rights under the ''Copyright law of Australia#Copyright Act 1968, Australian Copyright Act (1968)''. APRA, which formed in 1926, represents songwriters, composers, and Music publisher (popular music), music publishers, providing businesses with a range of licences to use copyrighted music. This covers music that is communicated or performed publicly including on radio, television, online, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darlene Zschech
Darlene Joyce Zschech (; Steinhardt; 8 September 1965) is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer who primarily writes praise and worship songs. Described as a pioneer of the modern worship movement, she is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church. Zschech is currently a contributing songwriter with CompassionArt, a charity founded by Christian songwriter Martin Smith. Along with her husband, Zschech is the lead pastor of Hope Unlimited Church in New South Wales. Early life Zschech starred on television at the age of ten, as part of an Australian children's show, ''Happy Go Round''. When she was 13, her parents divorced and the emotional stress of being on television and her parents' divorce resulted in her having bulimia for about four years. In 1980, when Zschech was 15, her father rededicated his life to Christ and began taking her to church, where she also became a committed Christian and met her future husband, Mark Zschech. When they married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saviour King
''Saviour King'' is the sixteenth album in the live praise and worship series of Christian Contemporary music by Hillsong Church. It debuted at No. 6 on the ARIA album chart on 9 July 2007, while the DVD debuted at No. 2 on the DVD chart.Australian Recording Industry Association''Top 40 DVD Chart'' Australian Recording Industry Association; (9 July 2007). Retrieved 9 July 2007. On the US Billboard Top Christian Albums Chart, it debuted at No. 5. Making of the album ''Saviour King'' was recorded live at the Acer Arena on 18 March 2007 by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team after the annual Hillsong Colour Conference. After many years at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, Hillsong Church moved the annual live album recording to the Acer Arena. This was also the last official album to feature Steve McPherson as a vocalist. McPherson is still a part of Hillsong Church as a publisher. Also, this was the last album in which Zschech appeared as a worship pastor. The fron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mighty To Save (Hillsong Album)
''Mighty to Save'' is the fifteenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was released in July 2006, at the annual Hillsong Conference. The album peaked at No. 25 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Track listing (CD) " Mighty to Save" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards. Track listing (DVD) # "Take It All" (Marty Sampson) # "I Believe" ( Jonathon Douglass) # "The Freedom We Know" (Joel Houston) # "For Who You Are" (Jad Gillies) # "You Alone Are God" (Reuben Morgan) # "Open My Eyes" (Marty Sampson & Mia Fieldes) (Darlene Zschech) # "Deep of Your Grace" (Mia Fieldes) (Mia Fieldes) # "From the Inside Out" (Marty Sampson) # "Found" ( Dave George) # "More to See" (Women of Hillsong) # "Follow the Son" (Jay Cook & Gio Galanti) (Jonathon Douglass) # "Adonai" (Paul Andrew) # "Higher/I Believe in You" (Darlene Zschech) # "Oceans Will Part" ( Annie Garratt) # "None but Jesus" (Brooke Fraser) (Darlene Zschech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
God He Reigns
''God He Reigns'' is the fourteenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. A single-disc version of this album was released in North America and South America by Integrity Media. The album reached No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Recording ''God He Reigns'' was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 27 February 2005 by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team with a congregation of 10,500. ''God He Reigns'' was released at the annual Hillsong Conference in July. Writing and composition The majority of songs were written by Marty Sampson, Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan, and Joel Houston. Raymond Badham, Ned Davies, Mia Fieldes and Miriam Webster also contributed to writing songs. Songs were written in the 12 months prior to the album recording, some songs were first recorded on the Hillsong United album Look to You. Commercial performance ''God He Reigns'' reached No. 2 on the Australian album charts and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For All You've Done
''For All You've Done'' is the thirteenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. The live album was released on 4 July 2004 on Hillsong label, which peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It had been recorded in February of that year at the Sydney Entertainment Centre with production by Darlene Zschech, Raymond Badham, Joel Houston and Reuben Morgan. Recording ''For All You've Done'' was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 29 February 2004 by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. Commercial performance However, its previous two albums debuted in the top five due to the strong following of Hillsong and its previous 12 albums have achieved gold status. It is the first Christian Contemporary music album to reach the top of the Australian charts. There was some controversy about the No. 1 debut as almost all of the albums were sold at the annual Hillsong Conference from 5 to 9 July. However, the Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hope (Hillsong Album)
Hope is the twelfth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. The album reached No. 3 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Making of the album ''Hope'' was recorded live at the new Hillsong Convention Centre over two nights in early 2003 by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. The DVD for the album was directed by Luke Irvine. Track listing Disc one # "Better Than Life" (Marty Sampson) – # "Glory" (Reuben Morgan) – # "Ever Living God" (Raymond Badham) – # "Need You Here" (Morgan) – # "My Hope" (Darlene Zschech) – # "Still" (Morgan) – # "Angels" (Sampson) – # "Can't Stop Praising" ( Tulele Faletolu & Sampson) – # "You Are"/"You Are Lord" ("You Are" Darlene Zschech; choir arrangement for "You Are Lord": Jennifer Va'a) – # " Here I Am to Worship/Call" ("Here I Am to Worship" Tim Hughes; "Call": Darlene Zschech) – # "Highest" (Morgan) – Disc two # "Song of Freedom" (Marty Sampson) – # "Shout Your ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blessed (Hillsong Album)
''Blessed'' is the eleventh album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 3 March 2002 by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong Worship Team. ''Blessed'' saw Marty Sampson step up to lead worship alongside Darlene Zschech and Reuben Morgan for the night. Over 10,000 people from Hillsong Church attended the recording. The album reached No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Track listing # "Blessed" (Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan) – lead vocals: Darlene Zschech, Reuben Morgan # "Now That You're Near" (Marty Sampson) – lead vocals: Marty Sampson, b. Darlene Zschech # "Shout of the King" (Ned Davies) – lead vocals: Darlene Zschech # "Made Me Glad" (Miriam Webster) – lead vocals: Darlene Zschech # "Through It All" (Morgan) – lead vocals: Darlene Zschech, b. Reuben Morgan # "Son of God" (Lincoln Brewster and Marty Sampson) – lead vocals: Marty Sampson, b. Darlene Zschec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Houston
Joel Timothy Houston (born 19 September 1979) is an Australian musician, songwriter, pastor, and leader in the Sydney-based band Hillsong United, a worship band of Hillsong Church. He was co-pastor at Hillsong NYC between 2010 and 2017. He is the head of the Christian worship band Hillsong United, for which he sings, plays guitar, and writes songs. In 2008, he became the creative director at Hillsong Church. He is the oldest son of the church's Founding Pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of Frank Houston. Houston was also the bass player for the band Able, which was composed of Marty Sampson, Michael Guy Chislett and Luke Munns, which won the Channel V Leg Up competition in 2001. Biography Early life Joel is the oldest child of the former Hillsong Church's founding pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of pastor Frank Houston. He has two siblings. Houston wanted to play the piano at the age of seven. However he found an inclination to play ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are My World
''You Are My World'' is the tenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. The album reached the ARIA Albums Chart Top 100. Making of the album ''You Are My World'' was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team, with over 300 singers and musicians. This was the first live praise and worship album Hillsong Church recorded in the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Over 9,000 people from the newly merged Hillsong Church congregation in both the Hills and City came together to record the album. Track listing (CD) # "Your Love Is Beautiful" (Reuben Morgan, Raymond Badham, Steve McPherson, Nigel Hendroff) - ''worship leader: Darlene Zschech'' - 4:38 # "God Is Great" (Marty Sampson) - ''worship leader: Marty Sampson, b. Darlene Zschech'' - 4:56 # "All of My Days" (Mark Stevens) - ''worship leader: Mark Stevens'' - 5:02 # "Emmanuel" (Badham) - ''worship leader: Darlene Zschech'' - 6:48 # " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
