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, with songwriter

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, guitarist Brian Ortize, Marquis Ashley and Nick Tibbetts.Sutton, Michael. Biography"">"Telecast > Biography"

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. Retrieved February 10, 2007. Telecast released its debut album, ''The Beauty of Simplicity'', on

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in 2003, and followed it with ''Eternity is Now'' on the same label in 2005. In 2008 they released their third album, ''Quiet Revolution''.

Band members

Original line-up

The band members that recorded ''The Beauty of Simplicity'' were

(vocals, acoustic guitar), Marquis Ashley (bass guitar), Adam Breeden (guitar), Zach Hodges (keyboard), Brian Ortize (guitar, vocals), and Nick Tibbetts (drums). Brian Ortize has served in worship ministry for 20 years. He launched an academic training program called "the worship school

which he founded in 2013 and is also a recording artist in Nashville, TN. He released his debut album on BEC Recordings in 2017. Marquis Ashley has served in Worship & Pastoral Ministry since 2003 and is currently the Worship Pastor at Veneration Church in Kalispell, MT which he co-planted in 2020.

Josh White

Lead singer

recorded a solo project on BEC Records, ''Achor'', which was released in November 2010. White also recorded several albums on the Deeper Well Gospel Collective label. These include albums with The Followers, Pilgrim, and as a solo artist. One of these was ''The Followers'' self-titled album, released in 2009, featuring White with former members of Rock n Roll Worship Circus, Rock and Roll Worship Circus,

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, Esterlyn, and Starfield. In November 2013, White released another solo album named ''Absolution'', "a reworking of Telecast songs", on the label Deeper Well Gospel Collective. White founded a church in

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He was previously a teaching pastor and lead worship pastor at Bridgetown Church in Portland. He is married to Darcy White, and they have two children, Henry and Hattie Star.

Discography

* ''The Beauty of Simplicity'' (2003) * ''Eternity Is Now'' (2005) * ''Quiet Revolution'' (2008) U.S. Christian No. 49

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External links

* {{authority control Christian rock groups from Washington (state) Musical groups established in 2003