The Sounds of Daniel Bashta

I have to be very honest, I am truly ready for this record to be out. I know everyone is tired of hearing me talk about it and I know you are saying enough already, just release the beast. Believe me, nothing would please me more. But after some intense marketing meetings my record company and I have come up with a strategy that I believe will unleash tremors and we will see the ground shake.

The Unleashing in 4 waves

A typical new release has, for some reason, played out like this.

First you choose a street date. Then you release the first single. Then, you spend all of your marketing money the month before promoting the CD. Then the street date comes, and you spend the rest of your money promoting the record, and then you pray and bite your nails and hope that the response from the general public will carry it the rest of the way. You get either a boom or a flop.

Well, nothing we have ever done has ever been typical so why should we start now. We have no desire to fit into the mold, our mission is to shatter it!

I truly believe with all my heart that the sound we have is an underground sound and that it will shake nations. I do not believe that I am THE sound, but I believe I am a part of the sound and army that God is awakening. The reason we scream “come shake the ground with the SOUNDS of revival” is because pure, raw revival will not be just about one sound, but the explosions of sounds together, then we will see the kingdom of heaven here on earth.

So here is the mission.

Right now there is no denying that the army is forming. We are ready to see a generation put their worship into motion. My desire is to spread this sound to the whole world. Here is the challenge. The street date for the Sounds of Daniel Bashta is July 26, 2011. We are calling this mission The Unleashing in 4 waves. Every month leading up to the full release, we will release 2 new songs from the project, plus a portion of the documentary we filmed during the recording process. The goal is that each month, the army that is already a part of the sounds will download.  Then will tell every person they know, so that the next month we have a louder roar ready to respond. Then those new people will tell everyone they know so that the next month the roar grows even fiercer.  By the time July 26^th comes around, we will have expanded the sounds and we will be ready to charge hell with a generation full of dreamers and full of miracles. This is the mission!  It’s up to us to shake the ground with the SOUNDS of revival. Let love explode!

Here are the waves –

Part 1- 4.26.11 – THE ROAR- Like a Lion, Unlock my Roar

Part 2- 5.24.11- The VOICE- Dreamers, Freedom Calling

Part 3- 6.21.11- The MOVEMENT- Offering, With Everything, Awakening

Part 4- 7.26.11- The SOUNDS- Full Release

Like a Lion Chord Chart

(This is a blog from my wife, she is the most beautiful warrior I’ve ever met)

“Let hope Arise and make the darkness hide. My Faith is dead I need a resurrection somehow”.

This has been a very controversial line in “Like a Lion”. David Crowder sang the line at Passion, but several other worship guys have asked if they could change the line from “my faith is dead” to my “my faith is cold”. Daniel said yes of course, if they feel like that line is better for where they are playing, then that is what is most important.

But I’ve been thinking about this very thing lately. Hope. And Faith.

Hope has become Daniel’s anthem. It is written on his guitar.

It is written on his arm.

It’s the cry of our heart that through his music Hope will spring up!

There is something that I am hoping for in my life right now.

And I honestly struggle with letting hope in, because I fear disappointment. I fear pain.

When I start to feel the little flutters of hope, I shut them down, preferring to think “It probably won’t happen” because then I’ll be surprised if it does. That feels safe. But is that right? Sometimes my faith does feel dead.

Let Hope arise and MAKE the darkness hide. I like that idea better!

I was running last week and praying about all of this. D and I are attempting to train for the Nashville half marathon- we shall see. But I’ve had a lot of time to think as I run.

My conversation with God went something like this-

“God how do I let hope come in? I’m so afraid of being sad, disappointed, hurt etc! But I want to hope! I don’t want the enemy to have any place in my heart or mind or emotions- I want your hope. But I’m scared.” -sounds like a little girl- but it’s how I felt.

I felt like he said this. Taylor, all you are responsible for is letting yourself hope- let it grow inside of you! Let faith arise, don’t be afraid. And if it doesn’t happen when you think it should- let me take care of your heart. Leave it to me”.

I feel like from the moment we started our adoption process I had to trust. When we weren’t sure what was happening with the birth father, I had to trust. I’ve never had to trust so much in my life. Could this be for a reason? Could God be saying “I need you to learn this”. Well, I’m trying. I’m trusting. I’m letting the little flutters of hope arise inside of me. And I’m trusting that no matter the outcome- God is the one who takes care of my heart.

Even though sometimes my faith feels not only cold, but dead. I know it’s not. And I know that no matter what- I have the promise of a Father who loves me with his very life!

Are you hoping for something? Take the risk and dare to hope. Let that faith spring up.

If the worst happens- God will take care of our hearts.

But somehow I think through hope- miracles are coming!

(Today’s date is 6.22.11, As of 11.5 weeks ago we found out we are having a new bashta baby! I will conquer every curse!)

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