This is the latest in the series of “Live To Worship” CD series featuring 2 CDs packed with 30 tracks of today’s greatest praise and worship songs! It includes Indiscribable (Cathy Burton), Mighty to Save (Hillsong), Miracle Maker (Delirious?), Hosanna (Hillsong United) and Saviour King (Hillsong). Get it today! (I got mine from Canaanland, 8th floor, Menara TA)

Loving it!

Where and how to start, you ask? Get your Google page displayed on standby mode and follow these steps:

1) Get a guitar. I suggest that beginners start with strumming. Acoustic guitars are great for beginners who want to master the strumming technique first. It produces great sound to entice you to continue playing once those fingers get painful. Don’t need to bother getting a very expensive one since you are just starting out.

2) Get to know your guitar. Conventional guitars have six strings, three base strings and three melody strings. Guitar strings are numbered from the bottom to the top. First string is the one at the bottom while the sixth string is the one at the top. From the 6th to the 1st, the strings are E A D G B E. Memorize them. The guitar body is the wooden case with a hole in it. Its neck has frets which you can press to produce different sounds. At the other end of the guitar there is the head with 6 tuner adjusters which you can turn when you want to tune your guitar.

3) Guitar is out of tune? No electronic tuner? No worries. Tune your guitar by ear! Google “guitar tuner” and click the first result or just go here. Play the sound of the string on the computer and then tune your guitar accordingly. There are also many other such guitar tuners so use Google to search for your favorite one. (Take note that the 1st string should sound the same as the 2nd string with the 5th fret pressed down. Likewise for all strings with the exception of the 2nd and 3rd string, where the 2nd string should sound the same as the 3rd string with the 4th fret pressed down instead.)

4) Introducing chords. Go to All-Guitar-Chords or visit 8notes to find out what exactly to press in order to sound the chords right. They have diagrams with dots depicting the frets you should press in order to get the intended chord sound.

5) Get a pick, which is a triangular piece of small plastic which you use to strum your guitar.

6) Search for a simple song with a few basic chords to start with. For Christian guitar players, Guitar4Christ has a great bank of Christian songs with chords for guitar players (you can search for many popular Christian praise and worship music there). If you are looking forward to play that piece of beautiful music you just heard on the radio, go to Google and type in “song title + tabs + chords” and you will be directed to sites with chords and tabs for you to play. (Tabs have six lines with numbers on the lines. For example, number 2 on the top line indicates that you should press the second fret of the 6th string. The numbers follow an order and sometimes they have to be played together.)

7) Puzzled? Look for instructional videos online such as those on YouTube. Some people like jedimindless on YouTube have been posting many instructional videos for all users to learn and play. His explanations are clear and simple. A great way to learn how to play the guitar.

All the best!!! Message me if you have further questions! Or simply take your own initiative and search the internet for answers. Fingers are bound to get painful after a while, but no pain no gain!!!

I think I can relate to the lyrics of this song. This is my personal interpretation of its lyrics. Listen to this song via ‘imeem’ located under the globe map on the right.

LYRICS OF “Dare You To Move” by Switchfoot:

Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone’s here
Everyone’s here
Everybody’s watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
What happens next?

(I am a human being who came into existence in this planet called earth. This is reality. This is the world. Everyone is anticipating something from me. Everyone is waiting for me to make my next move. The pressure is on me to perform. After the big blunders that I have made, everyone is wondering whether I am going to make it. They ask,”What is he going to do?” with the hope that I will not stand up again. I am stressed and confused. What is going to happen to me?)

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before

(Yet, God ‘dares me to move.’ He challenges me to return from failure. He encourages me to forget the past and focus on the future. He wants to see that I live my life without regrets for the things which cannot be changed. The present and past can be very painful and excruciating, but I must live as if it never happened. I have to get up and face reality. No more hiding, no more avoiding.)

Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be

(The world is a fallen world. Failure is inevitable. Trials and tribulations are sure to come. Times are gonna be tough. People will laugh. People will annoy me and give me trouble. When I try to move forward, everyone wants to hold me back from achieving my dreams. They want me to conform to the image of the world. I am also facing an inner battle. Should I stay here in my comfort zone or step out in faith to become who I can really be? Can I really achieve that which my heart has desired? Can I?)

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened

Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here

(Perhaps the fall has given me a reference point to spur me on in the future. The recovery from my great fall gives me great meaning to ponder upon. Perhaps I can be more humble at my lowest point, hence becoming more forgivable and more forgiving. I cannot run away from myself, my inner feelings. The truth is, I cannot run away at all. It begins with me. I want to choose the best path. My salvation in Jesus Christ begins with me. It is the one and only way.)

I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened
Today never happened before

I love this song.

Switchfoot@KL Convention Center totally rocked: AWESOME is an understatement.

The songs played included Gone, Learning to Breathe, We Are One Tonight, Dare You To Move, On Fire, and Meant to Live. (unfortunately, picture and video quality is deplorable so I’d rather not post many here, only a selected few)

Also, I bumped into Dansen Wong and Ngion Jing Shern at the Switchfoot concert, old-time DJians. =)

Eager Switchfoot fans in line

Switchfoot on Stage

My Switchfoot Concert partner, Rachel

I particularly liked the last song of the night, “Dare You To Move”(which was the song I wanted to hear the most). Really liked it. A very very very nice song which was well played. Thanks for the many amazing songs, Switchfoot!

And many thanks to Rachel as well for the great company! Really enjoyed it!

Yeah I’ll just help spread this around a bit. I’m going! *rushes off to buy tickets*

From Wikipedia:

Switchfoot is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band from San Diego, California, United States. …

Switchfoot first gained mainstream recognition after the inclusion of four of their songs in the 2002 movie A Walk to Remember . This recognition led to their major label debut, The Beautiful Letdown, which was released in 2003 and sold over 2.6 million copies as well as featuring their best-known singles, “Meant to Live” and “Dare You to Move”.

…Switchfoot is often referred to as a “Christian band”, mostly due to their involvement with the Christian rock scene in their early days. But the band has always shunned this label. “For us, it’s a faith, not a genre”, says Jon Foreman.

More on how to purchase tickets here. Watch the YouTube video of “Dare You To Move” here.

Hope to see you peeps there!