In writing songs for the new album, Putnam?s approach was simple. It was to write what?s in my heart, keeping the church and corporate worship in mind, he says of the album, which was recorded live at Church for the Nations in Phoenix. I?m a part of a multi-cultural church. Many thousands of people meet every week in all of our campuses from all walks of life, all different age groups. There are 50 or 60 different nations represented in our church. So this album is guitar driven, but it?s still multicultural in its sound. As far as themes, we wanted to point people to God. Lyrically we wanted every song to be something vertical. On More and More LIVE! Putnam fulfils the promise of his auspicious debut with a collection of powerful songs. This album is a little more guitar driven with a bit of gospel flavour here and there, which is different for me. I guess that?s how it?s supposed to happen. You?re supposed to grow and mature with every record, he says with a grin. The album opens with Dance, a vibrant worship anthem with a potent lyric and a commanding groove. That song started with a guitar riff that I had, Putnam says of the song, which actually bookends the album, closing with a Dance remix by his DJ friend Kingston. We wanted something kind of rocking? to open up the record and it?s an invitation. Let?s get this thing going. It?s a good opener for any worship set. The verses talk about the good news that God loves us. He has a plan and a purpose. It says, ?Everybody dance the dance of freedom. Shout the shout of joy. Come on and praise him. Get up and make some noise!? In addition to enlisting his old friend Israel Houghton to co-produce the project, much of the album was penned with Putnam?s long-time collaborator Doug Engquist and he also co-wrote with other well-known writers such as Jenny Lee Riddle. Among the many highlights on the project is Beautiful Love The song is pointing to Jesus and talks about how he?s everything, the one who carried the cross and carries me, Putnam says. It?s kind of a nice picture of how Jesus carried everything on the cross for us and he also cares about every aspect and detail of our lives.
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