HaShem by Hugh Wilson
I decided to write some songs centred around various names of God found in the bible. I started with El Roi because the church I sang in that week, was preaching on a passage that featured it.
I was then inspired to write El Shaddai and Yahweh Nissi as my friend and pastor Milton Quintanilla happened to be preaching on them for subsequent weeks, in his online ministry from Brooklyn NY.
At that point I thought it might be nice to make an album, so I wrote El Olam, and then Yahweh Yireh for two more online services.
But then the Covid19 lockdown in Sydney ended, so I went back to singing in church live. I put the project on the backburner... I released four of the songs under "Followers of the way" on Apple/Spotify etc. But I realised I might never get around to doing another 5 songs in this vein, so thought I'd release these as an EP under my own name.
For my own enjoyment, for each song, I used a single microphone on every instrument, except for the last one I did, Yahweh Yireh. I enjoyed comparing the sonic character of each mic. I really like the lofi 70s retro analogue quality of the D190 for example. I'm a huge fan of each of the mics I used. They're an amazing extension of my instruments.
So I hope you enjoy these quirky explorations of who God is. Different aspects to who he is revealed through the biblical names used. It was nice to just focus in, and ponder each of these aspects.
And perhaps one day, I'll get around to writing more from the list of names.
Peace and love
Hugh
Tracklist
| 1. | Yahweh Yireh | 3:14 |
| 2. | El Roi | 2:15 |
| 3. | El Shaddai | 2:30 |
| 4. | Yahweh Nissi | 2:27 |
| 5. | El Olam | 4:26 |
Credits
All songs written and performed by Hugh Wilson
with Clarinet on "Yahweh Yireh" by Spike Mason.
For microphone aficionados, (this was the order I recorded them all too):
El Roi was recorded with an AKG D190
El Shaddai was recorded with a Sennheiser MD 21
El Olam was recorded with an MD 421
Yahweh Nissi was recorded with an EV 635
Yahweh Yireh broke the format and was recorded with a couple of different microphones.
