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Today’s interview is with Elias Dummer from The City Harmonic. Not only is Elias a greater singer, songwriter, and frontman for The City Harmonic, but he’s also a smart dude with a heart for God’s people.
In this interview we go deep, discussing unity in the church, whether performance in worship is really a bad thing, the new album, and a bit about their creative process.
You may want to give this a few listens, folks. A lot of subtle nuance and profound insight. Enjoy!
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In this Episode You’ll Hear More About:
- The denominational landscape of Hamilton, ON, where The City Harmonic began.
- How to work for unity across denominations.
- The false dichotomy of performance in worship.
- How liturgy contextualizes us.
- The tension between being a rock band and a worship band.
- What happens in our brains when we sing together corporately.
- The heart behind The City Harmonic’s new project.
- How the band wrote 136 songs and widdled them down to the final 11.
- Why setting out to “win” at Christian music is a sad goal.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Website: The City Harmonic
- Song: How Can it Be
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Absolutely loved this episode! His perspectives on unity in the church, theology in music, purpose of corporate singing, are incredibly beneficial to me. I am passing this along to my whole team because I think it articulates so well why we do what we do.