A great honor to have Greg Sykes on the podcast today. Greg is a new singer/songwriter with Integrity Music and has just released his new EP, Reverse. Greg’s songs are some of the catchiest songs you’ll hear.
In this chat we talk about facing fear, writing songs, sharing songs, and stepping out of our comfort zones. Greg has been a worship leader for many years and has a unique ability to write catchy pop songs with powerful lyrics.
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In This Episode You’ll Hear More About:
- The importance of doing what scares you.
- The need for bravery.
- A bit of Greg’s story from business to music.
- How to write catchy tunes with substance.
- The tension between quality and quantity with songwriting.
- A rejection Greg experienced from an early publisher and what it can teach us.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Show Sponsor: Coresound Pads
- Music: Reverse EP by Greg Sykes
- Website: Greg Sykes
- Music: Worship by Michael W Smith
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Hey David, just wanted to let you know that the link to this page is not working from your Podcast page (https://www.davidsantistevan.com/beyond-sunday-podcast/). I subscribe and listened on my phone and then wanted to re-listen and couldn’t.
This episode hits me hard. I am a fairly new worship leader, and have spent the entirety of my time as a leader thus far in the trenches of mechanics with my band and very basic worship teaching with my congregation. Literally, teaching folks to sing and engage! I have felt that this new season I am entering is less about the mechanics of the band and more about intentional mentoring of upcoming leaders and also about my creativity and sharing that. It’s a new kind of work, but it’s refreshing to look back and now see the fruit of that hard work, and how God has used me to encourage and love His people. Isn’t it just like the enemy to make us feel alone in our struggles? Thank you and Greg for sharing your hearts on this topic!
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