I knew Skype can be useful for many things – chats, meetings, conference calls… but now I know it’s also great for  co-writing songs!

Jared Anderson from Desperation Band (writer of great songs like Amazed, Rescue and The Beauty of The Lord) is signed to the same label as me – Integrity Music. So we did a Skype call to write a song together.

It worked really well… we talked ideas for a while, then took a break to hang up and go work on the song seperately for half an hour. Then we Skyped again and compared what we’d come up with. It was great!

You songwriters out there – be encouraged that you don’t have to live near the people you write with… Skype is the answer! Ever tried it? Think you might?

Vicky

Hey there!

I was just surfing on WorshipTogether.com and saw that their featured song this week is Glory To God Forever – the song that Steve Fee and I wrote.

You can get a free chord chart, and also watch the New Song Cafe episode where Steve teaches how to play the song…

Click here or on the picture above….

Enjoy…

Vicky

Hi Friends!

Encouraging news…. a while ago Steve Fee and I got together and co-wrote a song called “Glory To God Forever”.

I heard today that only 12 hours after it was released, it jumped to No.1 on the iTunes CCM singles chart. Exciting!

I’m really praying that this song impacts the church globally and stirs many people in their worship.

Have you heard the song? I’d love to know what you think of it….

Here’s the press release below…

Cheers!

Vicky

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FEE’S “GLORY TO GOD FOREVER” JETS TO NO. 1 SPOT ON iTunes ® CHRISTIAN AND GOSPEL SINGLES CHART IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS

Nashville, Tenn. Jul. 21, 2009…. After being released to iTunes ® earlier this morning, the newest single from Fee, “Glory to God Forever,” has shot to the No. 1 spot on iTunes ® Christian and Gospel Singles chart. “Glory to God Forever” is from Fee’s new album Hope Rising, due out on Oct. 6 on INO Records.

The song caught on long before its official release and is already being sung in churches across the country.

“It is a really simple song, but it is based on a massive concept,” says band front man Steve Fee. “The massive thought is  that everything in our lives gives glory to God. It strikes the very core of why we were made. I believe this is a song that was already in us to say that God created us to give glory to Him.”

To hear Fee explain the story behind “Glory to God Forever,” visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-29pHKxVcZ8&feature=channel_page

In addition, the single is currently building momentum at Christian radio with recent adds from top stations such as KHZR/St. Louis, KOXJ/Tulsa, WCSG/Grand Rapids and KBIQ/Colorado Springs among others.

Hello from my homeland!

Having a great time… more blogging to come…but here’s a photo of me with a classic British telephone box

Got video and photos to come very soon!

Love,
Vicky

Here is my Question and Answer video, as promised!

Keep emailing in your questions….

Love,
Vicky

Hi gang,

I love it when I’m at conferences or concerts and at the end, people come up and ask me questions about leading worship, songwriting, or following Jesus… it’s great to share our experience and help others avoid the pitfalls we encountered, and to share any insights we’ve gathered along the way. I usually turn the question round on them after I’ve given an answer – or ask them one of my own. I always learn a lot from the people I meet, as the churches, cities and nations we go to are so wonderfully diverse.

Face to face is the best way for these kind of Q and A conversations… so I’m starting a new series of Q and A VIDEO BLOGS! These will show up in the right hand column on the blog site, so you can easily see and access them. Email me your question by clicking on the envelope icon (near the facebook and itunes icons on the right hand of my blog) and I’ll get started answering them!

Love,
Vicky

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Hey there : )

This Friday I’ll be leading worship in Springfield MO, alongside Leeland, The Afters, Israel Houghton and others. It’s a live TV event hosted by God-TV, broadcasting to millions across the nations. I’d love your prayers, that God will really touch people through the words and music we play, and that lives will be changed!

It’s exciting that one of the themes of the event is providing clean water for Africa. That was part of the legacy my Grandparents have left there – they worked in Zimbabwe providing wells for towns and villages to get clean water, for 20 years. So it’s cool to continue their work by being part of this big concert.

If you live nearby, come along!

Vicky