A few weeks ago, Jason invited everyone at the Visio Dei service to join him the following Friday night at a CD release party for his friend's latest CD. I didn't think much about it because, one, I have a kid and CD release parties don't sound kid friendly and, two, I had never heard of this guy, Daniel Renstrom. Later that week I saw something about this guy's new CD on a friend's blog, and on that Friday, Jason invited Kim and I to join him and Diana for dinner and the CD release party.

It turns out that Jason's friend, Daniel Renstrom, is the worship leader for the college ministry at Providence Baptist. It also turns out that my idea of what this CD release "party" would entail was incorrect. The CD release party consisted of coffee, desserts, and a concert where Daniel played all the songs on his new CD1 and gave a little background on each song before playing it. It was not what I think of when I think "party". It was more like an hour of praise and worship.

I was very impressed with the music. Daniel has a very unique voice. Kim loved it. She likes to listen to praise and worship in the car and this CD has become a staple over the past few weeks. I'd encourage you all to check out this CD. You can hear some of it on Daniel's myspace page.

1. back Pat Downing, who is part of the Visio Dei worship team, played guitar.

Labels: music