March 31, 2008

my son's big debut

Justin has been playing guitar and writing songs for awhile. Last week was his first time playing guitar in the band for the youth group.

Yesterday he was the worship leader (singing and playing guitar) for the service we have for 5th/6th graders. Here's one of the songs they did.




Here's an example of one of the songs he writes. He asked a friend for a song topic and he said, "The sky is falling." So he came up with this.

Look Up To The Sky

The world is getting smaller
theres nowhere left to go
You think that you've found something new
but they already know

It's all been done before
there's nothing left to find
But i'll continue searching
so i look up to the sky

And i see

The sky is falling down on me
it's getting hard to breathe
I look around, nowhere to hide
to hide from falling skies

Lets find somewhere where we can run
for if we dont we're surely done
Lets find somewhere, lets find some place
a place where we'll be safe

Lets find somewhere where we can hide
for if we don't we'll surely die
Dont ask me how, dont ask me why
just look up to the sky

And you'll see

The sky is falling down on me
its getting hard to breathe
I look around, nowhere to hide
to hide from falling skies

This is a link to his music myspace page where you can listen to several songs he has written and performed. justanacoustic


This is a video he made about his friends. It's mainly him and his sisters in the beginning, and then includes some other friends.




This is a video he made of his custodial job at the church. I encourage you to watch it. Particularly to the end.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

You ROCK Justin!

Me said...

Doug, what a nice tribute to your son! Proud parents unite...

Roxie said...

Way cool! He get that talent from you, Doug?

Doug Doan said...

Well, I do play guitar, drums, keyboards, sing. But none of them well enough to show off!

Anonymous said...

So, is the one singing and playing on all the videos him? This is meghan

Doug Doan said...

no. The "friends" and "custodial" videos use music that is not Justin.

Anonymous said...

That is awesome. I think his gifts comes from you as well :-) Proud papa!