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David Crowder Band (stylized as David Crowder*Band and The David Crowder*Band) was a six-piece
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and modern worship band from
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. Their final album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Christian and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. They disbanded in 2012, with David Crowder pursuing a solo career under the name
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and the rest of the band, except for Mike Hogan, forming The Digital Age.


Name

Prior to the album ''Church Music'', the band preferred not to be referred to as "''The'' David Crowder*Band". They explained that they preferred to omit the article, and stated that they "may revisit this issue if other groups named 'David Crowder*Band' begin performing," and may in fact, should that eventuality occur, insert "The Original" in front of the band's present appellation. As of the release of ''Church Music'', however, the band has begun referring to themselves using the article, and explained "we’ve been at for a while now without incident, so we felt justified in its formal inclusion." The band's name is usually rendered with an asterisk, as "David Crowder*Band". In a faux-documentary, while recording ''Church Music'', Crowder joked that the asterisk meant, "David Crowder
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band."


Band history

The band began when Crowder realized that almost half of the students at
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, a Christian university, were not attending church. Finding this very surprising he and Chris Seay started University Baptist Church (Waco, Texas) in 1995, while he was still a student. Crowder became pastor of worship at the church and led worship and continued to do so throughout the year. The church's congregation grew, as did the band's lineup. Crowder began writing songs to incorporate into the worship times at the church and eventually the church released an independent CD, ''Pour Over Me'', followed by ''All I Can Say'' in 1999. These CDs brought the band to a wider audience and invitations to festivals and events followed. The band was signed to sixstepsrecords/ Sparrow Records when Louie Giglio talked to Crowder about the music and how it could be used more than just at UBC and more worldwide. Although the band toured extensively, they made it a point to be back at their home church UBC in
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Texas for most Sundays.
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, University Baptist Church's former pastor and also longtime friend of the band, had a strong influence on the band's music in terms of content and inspiration both during his life and after Lake's death. With their September 2005 release, '' A Collision or (3+4=7)'', David Crowder Band explored a new realm of musical diversity. The album houses a mix of bluegrass,
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, woven together with a touch of electronic ambience. This release landed them the No. 2 spot on the
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and the No. 39 spot on ''Billboard'' 200 the second day after its release. The same day as the release of ''A Collision'', their song "Turkish Delight" was released on the ''
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'' compilation CD. This song, which is a reference to the magical
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's book ''
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'', has an old-school disco feel. March 19, 2007, the band officially started recording '' Remedy''; the band also revealed the album's website, which allowed fans to follow the band via live webcams, and discover more about the album.
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made a guest appearance on the album, on the song "We Won't Be Quiet". ''Remedy'' was released on September 25, 2007. The day after its release, it reached No. 4 on the
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. When Mark Waldrop joined the band as the album ''Remedy'' was released, his sidekick Rupert came with him. Rupert is a gnome. During the Remedy Tour the band had up a live web feed on Crowder's Xanga account. The feed had a chat room where fans chatted live with the band and their tourmates. It showed more than half of the tour stops live which included their tour bus, live stage feeds of shows, places the band went, etc. Much of the time the video feed would be on Rupert at different stops. On the final night of the tour Phil Wickham and The Myriad came on stage for a hoe down for the song "I Saw the light". The camera for the feed was on the lid of a ball-cap and was wired into a laptop the band had in a backpack; this equipment was provided by Xanga. The band also used the feed for some time after their Remedy Tour. July 16, 2008, the band announced it would be releasing a live album and DVD titled ''
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'', The DVD was filmed In NYC and GA. Crowder's Xanga entry from January 31, 2009, mentioned the preproduction of the band's next studio album. Also on Mike Hogan's MySpace entry from March 4, 2009, he confirmed that actual recording and production had commenced and provided directions for getting to the live webcam feed, which is in a page simply titled "Church Music". The album was titled "Church Music" and was released on September 22, 2009. The first single off the album was a cover of
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's song "
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". Crowder received permission from McMillan to change the words "So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss" to "So heaven meets earth like an unforeseen kiss". The band hosted Crowder's Fantastical Church Music Conference September 30 through October 2, 2010 at
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. Other presenters at the conference included Louie Giglio, Rob Bell, Israel Houghton, Hillsong London, Matt Redman, Jars of Clay,
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. Mark recorded a
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song for the band titled "Bwack Be Creepin'" for the band's YouTube channel. February 5, 2011 the band announced the official start to recording of '' Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C he Happiest of All Keys''. On May 21, 2011, the band announced through their website that the band will end after the completion of the Fall 2011 "The 7 Tour" and the release of their sixth album. Later, on July 21, 2011, the band announced that a Christmas album, ''
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'', would be released on October 4, 2011. The band stated that they began to record ''Give Us Rest'' and subsequently ''Oh for Joy'' came out. Some of the songs in the albums ''Give Us Rest'' and ''Oh for Joy'' were recorded in greenrooms and restrooms during the band's last tour. The band played their final show at the Passion 2012 Conference on January 3, 2012 at the Georgia Dome. Crowder has formed a new collective called "
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" that made its first performance at the Creation East Festival in June 2012. Parker, Dodson, Bush, and Waldrop have formed a new band, called " The Digital Age", and run a recording studio in Waco, Texas. David Crowder is still signed with Sparrow Records and sixstepsrecords under Capitol CMG. He is now making music under the name "Crowder."


Unusual Instrumentation

The band often incorporated unconventional instruments and elements into their music, many of which were created by the band's drummer Jeremy Bush. He modified a Speak & Spell for the song "I Can Hear the Angels Singing (...Andeverandeverand...)", and used a robot drummer, named Steve 3PO, for use in "Church Music", a silver box with blue lights and switches for "Can You Feel It?", and a MOTM
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used by Hogan. He also manufactured a seven square-foot MPC style-MIDI controller for the band Family Force 5. A guitar-shaped controller from the Guitar Hero game was used in "... neverending ...". According to Crowder, the controller was transformed to a MIDI instrument. Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush programmed the controller such that each of the buttons were put into USB Overdrive, an application for reading signals off of USB devices. The buttons were programmed to each specific chord in the song "...neverending...". Once the buttons were programmed and sent to USB Overdrive, the results were put in to Ableton Live as a MIDI note programmed by the band. There were 12 samples in the controller. Hogan often played turntables and played electric violin with guitar effects. A Smule "I Am T-Pain" iPhone app is used on "The Nearness". On incorporating bluegrass into the band's repertoire, Crowder stated that the banjo was something he had previously wanted to avoid "at all costs". The band often recorded their albums in a barn behind Crowder's house.


Members

*
David Crowder David Wallace Crowder (born November 29, 1971), known professionally by his mononymous stage name Crowder since 2012, is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and author. He was the lead singer in ...
– lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, programming,
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, electric guitar (1996-2012) * Jack Parker – electric guitar, background vocals, Rhodes piano, mandolin, and banjo (1996-2012) * Mike Dodson – bass guitar, keyboards, background vocals, cello (1996-2012) * Mike Hogan – violin/strings, turntables, guitar, keyboard (1996-2012) * Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush - drums, percussion, bells, programming (1996-2012) * Mark Waldrop – electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals (2007-2012) * Jason Solley – electric guitar, background vocals and mandolin (1996–2006) * Taylor Johnson – electric guitar, mandolin, background vocals (2006–2007)


Discography

* ''Pour Over Me'' (1996) * ''All I Can Say'' (1998) * '' Can You Hear Us?'' (2002) * '' Illuminate'' (2003) U.S. No. 84 * ''
A Collision ''A Collision or (3+4=7)'' is the third full-length studio album and sixth album overall by David Crowder Band and the third recorded for sixstepsrecords, released in September 2005. "Foreverandever Etc…" is on the Digital Praise PC game Guita ...
'' (2005) U.S. No. 39 * '' Remedy'' (2007) U.S. No. 22 * ''
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'' (2008) U.S. No. 88 * ''
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'' (2009) U.S. No. 11 * ''
Give Us Rest ''Give Us Rest; or, A Requiem Mass in C (the Happiest of All Keys)'' is the sixth and final studio album and their eleventh overall album release from the David Crowder Band. This album was released on January 10, 2012 through sixstepsrecords. The ...
'' (2012) U.S. No. 2 * '' All This for a King: The Essential Collection'' (2013)


Awards

; GMA Dove Awards ;
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s David Crowder*Band is also featured in other compilation albums that were either nominated or won Dove Awards for Special Event Album of the Year: * 2006: Special Event Album of the Year - ''
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'' * 2007: Special Event Album of the Year - '' Passion: Everything Glorious'' * 2009: Special Event Album of the Year - '' Passion: God of This City''


Others

The band was named MSN's Artist of the Month for July 2006, and later won Artist of the Year for 2006.


References


External links


Christian Music Today interview - 11/07





Home.FM Radio interview with David Crowder by Adam & Ben on Mornings at Home

Gospel Music Channel interview with David Crowder by Alicia Carson
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