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My BlogIan Yates
Two years ago Ian Yates was a young worship leader committed to a small church set in the middle of one of the UK's areas of highest unemployment. Today, little has changed: the youth, energy and optimism is as fresh as ever, the church is still made up of a dedicated band of believers serving a community that is now struggling more than most with the recession. Ian Yates is still worshipping.
The only difference is that now the songs that have emerged from Ian's guitar are starting to travel a little further than the front of Bootle Elim Pentecostal Church. And with The Hope And The Glory - his debut album - getting released in spring 2010, Ian Yates's songs are about to do a whole load more travelling.
Ian's take on the two-year period up to the album's release tells us a lot about the man:
"Around early 2008 my brother told me that Soul Survivor were asking for songs for a new Peoples album. I only had a week to get them in, but I managed to send them a couple. Somehow they got picked, which was really, really cool!"
"I then met with Adrian Thompson (A&R Survivor Records) and he asked if I wanted to record one of the tracks to see how it turned out. That was released on the Survivor sampler and then in early 09 Adrian called and asked if I would be interested in a doing a mini-album with them. It kind of grew into this one - The Hope And The Glory - which was amazing!"
"I know it's a big step of faith for Survivor because I'm unknown and I don't go to a huge church. Trevor Michael (producer) has had a huge amount to do with the album. He really believed in the songs, and he was so great to work with. I'm hugely grateful to Adrian and Trev for the opportunity!
But if Ian's feeling humbled and grateful, the feelings coming back from Survivor are mutual. Across the album Ian's heart is clear: there's a profound sense of his longing for God's Spirit to break through and transform broken lives. Even the song titles are enough to prove it: 'Desperate', 'Crying Out', 'Carry Me' and 'Take My Life'. Engagement and encounter are the first things on the menu.
Ian's musical affections land him somewhere between Kings of Leon and Hillsong United, where it's the crescendo to the chorus that unleashes the power.
"I think it all started after seeing Delirious? live and then listening to 'Live And In The Can' around 1996. That really inspired me to start a band, but it also set off this longing to see God move in power like in Acts 2."
Ian After a six-year journey with a band (Seraphim) ended in 2004, Ian found that the desire to worship was just as strong as it had ever been. Incessant songwriting seems to be the natural outworking of a heart that's truly passionate about giving God his worth:
"One of my major passions is that when we worship the presence of God falls. I think when we see this it changes the atmosphere, changes lives. I'm hungry for more and more of that. Hungry to see God move in power, hungry to see the lost come to faith.
You can find out more about Ian Yates by visiting their web site:
www.ianyates.net/
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