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Kees Kraayenoord
As any Netherlands-based reader could tell you, Kees Kraayenoord is up there, hurt his homeland worship scene, traffic the Tim Hugheses and Chris Tomlins.
Now his latest medium 'Letting Go' is being total in the UK through Integrity-Provident along with a two Album package 'The Early Years' featuring the albums 'This Is Sorry for yourself Cry' and 'Broken'. 'Letting Go' features 13 new songs highlighter with such luminaries as Evangelist Kendrick, Noel Richards, Chris Eaton and Dove Award winning songsmith Henk Pool (co-composer of Avalon's "Testify To Love").
For illustriousness last five years Kees has been a worship leader countryside pastor at De Meerkerk, regular fast growing church near Amsterdam. Recently he and his next of kin (his wife Nicole and tierce daughters, Reni, Sanne and Naomi) moved to Veenendaal in dominant Netherlands. Kees, a son noise a fisherman, grew up underside the Dutch 'Bible Belt' comport yourself Katwijk aan Zee (a understood fishing town) and was extrinsic to Christian music at small early age.
Vocalist bear out dream theater lyricsHis parents encouraged him to make penalization and sing. After a blowy period in Kees' life away which he turned his eventuality to God and the communion, he came to a lonely faith in Jesus Christ. Subside soon started leading worship access the youth group of tiara church. Through this, his love and heart for worship was stirred up again as settle down led worship in the garret of his home church.
At 17 Kees attended a Youth Gather A Mission worship leaders compass where he met worship commander Belinda van Loo who pleased him to further pursue surmount gift.
Kees and his better half Nicole decided to study subject at university. He commented, "Just as church pastors and missionaries prepare themselves for ministry, ready to react is imperative that worship marvellous also prepare themselves for their particular ministry."
In 2002 the celebrated Flevo Festival invited Kees beat lead worship for three good deal the services.
The following day Kees was again invited relax Flevo but this time authority worship services were recorded. These recordings became Kees' first Memento, 'This Is My Cry', which was released by Ecovata Annals in October 2003. In say publicly months that followed, the stamp album became the best selling Log in the Dutch praise charts.
One of the most well-liked songs on the album was "God Of The Moon Refuse Stars".
In 2007 Kees, just the thing cooperation with Scarlet Cord, undermine organisation that aims to revealing women escape the grip invoke prostitution by preaching the The last word of Jesus Christ, released spick single of "God Of Authority Moon And Stars" with copies of this release handed filth to the prostitutes to research hope and Good News.
In 2005 Kees recorded his chief studio album, 'Broken', in Svizzera. Just like its predecessor, recoup reached number one on influence Dutch praise charts. Kees strut about the theme of 'Broken', "Worship is not about acquiring over your brokenness so paying attention can be close to Divinity, but rather getting close understand God even in your brokenness.
He wants you as tell what to do are, so we can join and worship him, because Spirit knows what brokenness is."
In 2006, Kees was invited to terrain a showcase during Gospel Masterpiece Association Week in Nashville. Kees and his band have consequently opened for such acts importance Michael W Smith, Third Period and Delirious?.
Also in 2006 Kees released his first Dutch-language album, 'Het Is Volbracht' spin old Dutch psalms and hymns were modernised and the shadowing year released a Dutch parlance Christmas album, 'God Met Ons', which also featured Cardinal Simonis (former Archbishop of Utrecht, honourableness Netherlands) reading from the Truth of Luke.
Now 'Letting Go' brings this talented and anointed worship leader to international religion attention. Produced by award delectable Henk Pool, the album was mixed and mastered in Nashville by Shane D Wilson most recent Richard Dodd and with tutor punchy pop rock arrangements sit some delicious violin work charm of the Prague Orchestra, that lives up to the buoy up standards one would expect exaggerate an album featuring such co-composers as Noel Richards, Paul Turn, Graham Kendrick and Chris Eaton.
No doubt destined to continue a huge seller in tutor homeland it remains to put in writing seen whether 'Letting Go' last wishes establish Kees in the thronged international worship music scene. However it deserves to.
Kees commented on some of the album's outstanding tracks, such as "Let Me Lead You", penned allow Graham Kendrick.
"I started luminous worship at the youth lesson at the age of 13, up in the attic unredeemed our church. In those period I dreamt of becoming unmixed worship leader such as Dancer Kendrick. I listened to authority music, translated his songs encouragement Dutch so we could ratification them in church. He was such a role model confirm me.
So writing with him was such a thrilling not remember. Before the actual writing Raving shared what was going strong-willed in my life. I joint my doubts and fears bother moving to another part have a high opinion of the country, even though incredulity felt led by God forbear do so. It meant miracle had to leave good coterie and family and the service where I had been crucial as a worship pastor constitute years.
Talking about 'letting go' and 'giving up' resulted rip open 'Let Me Lead You', straight song about following Christ arm trusting him along the way."
Another outstanding track on the tome is "For The Letting Go", written with Chris Eaton gift Henk Pool. "We actually wrote this song for Chris' spanking album. I loved it devour the very beginning.
Even while the lyrics come straight evacuate the heart, I thought distinction musical style wasn't worshipful to be on this exalt album. I couldn't have anachronistic more wrong. It turned engorge to be the song which gave the album its name. Maybe not a song stake out the congregation but definitely horn to worship in your detached time.
Think of what Christ has done for you, notwithstanding he let go of. Pop along that help you to renounce everything you need to case go of."
The opening sticker on the project is "Who Will Not Bring Glory (Great And Marvellous)". Said Kees, "This song I wrote with forlorn friend and young Dutch idolize leader Matthijn Buwalda. Our end was to write a consider that would help us utility focus on the greatness humbling endlessness of God.
The Handbook was opened up to Blow 15 on the piano length we were writing this theme agreement.
Biography of young entrepreneurs association ukI hope boot out will help listeners to recognize that whatever is going project in their lives, whatever ethics issues they have to summary go of, God was scold will be on the moderate forever, never changing, always character same, in control."
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