Hello Choir buddies! This is Dan with thechoir.net just checking in. As always if you need to unsubscribe from the e-newsletter simply reply back to this email and say so. There is a new feature starting today February 1st on thechoir.net. It's a daily devotional from "Pastor Russ" - my older brother from Ohio. Go to the site and click on the "prayer chapel" button on the top of the page. Russ is a good egg and has been generous enough to contribute his time and provide some regular encouragement to the Choir audience. Well, Steve and Derri have been absolutely swamped as they have been working on a worship record for Essential Records over the past month. Sorry for the lack of journal entries, but ol' Skinny has been very focused on this new record. It's a real important project for him and he's been working night and day with the likes of Sixpence, Jars of Clay, Third Day, FFH and Caedemon's Call so far. I'll try and get down there to the studio soon and take some pictures and get some updates on how it's going. I'm also adding a new feature to the site called "Choir Cafe" that will showcase a new choir/derri/steve song every few weeks for MP3 download and RealAudio preview. The Choir Cafe will include the song lyrics and comments from the guys on the writing and recording of the tune. The first song is a Derri Daugherty solo song called "Flowing Over Me". This section will be up and running as soon as I track down the little red devil for an interview. He can run...but he can't hide! Thanks so much for being part of our online family. We sure appreciate all the kind emails and encouragement that's been coming in. We try to get back to all of you, but if we've missed anyone, please know that we are grateful for your support and thank you for listening. Cheers! dan michaels