Michael W. Smith Ntawm Nws EP 'Christmas Hauv Tsev' & Yuav Ua Li Cas Los Ua Ib Txoj Haujlwm Tsev Neeg

Xyoo no yog ib lub xyoo uas tibneeg hu tauj coob, Michael W. Smith tsis muaj kev npaj sau Christmas EP. Tab sis tom qab ntawd nws tau hla ib zaj nkauj hu ua "Txias lub Ncej."

Smith hais tias, "Muaj ib tus kws sau ntawv zoo hauv nroog hu ua Tony Wood, thiab kuv tau sau lwm zaj nkauj nrog nws ntev dhau los," Smith hais. “Nws xa zaj nkauj no rau kuv thiab kuv nyiam zaj nkauj no heev. Nws ua rau kuv nco txog kuv tsev neeg thiab siv sijhawm ua ke thaum hnub so. "

GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter/composer zaum ntawm piano thiab sau ib co suab paj nruag mus nrog nws.

"Lub suab nkauj no tau poob saum ntuj, kuv ntes tau, thiab xav tias oh my gosh, Kuv nyiam zaj nkauj no. Kuv xav tias tej zaum kuv xav ua ib leeg nrog nws, qhov ntawd yog txhua yam kuv yuav ua. "

Lwm tus ntawm nws pab neeg tau hais tias nws mus ua ntej thiab ua EP, tab sis Smith tau mus ntau heev, nws tsis xav tias nws muaj sijhawm.

"Tab sis tom qab ntawd, peb hnub tom ntej no kuv tau sau peb zaj nkauj," nws hais. “Yog li ntawd, nws zoo li taws hluav taws hauv qab kuv. Kuv nyiam suab paj nruag Christmas, tab sis kuv tsis paub tias kuv puas tuaj yeem rub nws tawm vim tias peb yuav tsum ua sai sai. Peb feem ntau sau Christmas cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau lub caij ntuj sov thiab ntawm no kuv tab tom scrambling nyob rau hauv lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj thiab Lub kaum hli ntuj kom nws ua tiav. "

Nws muaj ib zaj nkauj uas nws tau sau tsib xyoos dhau los uas ib txwm muaj kev xav txog Christmas rau nws, yog li nws rub nws thiab nug nws tus ntxhais, Anna Bovi, sau qee cov lus rau nws.

"Nws sau suab paj nruag thiab nws txawj ntse, kuv xav tias, kuv tsuas yog yuav cia nws tua nws. Nws muaj thawj daim ntawv rov qab rau kuv 24 teev tom qab thiab nws zoo heev. Peb tig nws, ua kom tiav, thiab tom qab ntawd kuv xav tias - qhov no yog lub sijhawm rau cov menyuam yaus. Yog li ntawd, kuv thiaj nug lawv txhua tus yog tias lawv xav hu nkauj thiab lawv tig tawm zoo li lawv tau tuag thiab mus saum ntuj."

Zaj nkauj, "Christmas is Here" nta 9 ntawm nws 17 tus xeeb ntxwv. Nws hais tias nws tau txais lawv tag nrho hauv studio thiab lawv zoo heev.

“Nws yog qhov nyuaj. Koj tsis tuaj yeem tso lub mloog pob ntseg rau txhua tus, koj yuav tsum tau txais cov tswv yim zoo ntawm yuav ua li cas rub nws tawm, tab sis lawv tau ua haujlwm zoo! "

Cov me nyuam yaus tsis yog lwm tus tswv cuab tshwj xeeb hauv EP. Nws tus ntxhais, Anna, hu nkauj kev sib haum xeeb ntawm "Lub Nceeg Vaj," thaum tus ntxhais, Whitney, hu nkauj ntawm "Lub Hnub Qub" uas yog ib qho cuab yeej trilogy. Thiab Smith tus tub, Tyler, qiv nws lub peev xwm los ua haujlwm rau ob qho tib si "Christmas is Here," thiab "Lub Hnub Qub."

"Kuv tsuas yog nyiam rub hauv tsev neeg thiab hais tias cia ua qhov no. Kuv xav tias peb txhua tus tuaj yeem ua rau nws tshwm sim. "

EP muaj tag nrho rau rau zaj nkauj, sib sau ua ke nrog ib zaj nkauj hu ua "Vajtswv nrog Vajtswv." Nws yog lwm zaj nkauj uas nws thiab Wood tau sau ua ke, tom qab ntawd muab nws ua ib lub suab paj nruag Christmas nrog cov suab ntxiv ntawm 200 tus tswv cuab Brentwood Baptist Choir, orchestrated thiab npaj los ntawm David Hamilton.

Smith tau ua cov nkauj ntawd thiab ntau lwm tus ntawm nws qhov kev ncig xyuas Christmas tam sim no. Tus phooj ywg ze Amy Grant tau koom nrog nws thawj ib nrab ntawm kev ncig ua ntej sib cais los ua nws cov yeeb yam txhua xyoo ntawm Nashville's Ryman Auditorium nrog tus txiv Vince Gill. Smith txuas ntxiv nws ncig nrog tus neeg hu nkauj / tus sau nkauj Michael Tait ntawm Newsboys. Lawv tau ua yeeb yam hauv Omaha, Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, thiab Des Moines, ua ntej qhwv khoom.

Smith hais tias nws nyiam Christmas ua yeeb yam vim nws nyiam suab paj nruag.

"Kuv yog tus kiv cua ntawm nws thiab loj hlob ntawm Barbra Streisand, Perry Como, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, thiab tag nrho cov qub tsev kawm ntawv Christmas suab paj nruag uas tseem zoo heev rau kuv. Yog li, thaum kuv sau zaj nkauj Christmas, kuv sim sau qee yam uas xav tias nws tseem tuaj yeem ua si tej zaum 50 xyoo txij li tam sim no. "

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/pamwindsor/2022/12/16/michael-w-smith-on-his-ep-christmas-at-home-how-it-became-a-family- qhov project/