{"id":14665,"date":"2014-05-28T13:48:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T13:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=14665"},"modified":"2014-05-29T14:10:38","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T14:10:38","slug":"crowders-debut-solo-album-debuts-in-itunes-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2014\/05\/crowders-debut-solo-album-debuts-in-itunes-top-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowder&#8217;s debut solo album debuts in iTunes top 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14667\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crowder-neon-may14.jpg\" alt=\"crowder-neon-may14\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crowder-neon-may14.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crowder-neon-may14-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/crowder-neon-may14-1024x426.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The David Crowder*Band, made up of six Baylor alumni, recorded\u00a0six studio\u00a0albums (selling almost\u00a0two million copies) before disbanding in 2012. Their last album, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2012\/01\/final-album-from-david-crowder-band-hits-no-1-on-itunes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Give Us Rest<\/a><\/em>, hit No. 1 on both the iTunes and the U.S. <em>Billboard<\/em> Christian albums charts.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, four of the band&#8217;s members &#8212; Baylor alums Jeremy Bush,\u00a0Mike Dodson (BA \u201999), Jack Parker (BBA \u201996) and\u00a0Mark Waldrop &#8212; have stuck around Waco and formed their own group, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedigitalagemusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Digital Age<\/a>. Their\u00a0first album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2013\/08\/david-crowder-band-alums-debut-first-full-length-album\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Evening:Morning<\/em><\/a>, debuted last August to strong reviews; the group is currently back in the studio recording a follow-up release; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Pi9If3vt83c\" target=\"_blank\">click here to listen<\/a> to the first rough cut from their rehearsals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[FLASHBACK: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/alumni\/magazine\/0604\/news.php?action=story&amp;story=51164\" target=\"_blank\">Read this Summer 2008 profile of David Crowder from <em>Baylor Magazine<\/em><\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Crowder, meanwhile, moved to Georgia\u00a0to begin a solo career. His first such effort, <em>Neon Steeple<\/em>, dropped yesterday; it has already reached No. 7 among all albums on iTunes, and currently holds both the No. 1 and 2 spots on iTunes for Christian music, thanks to a deluxe edition that offers three extra songs. The album will sound familiar to fans of the David Crowder*Band, mixing old-time gospel-style hymns\u00a0with a new sound, creating a combination of porch music and electronic music\u00a0he describes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/crowder-music\/crowder-neon-steeple-part-1\/10152153243163517\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;folktronica.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mw4ES27w3oU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For such a progressive and trendy sound, the album&#8217;s overall message is very old school church,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breathecast.com\/articles\/crowder-neon-steeples-album-review-15441\/\" target=\"_blank\">writes Breathecast<\/a>\u00a0of <em>Neon Steeple<\/em>. &#8220;It is about this return to church and to Jesus and His redeeming love and grace. It&#8217;s a modern take on those classic outdoor church revival services that happened under big white tents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fans can check out <em>Neon Steeple<\/em> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/neon-steeple-deluxe-edition\/id866243225\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neon-Steeple-Crowder\/dp\/B00H9GJMVG\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, and at <a href=\"http:\/\/crowdermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">crowdermusic.com<\/a>, among many choices.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Crowder!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>You might also like:<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2013\/08\/david-crowder-band-alums-debut-first-full-length-album\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Crowder*Band alums debut first full-length album post-DC*B<\/a> (August 2013)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2012\/01\/final-album-from-david-crowder-band-hits-no-1-on-itunes\/\">Final album from David Crowder Band hits No. 1 on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0(January 2012)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2011\/11\/word-records-comes-home-to-baylorwaco-roots-to-celebrate-60th-anniversary\/\">Word Records comes home to Baylor\/Waco roots to celebrate 60th anniversary<\/a>\u00a0(Nov. 2011)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>*\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/2010\/09\/new-david-crowder-song-rallies-baylor-fans-to-rise-up\/\">New David Crowder song rallies Baylor fans to \u2018Rise Up\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Sept. 2010)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The David Crowder*Band, made up of six Baylor alumni, recorded\u00a0six studio\u00a0albums (selling almost\u00a0two million copies) before disbanding in 2012. Their last album, Give Us Rest, hit No. 1 on both the iTunes and the U.S. Billboard Christian albums charts. Since then, four of the band&#8217;s members &#8212; Baylor alums Jeremy Bush,\u00a0Mike Dodson (BA \u201999), Jack [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-honors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}