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June 28, 2004 - Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels April 21, 2004 Zimmy Sez Coleman trio has a great new sound Steve Zimmerman Since the release of their first CD, "New Map of the New World," the Paul Coleman Trio - Coleman, Grant Norsworthy and Phil Gaudion - has been crisscrossing the world spreading a serious message wrapped inside a neat package of Christian power pop and rock music. The masses have accepted pc3 with open arms, taking singles, "Turn" and "Run" to No. 1 and packing arenas for their tour with Third Day and FFH. The trio's latest CD, "One," is filled with the message of reconciliation among friends, among family, among individuals and among the church. This is an album that has not just one memorable song, but 12 tasty musical treats. It is a musical masterpiece that not just Christian music but the music industry in general has been awaiting for many years. Coleman talked about the long, winding journey that was the making of "One." "Making this album was a very painstaking process," he explained from his home in Nashville. "We started in Australia in January of 2003 and then before we flew over to begin recording the CD, our producer Brent Milligan, got a job as an A & R representative with a record company. "He had to mix the CD while he was starting his new job and what happened was that when the initial pre-release was sent out several of the songs weren't finished. Even the song 'Big Blue Planet' was rerecorded in early August as I finished the song the night before we recorded it." Rediscovering another Australian band helped Coleman in the recording process for "One." "I got really back into Midnight Oil (Beds Are Burning) about two years ago," he said. "One of the things I love about Midnight Oil is that the rhythm section just sort of slams away while everything guitar-wise is a riff, an established riff. Another thing is that underneath the rhythm section, almost unable to be heard, is a piano playing a lot of the basic chords. "So what you actually hear is bass drums, one guitar part and the vocal. But underneath it is a kind of a wall of sound. After listening to them over the past year, we came up with the idea that we wanted the CD to sound huge but spacious." Sequencing on a CD can make the difference between having a successful record or a failure. Coleman candidly admitted he knows nothing about sequencing and turned the task of placing the songs on the CD in the proper order to the head of A & R for his record company, Robert Beeson. "I let him do it because we recorded 15 songs and I just gave him his head and said, 'you do this all the time,'" Coleman explained "'I am going to let you make the executive decision because I think I am one of those musicians that has no idea. I can put together a set live but it is different on record.'" Reconciliation is the theme that underscores "One." Coleman explained why that happened. "The idea that someone who tries to take the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth seriously, one of major things he goes on about is the idea of reconciliation, about being connected with God and connected with others. "And really, a lot of religious people try to control that experience. They try to add so much peripheral stuff and forget the beauty of the spirit of God in existing relationships is really the most attractive thing on the planet." Coleman explained that the Bible teaches that you can't be fully reconciled with God while you are irreconciled with others and neither can you be fully reconciled with others without being reconciled with God. "Rather than trying to create a kind of sermon and point the finger at anybody, this album is more of a musical exposition on this idea of what it is to be a minister of reconciliation," he said. "Like any album, an album can become a soundtrack for a period of your life. I am hoping that these songs and album become something that is an inspiration for people in being reconciled to others, not in a preachy way but in an encouraging way." Steve Zimmerman is a staff writer for the Daily Tidings. Contact him at [email protected] or 482-3456, ext. 3019. DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams