by Matthew Paden | Aug 4, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Of the 43 years I have lived, this has been the hardest year of my life thus far. In January, the home remodeling store that Emily and I owned went out of business. Longer story than I have time to tell here, but it happened. To say it was hard isn’t really right. It...
by Matthew Paden | Aug 3, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Wagoner, OK. Day 14. I’m going to keep it short and sweet tonight, folks. We are on the penultimate day of tour, and today was quite a way to spend our last performance on the road. I have been to a lot of churches with New G on tour, but I can honestly say that I...
by Matthew Paden | Aug 1, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Today was a very special day for our singers. They were introduced to what has affectionately or unaffectionately become known as “Joseph’s Morning Song”. It’s my special obnoxious alarm clock I grace the singers with no more than once per tour. With the veteran...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 31, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Friends, I am in Albuquerque in an un-airconditioned fellowship hall with 20 teenagers. It is a time-honored tradition to suck it up sometimes and just have some man cave time on tour (or girl cave time…all this time being married to Emily and what they do over there...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 31, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Hey Guys! Joseph again. Sorry the last couple of days have been so short and sweet, I’ve been tired! And the singers have been also. It has been a while since we went this direction (2015 to be exact), and I had forgotten how long the bus rides are. It’s tiring just...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 30, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
The singers have gone feral. We’ve lost all control and several of them are starting a commune in the Arizona desert. No, just kidding. The sponsors are much more likely to go feral than the kids Today was the most normal day of tour so far… at least from how a...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 29, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Hey everybody, Joseph again! I hope you are all enjoying hanging out with me a little every night. I am certainly enjoying it! Today, Matt and I started the day trying to remind everyone to put on their – Matt’s words – “fake it face”. You should have seen the...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 28, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
Disney. Need I say more? Sam Porter rode 25 rides, and he is the reigning champion. I didn’t hear of any kids riding that many. What really struck me was how serious the singers got before the excursion. Some were planning for days. There were entire committees and...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 27, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
All I wanna do, is have some fun, until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard… It a Sheryl Crow kinda tour I guess. Today we arrived at the long-awaited Los Angeles, CA. Guys, today was a tiring day and my brain is begging for reprieve. I want to write...
by Matthew Paden | Jul 26, 2024 | 2024, 2024 Tour, Featured, For Hosts, For Parents, For Singers, Public
It’s a rare treat to get to stay in a hotel more than one night, but Bakersfield, CA gets two nights. I have tried to warn everyone when I do room check to do their best to avoid suitcase vomiting all over their room to ensure that their funk doesn’t fester. But,...
