Flap Your Wings (album)
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| Studio album by The Choir | ||||
| Released | July 4, 2000 | |||
| Recorded |
Neverland Studios, Berry Hill, TN, 1999, 2000; Earful, Franklin, TN, 2000; Dark Horse Recording, Frankllin, TN, 2000; The Mission, Ashland City, TN, 2000 |
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| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 39:57 | |||
| Label | Galaxy21 | |||
| Producer |
Derri Daugherty Steve Hindalong Tim Chandler |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Phantom Tollbooth |   |
| HM | (not rated) |
Flap Your Wings is the tenth studio album by Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 2000. It earned the band its first Grammy Award nomination in 2002.
After the band's "To Bid Farewell" tour documented by Let It Fly, the members of The Choir had decided to move onto other things. Lead vocalist Derri Daugherty and drummer and lyricist Steve Hindalong began producing a variety of other Christian artists, along with the highly successful City on a Hill worship music series and related tours. Hindalong released an independent solo record, Skinny. Bassist Tim Chandler returned to his computer education position in California. Saxophonist Dan Michaels created a new record label, Galaxy21 Music, and quickly became a respected music executive. The Choir still got together once a year to play at the annual Cornerstone Festival, but the band had gone on extended hiatus, with no indication of when or if they would ever record again.
During this downtime for the band, Michaels decided to create an officlal website for The Choir, where members could interact with fans directly, as well as sell older, hard-to-find merchandise. What the foursome didn't realize at the time was that the internet was becoming the new paradigm for indie artists like themselves. A band with an established fanbase like The Choir no longer needed to tour relentlessly to keep their listeners eager for new music. Not surprisingly, this eagerness soon became persistent demand.
Even so, it was a one-off concert at a music festival in Albuquerque during the summer of 1999 that finally convinced the members of The Choir that they missed playing with each other and still had something to offer musically. So, on Thanksgiving weekend later that year, Chandler flew out to Nashville and sat down with Daugherty and Hindalong, and the result was five new songs. In May 2000, Chandler returned to Nashville, and the band wrote five more. Without any grand plan other than the enjoyment of playing music together, The Choir suddenly had an album's worth of new material.
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