John Mark McMillan | 1 decade ago

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John Mark McMillan’s “The Borderland Sessions" is an intimate collection of recordings of the entire Borderland album with special guest vocalists Ray Dalton (featured on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ "Can't Hold Us"), Bear Rinehart (of NEEDTOBREATHE), Kim Walker-Smith (of Jesus Culture), Sarah McMillan, and Brady Toops. The Sessions also includes full commentary from McMillan, sharing his thoughts and stories behind the songs.  

“'The Borderland Sessions' is not a ‘B-sides’ project,” shares John Mark McMillan. “From the beginning we knew most of these songs could go in totally different directions. To satisfy our need to explore all of the options, we planned to release a record with alternate versions. The idea was to expose people to more of the basic songwriting and lyrical elements of 'Borderland' while also showing off the production ideas that we just couldn't fit on the original release. We recorded so many beautiful parts, like clarinet, cello, and vibes that we couldn't use on the first round, so 'The Borderland Sessions' gave us an opportunity to share those special elements. It was a dream to collaborate with Ray Dalton, Bear Rinehart, Kim Walker-Smith, Brady Toops and my all-time favorite singer Sarah McMillan. What a thrilling opportunity to work with some of my favorite voices.”  

THE BORDERLAND SESSIONS
by John Mark McMillan

Written by John Mark McMillan
Executive Producer: John Mark McMillan
Produced & Mixed by Elijah Mosely at Threshing Floor Audio
Mastered by Drew Lavyne
(http://www.alldigitalmastering.com)

Album Artwork by Eric Hurtgen
(http://erichurtgen.com/client.php)


Special thanks to Kim Walker-Smith for lending her phenomenal voice to this project!



FUTURE / PAST
You hold the reigns on the sun and the moon
Like horses driven by kings
You cover the mountains, the valleys below
With the breadth of your mighty wings

All treasures of wisdom
And things to be known
Are hidden inside your hand
And in this fortunate turn of events
You ask me to be your friend

And you,
You are my first
You are my last
You are my future and my past

The constellations are swimming inside
The breadth of your desire
So where could I run, where could I hide
From your heart’s jealous fire

All treasures of wisdom
And things to be known
Are hidden inside your hand
And in this fortunate turn of events
You ask me to be your friend

And you,
You are my first
You are my last
You are my future and my past
You are the beginning and the end