Chris Tomlin
Background information
Birth name	Christopher Dwayne Tomlin
Born	May 4, 1972
Genre(s)	Praise & Worship
Years active	1998 - present
Label(s)	Sixsteps Records
Website	http://www.christomlin.com/

Chris Tomlin is a Christian worship leader and songwriter from Grand Saline, Texas, United States. He is a staff member at Austin Stone Community Church and is signed to EMI Group plc's sixstepsrecords. Tomlin also leads worship at many Passion events. Some of his most well known songs are "How Great Is Our God", "Famous One", "Holy Is The Lord", "Forever", "Great is Your Faithfulness" and "We Fall Down", as well as his newest song, "Made To Worship". Image File history File links Chris_Tomlin_performing_live. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Worship music is a style of Christian music that is commonly used to denote songs that are used to worship God and set in a choral music style, usually with repeating, short, easily sung chorus parts. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Christianity. ... In some Christian churches, a worship leader (sometimes lead worshiper) is a musician or singer who leads the congregation in musical worship, typically in the style of contemporary praise choruses. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Grand Saline is a city located in Van Zandt County, Texas. ... Texas is the gayest motherfucking state out there they can suck my big black balls. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries. ... Chris Tomlin Chris Tomlin is a worship leader and songwriter from Austin, Texas. ...

Tomlin's band, in which he performs vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, consists of Daniel Carson (electric guitar, backup vocals), Jesse Reeves (bass guitar, harmonica, backup vocals, co-songwriter), and Travis Nunn (drums, loops). The latter replaced Ryan Sandlin, as drummer sometime in 2004. Tomlin and the band developed while working with the Harvest Ministry at The Woodlands (Texas) United Methodist Church in the late 1990's. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A steel string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Left: Rosa Hurricane, a heavy metal-style solid body guitar. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... Wikibooks has a book on the topic of Harmonica A harmonica is a free reed musical wind instrument (also known, among other things, as a mouth organ or mouth harp, Hobo Harp, French harp, tin sandwich, lickin stick, blues harp, simply harp, or Mississippi saxophone), having multiple, variably-tuned brass... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is also one of the main worship leaders in the Passion movement, and many of his songs feature on those albums as well.

Biography

Tomlin was born and raised in Grand Saline, Texas. His father taught him to play the guitar and growing up he played mostly country music. At 14, he wrote his first worship song. He entered college planning to study medicine, but according to him God had a different plan for his life. After college, he played and wrote songs and in 1997, Louie Giglio asked Tomlin if he would be interested in Passion. He agreed, and he has played a key role ever since. He released his first solo project, The Noise We Make, in 2001. country music, see Country music (disambiguation) Country music, also known as country and western music or country-western, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... Louie Giglio is a Christian pastor and founder of Passion, a ministry to college students. ...

Discography

• Authentic (1998)
• Inside Your Love
• Too Much Free Time (with Ross King) (1998)
• The Noise We Make (2001)
• 545 (Promo) (2002)
• Not to Us (2002)
• Arriving (2004)
• Live From Austin Music Hall (2005)
• See The Morning (2006)
• The Early Years (2006)

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Passion event albums

• Live Worship From The 268 Generation (1998)
• Better Is One Day (1999)
• The Road to OneDay (2000)
• OneDay Live (2000)
• Our Love is Loud (2002)
• Sacred Revolution: Songs From OneDay 03 (2003)
• Hymns: Ancient and Modern (2004)
• How Great Is Our God (2005)
• Everything Glorious (2006)

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Compilation Contributions

• Unexpected Gifts (12 New Sounds of Christmas), 2006 .... "Angels We Have Heard On High" (from WOW Christmas Green) [Sparrow]
• WOW Worship (Aqua), 2006 .... "How Great Is Our God" [Provident]
• WOW Christmas Green, 2005 .... "Angels We Have Heard On High" [Word]
• Music Inspired By The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2005 .... "You're The One" [Disney/EMI CMG]
• Worship Together Platinum, 2005 .... "Forever," "The Wonderful Cross" [Sparrow]
• 25 Worship Favorites: Here I Am To Worship - Volume 2, 2005 .... "Take My Life" [Sparrow]
• WOW Worship (Red), 2004 .... "Famous One" [Word]
• Jesus: A Collection of Modern Worship, 2004 .... "Wonderful Cross" [Creative Trust Workshop]
• Maranatha! Friends, 2004 .... "You Are My Treasure" [Maranatha!]
• That's Why We Praise Him - Songs of Celebration, 2004 .... "You Are My Treasure" [Maranatha!]
• In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa, 2004 .... "Where The Streets Have No Name" [Sparrow]
• WOW Worship (Yellow), 2003 .... "Forever," "The Wonderful Cross (w/ Matt Redman)" [Word]
• The Heart Of Worship, 2003 .... "The Wonderful Cross" (w/ Matt Redman), "Kindness" [Worship Together]
• It Takes Two: 15 Collaborations & Duets, 2003 .... "Expressions Of Your Love" (duet w/ Rebecca St. James) [Sparrow]
• You're Worthy Of My Praise, 2003 .... "You Are My Treasure" [Maranatha!]
• The Best of Modern Worship I Could Sing of Your Love Forever, 2003 .... "Forever," "We Fall Down," "America" [Sparrow]
• The Best of Modern Worship: Be Glorified, 2003 .... "Give Us Clean Hands," "Lord, I'm Gonna Love You"
• Worship Digest Volume 2: I Love The Lord, 2002 .... "Kindness" (w/ Louie Giglio / Jesse Reeves), "Be Glorified" (w/ Louie Giglio), "Enough" (w/ Louie Giglio) [Worship Digest]
• Your Love Broke Through, 2002 .... "Lord, I'm Gonna Love You" [Sparrow]
• Left Behind Worship, 2002 .... "We Fall Down" [Forefront]
• Secrets Of The Vine: Music... A Worship Experience, 2002 .... "Satisfied" [Forefront]
• 12 Modern Worship Songs Celebrating the Cross: The Wonderful Cross, 2002 .... "The Wonderful Cross" (w/ Matt Redman)
• Spring Harvest - New Songs 2002, 2002 .... "Forever" (Foreign Import)
• I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever 2, 2001 .... "Forever" [Sparrow]
• Your Name's Renown - Soul Survivor Live 2001, 2001 .... "The Noise we Make," "When I Survey (Wonderful Cross)" (Foreign Import)
• Pour Over Me - Worship Together Live 2001, 2001 .... "Salvation," "Give Us Clean Hands"
• 25 of Today's Best Wedding & Love Songs: I Will Be Here, 2001 .... "Lord, I'm Gonna Love You" [Sparrow]
• Eterne: Never Be the Same, 2000 .... "Whisper My Name" [Forefront]
• Revival Generation: Lovely Noise, 1999 .... "Make A Joyful Noise," "I Lift My Eyes"

Songs

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GMA Dove Awards

• 2005 PRAISE AND WORSHIP ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Arriving
• 2006 SONG OF THE YEAR: "How Great is Our God"
• 2006 MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
• 2006 ARTIST OF THE YEAR
• 2006 SPECIAL EVENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Music Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe; Jeremy Camp, Steven Curtis Chapman, David Crowder Band, Delirious?, Bethany Dillon, Jars of Clay, Kutless, Nichole Nordeman, Rebecca St. James, tobyMac, Chris Tomlin; Ed Cash, Steven Curtis Chapman, David Crowder, Andy Dodd, Sam Gibson, Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Steve Mason, Matt Odmark, Jay Joyce, Shaun Shenkel, Aaron Sprinkle, Toby McKeehan, Adam Watts, Christopher Stevens, Mitch Dane; Sparrow Records
• 2006 WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR: “How Great is Our God”

Bibliography

• The Way I Was Made: Words and Music for an Unusual Life (2005)

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External links

• Official site
• Chris Tomlin's MySpace
• ThoughtQuotient.com - link to tabs from Arriving
• Chris Tomlin profile at Christianmusic.com
• Chris Tomlin's blog
• Official Chris Tomlin fanpage - has chords, lyrics, interviews, downloads, discography, store, message board community and more!
• Chris Tomlin guitar tabs
• Chris Tomlin Lyrics
• Austin Stone Community Church
• Article in Time Magazine
• Frequency-The Service of Worship- Chord progressions, Videos, and more! (Members only)Registration free!]