Bryan Field Mcfarland : All That Matters

Recorded, mixed, and mastered in the Nashville area at Red Alert Studios with Shawn Conley & Todd Sholar at the producer's helm, Bryan brings his altered tuning, sermon-songwriter style to twelve tracks with his own take on 'praise' songs, Celtic, Gospel, contemporary folk, and what Bryan calls'spirit-folk'.Song lyrics & stories-behind-the-songs on 'All That Matters' are available in a pdf on Bryan's website at: http://www.bryanfield.netTwo songs on 'All That Matters' are fund-raisers for a couple of projects:FIRST - A portion of the proceeds from 'Enough For Everyone' will go into the National Presbyterian Hunger Program - http://www.pcusa.org/hunger/SECOND - A portion of the proceeds from 'Lyrical Freedom Riders' will go to the We Shall Overcome Fund - http://www.highlandercenter.org/wsoc-fund.asp'Lyrical Freedom Riders' tells the story of the 1961 Freedom Riders and their brave, pivotal chapter in America's struggle for Civil Rights.'All That Matters' includes the title track, a laid-back folksy tune exclaiming that 'love is all that matters' AND 'Enough For Everyone', a folk-rock wakeup-call declaring that abundance is the truth we have to share with a world frightened that there is NOT enough food, clean water, love, peace, and goodness to go around.Guest artists on 'All That Matters' include: * Todd Sholar (various keyboards & percussion); * Shawn Conley (bass & electric guitars); * Geno Weatherbee (drums & percussion); * Dale Hardiman (drums & percussion); * Troy Engle (mandolin, octave mandolin, fiddles, dobro, banjo); * 'Cookie' Weatherbee (backing vocals); * First Presbyterian Church choir in Gallatin, TN (backing vocals on 'Lyrica (Celtic Prayer)'; * Abby Sholar (backing vocals on 'Call That Christmas'); * Destiny Gleaves (backing vocals on 'Enough For Everyone'); AND * Meagan McFarland (backing vocals on 'Enough For Everyone').Bryan's professional music-related memberships include ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) and serving as Co-coordinator of the Greensboro, NC Regional Workshop of NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International).Bryana€™s calculated vocals draw comparisons to some of his contemporary influences - James Taylor, Bruce Cockburn, and David Wilcox - while his precisely-picked guitar work owes more to an experience he had when he was young: 'My parents took me to a Chet Atkins concert when I was three and I was mesmerized.' Though his songwriting seeds were sewn as a youth, it took a 1983 Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Maryville College in Tennessee, a 1987 Master of Divinity from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kentucky, and a career as a local church pastor and campus minister to send him in the direction hea€™s headed these days.Bryan combines spirituality & emotional storytelling into a sentimental yet lighthearted style. He tours listening rooms, theaters and coffeehouses AND leads workshops and retreats at colleges & universities, churches, conference centers, and private venues.An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church USA, Bryan works part-time as Salem Presbytery's Hunger Action Advocate.Bryan lives in Greensboro, NC with his wife, daughter, and their menagerie of pets.

Full title is: All That Matters