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Glarity Blog » 2008 » July

July 8th, 2008

The Reason for the Curtain

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Well, here we are again. After a huge amount of energy and adrenaline working toward our Invitation Soft Launch this last week, we now find ourselves passing by another deadline.

On one hand, we greatly apologize for the inconvenience of this delay and the patience that you will need in order to wait a little longer to see this website.

However, as always, we have clearly seen the Lord’s will and direction in the most recent delays we have experienced.

We are closer than ever before to launching this project, and we want to make sure that no one misses the announcement when we get to present the store to the world. If you were trying to reach the Glarity Media Store, and arrived at this message instead, please be sure you are signed up for our email updates in the field to the left.

Also, if you received one of our brochures at the Cornerstone Music Festival last week, we want to make sure you have first access to the store. Send us an email at news@glarity.com, and we will let you know as soon as the web-store is running.

Please be in frequent prayer for Glarity, and for our team. We have team members who are getting barely any sleep in order to launch this website as soon as possible. They need the sustaining strength that only the Lord can provide.

Evie Schmitt
Executive Board Assistant

July 7th, 2008

Cornerstone: Looking Back

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John’s hand flowed effortlessly over his guitar through a majestic chord of his new song “Limited Time.” Echoing off the tent walls, Reilly’s music took hold of the stage, and as the band played on, the crowds began to trickle in to the tent, lured by the sounds of beauty.

The Reilly band begins leading in worship

The past week was met with many such experiences as I discovered new bands and fresh music.  Even in the midst of all the good, however, the need for Glarity became even more apparent to me.

Sure, Cornerstone had a lot of good bands, but it was also peppered with the incessant drone of meaningless, aimless metal which seemed to serve no purpose other than to take away from the beautiful music.  I don’t mind metal, but if it has no purpose – no harmony, no melody – if it does nothing but purposelessly clutter the music with chaos and bitter interruption, then let me be the first to reject it.

Many of the bands whose music exemplified Glarity music standards, however, eagerly accepted the invitation to sell their work in the store.  It was a thrill to see them celebrating the idea, and I know they will become even more excited as they begin to make great tremendous profits and receive great publicity.

One band wears their Glarity sticker proudly in-concert
One band wore their Glarity stickers in-concert

In retrospect, the entire event was an excellent debut for Glarity into the public arena.  Based on the way it was received at Cornerstone by bands and listeners alike, you can count on hearing more about us from your friends. Already we have established a solid reputation for being the clean, safe environment where you can find uplifting music.

The Glarity banner makes its first appearance at Cornerstone
Glarity’s banner at the entrance to our tent

We’ll see you next year!

W.R. Alex Poythress
Co-founder