Seriously…this looks like it’s gonna be a great day of awesome music, evangelism, and intercessory prayer. I’ve met with the folks who are creating the event, and by all accounts it looks like a God-directed event. I’m not going to miss a minute of it, so you should come and say hello.

There will be contests and giveaways and more info to follow…but for now, here’s a list of some of the artists who’ll be there:

Jeremy Camp
Skillet
KJ-52
Seventh Day Slumber
Group 1 Crew
Rush of Fools
Jeremy Riddle

…and more. I’ll post again about some of the others, plus what’s going to happen on the big day.

Visit the Heaven Fest website. Add Heaven Fest as your MySpace friend or your ShoutLife friend (or both) and spread the word. Even if you can’t come to the event, you can help others - who can come - find out about it.

Get today’s free mp3 at GodWords. It’s where CCM Links is going. Please update your feed readers, bookmarks, and memory banks…and tell a friend they can get free music there!

What are you waiting for? Get over there!

I’m making a big change. Some of you have noticed that I haven’t updated CCM Links in quite some time, and you’ve wondered why. Well, it’s pretty simple. Sort of. Kinda.

CCM Links used to be a single page of links on my primary personal website, GodWords. It got big enough that I felt it deserved its own domain, and its own identity. CCM Links was born, and quickly became one of the largest websites of its kind.

One problem: how could I bring the thousands of CCM Links readers and the thousands of GodWords readers together? Answer: I really couldn’t.

Well, times change. I’ve decide to reunite GodWords and CCM Links, along with another website I’d created called The Bible Rocks. I’d create some sort of larger resource site for everyone, combine the traffic from both sites, and make my own life easier. You see, it’s really hard to regularly update the seven or eight websites I own…so I’m going to lighten my load and simply have fewer sites to update. That eliminates a lot of guilt, and gives you all something extra: more content, more often.

Please take the time to visit GodWords. In a short time, CCM Links will cease to exist as a separate website, and you’ll find the Artist Links and Free MP3’s you’ve come to expect, and a little more. The promised Album Reviews have begun, starting with my friend Jeremy Cotter’s Undertow. Thanks for your patience, Jeremy.

Please keep your subscription to the CCM Links RSS Feed for now, and I’ll let you know when the site is going to come down. In the meantime, check out the bloggy goodness at GodWords!

Say Yeah
In Jesus’ Name
Made Perfect
The Show is Over

These are on their PureVolume page. I think they’re on their way to making a big splash.

Incidentally, if you’re anywhere near Denver, Colorado, they’ll be doing a concert at Columbine Hills Church on September 16, 2007. The opening band is Quote the Raven. They have two songs available on their MySpace page…so go check them out too!

Seventh Star is offering two hardcore/metal/thrash songs that you can download for free:

Brood of Vipers
Resistance to Resistance

Go get ‘em!

xDEATHSTARx is offering 5 free songs in mp3 format for download on their PureVolume page:

We Are the Threat
Where’s Your Faith Now?
Aftermath
Suffocate Faster
City of Lost Children

Go get ‘em!

Worship You Alone
More Than You Know
Closer
Follow Your Lead
Just Believe
Love the Ones I Love
Letting Go
Jesus
Your Face
You’re My God

Indie artists work hard, sometimes without a lot of encouragement. I hope you take the time to listen to some of his music, and drop him a note to say hello.

Go get ‘em!

Well, sort of. He’s offering you some music without demanding compensation. If you’d like to drop him a few bucks in exchange, he’d love to continue feeding his family. The download contains 6 (count ‘em: six) free songs:

Wanted
The Ball Game
You Leave Me No Shadow
Anna and the Aliens
The Blessing Curse
Swing Wide the Glimmering Gates

…and a PDF-version of extended liner notes, which I think is a VERY cool idea. It contains an explanation of the album’s genesis, lyrics, pictures of Andrew, his daughter, his guitars, and a whole bunch of fan-submitted pictures.

I can’t stress strongly enough that you should go and check out Andrew’s music. His good work over a number of years has earned him a following, and he deserves it. Listen to his music, drop him a few bucks, and remember to thank him for giving us all something to sing.

While you’re on his website downloading his music, don’t forget to check out his blog, too.

Go get ‘em!

The song is East to West, and you can hear it here.

I like it. I am, by the way, a Casting Crowns junkie. =)