1 - Worship from Okeana
Album cover photos by Natalie & Kirk Hopkins - edited by Kirk
Okeana is pronounced, O-key-anna; which of course is the place where the songs were recorded. This collection of songs is a sample of songs from a typical Sunday. It's pretty cool to be able to worship with children while leading with current 'radio-play' songs as well as a variety of other genres. We hope you enjoy this album and if you're in the Harrison Ohio area, come join us if you're a kid or you're a kid at heart.
Members on the "Worship from Okeana" album are:
Bob Conly - Bass
Aaron Edwards - Percussion
Kirk Hopkins - Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Pamela Hopkins - Vocals
Kyle Quinlivan - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Brianna Quinn - Vocals
01 The New Song We Sing
Original Artist: Meredith Andrews
Vocals, Lead - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Kyle Quinlivan
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Kirk Hopkins
Drums - Aaron Edwards
02 Amazing Grace
Original Artist: The Blind Boys of Alabama
Vocals - Kyle Quinlivan
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Acoustic Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Kirk Hopkins
Drums - Aaron Edwards
03 What a Miracle
Original Artist: David Crowder Band
Vocals, Lead - Kyle Quinlivan
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Bob Conly
Drums - Aaron Edwards
04 Trinity
Original Artist: Jennifer Knapp
Vocals, Lead - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Acoustic Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
05 Endlessly
Original Artist: Desperation Band
Vocals, Lead - Kirk Hopkins
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Bob Conly
Drums - Aaron Edwards
06 I Give You My Heart
Original Artist: Reuben Morgan
Vocals, Lead - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Kyle Quinlivan
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Bob Conly
Drums - Aaron Edwards
07 Just Wanna Say
Original Artist: The Faith Crew
Vocals, Lead - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Kirk Hopkins
Drums - Aaron Edwards
08 Shout it Out
Original Artist: Jim Fowler
Vocals, Lead - Kirk Hopkins
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Kirk Hopkins
Drums - Kirk Hopkins
09 Your Great Name
Original Artist: Natalie Grant
Vocals, Lead - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Bob Conly
Drums - Aaron Edwards
10 Jesus Loves Me Rock
Original Artist: Group Publishing
Vocals, Lead - Kirk Hopkins
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Kirk Hopkins
Drums - Kirk Hopkins
11 Counting on God
Original Artist: New Life Worship
Vocals, Lead - Kyle Quinlivan
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Kirk Hopkins
Drums - Aaron Edwards
12 Everything to God
Original Artist: Desperation Band
Vocals, Lead - Kirk Hopkins
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Bob Conly
Drums - Aaron Edwards
13 You Are
Original Artist: Jason Castro
Vocals, Lead - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Acoustic Guitar - Kyle Quinlivan
Electric Guitar - Kirk Hopkins
Bass - Kirk Hopkins
Drums - Aaron Edwards
14 I Love Thee
Original Artist: GZUSLIVZ
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Vocals - Pamela Hopkins
Vocals - Kyle Quinlivan
Vocals - Brianna Quinn
Hand Drums - Kirk Hopkins
Hand Drums - Aaron Edwards
Song dedication:
This song is dedicated to Mr. Jones. When I (Kirk) was a kid growing up, our church would have "hymn sings" where the congregation would pick their favorite hymns and we would sing it (kudos to the pianist and organist, playing a song on the spot is no small order). Before the pastor would get the words "hymn sing" out of his mouth, Mr. Jones would have his hand up, always with the same request, "I Love Thee". Ug, again? I could hardly stand it. I grew up, and Mr. Jones passed away. Then one day I actually read the words to the song, you know, not just reading to sing it, but looking at the meaning. Check out the first verse:
I love Thee, my God.
I love Thee, I love Thee,
and that Thou dost know;
But how much I love Thee
my actions will show.
Wow, that was Mr. Jones! I know he wanted it to be everyone. No wonder he loved the song. I can't even think of the song now without remembering the saint who went on before me, Mr. Jones. As I mentioned before, we did this song with piano and/or organ growing up; hopefully gzuslivz did the song justice in the style of an African spiritual. I look forward to singing this song with you again someday Mr. Jones.
15 Miracles
Original Artist: GZUSLIVZ
Vocals - Kirk Hopkins
Recorded on location in the Hopkins Studio in Okeana, Ohio using the following equipment:
MacBook Pro with GarageBand
MBox2 mini (dual channel audio interface)
Shure SM58 vocal microphone
Nady vocal microphone
Kirk's - Martin DXME acoustic guitar
Kirk's - Epiphone Les Paul electric guitar
Kirk's - PodXT Live (effects board)
Kirk's - Washburn bass
Bob's - Ibanez Bass
Kyle's - Alvarez acoustic guitar
Ludwig vintage drumset
Zildjian cymbals
Wuhan cymbals
Sound percussion hardware
Drum recording equipment provided by Don Freese:
Peavey Unity Series 2002 16 channel mixer
4 Sennheiser e604 mic's
3 Shure SM57's
2 overhead mic's
1 bass drum mic