Joel Houston

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Joel Houston
Birth name Joel Timothy Houston
Born September 19, 1979 (1979-09-19) (age 28)
Origin Flag of Australia Sydney, Australia
Genre(s) Worship, rock
Occupation(s) Producer, songwriter, performer
Instrument(s) Bass guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar
Years active 1999 – present
Label(s) Hillsong music
Associated acts Able
Website The I Heart Revolution

Joel Timothy Houston (born 19 September 1979) is a musician and songwriter, best known as the key worship leader and producer of Sydney based worship band Hillsong United, the worship band of Hillsong Church's youth group, also known as Hillsong United. He is also worship leader at the Hillsong Church. He is the oldest son of the church's pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of the church's founder Frank Houston. He has two siblings, a brother Benjamin and a sister, Laura.[1]

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[edit] The Land of Nod and Able

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In 1996, Houston joined the Jam United band at age 13. Initially, he wished to play guitar, but with the absence of bass guitarists, he was assigned the bass guitar duties. At the same time as this, Houston met with fellow Jam United members drummer Luke Munns and guitarist and vocalist Marty Sampson and the three began writing music as a secular band named The Land of Nod. Shortly after this formation was put together, younger Jam United member Michael Guy Chislett began to play with the group, and seeing that Chislett was a quality guitarist, Houston decided to play bass guitar for the group. Following this change of instrument, the band renamed themselves as Able and in 2001, the band was selected by Channel V as its Leg Up competition winners. With the winnings from this competition, Able put together The Able EP at a recoring studio in Byron Bay, but shortly after releasing the EP, the band decided to focus on putting music towards the United Live band.

[edit] United Live and Hillsong United

Houston's first debut with the Hillsong United as a vocalist was in 2002, however he had been playing bass guitar with the band for several years prior to this, and contributing various songs, including the title track from the group's debut full length live album, Everyday. As part of Hillsong United music team, Houston has helped lead worship conferences in North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia. He has also contributed to the main Hillsong album recordings as well, which are led by worship pastor Darlene Zschech. Many of the songs he has written or co-written are sung in churches worldwide and have been translated into 32 languages, including Korean and German. His music has been featured on Hillsong albums that have quickly risen on both the Australian and American Christian music charts.[1][2] In March 2007, Hillsong United's eighth album All of the Above debuted at #6 on the ARIA charts.[3] His song, "Everyday", is ranked number 49 on the CCLI top 100 songs.

[edit] Discography

Albums on which Houston has written and performed songs:

  • United We Stand (2006)
  • Mighty to Save (2006)
    • "The Freedom We Know" with Matt Tenikoff & Sampson
    • "From the Inside Out"
  • All of the Above (2007)
    • "Point of Difference"
    • "Break Free" with Matt Crocker & Ligertwood
    • "Desperate People" with Chislett
    • "Solution" with Crocker
    • "My Future Decided" with Sampson and Douglass
    • "Never Let Me Go"
  • Saviour King (2007)
    • "Break Free" with Crocker & Ligertwood
    • "In the Mystery"
  • In a Valley by the Sea (2007)
    • "Break Free" with Crocker & Ligertwood
  • The I Heart Revolution: With Hearts As One (2008)
    • "The Time Has Come"
    • "One Way" with Douglass
    • "'Til I See You" with Gillies
    • "The Stand"
    • "Break Free" with Crocker & Ligertwood
    • "Where the Love Lasts Forever"
    • "Tell The World" with Douglass & Sampson
    • "My Future Decided" with Douglass
    • "Shout Unto God" with Sampson
    • "Salvation Is Here"
    • "From The Inside Out"
    • "Solution" with Crocker

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NAME Houston, Joel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH 19 September 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney, Australia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH