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Joel Timothy Houston (born 18 September 1979) is a musician and songwriter, best known as leader of Sydney based worship band Hillsong United the youth worship band of Hillsong Church, also known as Hillsong United. In 2008 he became the Creative Director at Hillsong Church. He is the oldest son of the church's senior pastors and founders Brian and Bobbie Houston and grandson of Frank Houston (who was the Senior Pastor of Sydney Christian Life Centre which is now the City Campus of Hillsong Church). He has two siblings, a brother Benjamin and a sister, Laura.[1] Houston was also the bass player for the band Able, which was composed of Marty Sampson, Michael Guy Chislett and Luke Munns, which won the Channel V Leg Up competition in 2001.
[edit] Biography[edit] Early lifeHouston began playing piano at a young age, at the suggestion of his parents. As he was not interested in piano, he soon diverted his efforts to playing guitar instead.[2] [edit] The Land of Nod and Able
In 1996, Houston joined the Jam United band at age 17. 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 recording studio in Byron Bay, but shortly after releasing the EP, the band decided to focus on putting music towards the United Live band. [edit] Hillsong United and HillsongHouston'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, Joel 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. Houston currently serves as Creative Director at Hillsong Church. [edit] DiscographyAlbums on which Houston has written and performed songs:
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