My Spirit Spots are supposed to be about the music industry, but I have taken a detour in recent weeks to write about the Eucharist and Eucharistic adoration. This week I want to talk about the music industry again to announce that the Overflow songbook is available — finally!!

Why did it take two years after the CD came out to get the book in print?

We at spiritandsong.com, and that includes you, all love Matt Maher. We know what an immense talent he is. Thanks be to God, that talent was recognized by the wider body of Christ. Matt was presented with the opportunity to have his music published by the EMI Christian Music Group. They are, by far, the largest Christian music publisher in the country, if not the world. It was a great opportunity that Matt couldn’t refuse.

But Matt loves spiritandsong.com and he didn't want to take publishing away from us. Because of his advocacy, EMI, CMG and us began a relationship that is unlike any other. These are totally uncharted waters. We agreed that we would go in together on this project, but there is a saying that I am not fond of: the devil is in the details. In this case, that's probably true. Who should print it? Who should design the cover? Whose UPC code should we use? Whose responsibility is it to actually put the notes on the paper? And so on.

I had meetings in Nashville. I had emails and phone calls. All of this, to try and iron out details of something that has never been done before. But it’s done and finished. The book is ready.

Music publishing is a quirky thing, but I hope now that all issues are resolved for future projects from Matt. We want to get the songbooks to you much more quickly.

Just wait 'til you hear about the relationship with the record company . . . :)