The Digital Age

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = The Digital Age

| image = The Digital Age.jpg

| caption = Performing on October 26, 2013 during the Evening:Morning Tour

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| alias =

| origin = Waco, Texas, U.S.

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| genre = Christian rock, electronic rock, worship

| occupation =

| years_active = 2012–2020

| label = Independent, Fair Trade Services

| associated_acts = David Crowder Band

| website = {{Facebook | TheDigitalAge}}

| current_members =

| past_members = Jack Parker
Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush
Mike "Mike D" Dodson
Mark Waldrop

}}

The Digital Age was a band from Waco, Texas consisting of four of the six members of the former David Crowder Band. They formed in 2012 after David Crowder Band's final tour. They disbanded in 2020.

History

The Digital Age were a modern-rock Christian band composed of four{{cite web|url=http://www.themcollective.com/press/446 |title=The Digital Age to Release Debut Project Evening:Morning on August 13|publisher=The Media Collective |date=April 5, 2013 |accessdate=August 7, 2013}} of the six musicians from the Grammy-nominated,{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/homeentertainment/la-et-env-grammys-nominees-2010-list,0,2090144.htmlstory |title=Grammy Awards 2011: Winners and nominees for 53rd Grammy Awards |work=Los Angeles Times |date= |accessdate=September 1, 2012}} multiple Dove Award-winning{{cite web|url=http://www.wacotrib.com/blogs/staff/sound_sight/David-CrowderBand-video-takes-home-Dove-Award.html |title=David Crowder*Band video takes home Dove Award |publisher=Wacotrib.com |date= |accessdate=July 18, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://christianmusic.about.com/od/doves/tp/dovecontemprockhistory.htm |title=Dove Awards Rock Contemporary Album of the Year and Song of the Year History |publisher=Christianmusic.about.com |date=May 13, 2012 |accessdate=July 18, 2012}} David Crowder Band. The Digital Age formed in January 2012,{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/TheDigitalAge |title=The Digital Age |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=July 18, 2012}} following the final performance of the David Crowder * Band at the Passion 2012 conference in Atlanta, Georgia{{cite web|url=http://www.gospelmusicupdate.com/_news/davidcrowder.shtm |title=GRAMMY ® Nominees David Crowder Band to Debut Final, Epic Collection of 34 Songs Titled Give Us Rest or (a requiem mass in c [the happiest of all keys) on January 10 |publisher=Gospelmusicupdate.com |date= |accessdate=July 18, 2012}} They formed The Digital Age to continue their love of music and to continue their outreach to the youth of the world. In early 2012, the members of The Digital Age constructed a studio in their hometown of Waco, Texas called "Asterisk Sound".Waco Tribune-Herald February 2, 2012 On October 9, 2015 The Digital Age released their first Brazilian album in Portuguese.

On June 5, 2012, the band released an EP called Rehearsals.{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2012/06/08/the-digital-age-rehearsals-ep/ |title=The Digital Age – Rehearsals EP | Reviews |publisher=Indie Vision Music |date= June 8, 2012|accessdate=July 18, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/indiemusic/RehearsalsEP.asp |title=The Digital Age, "Rehearsals EP" Review |publisher=Jesusfreakhideout.com |date=June 5, 2012 |accessdate=July 18, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=3205 |title=Reviews - The Digital Age - Rehearsals |publisher=Louder Than The Music |date=June 22, 2012 |accessdate=July 18, 2012}}{{cite web|last=Andre |first=Joshua |url=http://christianmusiczine.com/the-digital-age-rehearsals-ep-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616020826/http://christianmusiczine.com/the-digital-age-rehearsals-ep-review/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |title=The Digital Age – Rehearsals EP (Review) |publisher=Christianmusiczine.com |date= |accessdate=July 18, 2012}} The EP consists of six songs which the band also released as YouTube videos, recorded at Asterisk Sound, the first of which were published in April 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2012/04/23.The%20Digital%20Age%20Debut%20New%20Rehearsal%20Videos.asp |title=Music News, April 2012: The Digital Age Debut New "Rehearsal" Videos |publisher=Jesusfreakhideout.com |date=April 23, 2012 |accessdate=July 18, 2012}}{{cite web| url=http://churchm.ag/the-digital-age-band/ |title= The Next Step For David Crowder Band Members |date=May 2, 2012 |accessdate= September 1, 2012 | author=Jeremy Smith}} The EP quickly shot to No. 1 on the iTunes Christian Albums chart,{{cite web|url=http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/news/2012/06/08.The%20Digital%20Age%20Release%20Rehearsals%20EP,%20Shoots%20To%20No.%201%20on%20iTunes.asp |title=Music News, June 2012: The Digital Age Release "Rehearsals" EP, Shoots To No. 1 on iTunes |publisher=Jesusfreakhideout.com |date=June 8, 2012 |accessdate=July 18, 2012}} and charted multiple times in Billboard Magazine, reaching No. 12 on the Heatseekers chart,Billboard Magazine June 23, 2012 No. 21 on the Top Christian and Gospel Albums chart, and No. 12 on the Top Christian Albums chart.

The band's first full-length album, Evening:Morning, was released on August 13, 2013, a follow-up EP, Rehearsals, Vol 2 was recorded live in their studio, Asterisk Sound, and released in 2014. Their second album, Galaxies, was released October 28, 2016.{{cite web|url=https://thedigitalagestore.com/products/the-launchpad |title= Galaxies Preorder |accessdate= September 3, 2016}}

They have also released two Christmas singles, Midnight Clear in 2012 and Silent Night in 2015.

Former Members

Jeremy "B-Wack" Bush - drums, percussion, bells, programming, synthesizers
Mike "Mike D" Dodson – vocals, bass guitar, piano, programming, keyboards, synthesizers
Jack "Jack Attack" Parker – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, programming, rhodes, banjo, synth
Mark "The Shark" Waldrop – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, programming, mandolin, synth, percussion

The members of the band were involved with University Baptist Church of Waco, Texas in varying ways since its inception in 1995;{{cite web|url=http://thedigitalagemusic.com/main/88-2/ |title=About :: The Digital Age |publisher=Thedigitalagemusic.com |date= |accessdate=July 18, 2012}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"\| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"\| Details ! colspan="2"\| Peak chart positions
style=font-size:smaller; ! style="width:45px;"\| Billboard 200 ! style="width:45px;"\| US Christ
scope="row"\| Evening:Morning \| Release date: August 13, 2013 Label: Fair Trade Services/Columbia Formats: CD, digital download, Vinyl \| 100 Billboard Magazine August 31, 2013 \| 3
scope="row"\| Glow (Brazil exclusive) \| Release date: October 9, 2015 Formats: digital download \| — \| —
scope="row"\| Galaxies \| Release date: October 28, 2016 Label: Fair Trade Services/Columbia Formats: CD, digital download, Vinyl \| — \| —

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rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title

! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details

! colspan="2"| Peak chart positions

style=font-size:smaller;

! style="width:45px;"| Billboard 200

! style="width:45px;"| US
Christ

scope="row"| Evening:Morning

Release date: August 13, 2013
Label: Fair Trade Services/Columbia
Formats: CD, digital download, Vinyl

| 100 Billboard Magazine August 31, 2013

| 3

scope="row"| Glow (Brazil exclusive)

Release date: October 9, 2015
Formats: digital download

| —

scope="row"| Galaxies

Release date: October 28, 2016
Label: Fair Trade Services/Columbia
Formats: CD, digital download, Vinyl

| —

=Singles=

"Captured" (2013)
"Break Every Chain" (2014)

=EPs=

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rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"\| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"\| Details ! colspan="2"\| Peak chart positions
style=font-size:smaller; ! style="width:45px;"\| US Christ ! style="width:45px;"\| US Heat
scope="row"\| Rehearsals \| Release date: June 5, 2012 Label: Independent Formats: CD, digital download \| 12 \| 12
scope="row"\| Rehearsals Vol. 2 \| Release date: November 4, 2014 Label: Fair Trade Services Formats: CD, digital download, Vinyl \| — \| —