advice about Christian music and leading worship on their Working As A Band double-disc CD and have often taught this material at worship seminars and one-day events. The band featured on three albums which have won the coveted CBC Praise & Worship Album of the year award; two Stoneleigh albums Ruach and Beautiful Saviour, and Stuart Townend's Best of Stuart Townend Live. They were regularly invited to come and help local church worship teams around the country and offer advice and ideas for how they can improve what they're doing. Keyboard player Mike Sandeman has set up Worship Band Advice which is a booking service for local churches who would like to benefit from his experience. Phatfish appeared leading worship or performing at numerous conferences and festivals such as Stoneleigh Bible Week, Newday, Soul Survivor, New Word Alive, Mission:Worship, Big Church Day Out, Forum UCCF Conference, Salt and Light Conference, re.vive, YC Newfoundland, Worship:Together, Spring Harvest, Greenbelt, Souled Out, Radiant, Together On A Mission, Mobilise, Soul By The Sea, Bible By The Beach, Keswick Convention, Bognor Regis Bible Week, Women Walking With God, Mandate, Cheltenham Bible Week, Festival Manchester and Together at Westpoint. Origin of band name The band was originally called "Purple Phatfish", a name that came from a small purple keyring featuring a little fat fish that blew air out of its mouth when you squeezed it. The keyring was given as a present by a friend and she suggested that Purple Fat Fish would be a good name for a band. A picture of the fish may be seen on the 'What's in a name?' page on the band's website. Discography Note: This is a list of actual Phatfish recordings and does not include the numerous other worship albums on which they have played. 1994 Purple Phatfish (three song demo, cassette only) 1995 River of Life (cassette only) 1996 Neworldisorder (six song EP) 1997 We Know the Story 1999 Purple Through the Fishtank 2000 An Audience with God (compilation with some re-recorded material) 2001 Heavenbound 2002 Hope – Unplugged Live 2003 Nothing But The Truth 2004 Faithful: The Worship Songs 2006 Trinity (compilation with other artists) 2006 Working As A Band (Music resource for Church musicians) 2006 There Is A Day – The Video Collection (DVD) 2007 Guaranteed 2008 15 – The Anniversary Collection 2009 In Jesus 2010 Anthems For Worship 2011 Higher 2014 PHATFISH LIVE Other