Some odds and ends, because of…
…a new compilation CD called “He is My Song,”Here’s a list of what’s on the disk, with links to the song pages and a description of the new material that’s been added.
A Day-After-Father’s-Day Tale
If you run into a very proud, garrulous old man in the pickle aisle…
Happy Mother’s Day to Me
I think that for this Mother’s Day (in the US at least) I could not do better than to re-post a poem written for me by my daughter Holly.
Video Fun and Games
The last couple of projects I’ve worked on have dealt with the visual arts. Let me help you to understand the irony of this.
Epiphanies Through Songwriting: Some Thoughts on Forgiving
Sometimes I wonder why words on certain topics spring to mind and demand to be written into lyrics. In some cases, I never find out, but today was different.
Transposing Using Personal Composer
How to transpose .pc scores using the Personal Composer Demo. Step by step instructions.
Simply beautiful
Sara Noel Bauman’s violin interpretation of some classic favorites, and of three of my originals. Lovely!
A Christmas treat: Silent “Silent Night”
Susan Layton’s beautiful ASL interpretation of “Silent Night.”
‘Tis the Season
One of the sad things about self-publishing is that you tend to write Christmas music at the wrong time of year to be useful. For example, during the Christmas season.
Ain’t Technology Grand?
It’s an amazing and awe-inspiring world we live in, isn’t it?
God Will Provide a Lamb; and a cantata finally finished
Last night was a landmark for me… I actually finished something. Something big. And complicated. And boy am I patting myself on the back!
Fun and Games, and a Missionary Choir
The incredible thing is that they had the music memorized. I know how long they didn’t have to learn this, so I’m well and truly impressed!
For the earth is the Lord’s…
Thanksgiving. And an arrangement of “This is My Father’s World.”
Friday Favorites #4
Here’s a new favorite that I think you’ll enjoy. We we just started this one in our Institute Choir. It’s a gorgeous number called “This Holy Christmas Night,”
It’s a good thing they recycle those youth themes… ;)
The new song this time supports this year’s youth theme:
“…stand ye in holy places and be not moved …”.