I'm really just the songwriter...

No, but By putting the sacred and the profane together as I have in my songs
I aim for the 'best of both worlds' results...melodious prayer and common song (yeah, they all know that one!). Years ago, we even had sections of the congregation singing harmonies....just wonderful! I also came from a blest situation...The organist, Mike, and I played at all six services every weekend...he was a musical genius who wrote one of our hymns...he had perfect pitch and added a rhythm section and the beautiful touch of a bell celeste! The other instrumentalists came to one or two of the liturgies each weekend. I played guitar and led the song so everything was pretty compact. Now a cantor usually just sings so you need three or four others to do what just 2 people did back then.

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I have been at this for 45 years. Music should be fun and memorable most of all. So it follows that "church" music should also. If you can't sing your heart out during a liturgy it's not really worth the time. So all of my music is built around that one simple theme. The memories of the soul and the voices of marketplace.

Service Music- This is what I call "my stuff". Because it is truly used for and in the service although it could stand alone. Primarily, if you play or lead the congregation in church you will need service music. Easily singable, teachable hymns for your people to sing. That doesn't mean it has to be staid or boring...just useful in terms of enhancing the liturgical experience. And it must evoke a true emotional spirituality, in the best sense of that phrase. The songs that are on my site are demos and meant to be that, to show how the music goes...you can get the sheet music and play in any key you like...all good cantors come with capos and an organist worth his or her salt. Intros are always short...more time for the people to sing. Back in the late sixties and seventies we used to call these folk liturgies...and they have seemingly fallen out of use...relegated to one evening service or the "youth" liturgy. I recommend using all these songs and instrumentations at all the services.

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Basic guitars, basses and amps with good sounds and two acoustic boxes...along with piano, organ and harmonica

I use a computer program called Magix which was so inexpensive it was like stealing but it does everything I need from instrument embellishment to sheet music.