Subscribe:
RSS feed
I’ve put together a video that shows pictures of the final install of the new organ at Church of the Mediator, Micanopy, Florida. The new organ is an Ahlborn-Galanti Chronicler I with an Ahlborn Classic sound module and Korg X5DR sound module. There is a six-speaker system with subwoofer. Two of the speakers are at the opposite […]
February 5, 2013
New Organ News Just a heads up to what’s going on in the Micanopy, Florida music scene. While church music and organs in particular may seem out of date or just boring, musically speaking, that’s not always the case. It depends on the instrument and the persons playing them. The Church of the Mediator is […]
January 29, 2013
Musical myths Have you heard the story that says that black slaves in early America were only allowed to play the 5 black notes found on a piano? Have you heard that most spirituals only use five notes in their melodies? Have you heard that because blacks could only play black keys that’s why spirituals […]
January 27, 2013
A request The background For better or for worse, one of the better gigs as a musician I’ve had over the years is playing the organ or piano for churches. I currently play for a small (less than 50) congregation that is extremely generous to the music program and really likes music and singing music. […]
January 22, 2013
Introduction to Music for those wanting to become musicans, or improve their musicianship Conclusion I hope this Introduction to Music series has been helpful. While it is obviously not a comprehensive look at all there is to music notation and music theory, if you know this stuff, you have a great amount of tools to […]
November 23, 2012
An older product, but it sounds just fine This product, from IK Multimedia, is an older product that has been on the market for at least 4 years. But, I’ve only just now (Nov 2012) had a chance to use it. You could call it a classic. If you’re just getting into sound libraries and […]
September 18, 2012
News For those that look forward to reading my posts – are there any? – sorry for the large time between posts. Website & Sheet-Music As mentioned in another post here on the blog, I’m now giving away the sheet-music titles. They are still copyrighted and subjected to those restrictions. I am […]
July 24, 2012
Latest happenings I didn’t realize I haven’t posted in a while. The summer is a somewhat slow time of the year for posts. Here’s some of the things I’ve been up to. YouTube Videos I’ve been trying to post a music video of sorts every couple of days. These consist essentially of still images of my […]
July 3, 2012
Free Music I’ve made some major changes to my website. For the past 10+ years I’ve been offering for sale music that I wrote for my own personal or professional use. The music included offerings appropriate for piano teaching, music education and a variety of church music. All of the music I’ve offered was available […]
May 24, 2012
New additions We’ve added a few new titles to the website recently. They are two Organ Hymn Accompaniments, an Instrumental Solo with piano and optional rhythm section and strings as well as a String Quartet piece. Update: While not discussed below, we’ve also added two settings of The Star Spangled Banner, one for Strings, one […]
March 16, 2013
0