Attention All Christian Youth: You Aren’t the Future of the Church
YOU ARE THE NOW!!! Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise! A lot of people talk about youth being the future of the Church. That couldn’t be more wrong. I feel like it’s simply an excuse for adults...
View ArticleA New Journey ~ Part II
All I can say is WOW! GarageBand is absolutely OFF THE HOOK! As I mentioned in a previous post, I was going to be using GarageBand to create song foundations for performing live. But to get myself more...
View ArticlePainful Pleasure
Last night, I finally finished re-recorded a solo for a song I’ve been working on releasing (Great God). The original solo was actually pretty good, but because of some errant picking on my part, there...
View ArticleSong: I Will Sing (of Your Salvation)
In my latest GarageBand project, I just finished recording a song that I wrote back in 2004, but never managed to record it until now. The song is called “I Will Sing (of Your Salvation).“ While the...
View ArticleSong: If Today (Psalm 95)
Title: If Today (Psalm 95) Description: I wrote this song for the Catholic Mass (though it could easily be used in both Episcopal and Lutheran services) as a sung Psalm response. It’s lively and...
View ArticleSong: We Sing With Joy!
Song Title: We Sing with Joy! Description: This is a pure praise song, very simple to play and sing, and VERY easy to play. The main riff has only three chords and the bridge only adds another two...
View ArticleReview: Demeter COMP-1 Opto Compulator
I was at a casino last weekend, sitting in a bar with a couple of friends and listening to this great duo play classic rock hits. During one of their breaks between sets, I went to the stage to talk to...
View ArticleSong: Come to the Water
This is a cover of John Foley’s original song, “Come to the Water.” My version is in a folk-punk style ala Elliot Smith or Death Cab. http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=81505.
View ArticleNew Song: Gathered As One Body
I wrote this song about three years ago, and finally got around to doing a recording of it that I liked. My original recording was only a piano and an acoustic guitar, but I always wanted to do more...
View ArticleNew Song: Love Will Set You Free
Listen to the song! I actually wrote this song a couple of years ago, and have played it live a ton of times since then. Don’t know why I didn’t record it earlier, but I think I was a little scared of...
View ArticleNew Song: We Are Called
I wrote this song based upon a passage in the Gospel of Mark, Jesus talks about being called into justice and mercy. The passage inspired me to write “We Are Called.” Note that the only amp I used was...
View ArticleNew Song: The Lord Is Kind
I actually wrote this song quite awhile ago – I think Christmas Day, 2006. I did an early recording of it – very bad quality, and as I’ve been working on my demo, realized that I hadn’t re-recorded it....
View ArticleAnd the winner is…
GOOFYDAWG!!! One of the regular visitors to GuitarGear, Joel Klampert, recently moved his site from CEC Worship to klampert.com (http://klampert.com), and to help promote his new site, he’s holding a...
View ArticleSongwriting: Stuck in a Rut…
…but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel… At least I hope so. For the past few weeks, I’ve been in kind of a rut with writing music. I’ve got eight songs for my new record, which I recorded pretty...
View ArticleSigh of relief: I finally got some inspiration…
I don’t know about you, but as a songwriter, it bugs me when I go for long periods without writing songs; or more precisely to the point, when the inspiration to write doesn’t come to me. I’m not a...
View ArticleGig Report: Prestige Guitars Heritage Elite
It’s one thing to test gear in a controlled environment, it’s an entirely different matter to use it for a gig. After receiving the Prestige Heritage Elite, I took it through its paces in my home...
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