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By request, some other tunes.

 

FStudioli - MP3 Audio File

Felinicus Studioli, "studio cat", would sleep on my feet while obnoxious studio noises went ignored.  Written 1992, this recording 1995.

FatalLaughter - MP3 Audio File

Some fun with 5/4.  Written 1987, this recording 1995.

HideyHoo - MP3 Audio File

A song about the flock of blackbirds that hung at Sperry Lake, believe it or not.  Written and recorded 1995.

AttemptNoLandings - MP3 Audio File    

9/8, 5/4, 7/4, time for some normal 4/4.  Last track tonight.  A Pink Floyd inspired little ditty featuring Bill Jordan on guitar.  Currently in the process of remaking this one.  Written and recorded 1995.

 

 

My First Video

Download Luke10:27 Video

I'll have to post to YouTube before you can play it "live", but for now you can download it (link above) and play it with your favorite video player software - better resolution and such that way anyway...

Produced in summer of 2001 at our church's VBS - approx. 48 hrs from concept to finished product, so it's not all that great, but it does show some of what can be done.

Camera was VHS analog.  Master is VHS analog.  Animation done within video editor, using stock clip art.  I moved the "camera", rather than the images.

"Snow" in some sections - I was trying to do chroma keying, like the tv weatherman, but all I had for a background was a yellow bedsheet, so it didn't work very well in some cases.

Gosh, several of those kids graduated from high school last year!  And four of the adults now LIVE in Heaven, because they DID love the Lord with all their heart, soul, strength and mind, and their neighbor as themselves.

And Now For Something Completely Different....

Here's an example of what I like to do when not in gospel mode.

Part of a much larger concept called "Chronodyssey"

Diluvium Ignis   MP3 Audio

Peace In The Valley / He Touched Me

Rehearsal backtrack...

PeaceInTheValley-HeTouchedMe      MP3 Audio

Something happened, and now I know, He touched me and made me whole!

 

Another Gabriel -- His Eye Is On The Sparrow

It's either this or a jazz waltz I think....leaning toward this more simple country style with just a few jazz chords.

I sure could use some input about now.  If you like this, let me know.  If you think it is more suitable for driving away unwanted houseguests, let me know THAT also.  I'd rather hear boos and raspberries than crickets - nothing worse to a performer than crickets....

Thank YOU!   To Yeshua's eternal glory!  I know He watches me!  I sing because I'm free, I'm free because He said "ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free" and "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

HisEyeIsOnTheSparrow - MP3 Audio

 

 

Daughter And Dad

DaughterAndDad - MP3 Audio File

Was working on a gospel arrangement the other evening, and on a break was just playing around.  Thought about my friend Randy, who passed away nearly five years ago, and tried to play one of his favorites.  I couldn't quite remember it right, and this is what came out instead.  I thought it was ok, and played it again to sorta nail it in my head (and turned on the recorder to be sure). All the while I was thinking of my step-daughter Shannon, who had lost her father a couple of days earlier.  By the time I finished I was slipping on tear puddles on the keys - a good sign!

An even better sign is that I remembered it the next morning - but I was just now able to put together this little solo piano track.  I'll embellish it later - imagine the usual Vangelis/Wakeman treatment (Randy's song was a Vangelis, and he always liked when I attempted to play Wakeman) - I just wanted the girls to have it right away.

Also thinking of my friends Rick and Sheri Jo and their little angel Sadie - there's a wee touch from her in there also....

For Shannon, Starla, Bailey, and Alayna - all my love!  Praising God for the gift, for the vision, and for the means to carry it all out!

What would Charles Gabriel think of this?

Here's the first rough of "I Stand Amazed".  If any one wants to use this for backtracks, we need to nail down the details, format, key, tempo, etc before I go on.  Those things CAN be changed later but are much less work to change now. 

Lyrics can be found here.  My fave verse is 2 but I would suggest using 1, 4, and 5.  Maybe do 4 and 5 together 'cuz it's a tad long being slowed down like this.

Currently in key of "A", I imagine that's a bit high for Roger, it is for me anyway.  Tempo if anything may be a tick or two slow.

Anyway, let me know on facebook if ya wanna work with this thing...

 

IStandAmazed-Rough2-Audio