So, one thing I've always kinda wondered about and not known where/how to start looking into it was finding a good composition teacher. If I'm gonna compose music to the best of my abilities I need good musical training, right? But questions come up like, is college the answer, or should I look for a private …
Standby
Just wanted to let y'all know that I am still trying to keep the blog going and keep posting about music, but the music series is gonna have to wait a little until I work out an outline and set up a plan of where it's leading. I knew I'd have to lay down the …
Who Wants to Think of a Fitting Title? :o
Hey folks! My apologies for not posting last week. See, I was extremely busy getting things ready for a booth I had at the homeschool convention last Friday-Saturday. I learned that publishing a CD is a little more work than I had imagined. Staying up late hours of the night and getting up early hours …
What is Music?
Today we will explore the question, what is music? It almost sounds strange since everyone has heard music before, and obviously knows what it is, right? Basically, that's true, but to lay out the foundations of defining what Biblical music is, we must more firmly establish our understanding of what music is. 1 Chronicles 6:31-32 says, "Now …
The Beginning of a Lifetime Journey
As I've said before, my goal with music performance and composition is to bring glory to God and give the message of the Gospel to the world in the most powerful way I can. That's a pretty broad statement, though, isn't it? Recently (sitting in a concert hall, supposed to be listening to Rachmaninoff's Symphony …
The Song I Never Liked
I never enjoyed hearing The Star Spangled Banner until something happened... Several friends got me to sing The Star Spangled Banner with them two years ago. Before then, I mostly heard this song when some vocal soloist who thought they were really good performed it, and made it sound bad (not referring to anyone I know). …
Coming Soon!
Months are flying by as fast as water vaping from a steaming pot. Oh, wait... that proverb was speaking about life! I'm not quite sure what's shorter than vapors, but the AFHE 2018 Conference is closing in on us either way. I guess I didn't exactly finish either one of my planned arrangements yet. I need a …
Sorry, just woke up
I suppose if I haven't said a thing since February, it must mean I've been asleep this whole time... or hibernating. Yeah, maybe a little late in the year for that. Although, it has been rather cool for spring time in Arizona. To tell the truth, though, I think I've been near sleeping this whole …
Piano Trio No. 1
As a young composer, I've had a lot of firsts in the pieces that I've written; a first piece for piano, first arrangement, first hymn, and so on. As a young composer, I've also taken in any information I can from other experienced musicians, and even just little things people say that help refine the way I think …
O Come All Ye Faithful!
It's Christmas season now, and one of the things many people like about Christmas, is the music. As a tradition of listening to certain music only when it's Christmas time, it brings back many memories of all the other times we've heard the song played. Maybe it's a specific arrangement, or maybe just a certain …
