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I used to post here all the time, so I apologize for not contributing lately. The genesis of this hymn started with a simple statement from my best friend complaining about the simplicity of contemporary Christian music’s lyrics and chords. I told him if I ever wrote a hymn I would try my best to put more meat in the words especially. The following week I was contacted by a client and dear friend who is absolutely one of the greatest trombone players in the world telling me that I should write…See More

Last May I finished my trumpet concerto for soloist and fixed electronic media commissioned by a university and had some recordings that simply either did not make the cut or did not quite fit. A couple of those pieces were the music box one, The Emperor's Enchanted Box, and Meditation. Here's another one I simply call "Moods," which features a drone created by the electronic magnetic waves of planet Jupiter and I also used the Taxed or Jupiter Theme played by euphoniums and tubas near the end…See More