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Kravets Bros. "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (strings)

4/6/2016

_Several months ago, Janice and I were privileged to eat dinner with the Kravets family, and enjoy some fellowship and great music afterward.
In this video, David, Sergey, Yuriy, and Vlad play an old favorite hymn, on strings.
Or click HERE to see the HD video on YouTube.

I put a Brass and a Vocal video, from the same session on my "MORE Music with Friends" Page. You can also click HERE to see Yuriy's YouTube videos, or HERE to follow him on Google+.

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How to Write a Song on Your SmartPhone

4/5/2016

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A Songwriting Tip
Lying in bed this morning— in those drowsy, almost-awake, musings— I realized I was in my all-too-frequent pattern of mentally beating myself up.

Several stupid mistakes I had made in volleyball last evening bounced through my mind, mixing with other assorted 'failures' until suddenly a new song [see my iPhone screen-shot, above] came to me— all the words of the first verse arriving with the melody.

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Purpose of Blog

Tips... Insights... Song-writing How-to... Critiques... Time-saving Methods... to help make YOU a joyful bard for the Lord.

My best-known songs are probably "Lo, I Come"– composed before I was married– and "Teach Me, O Lord, to Number My Days" which you may have seen in various hymnals. I have many others trying to sneak out of their file folders, to join the march of music around the world.

Some will be introduced here first as just lyrics, to study the crafting of their messages, others will have music mp3 files or videos also.

Kravets Bros. "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (strings)

How to Write a Song on Your SmartPhone

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