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Please tell us what you think of this song in progress. It was written by Milton Delgado and Richard Schletty. An MP3 download link is at the bottom of the post. Thanks!
Just Suppose
Milton Delgado and Richard Schletty (c)2015
Intro: A Asus2 A Asus2
A Asus2 E Eadd9 E
Suppose, just suppose
F#m D A E
that the winds were never again to blow
F#m D A E
And that there were no seeds to sow
F#m Asus4 A
And we'd never see another spring
F#m Asus4 A
And a robin could no longer sing.
F#m D A Asus2 A Asus2
Suppose. Just suppose.
A Asus2 E Eadd9 E
Suppose, just suppose
F#m D A E
That the flowers could no longer bloom
F#m D A E
And that there were no stars or moon
F#m Asus4 A
Trees were rooted from the ground
F#m Asus4 A
And the world stopped spinning around.
F#m D A Asus2 A Asus2
Suppose. Just suppose.
[CHORUS]
D E A
Suppose the oceans and rivers were to dry
D Fmaj7 Gmaj7 D
And the soaring eagles could no longer fly.
Am7 Bm7
The sun no longer sent its light
Am7 Bm7
Galaxies vanished from the night.
Am7 Em7 F#m7
Oh, that's not supposed to be how it goes!
B Bsus4 B F# Fadd9# F#
Suppose, just suppose
G#m E B F#
That we could no longer hope for peace
G#m E B F#
That the rains decided to cease
G#m E B
Then suddenly ... love was lost
G#m E B
Who'd remain to suffer the cost?
G#m E G#m E
Suppose. Just suppose.
G#m E B Bsus4 B
Just suppose. Just suppose.
Has anyone heard of and used LOLA?
Do remote music collaboration for real with LOLA
http://www.cnet.com/how-to/do-remote-music-collaboration-for-real-with-lola/
LOLA is mentioned in this very informative overview of virtual music collaboration – a BBC Radio presentation:
Arts Technologica
Episode 1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qfsll
Episode 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3ssp
Martha Lane Fox explores how musicians use the internet to create and distribute their work as network speeds increase.
Twenty years ago, we connected to and disconnected from the internet with dial-up modems. With broadband technology, the internet is always there. And better connection speeds don't just mean we can download music and movies faster. They're creating new opportunities for musicians to collaborate and make music online.
Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir features singers from countries as diverse as Syria and Cuba...
Preview and purchase Unless a Grain of Wheat (Bernadette Farrell): ocp.org/en-us/songs/618/unless-a-grain-of-wheat
Refrain:
Unless a grain of wheat shall fall upon the ground and die,
It remains but a single grain with no life.
1. If we have died with him, then we shall live with him;
if we hold firm, we shall reign with him.
Composer: Bernadette Farrell (1983)
I need a real piano player!
Posted by Patrice Egging at her KickStarter project page:
God's love through music
I knew from the very beginning when I prayed for the gift...asking God to be able to play for Him..that when it actually happened that He is the one who gives the music.
It's a prayer. It's a gift. It's a way to...
People have different ideas about what "Catholic music" is. This is a working list compiled by my friend Nick Alexander, a co-member of Catholic Music Ministries and Top Catholic Songs. Are there any categories that we’ve missed? Please share your comments below.
Catholic Music categories
1) Traditional Gregorian chant.
2) Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque sacred music.
3) Hymnody: liturgical music for congregational singing, usually following a form of stanza-stanza-stanza or stanza-chorus-stanza-chorus-stanza-chorus.
4) Contemporary Liturgical (Stage 1): Liturgical music for congregation singing, post Vatican II up to around 1990. A heavy Folk/Broadway influence, as defined by the St. Louis Jesuits, North American Liturgy Resources (NALR), Schutte, Haugen, Haas, Joncas, Foley, Farrell, Dufford, O’Connor and others. This seems to be the predominant form today.
5) Contemporary Liturgical (stage 2): Liturgical music for congregational singing, post 1990s, after the first style has taken root, and are not as dated-sounding as...
Jack Miller, Roxylee Smith and Richard Schletty sing this classic Gospel song.
Lead Me to Calvary
King of my life, I crown Thee now,
Thine shall the glory be;
Lest I forget Thy thorn crowned brow,
Lead me to Calvary.
Refrain
Lest I forget Gethsemane,
Lest I forget Thine agony;
Lest I forget Thy love for me,
Lead me to Calvary.
Show me the tomb where Thou wast laid,
Tenderly mourned and wept;
Angels in robes of light arrayed
Guarded Thee whilst Thou slept.
Refrain
Let me like Mary, through the gloom,
Come with a gift to Thee;
Show to me now the empty tomb,
Lead me to Calvary.
Refrain
May I be willing, Lord, to bear
Daily my cross for Thee;
Even Thy cup of grief to share,
Thou hast borne all for me.
Refrain
Artist: J. Miller, Roxylee, R. Schletty
Title: Lead Me to Calvary
Album: Postludes Trio
Genre: Religious
Year: 2009
Composer: Text: Jennie E. Hussey; Music: William J. Kirkpatrick
I would like to share with you my Easter song called Alleluia, Alleluia. Please visit my website and click on the music player in the middle of the page that I have posted for you. You can share it with your family and friends on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest by clicking the arrow on the lower right-side of the music player. Together, let us sing and spread the Good News about Jesus Christ.
Thanksgiving and glory to God who loves us so very much!
Love in Christ,
Margo
www.MargoBSmith.com
[A mailing list message from John Michael Talbot Ministries] The Lord is risen! He is risen indeed! I extend a very special Easter blessing for this year of 2015. Our journey through Lent, Holy Week, and the Triduum, culminating in the joy of Easter, has had special significance this year. We have done MUCH hard work, and suffered some set backs, only to be followed by significant steps forward. The hard work is exhausting. The setbacks are always disappointing and discouraging. But the steps forward are always MOST encouraging! Lent, Holy Week, and Easter seem to be symbolic of our entire life in Christ. The secular world today is deeply troubled. How desperately we need the... |
5th Movement from the project Hungry For Heaven. More at http://www.hungryforheaven.com. Would you like to see this become a musical? If so, please comment.
The Joy of Grace
5th Movement, Hungry for Heaven
Hurling down an asphalt slipstream
You take to the road in your dream machine
You don't obey the signs, you don't look both ways
You are a traveler out of phase
In the cradle of a grand creation
under the arch of a wondrous vault...
The Everlasting
God is shrouded in history, in mystery.
Prior knowledge infuses me, confuses me.
[refrain]
The Everlasting ever casting
mystic shapes on humanscapes.
Love poured down on every frown.
Take me to a place of wonder,
free of all disgrace and blunder,
where the truth is in the here and now...
Milton Delgado was inspired to write, record, and create this song with the hope and prayer that it will change a woman's mind from going through an abortion. Life is a precious gift from God and only God has the right to decide who lives and who does not. Do you believe this? If so, act upon your belief through loving affirmation and gentle persuasion!
Click to full story for lyrics.
Here is Milton's bio from http://www.showcaseyourmusic.com/tarbox7
My name is Milton Lopez Delgado. I live in a little town called: Moscow, about 12 miles East of Scranton, Pa. with my wonderful wife, Wanda, and our two year old' Black Lab "Smoky Bear". I was born in Da Bronx New York on East 99Th street where the old' tenement apartments once stood until...