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This just in from Nick Alexander:
I just got the CCLI Top 2000 list, and Greg Walton has broken through! His song "Come To Us," an Advent/Christmas song, made it. It's currently in the 1700s, but it's there.
A lot of "...
We need help finding or creating a recording of a song that was popular in Catholic churches and youth groups back in the early 1970s. I was able to find the words and chords but I have no idea how the melody goes. Would someone like to collaborate on this? If you can scratch out the melody for me, I can record the song for Mary who has been looking for a recording of this song for many years. We don't know the name of the composer.
Here is what Mary wrote:
"I have to tell you, finding the right Magnificat is like looking for a needle in a haystack, except that it's a really...
Going to the SCRC Convention?
Every year the Southern California Renewal Communities...
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Showcase and sell your music on any website!
Details here: http://members.cdbaby.com/music-store-widget
Create an unlimited number of customizable, mobile-friendly music players to embed on your website and share online. Build playlists from any of the tracks in your CD Baby account. Sell your songs on any site, and reach a wider audience by encouraging reviewers and fans to embed the playlists you create.
Two new users signed up at TopCatholicSongs.com recently, and they gave CHRP as a reason for signing up.
What is CHRP? The sound of a bird? An abbreviation for chiropractic? Here is what it is:
Christ Renews His Parish
http://christrenewshisparish.com
Christ Renews His Parish is a copyrighted parish renewal process that has existed since 1969 and has been recommended by the renewal office of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. It has...
When registering as a user here at TCS today, Lorine wrote:
"I love Catholic music. I'd like to find meditation music for our monthly women's meeting."
"Interiors" is an album I...
Laudate
Essential Chants for All Musicians
Text Author : James Whitbourn
"One way or another, this is music that choral musicians have to know and understand just as a writer has to know the alphabet."
—James Whitbourn
Laudate is a collection of chants presented so all musicians—not only liturgists or specialist singers—can explore a repertory so rich and extraordinary that it has dominated and influenced musical composition for centuries, even to the present day.
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This August, GIA will host reading sessions in fourteen different cities across the nation. Come to explore and experience new repertoire for your choirs!
For free registration,
visit www.giamusic.com/SRS
or call 1-800-GIA-1358
Be prepared to give us the name(s) of those attending, your church name and zip code, and which session you plan to attend.
As always, each session features:
- Free registration
- A complimentary music packet worth over $40.00
- Choral music in a wide range of styles, difficulty, and...
Good news. You can now watch Simonetta & FourEver's recent EWTN appearance on Life on the Rock here:
More at: www.facebook.com/FourEverMusicdotcom
From Words to Music
A User's Guide to Text for Choral Musicians
by Gerald Custer / Blake Henson
2014 by GIA Publications, Inc.
The power of story and story-telling makes choral singing irresistible...and the impact of text wedded...
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SUMMER ENCORE PERFORMANCES CONTINUE THIS WEEK
"All Things Are Possible"
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
9pm ET, 8pm CT, 7pm MT and 6pm PTon THE CHURCH CHANNEL
Broadcasts repeat late night Saturdays and early Tuesday mornings!
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NPM National Convention–St. Louis, Missouri
Monday, July 14 through Friday, July 18, 2014
America’s Center—701 Convention Plaza
GIA is thrilled to be a part of this year’s National Pastoral Musician’s Convention in St. Louis, MO. We have a number of exciting events and breakout sessions to offer presented by a talented mix of GIA composers and clinicians. Be sure to visit us at the GIA booth in the exhibit hall where you will find a wonderful array of new music and resources for your ministry along with our most popular favorites.
Featured Clinicians
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Flor y Canto, tercera edición is the newest edition of the best-selling Spanish Catholic hymnal in the U.S.!
Discover why thousands of Hispanic Catholics turn to Flor y Canto to lift their voices in song. Whether you are looking to unite the diverse cultures of your Hispanic community, searching for more music for Rites and celebrations or want a music resource—created with guidance from Church documents—with over 13 Mass settings, Flor y Canto, tercera edición will lift the hearts and voices of your assembly in praise!
Explore an expanded repertoire of over 740 titles from more than 15 Spanish-speaking regions around the world with PDF...
I like this collection of Spanish and English Mass videos posted under the YouTube channel GloryBe TV:
https://www.youtube.com/user/GloryBeTV/videos
Here is a sample video – the sung Padre Nuestro (Our Father) from Misa Rosas del Tepayac.
By Chris Robley
If you’re reading this blog, you already know about the benefits of developing musical proficiencies. I mean, you’re a musician, right?
But lots of people just aren’t aware of how music education can positively affect a young person’s entire development, from a boost in learning and verbal skills, to better grades and SAT scores, to just — ya know —feeling good about life in general.
As arts funding is continually threatened (or outright cut from budgets), it’s more important than ever to spread the word about the many benefits of a musical education....
By Rob Schlette (posted at theproaudiofiles.com)
To be precise, mastering for digital distribution isn’t mastering at all, in most cases. Rather, it’s premastering. This article will help you know what to ask for from your mastering engineer.
The so-called ‘mastering’ process is actually two related, but operationally discrete sub-processes:
Premastering, which encompasses all of the aesthetic decisions related to preparing a set of mixes for an audience. Premastering answers any questions related to...