17 Krishna Devotees Kirtan

A "new" song made from samples taken from Bessie Smith's 1929 recording of St Louis Blues, with added radio noise. One of those things you try just to see if they work (well my name IS Frankenstein). Check out the original below.

For Aaron Krister Johnson's challenge

Guess I'm keeping this one an instrumental. :)

God still speaks to us - mostly to our hearts but also audibly to certain people.

I recorded this to sound like something the early Beatles would have done. There are about ten Beatle songs referenced in it. My children (now all adults) were singing on this and I like the end where they can be heard laughing.

This the litany Of Humility by Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val (1865-1930) set to music.

The Ave Maris Stella is a popular liturgical hymn of unknown origin. It can be dated back to at least the 9th century for it is preserved in the Codex Sangallensis, a 9th century manuscript now in the Swiss Monastery of St. Gallen. Its appearance…

This about "dith" as an Australian might say - we never know when we'll be called home, so we'd better be ready.

This is the parable about the sower and the seed. Musically it was inspired by a Richard Thompson song, "How Will I Ever Be Simple Again."

The words tell it all on this one.

I wrote this after seeing the movie by the same name.

This is The Apostles' Creed put to music. My brother Mike is also singing on it.

A song about living in the shadows of others and finally seeing the light through the trees and taking a stand for yourself.

This song originated from another old demo I found on a tape dating from 1988. This one is about the evolution of a working stiff at the moment he says fuck it and realizes he's part of the corporate machine.

This is about the devotion, Jesus, King Of All Nations. I wanted it to sound like an anthem, not unlike Queen's WE WILL ROCK YOU. The end bit was inspired by the Beatles song, RAIN. JESUS, KING OF ALL…

The first version of this is on Songs of The Heart. This version was written around 9/11 and is a plea for America to hold on to God, not move away from Him.