Releasing my inner Jimi Hendrix with a demo for a song idea that I will need some help with, or I will need a lot of practice in order to record the lead guitar part myself. The instrumental sections will have a distorted wah-wah pedal lead…

This is an instrumental accompaniment for choir. A bit too heavy-metal-like and overdramatic. I have earlier posted a version for kids choir, for accompaniment by Orff instruments and piano. Here are the lyrics: Christ is Risen! He rose…

I composed and originally recorded this Easter Song in 2000 as a demo for a 5th grade chorus "The Sylvan Sounds," at Sylvan Christian School in Grand Rapids, Michigan; conducted by Ms. Jan Postma. It was to be sung along with Orff instruments…

For Holy Week this year, a re-mix of a recording I made several years ago. I thought this Hymn, by Robert Lowry, would sound good with an African beat and Reggae style. Here is the result. -- Dean electro-acoustic guitar. -- Epiphone short…

This is a demo recording that I made for our Muskegon-area Neighborhood Bluegrass group to practice with. It will sound a lot better after it's re-recorded with the group actually playing and singing their parts. Soon to have our own Muskegon…

A recording by our Muskegon-area neighborhood bluegrass group. Despite its upbeat association and recent use in pharmaceutical TV advertising, this is a rather sad song; but, like most others do, we perform it in an upbeat style. Marsha Kitchka…

An American Folk song of uncertain origin, dating to the 19th century. A short rendition of a version that tells the story of trader who fell in love with the daughter of the Oneida Iroquois chief Shenandoah (1710-1816) who lived in the…

Hillary’s Prayer This tune was composed during a dream I had while sleeping. In the dream, I had been invited by Bill and Hillary Clinton to join them at supper at their kitchen table. Before eating, all present held hands and sang a prayer of…

As the song name implies, this is a piece for piano, cello and drum kit. I’m open to suggestions for a name.

My medley arrangement of two American spirituals. Originally recorded in 1998, I used a synthesized choir for a demo - I call it my Martian choir. The problem with using the Martians is they can’t sing in English. So, as with “Ponder Gethsemane…

Written in celebration of the birth of my niece, this is my first composition written for bell choir. The bell choir is a Yamaha DX-11 F.M. synthesizer.

I like the theme music to the PBS/BBC mystery series Midsomer Murders with its use of a Theramin. So much so that it inspired me to purchase a Theramin and try my hand recording my version of it. The first thing I learned is, while the Theramin…

When I was around three years old I first realized I was hearing music in my head, the sounds of which I could manipulate. I thought I was hearing the voices of an Angel choir singing with me. This is that tune, as best I can remember so many…

One morning looking out my picture window at the snow gently falling inspired this composition for bell choir. In this case, the bell choir is a Yamaha DX-11 synthesizer.

Everyone who knows my sister agrees she is worthy of fanfare.

A 1990 experiment for organ. I was up late one night, nearing the finish of composing this for my father, when I was interrupted by a telephone call telling me he had passed away. Like many of my compositions this one starts out slow and reflective…

Here is a lesser known, very early, Christian hymn based on the Greek text “Prayer of the Cherubic Hymn” in the Liturgy of St. James. It seems to have been created by Cyril of Jerusalem c. 347. I recorded this version many years ago using a Tascam…

A duet for piano and upright bass. I had composed and recorded this about ten years ago; given the current situation, seems like a good time to release it. One of these days I’ll figure out how to adequately record the upright bass; it’s again…

I had hoped to have this recording done by Good Friday but ran into all kinds of problems; the biggest of which was the tape machine used to record the original instrumental tracks no longer is working. So I made a foundation track using…

I’ve always liked Isaac Watt’s (1674 – 1748) hymn “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” but have thought the tune, a Gregorian chant, doesn’t adequately emphasize the words. It occurred to me that it might work well with a blues rhythm and I…