Budafulmusic

My third collaboration with the Hamilton’s has yielded some more Budaful music. This time in the form of the annual Patch the Pirate adventure. I arranged 7 of the songs for the adventure.

I got in touch with my fun, kiddy sound for several arrangements but a few of the  sacred songs will probably end up as full church choir arrangements. Some of my favorites include Treasure of my Heart and God Said, “I Love You”. It can now be downloaded at Sacredaudio.com or purchased at Majesty Music’s website.

Btw, those who grew up with Patch before the popularity of CDs know just what the title of this post means!

I recently had the privilege to compose incidental music for an upcoming Graduate speech recital. Sounds really academic, huh? Well don’t take it too seriously. This program is not for the long of face. In short, the extremely talented Allisha Sperr will be performing a series of short, absolutely hysterical comedy routines. I cannot begin to describe how funny this recital is going to be. You just have to see it for yourself to believe it.

This program takes place in Stratton Hall on the campus of BJU this Saturday, December the 5th at 7 o’ clock pm. Here are some audio samples:

Pre-show2: waltz

Pre-show1

Break their hearts, All is ha!

Here is a picture of me sitting at the piano at the Help at Home Live show. I’m being interviewed by Gary Moore, the shows host.

Well, the show went well. It was very thrilling to be a part of a live satellite broadcast. I’ll detail what went on tonight:

First, the Help at Home Live (H@HL) started with Gary Moore, the H@HL show host, interviewing Craig Hartman of Shalom Ministries. Dr. Hartman, a frequent Bible Conference speaker here in Greenville, brought many interesting religious Jewish pieces of clothing and had fun dressing Gary up with them as he explained the various purposes of the clothing. He also brought a large rams horn and Gary blew it, pretty well, I might add.

After a brief commercial break, it was my turn and I played on the piano two Rumanian Folk Dances by Béla Bartók. They were:

After I played, a short collection of intro’s and videos that I worked on were shown, and I got an opportunity to talk with Gary for a few minutes about them and about my work here at BJ Distance Learning. I had a good time but I would be lying if I told you I wasn’t nervous. I’ve posted several of the audio clips in a previous post, feel free to listen to them.

Last on of all, but definitely not least, Randy Miller, or the Critter Keeper, came on for the duration of the show and talked about and showed some very interesting insects and reptiles. My favorite was the foot long, 1 inch thick centipede. I still find it hard to believe that they grow to be that big. I’m glad they don’t grow that size here in the US.

I could kick myself for not knowing this before but those of you who don’t have BJLINC satellite could have watched it live as well on sermonaudio.com. It was a live video feed broadcast online. The show will be rebroadcast several more times over satellite according the the H@HL website but unfortunately, not online.

Here is a small sampling of music that I have written for the Distance Learning division of BJU Press.

This cue is taken from “Mice of the Herring Bone,” an audiobook turned animated video put out by JourneyForth Books. I scored the majority of the film, adding short cues here and there to add to the drama. It was a really neat experience, one that I hope will come soon again. Click here to listen: MBH DVD menu

Much of what my work consists of is coming up with small little ditties, or what the commercial world calls jingles, for the various needs of the classes. “We need a ditty to go with this PowerPoint animation.” “This section is boring, we need a ditty to liven it up.” Ditties vary in length from 1-30 seconds. Here are two examples: ditty16, ditty44

This final track was taken from the end credits of a project called “Beyond the Canvas,” a video series about the arts produced by BJU’s own Museum and Gallery. BTC-endcredits

Enjoy and thanks for listening.

p.s. I’d like to know what you think. If you like, go ahead and leave a comment.