You know those people that you’ve known for years and you have always looked up to (and they’ve stayed faithful and true to God throughout the years)? That is Bro. Aaron Baker for me. I was around seven when I met him (he was “such an old and mature teen” then). At various times, I have taken classes with Aaron, accompanied him as he’s sung solos and led children’s camp music, and have learned a lot from him and his wife, Laura. If you haven’t heard of him, I highly recommend his album. You can find it on most music retailers. Here is one of my favorites from his album.
Tag: Music
The Love of God | Music Video
It has been too long since I’ve posted a new video — I started out the year well with one a week… and then my focus shifted to working on the 10-song album, Reflections of the Cross. I’m just now able to put my focus back on other stuff, and then a busy summer hits. 😉 So we’ll see how I do with a new one a week.
But for this week, I have an old hymn favorite of mine. This is actually the first piano solo I’ve arranged of “The Love of God.”
You can get this piece of music as part of the 5-for-$5 digital sale!
(in other words, you can get sheet music for this and four other songs for only $5)
Recitals and Music Video
I know it’s late for a post today, but after two evenings of recital, I wasn’t ready to schedule things quite yet last night. So here you have it… a late Wednesday music post.
First off… recitals!
This year, I divided my music studio into two recitals. Violin…
And piano…
Not all of my students were able to come to recitals (this late it ran into summer programs). Both recitals went amazingly well and everyone did so great! I don’t remember a moment when someone completely froze, unable to go forward in their piece. It just might have been my best recitals yet.
Now… I’ve already done a WAJN video of “Joshua Fit de Battle” but it’s much more fun to see things played in person. Three of my sisters played “Joshua” for recital so now you can see live-action trio.
Have you ever been a part of a musical ensemble? Trio, duet, other?
New Music Project!!
I’m super thrilled to announce…
Foto Sisters Music
This week’s music feature is of some childhood friends of mine: the Foto sisters. We used to play music together at church and went through a lot of learning together. I’m so excited to be watching where the Lord leads their music group.
Here is one of their newer songs from their YouTube channel:Â
Greg Howlett Music
The last two weeks, I’ve featured up-and-coming arrangers. This week, I’m featuring someone who’s been in the arranging world for years. Even though I have not gone through Greg Howlett’s courses, I do know he’s got some good stuff out there. Just doing one small course of his (it was free sometime), I learned some tips that expanded my arranging. His website is here, for those of you interested in learning more. What’s more, Greg Howlett has some free arrangements for you to download.Â
He has a lot of videos on his YouTube channel (I’ll admit, most of which I’ve not watched because I just haven’t found the time to peruse YouTube), but here is just one of them:
Who is an arranger/musician you enjoy listening to?
Beau Roberts music
Another week, another up-and-coming arranger. I’ll admit, I may be slightly partial to this one, cause he’s one of my students. 😉 Just don’t hold that against me and enjoy his music anyway. He currently only has three songs on his YouTube channel, but I’m fairly certain that he’ll be adding more in the coming year. He has more than three songs on his website for sale. Here’s one of his quick arrangements:
Abigail Johnson music
It’s Wednesday. The day I usually have a new WAJN video to share. If you’ve been keeping tabs, however, it’s been a few weeks since that has happened, and I offer my sincerest apologies. I will spill that I’m working on another big music project that has taken my time away from weekly WAJN songs. Lord willing I’ll be able to share more information in the summer.
This week, instead of my own song, I’d like to share about a fellow-arranger, Abigail Johnson. She has several songs up on her YouTube channel that you can find. She also sells her arrangements on Sheet Music Plus. Here is one of my favorites of hers:
Come Thou Fount | Music Video
“Come Thou Fount” has to be one of the top favorites for most of my students. One of my violin students requested it for our upcoming music recital, so I was more than happy to oblige her and arrange a violin-piano duet for us to play. I can’t wait to show her the music!
Sheet music available here.
The Solid Rock – now available digitally!
After a few years, I finally have The Solid Rock piano album available for digital download. It may take a week or so to be available on iTunes, but it’s already available from Amazon music and more! Or, you can buy directly from CD Baby.
A few days ago, I asked my FaceBook friends this question. I’m interested to hear your answer: do you listen to music primarily from a hard CD or digitally?
Amanda Tero Books 