I have had a number of folks recently ask about billing the church so they can pay by check instead of using a credit card/paying through PayPal. I haven't 'officially' announced that I can do this but I am certainly happy to do that. If you want to bill the church, simply send me an email jeff@anderkampmusic.com and tell me what you want to purchase. I will email you the PDFs (probably [...]
There are those truly amazing moments in life. Sometimes they happen without warning. Sometimes you don’t realize that serendipitous moment for days, months or even years to come. But sometimes, you know in advance that they are coming. Yesterday, Dana and I had the awesome privilege of baptizing Dakota, our youngest daughter/middle child. Awhile back, one of our girls’ best friends, Ruby, was being baptized at church. Dakota had been talking to [...]
Here is a 2 minute overview of our brand new 8 Core Orchestra Series. In this video you will hear samples of 5 different arrangements from the series. You will also see a brief description of the series with key benefits outlined. If you are looking for instrumental music for your church orchestra (WHATEVER SIZE!), would you take just 2 minutes and 'See and Hear' an overview of our 8 Core Orchestra [...]
Technology has changed the way we (publishers) can interact with you (customers/supporters) in a huge way. In the 'old days', you could purchase a score or possibly listen to a recording and if you liked it, you could purchase the music and it would be shipped to you. MANY arrangements didn't have recordings, so you were left to look at the score and imagine (hear in your head or at the piano) [...]
The 8 Core Orchestra Series is a full orchestra instrumental series based around an 8 core group of players plus piano/rhythm. We now have audio samples of some of the arrangements below: Amazing Grace Double click below to hear the full orchestra recording of this arrangement: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Double click below to hear the full orchestra recording of this arrangement: Are You Washed In [...]
The more contact I have with churches around the United States (and the world), the more diversified I find church instrumental groups to be. After talking with a number of ministers of music and orchestra directors, I have decided to create a new series of instrumental orchestra arrangements with maximum flexibility for groups. The 8 Core Orchestra Series is a full orchestra instrumental series based around an 8 core group of players [...]
Let Heaven and Nature Swing! There is nothing like the sound of a big band. There's so much energy and excitement when the band kicks in. Add a big band during the holiday season and EVERYBODY will be talking about it! The AK Little Big Band is a high energy, diverse and festive series of arrangements for Christmas. Talking about diversity, here are some samples from the project: Jingle Bells (it's that [...]
Relationships. Friendships. It always seems to begin there for me. By nature, I am a people person. I like hanging out and talking with folks. It's just in my nature. I worked on a couple 48 Hour Film Projects here in Nashville and met some great folks (truly talented teams). One of the folks on the team, Gloria Ballard, talked to me afterwards and said she was doing a promotional video for [...]
There are so many distractions that happen before church starts every Sunday morning. During this Christmas season, what if you could help get everyone in the Christmas spirit to celebrate the birth of Messiah BEFORE the service started? Have different groups play Christmas music in the lobby every Sunday in December and you'll help set the tone for the worship service. A brass group is one of the easiest groups to pull [...]
As Christmas is just around the corner, I wanted to let you know about a great addition (much needed) to our hugely popular Christmas series called the 'AK Little Big Band'. This is a collection of 10 exciting arrangements for Soloist (vocal or instrumental) and Big Band. We now have written out piano parts for the entire series. Written out piano parts have been a much tool to help the local churches [...]
