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 [...]
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 [...]
Facing Our El Guapos and Other Fears ¡Three Amigos! written by David Scott (excerpt from Devotions for Guys Who Like Movies) 2 Timothy 1:7-8 (NIV) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline. "In a way, all of us have an El Guapo [...]
Seeing in the Dark Apollo 13 written by Jimmy Myers (excerpt from Devotions for Guys Who Like Movies) Isaiah 42:16 (NIV) I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These [...]
I started playing trumpet in 7th grade. There have been a number of serendipitous moments that have happened along my musical career. During 7th grade, our family took a trip to New Orleans for the weekend and I was down at Jackson Square and there was a big band playing that had some great trumpets. [...]
Composing and arranging/orchestrating music is incredibly rewarding. Without a doubt. But there are projects that come along that you realize will have the potential to have a lasting impact way after you are gone. Quaver's Marvelous World of Music is one of those such projects. I got a call from Steve Gilreath one day. I [...]
I started AnderKamp Music in 1998 with the idea of creating arrangements for churches and individuals to use. We play a lot of my arrangements at our church (The People's Church-Franklin, TN). I often tell people that it doesn't seem like that big of a deal when we play my arrangements at our church. I'm [...]
The defining moments in our lives. Many times, they are not defined until you have lived through them. Sometimes though, you know when you are in the middle of the moment that something is happening. May of 1992 was one of the "I know something is happening' sort of moments. As a Christian trumpet player [...]
Have you asked your child The Birthday Questions? Have a child, and it’s a brave new world. Blink once and she’s moved from dolls to dating. Blink twice and he’s made the leap from toy trucks to 4×4 pickups. You may find their first steps could take them down the aisle at their wedding. Most parents [...]
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