just add…Horns – Can I hear the arrangements?

  I'm thrilled to introduce the just add...Horns series to our catalog! These are 'Modular Horn Arrangements for Modern Worship'. Written to fit in a modern worship setting, these modular arrangements allow the horn section to 'go with the flow'. This way the worship leader and rhythm section can do the arrangement however they would [...]

2017-08-14T16:14:49-05:00

just add…Horns Hand Signals MAKE THIS EASY!!!!

Where are we? Where did we repeat back to? Is that the bridge? Is this the last time? I'll admit it. It is 'possible' that I have A.D.D. Squirrel! So sometimes when we're in the middle of a song that repeats a decent amount, I find myself trying to make sure I remember where we [...]

2017-08-14T16:17:58-05:00

introducing just add…Horns (Modular Horn Arrangements for Modern Worship)

    I have been waiting to introduce this series for a LONG TIME and the day has finally come! I am thrilled to introduce you to:   just add...Horns Modular Horn Arrangements for Modern Worship If you are looking to spice up your worship service... just add horns! If you feel like Sundays may [...]

2017-08-14T16:20:23-05:00

Behind the Scenes – Retro Hymns 2 – The Horns!

Roger Breland has said for years that the horns were the icing on the cake.   I gotta be honest...I LOVE ICING!   My creative process for a song in Retro Hymns 2: I've picked the song. I've figured a 'general groove' idea. I went to my drummer friend Tom's studio and he created some [...]

2017-08-14T16:04:25-05:00

Behind the Scenes – Retro Hymns 2 – Recording the Rhythm Section (Tracking)

So I've got my songs picked out. I've got arrangements figured out. I have a road map created. It gets really, really fun at this point. If you read this blog much, you'll see that I reference Lari Goss quite a bunch. I've said it before a bunch, but if you're new here...I moved to [...]

2017-08-14T16:07:24-05:00

Behind the Scenes – Retro Hymns 2 – Arranging w/The Nashville Number System

  Clinton Roemer, Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser, Judy Green Sheet Music That's my 'upbringing'. For a pretty large collection of folks, those words probably don't mean anything. But, for a good number of folks (maybe age 40 and older), this is how you began.   A yellow legal pad. This idea represents so many things [...]

2017-08-14T16:10:55-05:00

Behind the Scenes – Retro Hymns 2 – Song Selection

I love watching 'behind the scenes' videos for movies. If there are 'DVD Extras', I am watching them. And as a composer and arranger, WHENEVER there is a behind the scenes on the making of movie music, I WILL WATCH IT!  (Here's John Williams recording Star Wars - Episode 1 behind the scenes) While I [...]

2017-08-14T15:59:16-05:00

Have you heard Retro Hymns 2

After <many> months of planning, writing, recording, mixing, editing and uploading, I am thrilled to announce that Retro Hymns 2 is now HERE! The last 6 months have been a fun journey of me playing my horn (trumpet) a whole lot. What began as me doing an arrangement of God Bless the USA for Lee [...]

2017-08-14T16:28:33-05:00

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