“Church” (Words & Music by Robert Sterling) from the CD Sounds Crazy. Some songs burst out in a creative rush. Others leak out over a period of days. If you look only at the time I spent [...]
I recently released a solo project. We used to call them albums. Then we called them CDs. Now I just go with “project” – because CDs have pretty much disappeared, and albums (LPs) are only for [...]
“Perfect Peace” (Words & Music by Robert Sterling) There are lots of ways to write a song. The “right” way is whatever way works for the writer or writers. The words may come [...]
I’m a guy who mostly lives in the “right now.” I never thought too much about yesterday, and probably never thought enough about tomorrow. Composing and producing music (often on a deadline), [...]
It’s always interesting to see a young person discover something old, and think that it’s new. I remember when my younger son, who was about fifteen at the time, came to me and said, “Dad, I just [...]
Most of us have been “pigeonholed,” or creatively typecast at some point in our lives. For all I know, it’s human nature to reduce another person to a particular thing, so we can better identify [...]
Generally speaking, music appeals first to our emotions. What is it about a beautiful melody, or evocative harmonies that appeals to the heart? And if it has a great beat, music reaches some [...]
Robert Sterling’s For Unto Y’All is a delightful gospel musical based on the Biblical Nativity story… In this version, however, whilst the characters’ and town names remain the same [...]
My previous blog on the importance of piano accompaniments in choral arranging drew a healthy response from readers. And more than one person wrote to ask (and I paraphrase): “What about those [...]
There are lots of different ways to accompany choral music. Piano, organ, brass ensemble, symphonic orchestra, rhythm section, bluegrass band, and every thinkable combination between. But the [...]
