Behind the Song: “Amazing Love! How Can It Be?”
“Amazing Love! How Can It Be?” Words by Charles Wesley & Robert Sterling Music by Robert Sterling In my book, Principles of Choral Arranging… wait, what? You didn’t know I wrote a [...]
Behind the Song – “Christ the Word”
Here’s another behind-the-scenes look at a recent choral anthem… One for traditional choirs: CHRIST THE WORD For those who compose music for the Church, perhaps the most crucial [...]
On Composing Software… (revisited)
I am reading a book, The Sound of Broadway Music, about the men who orchestrated the Broadway musicals of the 1930s-1960s. The author, Steven Susskin, studied the handwritten [...]
Which Comes First – The Music or the Lyrics?
(To listen to “Shepherd of the Stars” click here.) Some songs are born with words and music emerging together in a fit of creativity. Others start as a lyric in search of a melody. [...]
Inevitable
“He struggled. He scratched out… If you look at those sketches… you see the agonies that this man went through… And what has finally appeared as the finished product looks as though [...]