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Author: BrendanDelumpa
Richard,
I will be posting more in the near future. I'm working on a new project - of which Ephesians is part - that is a collection of songs based on scripture. But more pointedly, they're hymns meant to be played at Mass so they'll all be singable. I really don't want to go the pop music route with these.
Thanks!
Brendan
Author: Richard Schletty
Brendan, thanks for sharing your song. I like it. It is infused with Christ-energy. I would love to hear more of your songs. God bless.
Author: msmith
Hello iMwaba,
Thank you for your comment.
Please check your email messages on this website. I sent you a message about receiving the song.
Thank you.
Margo
Author: Richard Schletty
Joey: Yes, you may use it. You have direct permission from the music composer, Matilda Jane Kraemer. Let us know how it goes!
Author: Joey Ibarra
hi there
I would like to ask permission to sing Psalm for this Sunday's mass,
Psalm 67,
we have CCLI copyright in our parish,
is that enough?
Thanks for your help.
Joey
Author: Richard Schletty
Thank you for sharing this very prayerful music for the Divine Mercy Chaplet. May it draw many closer to the herat of Christ.
Author: msmith
Thank you, Richard. God is good! He is very generous with His grace, especially on this Divine Mercy Sunday.
Author: Richard Schletty
Margo, this is a very well written, recorded and produced song. Very meaningful words about the mercy of God. You weave together several vocal and instrumental elements with clarity and balance. Bravo.
Author: Richard Schletty
It's good to hear from you again after a long hiatus. Keep in touch!
Author: Richard Schletty
Caleb, these songs are excellent! Meaningful words artfully delivered. Your voice is very good. I could use you on my Hungry For Heaven project!
Author: msmith
Richard, thank you for providing a place for songwriters to share their music and for all of the music you share.
Alleluia, Jesus is risen!
Margo
Author: Richard Schletty
Margo, this Easter song of affirmation and hope is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing it. I hope you are well. Please encourage other previous CAM members to post their songs here.
"Let the Good News of our Savior spread."
Richard
Author: msmith
This is a beautiful song. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Blessings.
Margo
Author: asiansa09
Don't worry that we don't get it for acceptance our songs at OCP. But it is the path for next generation to find the way to enter into credible publishers. Maybe our family members and relatives can do better than us, and that they will find their way through in music industry. I think they need to go to colleges/university to get their work for publications.
Author: Richard Schletty
I hope that you find ONELICENSE.net helpful in understanding how church music is licensed. I hope you can get your songs accepted and licensed by a major Catholic music publisher. Having all three of our songs rejected by OCP was a disappointment. I wish that OCP had suggested how we might improve our songs.
My big frustration here at TCS is not being allowed to show lyrics or scripture texts for copyrighted songs and psalms that are managed by ONE LICENSE. If I were to pay for licensing that...
Author: asiansa09
https://www.onelicense.net/
Thanks Richard for sharing this websites. It is open up the door of opportunity for me and others for our next generation to dream and pursue the hope to get publishing our work. Be courage!
Author: Richard Schletty
Yes, I will adjust words as necessary to make good sense and to make the singing flow. That is what I did with our other collaborations.
Author: asiansa09
It might be helpful for you to lookup the vocabulary of the words in the song for clarification before you write up the song for it. I just write it from my own understand and I use "big words" that it might need to clarify in the song context.
Author: Richard Schletty
I will try to create a song with your lyric ideas. Thanks.
Paul Inwood wrote a very nice song in 1985 called "Center of My Life." I sing this a few times every year at church. Chris Brunelle sings it very nicely in the YouTube video below. Click on the YouTube Description to see the lyrics. Dan, I think I can create a very nice song for you which incorporates many of the Christocentric points you have noted in your beginning lyrics.
Author: asiansa09
Hi Richard,
Lately, I took the class Cathechesis 101, and I feel so inspire of the concept in Christ that I try to pull out some important concept to write the song lyric. Let see if you can gather your thought to write up a song for it.
Author: Richard Schletty
Here's another shout-out to site members and visitors. I welcome comments here about your experiences and hopes concerning promotion of new Catholic music. Are there some brilliant initiatives you've seen? Have you encountered roadblocks similar to what Benjamin Brekke describes in his lead post above? Does your heart gravitate more toward contemporary Christian music, hard rock, acoustic folk styling, multi-voice hymnody or simple traditional chant? What apps or devices do you use...
Author: Richard Schletty
This is the video Dan vi Nguyen posted at topcatholicsongs.com/lift-up-my-spirit-in-you
Author: Richard Schletty
I used Cubase for a short while but then settled back in with Apple Logic Pro X. Let me know if you are interested in some quick Logic Pro tutorials on how I mix and master various songs I have posted here at TCS.
Author: Richard Schletty
Unfortunately, this song was not accepted by OCP (Oregon Catholic Press). I hope they reconsider. Dan vi Nguyen and I also submitted two other songs we co-wrote and they were also rejected. She and I had great expectations.
Author: Guest (not verified)
Interesting song. I never heard the word Enchristment but I sure understand it in the context of this song. Well done.
Author: Richard Schletty
Dear Holy Chorus, I just noticed that your YouTube video of Holy Flame is gone. Have you re-recorded and re-posted it?
Best,
Richard.