Author Archives: maddg

I’ve started a survey of the Voices As One Vol 2 book from WLP. 201 Above All 202 All the Ends of the Earth This song, “All I Need” in its original form was written by Lincoln Brewster, Danny Chambers … Continue reading →

I’ve decided to put my original music up at a new blog site. There will be some music that I’ve already posted here but also songs that have been lying around for some time so by all means have a look … Continue reading →

Entrance: Holy Spirit of Fire (Mangan) Psalm 103 (McKenna) Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth. Gifts: Enemy of Apathy (Bell-Maule) AOV 2/75 Communion: A Place at the Table (Shirley Erena Murray – Lori True) AOV NG … Continue reading →

I think I need a break from the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book as it’s all getting a little samey. I’m crossing over to WLP’s Voices As One to look at Volume 2. It starts with a song called “146” by … Continue reading →

174 Go, Tell It on the Mountain 175 Go Ye Out “God Be In My head” is a sung prayer by Grayson Warren Brown. The sheet music is at OCP and the text is in their sample.

In the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book (c 2005-7) there is: 171 Glory and Praise to Our God 172 Glory in the Cross This song is a gentle recessional by John Schiavone. I could imagine its use in a time of … Continue reading →

This is a paraphrase of the Gloria for children and is still in use in schools who value its usability over strictly following the words. I’ve always heard it called the “Clap Gloria”. It was written in the eighties by … Continue reading →

I didn’t really need to do another backing for this one as I blogged it here, but I think my new backing is better.

Continuing through the OCP Guitar Accompaniment Book: 167 Gift of Finest Wheat “Give Me Jesus” is a spiritual and the version here has verses 1, 4,5 and 6 as traditional and 3 and 4 by James Hansen. Hymnary have the … Continue reading →

165 Gather Your People I haven’t heard Tobias Colgan’s take on Psalm 23 before, but this gentle song is another option if you’ve done all the others to death. Apart from all the shepherding liturgies and it a song for … Continue reading →