Author Archives: maddg

What to do with “Comfort Me”, Gina Ogilvie and Monica O’Brien’s song that is No 35 in AOV NG?  It is a beautiful reflective song and sung beautifully on CD incidentally. You can purchase this for download at As One … Continue reading →

Ray Makeever is a Lutheran songwriter from the US and his song “Come to the Water” is No 34 in As One Voice: The Next Generation.  I like this tune, but I hate the sort of choral singing that is … Continue reading →

At 33 in AOV NG is another song called “Come to the Table.”  John Burland’s song is stately, elegant and delightful.  Suitable for Eucharistic purposes, of course, and this song is another great Australian composition.  Even the key change seems … Continue reading →

I’m up to 32 in AOV NG and might be getting sensory overload because I think I actually like one of John Angotti’s songs, “Come to the Table.”  It may not be as good as John Burland’s song of the … Continue reading →

31 in AOV NG is another Wild Goose Collective Song by Mike Balhoff, Gary Daigle and Darryl Ducote.  The cantor sings their piece and is joined after a couple of repetitions by the assembly singing verses that overlap the cantor part.  … Continue reading →

No 30 in AOV NG is John Burland’s “Come O Holy Spirit.”  While John is best known as a children’s composer, like Michael Mangan, there is more to his songs than just school applications.  This song works well as a … Continue reading →

Getting back to As One Voice: The Next Generation, No 29 is Canadian singer songwriter Brian Doerksen’s “Come, Now is the Time to Worship.”   This is associated with Vineyard UK and they certainly don’t do it at 58bpm (prayerfully) as … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing far too much blogging on one thing, trying to get through AOV NG, so just for fun I thought I’d start a series on mistakes.  I used to use backings a lot in church because I am … Continue reading →

Alphabetically we are in a run of veni sancte songs and No28 in AOV NG is “Come, Holy Spirit” and this is another contribution from John Angotti.  John Angotti is a WLP artist and is famous enough to be hated by traditionalists … Continue reading →

Gina Ogilvie and Monica O’Brien have another “praise and worship” style song at No 27 in NG.  This is good as a loud song and suits the electropop on the CD.  My backing has a similar feel.  You could use … Continue reading →