Archive for April, 2008
April 22nd, 2008 |
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Psalm 31
Words & Music
©2006 Rough Harbor Music. Words & Music: Cameron Gray, 2006.
Lyrics
In You, O Lord, have I put my trust,
Let me be not ashamed, let me be not ashamed.
Deliver me in Your righteousness,
O revive me once again, revive me once again.
All day let me sing of Thy salvation,
O my Rock and my Foundation,
Be my refuge.
All day, resting in Your righteousness,
For my hope is in Your grace
And I do not know it’s limit.
In You, O Lord, have I put my trust,
Be not far from me, be not far from me.
Deliver me in Your righteousness,
I will praise You more and more, praise You more and more
Behind the Song
The handheld I use for song journaling lends a nice field-recording vibe…
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April 9th, 2008 |
Last Fall I wrote 6 songs in one week (!) while getting ready to perform at the Harbor Vision Art Show. Well, one of them was already mostly done, and four of them are made with stolen lyrics. But still! These so-so demos are recorded with one mic in the sanctuary of Grace Lutheran Church, where Uptown meets. It’s an amazing-sounding room. I’d love to get the whole band in there for a recording session some day, a la Cowboy Junkies Trinity Sessions.
A couple of these may find their way into worship at Harbor in the future, but I’m not sure they all really work for corporate worship. Most of them will probably just be my own private stuff.
Rejoice, Rejoice
Based on lyrics by Joseph Hart (Gadsby, 725 & 787), c. 1768. Music by me, but it’s a pretty standard folk arrangement.
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Ransomed Song
Lyrics based on a hymn by James Allen & William Batty (Gadsby, 952), c. 1786.
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In Darkest Shades
Lyrics by Isaac Watts (Gadsby, 1011).
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My Long-Awaited Christ
Words and Music by me.
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Heart Like Mine
Lyrics based on hymn by John Newton (Gadsby, 999), c. 1779.
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Entry Filed under: Rough Harbor, music Tags: cameron gray, music, rough harbor music, worship music
April 9th, 2008 |
Finished these two tracks December 07. I think I’d still like to go in and tweak a few things, and they still need to be mastered to sound really good. Nonetheless, they are the most completely realized recordings I have to date, so hooray for that. Erica on backing vocals, Johnny on piano, Will on violin, me on everything else.
O In The Grace That Calls Me Home
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The lyrics are a conglomeration of lines from various hymns written by Isaac Watts, Joseph Swain and Joseph Hart, which I found in the Gadsby Hymnal. The original music has long been lost for these songs, so I figured it was cool to rework their beautiful writing into something new. Red Mountain Church turned me on to William Gadsby’s wonderful collection of hymns and I have been digging through it ever since.
There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood
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Our take on Karl Digerness’ version of William Cowper’s hymn. One of my favs to sing at Harbor. I love Johnny’s hint of blues in the piano. I think William would have approved. He struggled deeply with depression and he wrote this hymn while recovering from a suicide attempt.
Oh yes, and there are instrumental versions of them both
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April 9th, 2008 |
For Mellie’s 31st birthday I secretly recorded 3 songs I wrote for her and made a present of them. Hooray for Mellie!
Way Back Home
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Old Fashioned Lullabye
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Just Like You Are
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