Encore! A GIA Podcast

Song Ideas for 3rd Sunday of Lent (C) Psalm:  The Lord is Kind and Merciful by Ed Bolduc (WLP) from the CD and collection Love One Another   listen Psalm:  The Lord is Kind and Merciful by Craig and Kristen Colson (spiritandsong) from the CD Fill Us With Your Love 40 Days  by Matt Maher (spiritandsong.com) from the CD  Welcome to Life Beautiful Things by Lisa and Michael Gungor (Capitol CMG/CCLI)...

Song Ideas for 2nd Sunday of Lent (C) Psalm: The Lord Is My Light by Ed Bolduc from the CD and collection  Awake to the Day    listen 40 Days  by Matt Maher (spiritandsong.com) from the CD  Welcome to Life * Be Still for the Presence of the Lord by David J. Evans (Capitol CMG/CCLI)  Voices As One vol. 1 * Blessed Be Your Name  by Matt Redman (worshiptogether.com) Behold by WAL (WLP) from the CD Al...

Psalm: Be With Me, Lord by John Angotti from the CD Joy Beyond Our Dreams   listen   40 Days  by Matt Maher (spiritandsong.com) (from the CD  Welcome to Life ) Be With Me, Lord  by Tom Booth (spiritandsong.com) (from the CD  Find Us Ready ) * Blessed Be Your Name  by Matt Redman (worshiptogether.com) Christ In Me Arise  by Trevor Thomson (spiritandsong.com) (from the CD  Christ In Me Arise )...

Song Ideas for 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) PSALM: In the Sight of the Angels by Matthew Ficcara (WLP) listen * Be God’s by Danielle Rose (WLP) from the CD  Mysteries  and the collection Voices As One vol. 2   listen Can We Love? by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Captured * Christ Has No Body Now But Yours by Steven Warner (WLP) from the collection Voices As One vol. 2    listen *...

Song Ideas for 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) PSALM: I Will Sing by Craig & Kristen Colson (spiritandsong) from the CD Fill us With Your Love * Be God’s by Danielle Rose (WLP) from the CD  Mysteries  and the collection Voices As One vol. 2   listen Can We Love? by Tom Booth (spiritandsong) from the CD Captured * Christ Has No Body Now But Yours by Steven Warner (WLP)from the collection...

We don’t always have to play everything the way it is written down or recorded.  That’s one version!  For example, here’s the way the Glory to God from Mass of Saint Ann is recorded: It starts our big and full, 3 parts vocals, trumpet, drums, bass, guitars…everything.  That is one way to do it. STUDIO VERSION https://voicesasone.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Glory-to-God-STUDIO-exc...

Song Ideas for 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Behold by WAL (WLP) (from the CD Always and Everywhere) Bread for the World by Bernadette Farrell (spiritandsong) Holy Is the Lord by Tomlin/Giglio (Capitol CMG) * I Am the Bread of Life by Tom Kaczmarek (WLP) (found in the collection  Voices As One vol. 2 ) * I Am the Bread of Life by John Michael Talbot (found in the collection  Voices As One vol....

Song Ideas for 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Behold by WAL (WLP) (from the CD Always and Everywhere) Bread for the World by Bernadette Farrell (spiritandsong) Do This In Memory of Me by Chris Muglia (spiritandsong) (from the CD Songs for Communion ) He Lives in Us by Amelia Acosta (WLP) (from the collection  More Voices as One vol. 1) * I Am the Bread of Life by Tom Kaczmarek (WLP) (found in th...

Song Ideas for 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Behold by WAL (WLP) (from the CD Always and Everywhere) Bread for the World by Bernadette Farrell (spiritandsong) Do This In Memory of Me by Chris Muglia (spiritandsong) (from the CD Songs for Communion ) He Lives in Us by Amelia Acosta (WLP) (from the collection  More Voices as One vol. 1) * I Am the Bread of Life by Tom Kaczmarek (WLP) (found in th...

Song Ideas for 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Desert Song  by Brooke Ligertwood (Hillsong/CCLI) Faith Enough to Believe by Craig and Kristen Colson (WLP) (from the CD I Am the Way ) Give Glory by WAL (Jacob and Matthew Band) (WLP)(from the CD Every Day  and More Voices As One vol. 1 ) I Am Yours (Consume Me, Completely) by Trevor Thomson (WLP) (from CD In Shadow and In Light and MVAO2 ) FREE DOW...

Song Ideas for Most Holy Trinity All Creatures of Our God and King  arr. by David Crowder (worshiptogether.com) And We Cry, “Holy” by Aaron Thompson (WLP) (from the CD  10,000 Angels  and the collection  More Voices As One vol. 1 ) ** At the Name of Jesus by Ed Bolduc (WLP) (from the CD Hymns and the collection  More Voices As One vol. 1 PSALM – Blessed the People the Lord Has Ch...

Song Ideas for Pentecost (Here are a couple of songs we used last year. If you can’t see the link to play these files, please refresh your browser.) Psalm 104 – (higher key)   Lord Send Out Your Spirit 2014 G LS   (lower key)  Lord Send Out Your Spirit 2014 E LS  https://voicesasone.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Lord-Send-Out-Your-Spirit-LT-Mass-2014.mp3 Pentecost Sequence &#...

Featured song: I Am Yours (Consume Me Completely) by Trevor Thomson In the past I have talked about taking a piece of music and making your own custom arrangement out of what’s on the page.  A lot of the time we are reading lead sheets, so there isn’t much direction on what the arrangement should be. Today I’d like to look at the music for Trevor Thomson’s  I Am Yours (Cons...

Songs for Palm Sunday and Holy Week 2015 PALM SUNDAY (some free downloads included in the list below from yours truly) *Above All by Leblanc/Baloche (Integrity/CCLI) (found in  Voices As One vol. 2 ) At the Cross (Love Ran Red) by Tomlin et al (EMI/worshiptogether.com) ** At the Name of Jesus by Ed Bolduc (WLP) (from the CD Hymns and the collection More Voices As One vol. 1 ) Behold the Lamb of Go...

(Check out the post SOME GREAT LENTEN SONGS on the sidebar…) Some free music: This is our parish Lenten theme song from last year, ‘From These Ashes,’ co-written by my good friend and current Saint Ann’s Liturgist, Jack Busche. Please feel free to download the lead sheet and audio for use in your parish. 40 Days by Matt Maher (spiritandsong.com) (from the CD Welcome to Life...

Hey everyone.  Thought I’d share a little sample from two of our Masses this past weekend. What you will hear is the Alleluia played by one ensemble at a Mass, and the same Alleluia played by another ensemble at a different Mass.  The drummers at each of these Masses play the Gospel Acclamation with pretty much the same feel, but they each come in at different times (and bass guita...