Tag: new music
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Half-Life [parody]
I’ve been having a bit of fun with as parody of Blur’s famous track Parklife. Mrs C and I were talking about how good a parody would be if someone did it, and then I found a few online. But I fancied a go at writing my own. Spurred on by the promise of impressing…
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Blue Skies choir
I’ve written a song, and I’d like you to sing it. Blue Skies is a simple song with two-part chorus. I wrote it because I fancied experimenting with call-and-response and wanted something my community choir could sing easily. You can listen to an outline recording on Soundcloud now: https://on.soundcloud.com/5w0A80PebinojrZTwo So now I want to record…
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The Trinity Song
I’ve finally got around to properly “publishing” The Trinity Song, eight years after the Trinity Sunday service that I wrote it for. It’s live now on Unified Praise, and you can watch a lyric video on my YouTube channel too. https://unifiedpraise.com/songs/579-the-trinity-song The song is registered with CCLI for use in church and you can download…
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12 Song Challenge
The 2025/26 season of 12 Song Challenge is drawing to a close. Every month since April I’ve been given a new challenge, along with 280 fellow writers, to bring a new song to life that is suitable for a church congregation. It’s a discipline I have found tricky to balance with the ebb and flow…
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Epiphany
I’m delighted to announce that after some positive field testing (my poor congregation!) I’ve decided to release the Wise Men Boogie. It’s a lovely variation on the 12-bar blues, and those irritating little songs where you add another line each time you go around from the top. And since it is the season, and it…
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Father in Heaven
There’s new music in the air again, but this time it’s old music. I was away this week with the leaders of United Adoration UK for a quiet day. A song I wrote in 2010 came rushing back to me, and I shared it with them. So I thought it was time I made it…
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New EP – Triptych
I have new music to share. Three songs with a common theme, hence the name of the EP, and related artwork. It has been fun to go through the process of recording, and assembling the lyrics and art; and the songs are now available on Bandcamp: notejuste.bandcamp.com/album/triptych Do go and enjoy them. They’re free to…
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We are loved
That’s the title of my new song, released today through Unified Praise. I’ve been writing church music of one kind or another for years, but my recent forays into oratorio and hymnody haven’t been quite as rewarding as thrashing a decent rock song out… And this is that song. I’ve written it inspired by the…
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48 Hours
Today, my oratorio 48 Hours in Jerusalem premiered at St Gabriel’s Church, Walsall. What’s in the box? Ten new songs, six soloists, and one very nervous piano player brought the Easter story to life in a new way – exploring the lives of Jesus’ followers in the immediate aftermath of his execution. Acknowledgements I must…
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All the right notes
The challenge today is writing words to fit existing music. Or if you prefer, poetry with fixed limits. For Maundy Thursday this year I have addressed the annual search for a church song that doesn’t focus on resurrection, but that people can remember. Maundy Thursday is one of those dates on the calendar that has…
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Holy, Holy, Holy Week
As we enter the peak of the Christian Calendar (festival wise – Lent on the run up to Easter, then all the way down the hill to Pentecost…) I’ve been writing again. This time I went looking for Hosannas and I found them in the obvious place – Anglican liturgy. So I’ve developed a song…
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12 Song Challenge
I’m signing up for the 12 Song Challenge again. Last year, it ran January-December 2024 and it was a wonderful opportunity to explore my musical writing as each month the podcast drops with a fresh prompt to create congregational sung worship. This year it’s running from April 2025 to March 2026. I’ll freely admit not…