Comments on: Earliest memories of church songs?

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:58:19 +0000

Hi Joel, Great to hear from you. Check with Bill@Acappella.com as he can help answer your questions. Blessings!

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:12:26 +0000

Hi, Keith. You are asking something different in your blog, but let me participate with a question, which is very different from the topic you are talking about. I am a choir conductor in a christian church in Mexico, and I have been looking for the songbooks of Praise and Harmony projects, but I have not seen any of the online music stores selling these songbooks (with SATB music scores), or having the option to sell them in Mexico. Do you have any way of selling them, and send them to Mexico. I`m in love with the arrengements the Lord has inspired you, and I would like to translate them into Spanish and teach them to the choir. I think they are great to start teaching, or at least leading the church in new and more excellent ways of worship. I was taught in a traditional church, and I am not against the new forms of worship, but I think many people have forgotten and some have not had the opportunity to learn much of the good music we had in our times (I’m 54 now!!!). It’s not just for the sake of music, but I think the new generations need to get a taste for well done music in order to offer our God, no matter what kind of music we use, a more excellent worship each day. And those songbooks can be the key tool to achieve this. I will be happy if you let me know if there is a way to obtain those musical treasures to teach Trigo y Miel (Wheat & Honey. That’s the name of the church here in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico) singers, choral arrangements to contemporary christian music.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:55:40 +0000

Thank you so much for your kind words, Karen!

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:26:29 +0000

My earliest memories are actually of Keith’s music… I cannot remember not knowing those Acappella songs. I remember the music playing in my home before I remember much of anything else. Sometimes hearing the music & Keith’s voice makes me cry (good tears!) of homesickness and just missing being a little kid. I listen to the following generation of Keith’s Acappella groups now and still love them–have even been to a couple concerts–and know the words by heart. There are even some passages of Scripture that I can’t say; I have to sing them, because of some songs! (Acts 2, John 10, etc.) Keith, your music will forever be part of the soundtrack of my life. Thank you for using your talents for God’s glory & the edification of others.

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:23:55 +0000

Great to hear your story,, Vicki. You can check with Bill@Acappella.com about the early album availability. Thank you.

By: Vicki Moore

Vicki Moore — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 02:55:15 +0000

Keith….my first memory of you and Acapella was in early 80s and y’all visited our church in Montgomery, Alabama (Lakewood CofC – no longer there – we merged with another congregation and is now called Vaughn Park CofC…….anyway, I say all this because when you were visiting y’all sang the cutest song which I think was called “Excuses” and I have searched and searched for a copy of this song…….is it available anywhere??? I would LOVE to fine a copy………Thanks!!

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 08 May 2011 11:50:06 +0000

Sounds like some very precious memories, Judy! Sounds like you and your family are naturals.
As far as helping people, I like to make it fun and have the entire church sit in sections. We make it easy for people to change sections and try other parts until they feel comfortable.

By: judy

judy — Sun, 08 May 2011 01:22:04 +0000

i grew up in southwestern oklahoma; small country churches sang songs with alto leads; which i figured out was my voice range. on the jerico road ; the new song; paradise valley; happy am i; those were some favorites, i’ll fly away. my girls and i would sing on car trips. when my mother was dying in the nursing home several years ago, we sang paradise valley in 3 parts. the nurses couldnt believe we sang without music or books! alas, my son is tone deaf, but he still sings anyway! must be harder for boys as their voices change. how can the church help those changing voices find their ‘spot’???

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:41:55 +0000

What a great memory, Tomya! I can relate to this, as singing was a big part of my life and family as I was growing up.

By: Tomya Peters

Tomya Peters — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:40:03 +0000

I remember my aunts, uncles, grand parents and parents lifting me up to the table so i could be as tall as them. One song i still remember was “look away from the cross to the stary crown” I would sing the part I knew the the best as loug as I could “LOOK AWAY”