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I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go

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I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go

Here is a vocal arrangement of “I’ll Go Where You Want Me to Go” as found in the LDS Hymnbook; which is the suggested song for this week’s Come Follow Me lesson on Jonah & Micah. The story of Jonah is one where he at first doesn’t want to “go where you want me to go” and flees the call of God to preach to Nineveh. Upon his calamities and repentance he listens again to the Lord’s command and preaches to the people of Nineveh. Jonah has to repent multiple times for not hearkening and not understanding God’s love for his people of all nations, (….and don’t we all need to do the same thing!)

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I Wonder When He Comes Again

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I Wonder When He Comes Again

This week, I am posting a vocal arrangement of our Come Follow Me suggested song, “I Wonder When He Comes Again” from the LDS Children’s Songbook.  It is a beautiful song about the second coming of Jesus Christ. We are studying chapters 58-66 in the book of Isaiah, who speaks of “that day” when our Savior will come again. 

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Songwriting and Producing Clips for “After Today”

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Songwriting and Producing Clips for “After Today”

Brainstorming – This song is about an event in my life, the death of our child. But I also tried to write it in a way that would apply to anyone who has cared for a terminally ill loved one who has passed on. Writing it helped me to process everything that happened and to maintain some hope along with it. It’s a brutal topic and a heavy one, I realize that, but hopefully it will touch some hearts.

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Sheet Music for Turning Toward

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Sheet Music for Turning Toward

Happy Music Monday! Here is the Sheet Music for “Turning Toward” Click the download button belowto download it. Writing the Melody When I sat down to write out the sheet music for Turning Toward, I wrote out the vocal melody first.

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Sheet Music for “Love, Loretta”

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Sheet Music for “Love, Loretta”

Happy Music Monday! Today I’ll go inside the theoretical aspects of the music….just a bit. Like I said in the previous post, I wanted this song to be somewhat simple, with just a verse and chorus. I chose the key

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