"Tuning Up" Information

My first recording, "Tuning Up" is here! The album contains some of my original songs as well as some traditional and contemporary Christian and Catholic hymns / songs.  I tried to maintain the intent of the songs' authors while adding some of my own interpretation.  The sound is strongly acoustic with a variety of styles that I hope will be pleasing to both the ear and heart.  Many of the songs are reflective and focus on the hope that we have in our God.  Several of the songs are used during the Living Stations of the Cross production that the High School Religious Education classes and choir perform each year before Easter at St. Anthony's.  The performance uses The Way of the Cross text with still life actors for each Station.  Music is interspersed throughout and includes some very moving songs.  The ones I included on this recording are my favorites.  I really hope the songs will speak to the heart of the hurting, giving them hope in the Resurrection of their loved one(s) and the expectation that we will all meet again in His presence.  

During the recording of the album, I had the pleasure of working with a wonderful person, Keith Mohr of Broken Records Studios.  He has an amazing mission and I thank God for his presence and skill.  He created some wonderful arrangements of the songs and produced some cool stuff.  Maybe someday we'll work together again, God willing.  

To hear clips of some of the songs from the album, you can listen to the MP3 versions at Catholic Music Network.com or CD Baby.com.  Or you can listen to a short mix of many of the songs here.