The 'official release' of Retro Hymns is still a couple of weeks away but we have some 'sneak peak' audio samples of some rough mixes if you want to check out some of the arrangements now. If you purchase the complete set BEFORE the official release in a few weeks, you'll receive the Finale files, MP3s (to make up to 30 copies of), plus Stereo and Split tracks to rehearse your group [...]
I was having a conversation a few days ago with a friend and great supporter of AnderKamp Music over the years (Thanks Dan!) and I have decided to go ahead and make stems available for All Creatures of Our God and King from our Cinematic Worship Series. I have created wav files (audio files) of different instruments/groups of instruments plus a click track that you can use to supplement/support your group when [...]
5 years ago, when I introduced the Retro Hymns project, I thought that folks would really enjoy it and it could meet a need for churches and schools. On the Michael Jackson 'Thriller' Special Edition Quincy Jones talks about creating music that moves you and when you do that, you've got a chance that it will move others. On a MUCH smaller scale, that's the way I have always approached projects here [...]
When we began this company back in 1998, we started with 10 brass quintet arrangements. Little did I realize at that time the impact those 10 arrangements would have on churches around the United States and now the world. When we launched AnderKamp Music, we struck a chord with folks who had brass players in their church who WANTED to play but they didn't know where to find music for them. Enter [...]
In my previous update I mentioned playing trumpet on the K-Love Cruise in the 'Double Sea Horns'. As a result of a conversation with one of our neighbors, Chad Mattson (Unspoken), we ended up playing with Unspoken on their brand new song 'Higher' for their concerts on the ship. That night after the concerts (2 sets), my wife Dana and I are walking down to get coffee with Chad and his wife [...]
I talked in a previous post about my experiences arranging music for the Duck Commander Cruise, RamCorps and Lee Greenwood. I 'officially' met a now dear friend, Mark Brannon, who is the CEO of Memphis Based travel company Premier. Mark is a great guy, and best of all...he's a trumpet player. (And a good one to boot!). Before that cruise had even set sail, we talked about horns on the K-Love Cruise. [...]
I had the opportunity January 16th to fly down to Panama City as the Panama City Pops Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Eddie Rackley, played my arrangement of Holy, Holy, Holy as the encore to their concert. The concert featured Grammy Award winning composer and artist Dick Tunney performing his Monkee's Concerto on the piano with the Panama City Pops Orchestra. His was the 'Hey Hey' and mine was the 'Holy [...]
Holy, Holy, Holy One of our most majestic hymns, this powerful text and melody has been sung and played for ages proclaiming the true holiness and trinity of God. I wanted to create an arrangement that would attempt to honor both the majesty and the intimacy of God's holiness. There is a 'Concert Version' as well as a 'Sunday Morning Prelude' version of this arrangement available. This Concert Version is intended to [...]
VISUAL I've said this for years. When I am trying to learn something, I immediately go to YouTube to see if someone has made a video of how to do it (and someone usually has). I can try and read a manual, but if there aren't pretty pictures (diagrams), it's like pulling teeth to me. It is always easier when I can see it happen. And there is that inevitable 'aha' moment [...]
Back in high school (mid/late 80s), our assistant band director wrote an arrangement of Bruce Broughton's iconic score to 'Silverado' for the marching band. It was one of 'those' moments for me...a shaping moment. I loved the music and how it worked with the film. That was a pivotal moment for me in my love for film music. Fast forward to Monday, March 23rd this year. I scored (composed the music to) [...]
