It has been incredibly busy around AK Studios the last couple of months. Jeff has just completed the score for the feature film, 'Four Blood Moons' based on the New York Times best seller by Pastor John Hagee. Here is Jeff with Kieth Merrill and Rick Eldridge Jeff composed all of the original underscore for the film that will be a special one night Fathom event across [...]
I wrote a horn arrangement for one of Jeff Slaughter's songs from a VBS collection he did with Brentwood-Benson Publishing. The next Christmas, he had this idea for a children's Christmas musical based around a penguin polar pet park. My friend, Jonathan Crumpton, VP of Brentwood-Benson, called and said, "We're doing this new musical with Jeff Slaughter and it needs to be big band and recorded live. You want to do it?" [...]
Most of my collaborations begin with, 'this friend of mine called'. A buddy of mine up in New York, Duke Guillaume created The Metropolitan Gospel Big Band that plays all around New York City. Over the years, Duke has had me arrange quite a number of songs for his big band. He called me in January of 2014 and told me he was recording his big band up in New York. We [...]
I have just finished up composing the score to a brand new feature movie that releases in the theaters March 23rd, 2015 called 'Four Blood Moons'. Based on the book by New York Times best-selling author, Pastor John Hagee, this movie was produced by Rick Eldridge (Bobby Jones:Stroke of Genius, The Ultimate Gift and The Ultimate Life). It was directed by Academy Award winning director, Kieth Merrill. It weaves gracefully between science, [...]
I began AnderKamp Music back in 1998 to help churches, schools and individuals find creative, great sounding arrangements that some of the other 'big' publishers weren't publishing. I have had the wonderful opportunity to partner with many different wonderfully gifted arrangers over the years as a result. Today, I am thrilled to introduce you to another incredibly talented arranger and composer, Matt Riley. A little info about [...]
Pastoral. Wide. Sweeping. Peaceful. The world is full of chaos. There are dark spots throughout it. But just as Elijah heard God's still small voice after all the storms and noise, we can still hear Christ's voice in the midst and after the storms. Matthew 11:28 says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." When I was creating this arrangement, I was thinking [...]
In the comedy world, it doesn't get more iconic than Tim Conway and Don Knotts. The Apple Dumpling Gang. And Tim Conway's performances on The Carol Burnett Show never cease to make me laugh (and apparently Harvey Korman either). Max Lucado's Hermie & Friends series had the great privilege of having the voices of Tim Conway and Don Knotts as the voices of Hermie and Wormie (2 caterpillars). I was asked to [...]
I like trumpet. I really do. I love playing trumpet. I really enjoy hearing the Nashville Symphony (with Jeff Bailey cranking away). I love hearing Steve Patrick sittin' on top of a big band doing a Maynard tribute (like he did at the Franklin Jazz Festival the year Maynard died). I love Tim Morrison's solo on John Williams' Summon The Heroes. I loved hearing Wayne Bergeron playing lead live with the Patrick [...]
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Well, it is at least with churches starting to think about what they are going to do for Christmas. As you are looking towards the Christmas season at your church, I would like to tell you about a number of options we have for instrumental music. And many of these options can be performed/played in the mall, in schools and other public venues as [...]
Sometimes you get absolutely no warning. It just happens. Other times, you've heard rumblings and even felt the buzz, so you've got an idea that there may be something special going on. Art is subjective. No question. But even in the midst of a subjective form of creativity, there are still some moments when most people would say, "Wow!". Ennio Morricone's score to 'The Mission' The opening of 'Saving Private Ryan' on [...]
