What would you like for Christmas this year? Have you thought about it? With temperatures reaching 106 degrees here in Nashville this last week, a 'tender tennessee Christmas may not have been on a lot of folks mind, but it sure has for me. What would I like for Christmas? I'd like for horn sections all around the world to have music they can play in church written by a horn player [...]
No, I am not saying to nail trumpets to the walls. As a trumpet player, I would NEVER suggest that. Saxophones??? That's a different story. :) I am thrilled to announce that we now have available for download an arrangement of Deck the Halls for Trumpet Trio accompanied by Full Orchestra! Double click below to hear the recording of this arrangement: Arranged in the style of the classic Leroy Anderson [...]
Never Give Up. Never Surrender! Galaxy Quest written by David Scott (excerpt from Devotions for Guys Who Like Movies) Joshua 1:5-9 (NIV) 9 Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. "Never give up. Never surrender!" That's a signature saying of Commander Peter Quincey Taggart (Tim Allen) of the NSEA Protector in Galaxy Quest. The movie [...]
Clear the Mechanism For Love of the Game written by Chuck Gartman (excerpt from Devotions for Guys Who Like Movies) Matthew 6:25-34 (NIV) 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Billy Chapel is an All-Star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, and is headed for Baseball’s Hall of Fame in the movie, For Love of the Game. On the day [...]
Though I started AnderKamp Music in 1998, I have finally, with the help of my advisors, put to words the mission statement of my company. AnderKamp Music provides world-class music for churches by creating accessible arrangements, giving instrumentalists the opportunity to use their gifts to glorify God. So many churches across the United States and literally around the world are going through transitions of musical styles. They call them 'worship wars' [...]
Special Offer for the complete set of Retro Hymns arrangements expires May 9th, 2012 Purchase the complete set and make up to 40 copies of the recordings for your players ($279 value) The responses to the Retro Hymns series have been overwhelming. Fresh. Exciting. Different. Retro. You can hear all of the arrangements below. We now have written out piano parts and electric bass parts included with every arrangement (and we [...]
The Jericho Horns series is now available here at AnderKamp Music and you can listen to audio samples from both Volumes 1 and 2 below. The Jericho Horns series is an instrumental series of arrangements for church groups, school groups and community bands to play familiar hymns in a big band/jazz style. Recorded by an amazing crew of jazz musicians in Nashville, TN (Pat Coil, Bob Mater, Craig Nelson, Mark Baldwin, John [...]
As an entrepreneur, you often vividly recall moments when you stepped out believing something would work. For me, the Jericho Horns was one of those projects. It was 1999 and I was about to marry Dana. I had felt that there were enough churches out there that were looking for praise band/big band music in a jazz style and if I wrote it, they would buy it. <Insert 'Field of Dreams' analogy [...]
I have had a number of folks recently ask about billing the church so they can pay by check instead of using a credit card/paying through PayPal. I haven't 'officially' announced that I can do this but I am certainly happy to do that. If you want to bill the church, simply send me an email jeff@anderkampmusic.com and tell me what you want to purchase. I will email you the PDFs (probably [...]
There are those truly amazing moments in life. Sometimes they happen without warning. Sometimes you don’t realize that serendipitous moment for days, months or even years to come. But sometimes, you know in advance that they are coming. Yesterday, Dana and I had the awesome privilege of baptizing Dakota, our youngest daughter/middle child. Awhile back, one of our girls’ best friends, Ruby, was being baptized at church. Dakota had been talking to [...]