I'm a trumpet player and I remember seeing/hearing the Phil Driscoll Christmas record called "Heave and Nature Swing." Man...that fits so well. Christmastime is the PERFECT TIME FOR A BIG BAND to swing it out! Do you have a big band? Do you have a small combo? Do you have a church orchestra with rhythm section? Do you just really want to have a big band play but aren't sure where to [...]
Continuing with our Behind the Songs series, the first arrangement I created at inception of AnderKamp Music was To God Be the Glory for brass quintet. I had NO IDEA in 1998 when I started working on this arrangement what sort of incredible journey I would be on as brass players from literally AROUND THE WORLD have purchased music from us. I wonder if Fanny Crosby had any idea in 1872 (approximately) [...]
I am a sucker for strings. Always have been. I married a violin player for goodness sake. Quite a number of years ago now at The People's Church (now Church of the City), I created what I simply called 'String Sunday'. This was a Sunday at Christmas where we brought in a string ensemble and featured them for the whole service. Christmastime is often so busy and rushed so I like to [...]
I'm thrilled to introduce the just add...Horns series to our catalog! These are 'Modular Horn Arrangements for Modern Worship'. Written to fit in a modern worship setting, these modular arrangements allow the horn section to 'go with the flow'. This way the worship leader and rhythm section can do the arrangement however they would like to do road map wise, and with Lyric Cues, Indented Sections and Hand Signals all available, [...]
Where are we? Where did we repeat back to? Is that the bridge? Is this the last time? I'll admit it. It is 'possible' that I have A.D.D. Squirrel! So sometimes when we're in the middle of a song that repeats a decent amount, I find myself trying to make sure I remember where we are. One of the great features of our new series 'just add...Horns' is that it is modular [...]
I have been waiting to introduce this series for a LONG TIME and the day has finally come! I am thrilled to introduce you to: just add...Horns Modular Horn Arrangements for Modern Worship If you are looking to spice up your worship service... just add horns! If you feel like Sundays may have a similar sound (modern rhythm driven worship)... just add horns! And my favorite idea...if you are [...]
Roger Breland has said for years that the horns were the icing on the cake. I gotta be honest...I LOVE ICING! My creative process for a song in Retro Hymns 2: I've picked the song. I've figured a 'general groove' idea. I went to my drummer friend Tom's studio and he created some drum grooves for me to mess around with at home. I sat at the piano and created [...]
So I've got my songs picked out. I've got arrangements figured out. I have a road map created. It gets really, really fun at this point. If you read this blog much, you'll see that I reference Lari Goss quite a bunch. I've said it before a bunch, but if you're new here...I moved to Nashville in January 1996 to intern with Lari Goss. I spent many, many days in the studio [...]
Clinton Roemer, Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser, Judy Green Sheet Music That's my 'upbringing'. For a pretty large collection of folks, those words probably don't mean anything. But, for a good number of folks (maybe age 40 and older), this is how you began. A yellow legal pad. This idea represents so many things to me musically. For many of my friends here in Nashville, this represents my hero, my mentor [...]
After <many> months of planning, writing, recording, mixing, editing and uploading, I am thrilled to announce that Retro Hymns 2 is now HERE! The last 6 months have been a fun journey of me playing my horn (trumpet) a whole lot. What began as me doing an arrangement of God Bless the USA for Lee Greenwood to sing with RamCorps morphed into me going on the K-Love Cruise in January and playing [...]
