Everyone Gets to Play
While thinking and praying for Ngaruawahia (open the food pits) recently I discovered that the history of Ngaruawahia is actually a love story that brought two tribes together. The thought came to me that the King of kings was coming over the mountains to embrace his people. The sweet fragrance of love is His love,… Continue reading You Are Coming
Background: When I heard that my lovely sister was soon to be married I wanted to contribute something to the wedding. I had been messing around on my nylon string guitar. I figured out a little kind of light jazz piece and thought it had something going for it. I realised it needed a bit more and… Continue reading Two in One
This song is hopefully the new start of song writing in Hamilton, New Zealand. Simon had an idea and Tanya and Ian added some lyrical ideas. We wanted to keep it really un-religious and so, accessible to everyone. Simon laid down a very quick version – playing a Baby Taylor guitar. The version is so… Continue reading Hope is Rising
This song was written some time back, but had no bridge, which I felt it needed. As sometimes happens in songwriting, the song sat in one of my song writing books and when playing through it one day, the bridge came to me and so it was back to the recording of the song and… Continue reading Wandering Life
This song is about being confused and in a state where you don’t know whether things are real or if you are dreaming. I wrote it about 5 days ago. I recorded it in my room this last Monday using my Digitech multi-effects unit as a digital input to Logic Studio. I used my Larrivee… Continue reading What Have These Thoughts Done To Me
This song was written for Bethany and was sung only for the second time in public at this event (the Variety Bash). Ian and I had performed it the week before at an arts event at the theatre the week before. This is the first time we had done the song this way, quite uptempo… Continue reading This is you (Bethany’s song) – Live version
Before we recorded ‘Calling’ live, I did a quick rough version so everyone knew how the song went. This is the result. A simple acoustic version. I prefer the live version simply because I love being part of worshiping together with others and God being present. I normally do this in a dropped D tuning.… Continue reading Calling – Rough studio version
a more laid back version of this song. I enjoyed worshipping in this setting. Just facing the wall and seeking His face.
Now here is a love worth dying for. dedicated to God, and Cheryl, and those I love
I’m thirsty, hungry, desperate and only God can quench my desire. This sums up me and this song
