Hello everyone.
I've been busy with landscaping this time of year and haven't had much time to visit with the forum, but I do click on it and read whats going on everyday.
I'm scheduled for recording this Tuesday morning. The guy doing the recording, a very good friend and senior professional musician came to the house.We sat for an hour or so as I played my acoustic guitar letting him hear the songs I want to record. He was very impressed. I told him they just come to me, they compose themselves, I hear them in my head and heart, all I do is put them into real sound through instruments.
As some of you know that I have been wanting to do this a long time, and invited forum members to get involved, but it didn't happen.Time went by, and suddenly as I picked up my guitar, I started playing a rhythm that blew me away.It was a complete song. I knew right away that it was spiritually influenced.I kept playing it over and over and then bam! I could hear all the instruments and their parts. The next day it happened again with another song. I worked on it most of the day of just practicing, but not changing anything. Again it happened on the third day with another melody.I've been practicing these 3 songs now for several months with an overwhelming passion to record them. I made several appointments to record, but canceled each time for reasons unknown to me. I think it was fear, but I don't know why or what it was about. Four days ago my friend Larry with the studio called me wanting to come see me and hear the songs and discuss them. I saw this as it was time to step out with what God had gave me.Yes! God gave me these songs, and composed them every note and chord. We were sitting on the porch. Larry was talking to Silvia and me. I had my guitar in position but waited for him to be distracted as he was talking to Silvia when I started playing a song. I wanted to see his body reaction. Suddenly my fear vanished as I could clearly see he was affected by what he was hearing. He stopped in mid sentence to listen. His foot was tapping. I stopped to explain all the other instruments parts and of how clearly I can hear them. I made it very clear that I didn't write these songs, and of how they are spiritually inspired, of how they came to me.Keep on mind that Larry has been playing music of many instruments for over 60 years. He is 75. He reminds me of Chet Atkins or Les Paul. I don't think I could impress him if I had wrote these songs. This guy was jammin with Buddy Holly in the 50's and now he's on my porch listening to something inspired by God. I played all three songs and got the same reaction from all of them. That night in my sleep I could literally hear these songs in their entirety, completely finished, all night long until I woke in the morning. One song has 3 guitars. 2 rhythm guitars, one lead, and some harmonizing lead guitars, bass guitar, drums, and keyboards. I will play bass, rhythm guitar and drums. Jason; a friend will play keyboards.Another will play lead. I will play some lead.
Okay now that I've said all of that; I don't have any lyrics for any of these songs. I simply don't know why, but God hasn't gave me any. Perhaps this inspired topic will give me the reason through a forum member. We will see.
My first session will be just me with the rhythm, bass and drums in click. If anyone is inspired, and believe me you will definitely know if its from God just as I did, then I will send it to you in DVD form so you can work with it.
I have no plans what so ever as to where these songs will go. However, I can feel more songs in me that will be brought to surface I think before the third song is finished.
I don't know what this is about or why, but I know it has nothing to do with my flesh or personal gain in any way.
Someone is here in this forum that God will choose to complete this. Who will it be?
Am I being a bit nuts here? Probably yes to some, but I was a nut when I was of the world, and now I'm even more of a nut to the world. Larry believes me, and he doesn't know about us, but he believes in God.
Pm me if your interested by spiritual influence. I need Lyrics and God will provide.
Peace
Roy