Sacredise - Links: Music Resources

Links - Music Resources

The Lanier Company - This is the website of Gary and Valetta Lanier, a couple who have established an amazing independent artists music promotion and production company. The Laniers are musicians in their own right, but also work hard to promote other independent artists.
New Hymn - The web site of Brenton Prigge, a South African Methodist minister who creates new lyrics to traditional hymn tunes, based on the Revised Common Lectionary.
Song Discovery - A great subscription-based music resource, offering 6 CDs a year, with a selecttion of songs from around the world, including choird charts & lead sheets, and a subscription to Worship Leader magazine, for an affordable annual fee.
Sharesong - A great resource for independent musicians to share their songs, and for churches to find free music.
Small Church Music - This is an amazing site with mp3 downloads of organ, piano and in some cases a small band playing a surprising number of wel-known and well-loved hymns. For churches with few musical resources, this site is a God send!
Free Choral Music from Ashley Hall - A simple site with sheet music downloads of Ashley's arrangements of some traditional and some original hymns. Mp3s and pdfs are available for download.
Robin Mann - Australian church music song writer. From a brief exploration of the site it looks these are like nice singable tunes with good lyrics.
Together To Celebrate - Lectionary related music from David McGregor, a minister in the Uniting Church in Australia.
Service Music - Music for Church Worship from the UK.
Resound Worship - A wonderful initiative from a group of UK based song writers, offering their music for free download on their site. This site has had good reviews from some well-known worship leaders like Tim Hughes.
Highest Praise - The website of Fred Mckinnon, Indie-musician extraordinaire, worship leader and song writer. Fred offers great resources, insights and is also the creator and moderator of The Worship Community (see link on the Communities page). See also Fred's personal blog/site.
Restoring the Sound - The site of ethno-musicianary Trevor Samson, who is doing some amazing work with disadvantaged people, especially children, in South Africa's townships. Based in the Cape Town area, Trevor's ministry has an international reach.
Family Worship Resources - This site is dedicated to families worshipping together, and is terrific for churches with multigenerational congregations. Excellent children's music and praise band material, very uplifting. All free. (check out the songs page especially).
Matt Redman - The website of the well-known British worship leader and song writer.
Vicky Beeching - One of the freshest new worship song writers to appear in recent years. Vicky has a degree in theology, great, thoughtful lyrics, and some really stunning, guitar driven arrangements. Her songs work well in congregational worship. She is a Brit, now living in Nashville, TN.
Leadworship.com - The website of US worship leader Paul Baloche.
Music For Missions - An inspiring project, which includes Karen Lafferty (composer of the song Seek Ye First) among those involved, that showcases music and musicians, while raising funds for mission work.
Sarepta Music - A South African music distribution and production company now owned by Intergity's Hosanna! Music.
Sally DeFord Music - This site was recommended to me. Here is the recommendation I received: "This site belongs to a composer/arranger who is part of the Church of the Latter Day Saints, but the bulk of the material is appropriate for all Christians. This one is a bit more traditional in style, but the arrangements are top quality. There are fantastic solos, duets, cantatas, and choral anthems. Everything is free, within guidelines, even the background tracks."

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