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From Martin Green:
The four songs on "In Word and Music" have a spiritual
theme to them. The first, a prayer: "Will You Wait", recognises
that we are not all we would wish to be, and so we come in
hope. The second invites us into that place where worship
begins, perhaps with a little frustration at a world that
entices us into the wrong places with false promises.
"Disciple" is a song I wrote after hearing the song "Suicide?"
in the 80's. These words tell a story too, of a disciple at
that first Easter- words that bring hope rather than destruction.
The tune is developed from the tune of "Suicide?" and is used
by permission.
The final song "Crying King" is inspired by the little teardrop
church "Dominus Flavit" overlooking Jerusalem. In the middle
of ecstatic crowds and cheers of welcome, Jesus weeps. The
rest of the pieces are instrumentals, inspired by people and
places.
Some have already been picked up by spirituality networks
for use in quiet meditative moments, and church services,
and as background to the daily SU blog.
The CD's are being sold to raise money for St Michael's Church
restoration. The church tower and chancel arch are both collapsing
and we need to raise £68,000 to pay for restoration
work that will enable the church to be used by the community
in future generations.
Martin has been playing the guitar since he was a teenager,
and is self-taught. He has played in various styles over the
years, from student rock, occasional jazz and acoustic duet
work, to a local ceilidh band, as well as leading worship
in his church each week.
Martin began writing songs as a teenager, and following an
inspiring lesson with Gordon Giltrap, he began experimenting
with various altered tunings. The results are these two CD's,
which offer a selection of varied, acoustic guitar based music,
with a largely relaxing feel to them.
His guitars of choice are a Takamine 12-string, a Suzuki 6-string,
and his own hand-made 6-string acoustic, accomplished under
the expert guidance of Alan Marshall at Northworthy Guitars.
(www.northworthy.com)
Editor: Rod Cleasby. Oct
2009
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