As many of you have noticed, I don’t modulate very much. The main reason I don’t modulate much is because I really don’t find it very necessary or helpful a lot of the time. In general, if there is no compelling reason to do something, I won’t. I should note that when I am talking […]
I grew up (and spent a lot of my adult life) in a small slice of Christianity called independent Baptists. Independent Baptists are separate from Southern Baptists and other types of Baptists. Generally speaking, independent Baptists lean toward what you might call fundamentalism and are more conservative in doctrine and practice. Because we were always […]
I recently did a 30-minute podcast interview with Lance Cummins of Family Focused Entrepreneur. Topics range from my business history, psychological pitfalls in business, and how to use business as a tool in the family. Here is the link: https://familyfocusedentrepreneur.com/greg-howlett-interview/
I just published a new arrangement to my sheet music page. It is an early advanced version of “Does Jesus Care?” There are some challenges in reharmonizing a song like this. I will talk about some of my choices in a later post. In terms of modifications to make it easier to play, I don’t […]
I live in the Atlanta area, but I have a significant problem in that I am a bit far from downtown. That makes it hard for me to get piano tuners on call, or at least the piano tuners I want. I can get them to come out to do regular tunings but if a […]
I mentioned a few days ago that my YouTube channel is over 10 million views which begs the question: what is the business significance of that? This post will be geared more for you music professionals, but if you do anything online, you might be interested. Before I start this, I need to repeat something […]
A few days ago, my YouTube channel went over 10,000,000 views (and 26,000 subscribers). That is a good little milestone, so I want to talk about it for a bit. Please understand that I am not trying to make more of this than it is. Last time I looked, my YouTube channel is ranked around […]
I have mentioned John Innes recently, and today I want to dive a bit more into the history of the piano in church. Remember that we are only talking about a century. The revivalists of the early 20th Century introduced the piano and eventually made it a mainstream church instrument. (Before that, the piano was […]
One of the decisions I made in my recent arrangement of “Crown Him With Many Crowns” was to intentionally break some of my own rules (or at least rules I have stolen from others). For example, consider this: Look at the roots of the chords and you will note that I am moving in thirds. […]
I want to start with a riddle. How full is this glass? If you said half full, you are incorrect. No glass is half full; this one is partly full of a liquid and the rest is filled with air. 🙂 Among our unbelieving friends, there is a school of thought that all our minds […]
I just published a new arrangement of “Crown Him With Many Crowns” on my sheet music page. This is a late intermediate/early advanced arrangement, and is designed to be played more reflectively than you would usually hear the piece. I am sure you are not shocked because I lean that direction most of the time. […]
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