Before I get into today’s post, let me say a few things about my last post. Thank you for the response to that (mostly by email). I greatly appreciate your encouragement and compliments. Please don’t think that I wrote that last arrangement from the place of discouragement. Based on some emails, I think some people […]
I mentioned yesterday that I had an announcement about the Monthly Hymn Arrangement Club and it is this: I am shutting it down in May, 2019. I will talk about why in a second; but before I do, here are some important things to note: June, 2018 will be the last month that you can […]
I just posted a new arrangement of “There is a Fountain” on my sheet music page. This is a tough arrangement really. Several of these have been tough recently; and next month, I am going to stay ultra-easy. For those in the monthly hymn arrangement club, this one is coming to you. However, I want […]
Five years ago, I told my kids that I would take them to Europe when my oldest graduated from high school. I suppose I thought that day was safely out in the future, but I was mistaken 🙂 Don’t get me wrong. I love Europe and I love going there. I have been many times. […]
Every time I give tips about writing/arranging, I pinch myself. I still can’t believe anybody wants to read what I have to say about the topic. I sincerely feel unqualified to run a blog dedicated to music. Regardless of what I think about it, a lot of people do come here for help. I am […]
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:Â 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 […]