Encouraging people around the world since
1991 !!
THE MIDI ARRANGEMENTS OF
MICHAEL JESTER
I was born and grew up
in a small town West Jefferson, Ohio.
I felt God's call to
vocational ministry in 1975 and moved to the
panhandle of Florida to attend
school at Florida Baptist College.
I graduated with a degree in music
and served several
churches in Florida as a minister of music. At the
present time I am not in
a full time position, however I am very active in a
Baptist church
in Stuart, Florida. I play in our praise band and
do some arranging
for it.
I lead a bell-chime choir and sing baritone in our adult choir.
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Ralph Merrifield songs
The Baby Of
Bethlehem
(Dutch version, modified by
Johan, from the Netherlands)
This Day Is Holy (4/4 country version)
This Day Is Holy (6/8 blues version ! )
All songs copyright Ralph Merrifield
New Hope Music, PO Box 1612, Westboro MA 01581
You have our encouragement and permission
to duplicate and share these song for all "not-for-profit" purposes
(web site background, recordings, corporate worship, give-away copies).
Please contact New Hope for other uses. Thanks !!!
If any of you have the
time and resources
to create MIDI files,
I'm looking for people to help arrange
100+ more New Hope songs!
My general approach for background/accompaniment MIDIs is
1) Use a brief Intro
2) Keep the melody out front, but the accompaniment interesting enough to
support it. Descants, countermelodies and a variety of instruments are
fun!
3) Have sufficient repeats to cover all verses. OK to use an
occasional, brief interlude between verses.
4) When appropriate, repeat the chorus at the end.
5) A simple ending after the last verse/chorus helps wrap things up...
Yes, it's a very basic approach, but these MIDIs serve well as backgrounds on our
web sites, and as accompaniment in group singing around the world. They
are also popping up all around the Internet!
Other types of arrangements of our songs are encouraged (classical, jazz, SATB),
and each finds its place in our web sites.
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