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Remember . . .

                   "A MERRY HEART"
          DOOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE

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                A DOG NAMED MACE

There was once a handyman who had a dog named Mace. Mace was a great dog except he had one weird habit -- he liked to eat grass, a lot of grass. Nothing, it seemed, could cure him of it, even though it sometimes interfered with his digestion.

One day, the handyman lost his wrench in the tall grass while he was working outside. He looked and looked, but it was nowhere to be found. Since it was getting dark, he gave up for the night and decided to look the next morning.

When he awoke, he went outside and saw that his dog, Mace, had eaten the all grass in the area where he had been working. His wrench now lay in plain sight, glinting in the sun. Picking up his wrench, he called the dog over to him and said,

                     
"A grazing Mace! How sweet the hound, that saved a wrench for me!"

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LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR THE SOUL

SONGWRITING         Article #17    "Themed Project Album"                         by Clay Howell                          February 2012

CLAY HOWELL

                Well, we’re back at it again. This time, I promised you a theme to weld these songs together. One of the most common things said about the Psalms is that in all the rest of the Bible, God talking to man, but the Psalms are a collection of verses where man talks to God. You could entitle the album, “I Pour Out My Heart To You, Lord” or something along those lines, and you automatically have a “theme.” 

                That’s the cool thing about the Psalms -- those neat little footnotes in the Bible that tell us what they’re about and stuff, so tying them together is pretty easy.

                Another idea could be Providence and Praise, because the Psalms that I selected deal with both praises and calling upon God for His guidance and care. There are all kinds of themes, and I leave you to it to select one that you like. So with that said, I think the next item on the agenda should be analyzing one or two of the Psalms and seeing what kind of song you can come up with.

                Let’s look at the very first Psalm that was on our list, Psalms 1. This Psalm says,

          “Blessed is the man

            Who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

             Nor stands in the way of sinners,

             Nor sits in the seat of scoffers 
                 (KJV says “the scornful”).

              But his delight is in the law of the Lord,

              And on His law, he meditates day and night.

               He is like a tree

                Planted by streams of living water.”             
                     (Psalm 1, vs. 1-3a)

So here is what I came up with for this song.

                Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

                Nor stands in the way of sinners and doesn’t sit with scoffers,

                But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on that law he meditates both day & night.

                He shall be like a tree full of life, planted by streams of living water.

                ©2010, KCCH Music Publishing Co., a BMI affiliate. All rights reserved, foreign & domestic.

                 So, you’ve got some ideas now. See what you can come up with this month and I’ll show you the tune for this song excerpt next month. I really want you to concentrate on doing maybe a couple or three of these Psalms and see how they tie together. This will be good practice for when God gives you the themed album idea that HE wants you to have, and it will give you some ideas for tying things in that maybe you hadn’t thought of before. 

                Remember, if you aren’t going forward, you’re sliding backward where God is concerned. Take a step of faith on these  ideas and see what the Lord will show you. You will be truly amazed.

                Until next month, keep writing and if you have questions or ideas that you want some feedback on, e-mail me and I will get back to you as quickly as we can. My e-mail, clayh@kcchmusic.biz.

Clay

EDITOR'S NOTE:  If you are serious about "honing" your songwriting skills, I  encourage you to submit your lyrics to this incredible, award-winning songwriter for evaluation and comments.  You can trust Clay, knowing that you will receive an honest, constructive review and suggestions to help you perfect the gift God has given you.