January 20, 2010
- Worship Contest Winners
Congratulations to Hannah Covington and Kriya Herzog (Crow)… the winners of the Worship Contest. Thanks to all the song writers and all who participated. Let's keep writing wonderful songs to our Wonderful Creator!
Worship Contest 2009
January 2, 2010
- Worship Contest Closing Soon
Have you had a chance to hear the songs submitted for the 2009 Worship Contest? Each song was written to worship an Amazing God. When I think about His Goodness it's staggering!
The 'contest' ends on January 9th, but it's never too late to write a song of praise to the One who gave His life [...]
December 2, 2008
- Worship Contest 2008
Voting for the Worship Contest closes at the end of December 5th. There are several wonderful songs up that will make you smile and help you Worship our Good God. There are 'kids songs,' 'family songs,' and 'songs by adults.' You can hear them here - Worship Contest
You can also leave comments for the artists [...]
July 29, 2008
- Attributes of God in a Song
Every day I'm struck with awe at God's hand in creation. Even this morning, walking in the neighborhood, I saw a woman with a standard size white poodle and started thinking of all the variety of dogs He has made!
Years ago, we had a toy poodle. A toy is the smallest variety of poodle. We [...]
October 7, 2007
- Jean Welles Worship Guitar Class for Kids
The Worship Guitar Class for Kids program is done and ready to help kids worship our God with a guitar in their hands. Here is a 7 1/2 min. excerpt of the first lesson.
This is a 7 1/2 min excerpt of Lesson One
Available from KidsWorshipGuitar.com
How is this program different than the other kid's program? It [...]
March 21, 2007
- Instrument of Praise video
Instrument of Praise video
Instrument of Praise by Jean Welles
When this blog was first launched, you guys helped me name this song. It's now one of the songs I'm teaching in Worship Guitar Class DVD 4. Most of the songs in the series are familiar worship songs. In DVD 3, I introduced one of my songs [...]
March 9, 2007
- Worship Contest 2007
This March I’m hosting another Worship Contest. In fact a few songs have already come in. The categories have been expanded to include songs of other languages, if they send us an English translation.
The theme is quite special for this contest. The most important holiday for Christians is in April. Some call it Easter Sunday [...] - Jeff Leslie, an inspiration
Jeff submitted a song in the worship contest last summer. After his song was chosen for the website, I discovered he was a quadriplegic. He is such an inspiration! Here is what he wrote about his life and song:
"I have a music degree (BME voc/instr) and I played drums, guitar, pno, and bass until a [...]
January 17, 2007
- How to make MP3 Files
If you have a Mac Computer it's very easy using iTunes. Drag your music into the iTunes window. It accepts several different file types - ACC, aiff and wav files. On the far left top of your screen click 'tTunes.' Scroll down and choose 'Preferences.' In the preferences window click 'Advanced.'
You'll see three option 'General,' [...]
January 3, 2007
- Worship Contest 2006
Bethany Waters send me her picture with the new guitar and DVDs. Thought it would be fun to share with you. God is so gracious. They only sent the contest website to a few friends, but somehow the email was circulated and then someone posted it on their Homeschool Website.
Bethany was surprised to receive calls [...]
December 2, 2006
- Isaac King: A Life Dedicated to Jesus
July 15, 1986–September 4, 2006
Isaac Dale King was born July 15, 1986, in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. He was the oldest of six children born to Dale and Karen King. Isaac died in a tragic car accident in September. Three of his closest friends—Aaron Davis, Stevo Dillon, and Sarah Foster—died with him. According to the [...]
October 7, 2006
- Recording to PC
The article below is from John Dotson.
How can I record audio on my computer? Have you tried using Windows Sound Recorder? Only to find that it will only record one minute of audio? We will fix that in just a bit.
One minute of audio? What were they thinking?! Beats me but, there is [...]
October 3, 2006
- Worship Songs for the Contest are Posted
Over 100 songs were submitted for the Worship Contest… Songs for an Awesome God. Every song written is precious in God's eyes. It's been a joy for me to hear all the submissions. It made me cry thinking that these are just the songs in English. How pleased God must be to hear new worship [...]
September 19, 2006
- Mini Voice Lesson - Singing in your Mask
Precious people have emailed me that they have written original worship songs, but because they weren't happy with their singing, they didn't want to submit them for the worship contest.
I remember when I wasn't so happy with my voice too. I sang badly out of tune [...]
August 30, 2006
- How to Write a Worship Song
This is the first article since announcing the Worship Contest that deals with writing worship songs. Before you start to write your song, you need to know what you want to say. For the contest, one of the requirements is that you must back up some of your words with a least one Scripture verse.
You [...]
August 14, 2006
- Worship Contest
Throughout Scripture there are references about singing a new song. For example Psalm 33:3 says “Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.” In Ephesians 5:19, Paul tells us to “Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord.” After being severely flogged, we find Paul and Silas praying [...]