Welcome to

Issue #32, November 2007

Our online New Thought music community is now 1649 strong!

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11 -- MMEESSSSAAGGEE FFRROOMM RRIICCHHAARRDD

“Look For The Good” this Holiday Season

22 -- TTHHIISS MMOONNTTHH’’SS FFRREEEE SSHHEEEETT MMUUSSIICC AATTTTAACCHHMMEENNTT For your Thanksgiving service; “The Blessing” – from Jennifer Ferren

BONUS! – “Autumn” from Fred Bogert’s One Voice Workshop

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Co-Creating A Musical Holiday Program - Sue Kroupa-Riley

55 –– FFRROOMM TTHHEE RROOAADD Fred Bogert brings his One Voice Workshop to your center!

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“The 12 Thoughts of Christmas” A great Children’s resource by Laurie Story

77 -- CCOONNFFEERREENNCCEESS AANNDD EEVVEENNTTSS Circle of Love Gathering

Audition for “Dare To Create Somethin’ Good” 2008 Great Lakes Unity Music Conference!

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Chime in on Music Director Salaries

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New Thought Choral Scores for the Christmas Season!

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NEW! Fox Valley Unity – Batavia, IL NEW! Unity Christ Church – Golden Valley, MN

11 -- MMEESSSSAAGGEE FFRROOMM RRIICCHHAARRDD Sound Connections Family! November is the month of Gratitude and the beginning of our busiest season. No doubt plans are underway to decorate your sanctuaries, plan the church-wide Thanksgiving feast, or participate in community outreach, or “adopt-a-family” programs, collect food or volunteer to serve a local charity. These next 60 days or so tend to bring out the best as well as the worst in people. You as music

directors, ministers and performers will encounter people along the full spectrum of emotions as you go about your work. There will be those who are elated and even giddy with the excitement of the season, to those who feel anxious and depressed, amplified by the absence of loved ones or financial stress. In fact, you may find yourself in that latter category, feeling stressed and overwhelmed with all the extra responsibilities, rehearsals, and busy-ness that distract you from simply enjoying this time. I don’t think it’s any accident that Thanksgiving precedes Christmas. In opening ourselves to greater good, we always begin by giving thanks. Indeed, gratitude is the only ingredient we need to lay the spiritual foundation for addressing life’s challenges.

The Association’s Radio Marketing department has developed a brilliant campaign called “Look For The Good” (www.lookforthegood.org) as a way to counter negative campaigning during this election season. I feel this is also a great slogan to help us foster gratitude in the coming weeks. If you take this month leading up to Thanksgiving to “Look for the Good” you will bring into your field of awareness more and more things to be grateful for. Then, the foundation will be laid for you to deal with any challenges, personal or professional, that may come up during this busy time. You’ll begin to see “the good” in challenges and in challenging people, and be able to give thanks for them. This will in turn open the door for blessings to pour forth and transform what would normally be stressful situations into “Bless-full” situations.

This issue includes a lot of great information: A bonus sheet music attachment, holiday resources and information to help you do what is yours and only yours to do in this great movement we call New Thought. Enough talk, let’s get CONNECTED!!

Always remember: “You are crucial to the growth of the New Thought movement. You can and DO make a difference!” take a moment now to pray for peace, Richard Mekdeci Sacred Music Resources Association of Unity Churches International

22 –– TTHHIISS MMOONNTTHH’’SS FFRREEEE SSHHEEEETT MMUUSSIICC AATTTTAACCHHMMEENNTT TTHHEE BBLLEESSSSIINNGG –– JJeennnniiffeerr FFeerrrreenn Beautiful song for your Thanksgiving service. Contact jferrensings@aol.com for additional copies and audio link. AAUUTTUUMMNN –– FFrreedd BBooggeerrtt This song was written by Fred and the GLURC One Voice workshop participants during

their regional retreat in October, 2006. Contact Fred at fbogert@insightbb.com and hear audio at http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/bogert7-07.m3u

This service is offered with permission from the author. Please contact the author if you would like to purchase additional copies of this music. If you would like a piece of your sheet music offered in future issues of Sound Connections, just send a PDF file of your song to music@unity.org for review.

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Here's your link to a Power Point Show of the 2007 Sound Connections Conference! http://www.unity.org/music/Sound_Connections2007/SoundConnections2007.pps

SSoouunndd CCoonnnneeccttiioonn TTeessttiimmoonniiaall Richard, Please accept my delayed GRATITUDE for your wonderful, wonderful SC conference. It was beyond fabulous! Each of our keynote speakers was deeply inspiring to me and I could have spent the entire time with any one of them! Not to mention the extras.... like JD and Jan, Robert Lori, and others. Sloan Wainwright was SOOOOO good. After a few days I pulled out her handout and have begun to practice with her detailed and loving sheets - and WOW! Her advice enables me to deeply relax as I begin singing - and suddenly my voice sounds like I know I can sound at my best. David Ault, David Roth, Jana (Stanfield), and Karen (Drucker) are absolutely superb. And Christine (Stevens) - how could I forget HER!? As to this entire ITOI movement.... I was profoundly moved to hear about your visioning process several years ago with Michael Beckwith, the session in which you envisioned ITOI and some of this process. I would love to hear the entire story. I also have envisioned and manifested some of my dreams - hearing your story, even just the outline, is inspiring to me. Since moving to Lee's Summit two years ago and connecting with Unity Village and all of Unity, I feel like the ugly duckling who finally found her family. I SO did not fit musically into my North Central Kansas rural community; although it was home, I never felt connected to the people there (the geography I still miss!). Fifteen years ago I was having conversations with my growing children about the power of music to affect us, and why there not songs about things that really mattered? Healthy things, wonderful things!? I discussed this with them many times and thought about it even more. I began to write songs that moved me in this direction. And then, here, I found I was not the only one. Thank you for creating a framework for these wonderful people and ideas with YOUR vision! And thank you for inspiring me and so many others to create and to be part of this larger vision.

with many blessings.... Linda :) (feel free to pass this on to Sue or others if you wish) Linda Chubbuck, Tall Oak Productions 816-246-6871 201 SE Bristol Drive Lee's Summit, MO 64063 www.lindachubbuck.com

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Co-Creating a Musical Holiday Program By Sue Kroupa Riley As a long time New Thought Church music director, I tend to view the approaching holiday season with a mixture of delight and dread. Delight in the wonderful traditions that the holiday will bring, and dread at the thought of finding just the right music to compliment those traditions. At Unity Church of Clearwater, Fl, I work together with my minister, Reverend Leddy Hammock, to create an hour and a half Christmas program, kind of like a New Thought cantata.

First, I pull up choral music on the JW Pepper site (http://www.jwpepper.com/catalog/welcome.jsp). I try and do this in the summer, so that I have time to get the choral pieces in to study them. This is the most time consuming portion as I listen to clips of about 70 songs to find just the right ones. I also incorporate music from the holiday CDs of one of our New Thought artists. Last year, we wrote the entire program around Peter Mayer's fabulous CD "Midwinter". This year, our program will be entitled "The Miracle and Peace of Christmas" and it will feature some of the fabulous music of Sloan Wainwright from her "Night before Christmas" CD. Leddy and I create this as a team. I choose the music, based on a theme or on the key song. Rather than just constantly re-creating the Christmas story, we look for songs which focus on relevant social issues within the context of the holiday music. I aim for Christmas music that both reflects the message of our "cantata" that year, and also provides some lively music which will feature the choir backed by our house band.

I send Reverend Leddy the song lyrics and she will then write text to connect each portion of the music. This creates about 12 narratives using Unity teachings and various quotes from New Thought authors. The presentation also includes some congregational sing-a-longs, and media slides. We perform this on a Friday evening for a love offering basis, and it seems to be a gift our church community cherishes. I know that the music ministry loves to be a part of it.

This year will be our 4th musical presentation. We offer one of these in my song pairings book "Let's Plan the Service" (sue@itoiministries.org $20 plus shipping.), and it comes with all the narratives, along with information on ordering the choral pieces. Leddy and I consider ourselves a team, and we are constantly striving to create meaningful services that will heighten the worship experience for those attending. I hope your holidays are musical and magical!

55 –– FFRROOMM TTHHEE RROOAADD Bring this awesome artist to your church!

Hey everybody! Many of you know that about two years ago I got a big nudge to find clear vision on how to use my music and ministry to help grow music in the church, of the church and for the church. What that vision became is the "One Voice Workshop". I've been all over the country with this program, and have now gone on to produce the first "Songs of the One Voice" CD , Songbook, and Choral Score Series. I wrote and recorded each of these 16 songs with the workshops attendees, and left each church with a CD of their performances. Check out the CD at http://cdbaby.com/cd/bogert7, and the scores at www.fredbogert.com . Here's a description of the weekend event and some testimonials.

CONCERT The One Voice weekend begins with Fred Bogert in Concert on Friday evening to generate excitement and interest in the workshop. It's a great concert, too! WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION The weekend continues with Fred’s “One Voice” Workshop, on Saturday beginning at 9 and ending at 4, with a break for lunch. (Of course the times are adjustable to work best with each group.) During the morning session, “Awakening Awareness”, Fred leads us to an awareness of our sense of self as a unique aspect of the One Voice. Through music, education and meditation, each participant gains an understanding of how and why music touches us as it does. Fred gives each one a sense of empowerment as he shows how much music is already inside all of us. Participants begin to create and express with the "One Voice". Part of this morning session is referred to as “beachcombing.” WORKSHOP AFTERNOON In the afternoon session, “Exploring Expression”, everyone joins together with the intent of focusing the power of the One Voice and maintaining spiritual awareness as we express. The group begins to look at the “Pearls” that were found while “beachcombing”. With Fred's help these pearls are organized into a focused song idea. A wonderful brainstorming session is part of the afternoon where ideas are freely given without judgment or criticism. We then develop a song from the lyric ideas we’ve written, and perform and record it. Everyone is encouraged to contribute to the unfolding of the composition, whether or not they have any musical experience. Fred will complete the creative process by producing a recording of workshop participants performing the song. The recording will then be donated to the church or group. SUNDAY SERVICE The experience concludes with a live performance by the workshop participants, lead by Fred Bogert, during the Sunday Service. Fred does the special music and often does the talk also.

WHAT ONE VOICE PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING:

“Wow! I understand at an entirely new level how God’s ideas are always so much bigger! This weekend was a gift in my life beyond anything I could have imagined.” Jan “Today was awesome - I learned more about the reality of music today than I have learned in my whole life.” Linda “Thank you so much for your gift. You’ve helped me take the next step on my path.” Katie “Our day with you was one of laughter, light and love.” Rev. Barbara ” The workshop was so valuable, I can’t wait for my next business presentation now. Thanks for making music and singing enjoyable again.” Natasha ” Thank you for the many blessings. May our love ripple forth in your important work.” Barbara

ONE VOICE Workshops

Unity of Overland Park, Kansas Unity of Girard, Girard, Ohio Atlanta Unity, Georgia Unity of Louisville, Kentucky Unity of Medina, Ohio Unity of Clearwater, Florida Unity of Atlanta South, Georgia Unity of Virginia Beach, Virginia Unity on the River, Amesbury, Massachusetts GLURC Annual Retreat, Potowatamee State Park, Angola, Indiana Unity of Knoxville, Tennessee Unity of Middletown, Kentucky Unity of Lynnwood, Seattle, Washington Unity of Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia Unity of Crystal Lake, Illinois Unity of Fort Wayne, Indiana

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TTHHEE 1122 TTHHOOUUGGHHTTSS OOFF CCHHRRIISSTTMMAASS:: Traditional Tunes sung with Transformational Thoughts We’ve all done it at one time or another; adapted lyrics to popular and traditional songs to use in our Unity or New Thought services. Fortunately, we now have a large and growing body of New Thought music that fills that need – most of the year.

When it comes to the holidays, it’s just not Christmas without the old standards like “Angels We Have Heard On High”, “The First Noel” and “Deck The Halls”. We all know the melodies and we usually take in stride the words that don’t exactly jive with our teachings. We draw the spirit of the songs from their timeless tunes. Enter Laurie Story Vela who with the help of her friend David Tralle have produced a CD to fill a need. Though the CD is meant to be a resource for adult choirs and congregations, I feel the project’s best niche is in the Youth and family Education departments.

The CD was recorded with children’s voices singing lead on some songs, the choruses on others and echoing responses on others like, “I Heard Three Angels” ( I Saw Three Ships). Hearing children singing New Thought lyrics to Christmas carols was quite inspiring and touching at times. Each of the 12 songs appears twice on the CD, once with vocals by Laurie accompanied by children and adults in a real sing-a-long spirit. Then the twelve tracks are repeated without vocals making it easy for those of you with Children’s Choirs preparing for that Christmas recital. You can rehearse the children with the vocal tracks, then use the instrumental tracks for performance. The children will already know the melodies - Voila! Instant children’s Christmas concert! Looking over the song list will give you an idea of the direction this CD is going: 1. God Bless Ye Merry Families (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen) 2. I Heard 3 Angels (I Saw 3 Ships) 3. Santa Lives (Up On The Housetop) 4. What Child Is This? 5. Away In A Manger 6. Go Tell It On The Mountain (Variation) 7. On This Noel (The First Noel) 8. Voice Of Christmas (Deck The Halls) 9. Joyous Glory Angels Sing (Angels, We Have Heard On High) 10. Here We Come A-Caroling 11. One Drum (Variation Pat-A-Pan) 12. The 12 Thoughts Of Christmas (The 12 Days Of Christmas) Some lyric examples: From “What Child Is This?” “This, this is consciousness; Christ light awakening, shining bliss. This, this is consciousness. I wake up and shine who I am.” From “On This Noel” - “On this noel, the angels did say, “Peace on the planet starts with kind words we say.” From “The 12 Thoughts of Christmas” – “On the first day of Christmas my True Love gave to me, infinite possibilities.” (notice the capitalized “True Love” ) Laurie said she used the Readers Digest Christmas Book to determine keys and arrangements so they are familiar and easy to sing with. Laurie and David also offer lyric booklets to go along with the CD. These can be purchased or downloaded and they have discounted rates the more you buy. Lyric books can also be used for New Thought caroling or to have in the pews for your Christmas congregational songs. Contact Laurie at 800.ABC.4974. Email storylaurie@lauristories.com. Or go to www.newthoughtfamilies.com/12ChristmasCD.html to order, see prices and hear samples of these New Thoughts to old favorites.

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CIRCLE OF LOVE GATHERING ~~~ "Awakening the Heart of Humanity" <http://www.circleoflovegathering.org/> www.circleoflovegathering.org COMING SOON!!! NOVEMBER 11-16, 2007 Unity Village, MO Rev's, David Leonard, Christy Snow, and the Circle of Love Gathering organizing committees would like to offer you a FREE CONFERENCE for RSI, UCSL & UNITY PASTORS / SPIRITUAL LEADERS. New Thought licensed ministers/teachers and New Thought Music Directors receive 50% off $375 conference fee. (Travel & lodging,/meals not included). ******************************************************** Harmonious Productions is accepting submissions from Musicians and Spoken Word Artists in the Transformational Music & Arts Industry. Artists that are selected will have an opportunity to be featured in the national tour of “Dare to Create Somethin’ Good”; a review of the hottest artists in the Transformational Music and Arts Industry. “Dare To Create Somethin’ Good” is a collaboration of like-minded individuals/artists who combine their talents and positive energies to create a dynamic vibration of love, joy, peace, and healing for our world. Send promotional material, including a sample of your product to: Harmonious Productions, Attention: Casting, 1222 Second St., Hermosa Beach CA 90254. Email: RamonP928@verizon.net Website: www.RamonPratt.com

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2008 Great Lakes Unity Music Conference! Greetings everyone!!! Get your trusty Calendars out....The 2008 Great Lakes Unity Music Conference will be held at Unity of Bloomington, in Beautiful Bloomington, Indiana on May 15th - 18th, 2008. For those of you who attended the conference in Bloomington six years ago, you are in for a treat because Unity of Bloomington has moved to a Wonderful new location. Check out www.unityofbloominton.org for directions and a few pictures.

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Plan Your Musical or Spiritual Retreat at Enota Enota, Cherokee for 'the land that nourishes,' is a beautiful mountain retreat center ideal for your next musical or spiritual retreat. Nestled in the high forests of Brasstown Bald in North Georgia, this shade-dappled village of cabins, hotel-style rooms, dorms and retreat house can sleep over 200 and there is RV and tent camping along several of the many streams that lace the 60 acre non-profit land trust. Meals, with veggies & fruits often harvested fresh from Enota's organic garden, are prepared and served at The

Lodge. In addition to the enclosed pavilion for large gatherings or concertizing that can accommodate more than a hundred people, there are many other indoor and outdoor spaces for smaller meetings, ensemble rehearsals, sectionals and classes. Whether you wish to pray in the wilderness, play music in the Nutshell, putter in the garden, ponder beside the waterfalls, or pet the llamas at the Animal Sanctuary, the staff at Enota will make you feel at home and at peace. Did we mention the trampolines, fishing and hiking???? Probably not, so be sure to visit www.enota.com or call 800-990-8869 for more info, or for music retreat

specifics, contact Deb at mgturnip@mindspring.com or 678 777 9027.

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Thank you, Richard. Thank you for your beautiful contribution to music, and thank you for the incredible space you've created for us to share! I love this community and I look forward to my newsletter every month. Next year I will not miss the Music Conference! My friend Jeanne & I are music ministers at Unity Church of Mesa, Arizona. This spiritual community has created an incredible listening for our group, The JaJa's (pronounced YaYa's). Each week through their intention and God's sweet grace, we are given one or two new songs to fit the lessons of the week. We have been blessed with the completion of our first new-thought CD, and we published our music for sale online for the first time last week. Our actual CD will be finished and available on October 19. We are fairly new to the new thought world of music. I’m sure you get these requests all the time, but I would love some feedback on our sound clips and website, and would welcome any advice from you and our online community on what we should do next to share our music. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated! Again, thank you for who you are, and for the difference you've made in our world. Blessings, Barb Horton www.thejajas.com

Music Directors Salaries

Hello Richard and All - When we got home from Sound Connections and started sharing some of what we had experienced with our minister, she mentioned that she is on a mission to get the Music Department's salaries up to par: they are the same today as they were in the 80's. She said that, in order to move the Board, we would need to be able to show what other similarly sized churches were paying their director, musicians and soloists. Would there be any way of finding out that sort of information (general info - not necessarily the salaries of specific people) through you? Thank you for everything at Sound Connections! Beth Gill Unity of Toledo Puppikatt@aol.com We did not get a lot of response from the field on this one ( I guess everyone’s happy with their compensation.) but I found this piece from a local RSI music director to add a little levity to the topic. RM Help Wanted: Music Director; Ideal candidate is a college graduate with twelve degrees in music and particular experience in pop, jazz, reggae, classical, gospel, salsa, funk, church, hip-hop, blues, disco, rap, and the polka; is an experienced arranger, choreographer, producer, conductor, composer, teacher, writer, and event planner; reads charts, open scores, tenor clef, medical prescriptions, and Latin; completed substantial course work in counseling, communications, marketing, psychology, dance, theater, public relations, law, accounting, diplomacy, carpentry, theology, ancient history, and current events; has a keen eye for décor, an uncanny psychic gift, types over two hundred words per minute, and logs at least one million hours in telephone usage during any three-week period; must have reliable transportation. "The task of the Music Director is to provide a spiritual experience. In short, the task of the Music Director is to provide an experience that somehow touches people, that somehow moves people, and whether they respond with breathless silence, with thunderous applause, or with hysterical laughter, they are touched, they are moved, they are having that spiritual experience." RLH Richard Held Music Director RSI church in Kansas City

Problems? Concerns? Need to find a piece of music for a certain occasion or topic? Audio, video, or choral challenges? Ask your question(s). It will be put out to our "experts in the field" and answered in our next edition of SOUND CONNECTIONS.

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Help us keep this section updated with your favorite helpful links by sending your suggestions and comments to music@unity.org

New Thought Choral Scores for the Christmas Season! From the Briarpatch Choral Series - arranged for SATB voice and piano with chord symbols. 1. Christmas Bell 2. In a Village to the East 3. Season of Miracles 4. (for New Years ) One More Time Around the Sun Scores come in packs of ten copies, folded 81/2 x 11 heavy paper, $15 per pack plus shipping. All are in stock. Enjoy! Let us know if you have any questions. Fred & Gloria Bogert Briarpatch Audio Productions, Inc. 1316 Rufer Ave. Louisville, KY 40204 fredb@fredbogert.com ****************************************************************

Info Xchange – on the Association of Unity Churches International website. Post and browse. http://www.unity.org/info-exchange.html.

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One Vibration Radio Ministries is excited to announce the debut of our own New Thought inspired Internet-based radio station, http://www.onevibrationradio.org/. Listen to music specifically programmed to open your heart, touch your soul and lift your spirit—24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The Web’s first New Thought Music station! This website was created as a home for “New Thought” music. We are committed to providing a place for artists and listeners alike to share this wonderful music. www.quantumquest.org

INDIE CONTACT NEWSLETTER - A monthly newsletter that helps Musicians, Songwriters and Labels gain valuable exposure for their music. Every month we send out a fresh list of places where you can submit your music for review, radio airplay, distribution etc. All genres of music are covered. Monthly draws include an ADK Microphone and a copy of The A&R Registry. indiecontactnewsletter@rogers.com http://www.indiebible.com

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POSITIVE MUSIC ASSOCIATION

This site includes a list of PMA members and links to their websites, Poz Radio, member spotlight, music resources, links to other positive media, songs by subject and positive music events. www.positivemusicassociation.com Scott Johnson

Executive Director

Positive Music Association

303-581-9083

scott@positivemusicassociation.com

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FINALE HELP For all of you Finale users who want or need occasional help, Sally Rodeman and I have "invented phone lessons". Here's how it works ---- send me the finale file you want to work on or need help with; think of questions or issues you want to discuss; email me and we can set up a one hour time period when we can talk on the phone uninterrupted and work together on the computer --- you in your city and me here in Grand Rapids. For more info, contact: Linda Missad Engraver / Composer / Arranger Pianist / Keyboardist (616) 453-6829 www.lyralindamusic.com ***********************************************************************

SingSpirit positive words & music is a Nashville-based independent record label and music publishing company specializing in songs that deliver positive, encouraging and uplifting messages. Principles Sean & Laurie O'Shea-- each singer-songwriters in their own right -- are now eagerly promoting other up-and-coming positive artists." (www.SingSpirit.net)

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MusicSUBMIT - The Web'st#1 site for Online Music Promotion We submit your music EPK to genre-specific Internet radio stations, music webzines, podcasts, and more. Create a MusicSUBMIT account & upload your songs, pics, links, bio, PR and video. We do the rest!r Start your web promotion campaign today. Create a MusicSUBMIT account in minutes at: http://www.MusicSUBMIT.com/ib

******************************************************************************* WEBSITES OF INTEREST http://www.watf.info/ (We Are The Future - International Song Project) http://www.peace.tv/ http://www.musiciansoncall.org http://www.musicbovine.com NEW THOUGHT WEB RADIO STATIONS www.onevibrationradio.org/ www.quantumquest.org COPYRIGHT INFORMATION http://www.churchca.com Church Copyright Association – Administration, Consultation,

Education www.mpa.org Music Publishing Association – info on copyright law; locate

publishers for clearances. www.NMPA.org National Music Publishers Association www.loc.gov U.S. Copyright office; select copyrights www.copyright.com CCC - Copyright Clearance Center www.stanford.edu Stanford University; select fair use or copyright issues www.benedict.com Copyright registration & information www.findlaw.com FindLaw Entertainment: Music: Legal Resources www.joinhands.com LicenSing Copyright-cleared music for churches www.ccli.com Christian Copyright License Inc. – blanket licenses for

Contemporary Christian music.

MEDIA PRODUCTION www.GateMusic.com The Gate Media Group; production; printing; Ph: 510-558-9045 www.CorpMedia.com Corporate Media Group; production, etc. Ph: 800-981-7856 www.discmarketing.com Disc Marketing Inc.; fundraising music sales; Ph: 626-795-2370

MUSIC HOUSES www.giamusic.com GIA Publications Inc. Music for the church. Ph: 800-GIA-1358 www.cscd.com Central South Christian Distribution. Ph: 800-757-0856 www.oup-usa.org Oxford University Press. Ph: 212-726-6000 www.WorshipToday.com Sheet music subscription service. Ph: 800-992-2144 www.spin360.com Student Praise Interactive Network – music membership service

MUSIC MAGAZINES www.indiebible.com/newsletter - Dozens of new places each month to promote your music plus

other invaluable information for indie artists. www.galaris.com Free monthly newsletter for independent musicians containing:

Promotion tips, Career advice, Recording tips, Legal advice, Musician's health, Radio promotion, Songwriters tips, Industry news, and more.

www.Groupmag.com Group Magazine – Christian resources www.Newagevoice.com New Age Voice magazine – New Age, Celtic, World, Electronic,

etc. www.yourchurch.net Your Church – includes articles on music. Ph: 800-493-9900

MUSIC SALES & SERVICES www.AgapeMusic.com Christian Internet Music Store. Ph: 651-436-1795 www.soundstrue.com Tibetan, Muslim, Hindu, Moroccan, Eastern music. Ph: 888-303-9185 www.NET4Music.com Downloadable sheet music & MIDI files www.intuitivesound.com Acoustic, percussion, voice tapes & CDs. Ph: 770-998-2163 www.mflp.com Music for Little People. Ph: 800-409-2457 www.NewThoughtMusic.com Resources for music directors – from Gregg Akkerman www.aquarius-music.com Music for reiki, chakra, sufi. Ph: 800-283-4655 www.innerpeacemusic.com Meditative music by Steven Halpern www.soundings.com New age meditational music. Ph: 800-937-3223 www.astromusic@etherean.com Mozart music with a New Age sound; meditational. Ph: 888-384-3732 www.whitecloudmusic.com Meditational; New Age music. Ph: 615-771-9393 www.Christianbook.com Christian products, including music www.Lifeway.com Christian resources www.songs.com Music sales & downloads www.interlinc-online.com Youth leaders music resources www.vitalworship.com Worship products www.Sacredworldmusic.com Large variety of music that lists all music as sacred www.saw.org Songwriter’s Assoc. of Washington www.springhillmedia.com Meditative & other music recordings

www.valley-entertainment.com Great artists and compilations. My favorite; “Lullabies from The Axis of Evil” reviewed this issue.

SOFTWARE COMPANIES www.fowlerinc.com Worship software; video & data projection; Ph: 800-729-0163

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Fox Valley Unity in Batavia, IL west of Chicago in the beautiful Fox River Valley has an opening for a music director. We have a community that loves to sing and several talented musicians in our congregation. We have both a Roland XP-80 keyboard and a beautiful 5’10” Kawai grand piano. If being the music director in our warm, welcoming spiritual community calls to you please email Rev Jan Little for more details rev-jan@sbcglobal.net or call 630-879-1115.

Unity Christ Church, Golden Valley MN, (the Minneapolis area) has an opening for a part-time experienced music director, with the strong potential of becoming full-time. The average Sunday morning attendance is 275 adults and approximately 60 children. A background in New Thought music and theology is preferred. Please contact, Rev. Pat Williamson, 763-521-4793 ext.27, or send resume and cover letter to revpat@unitychristchurch.org

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