Friday I sat with one of our church composer – Wayne Gibson. He works for the local newspaper and is a true wordsmith.
He played through 10 compositions. This was my first chance to hear a number of the pieces. We are considering putting together a CD. You’ll want to line up for this!
Wayne can take poetry and, with the twist of a phrase, make you see things in a totally new perspective. He remembers at one point writing his first song that was “full of words”. Current wisdom is to use few words – as though the listeners can’t remember anything more!
I’m glad Wayne has gone the wordy way! If we want to expand our musical and verbal horizons, its time the “Wayne Gibson’s” of the world stand up.!
Keep tuned. I’ll let you know when, where and how you can pick your CD up (or download it, or rip it, or MP3 it, or whatever!)