When experience meets expertise

The request for a musical rendering of seven songs arrived by phone. 

The occasion? A 60th anniversary.  The plan?  Include snippets of songs that were popular "back then". 

Let’s trace the request back. 

In 1994 we moved to Prince Albert.  A realtor by the name of Louise Tarasiuk had helped us look for housing (we bought privately).  Louise attended the church where I served as minister of music — she sang and we became friends.  As the years passed, she and her husband moved to Candle Lake.  There they attended a small church (and I mean small in terms of building and congregation size).  With no regular pianist, they asked Jill to prepare a piano CD of hymns that they could sing along with.  One of the ladies who attended the church heard the CD.  She talked to Louise.  The results of this enquiry?  Tuesday’s phone call!

She needed seven songs — specific parts of songs.  She needed them in two weeks time.  She needed them on a CD.

Jill immediately went to the internet and research the songs.  We downloaded two that would be suitable.  The other five?  Jill had enough expertise to be able to listen, and with chords or sheet music, play the songs.

That’s where I come in.  Having done some recording lately my experience allowed us to sit down and within three quarters of an hour — record the songs, master them (which means put them in order to record onto a CD), and then record a CD.  As I walked out of the house to an evening meeting, Jill listened to the CD to be sure the music was ready to go.

Now, less than 48 hours from the time of request, the CD is ready!