Jeremy Gadd

Archive for April, 2009

In my spiritual journey I am re-discovering the meaning of Exodus 3 verse 14. In the Amplified Bible it reads: “And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you!” For me this is the heart of getting back to basics and knowing God. In my view, the Church defines our relationship with God by what we do, not who we are. After this encounter with God through the burning bush Moses was later asked by God to speak to Pharoah. He questioned God, saying that he was not an eloquent speaker. In doing so he was insecure in his role as messenger. Going back to Moses first encounter with God in Exodus 3, God’s reply was to first say who He is (“I AM WHO I AM”), then to say what he does (“I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE”).

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I’ve finally managed to finish a piece of music. I have so many unfinished pieces and so I’m really pleased to have finally completed something. This is a short instrumental piece of a solo Harp. I don’t play harp myself but composed it on the computer using Garritan Personal Orchestra, recording via MIDI keyboard to Cubase Studio 4.5 and mastering in Adobe Audition 1.5. I am in the process of writing a lot of songs and instrumentals for use on a forthcoming video I am filming and editing. This is one piece I intend to use as a short bridge between video clips. Hence I have called it ‘Selah‘. Selah is a biblical Hebrew word found a lot in the Psalms. According to Wikipedia:

“Selah (Hebrew: סלה‎) may be the most difficult word in the Hebrew Bible to translate. Selah is probably either a liturgico-musical mark or an instruction on the reading of the text, something like “stop and listen”. The Psalms were sung accompanied by musical instruments and there are references to this in many chapters. Thirty-one of the thirty-nine psalms with the caption “To the choir-master” include “Selah” so the musical context of selah is obvious. Selah notes a break in the song and as such is similar in purpose to Amen in that it stresses the importance of the preceding passage. Alternatively, Selah may mean “forever”, as it does in some places in the liturgy (notably the second to last blessing of the Amidah). Another interpretation claims that Selah comes from the primary Hebrew root word [calah] which means “to hang”, and by implication to measure (weigh)……It is translated into today’s general language with the meaning: ‘think about it’ or ‘praise [the Lord]‘”

Please have a listen and leave your comments. I’d appreciate any constructive feedback about the actual music, recording and mixing quality etc.

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I came across this song by accident while searching the Internet.  I’ve never heard of Apryl Lynn before now but if all her other stuff is like this I think I’ll check out some of her other stuff.

Hope you like it too.

Apryl Lynn “Shadow Of Your Wings” from sarahlongnecker on Vimeo.

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