by Mark J Martin | Nov 6, 2017 | Archived
Consider how many times David said in the Psalms, “I will praise.” He chose ahead of time that he would praise God. No matter what! Psalm 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 54:6 I will freely...
by Mark J Martin | Sep 23, 2017 | Archived
I have some friends who recently went through a deep trial as their son underwent treatment for stage 3 high-risk neuroblastoma. By God’s grace, Braden overcame the cancer, yet there has resulted from the treatments some hearing loss, specifically in the...
by Mark J Martin | Jun 20, 2017 | Archived
It’s one of my favorite songs. Maybe one of yours too. “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” I arranged it for piano & strings for our Easter service this year. I’m grateful for how it turned out. You can jump over to the store to download...
by Mark J Martin | Feb 26, 2016 | Archived
Note: There is a link to a demo of Wednesday’s piano arrangement near the bottom of this post. I posted an arrangement Wednesday with some mixed meter, and I wanted to offer a few thoughts about mixed meter and how to play it. [This post is a bit technical. If...
by Mark J Martin | Feb 22, 2016 | Archived
One of the great privileges of planning and leading worship in a church is to get a front row seat to how God is the great orchestrator of church life, specifically in using music to build up His church. Yesterday was another day that God put together two great...
by Mark J Martin | Feb 19, 2016 | Archived
Just wanted to plant a little thought in your mind for this Sunday, for you pianists. The piano is an awesome instrument from which to worship God without words. Ok, so really you are enhancing words – words that are familiar or projected on a screen. The...
