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Sound Connections Unity’s New Thought Music Resource Issue # 93 June/July 2013 Produced by Music Ministry Team and the Sacred Music Resources Department Richard Mekdeci, Editor Sue Riley, Team Chair Blair Tabor, David Ezell, Melinda Wood-Allen, Todd Lowry, Sheryl Meyers, Megon McDonough This Issue’s Highlights by Richard Mekdeci —page 2 Sound Connections goes bi-monthly/Thank you, Carmen Moshier/SC-9 update 2012 Sound Connections Music Conference at Unity Village ─page 3 Add your voice to honor Daniel Nahmod at this year’s Grace Note Award Ceremony. Feature Article —page 5 Cover Songs: Performing and Recording Them Legally by Sue Basko CD Reviews—page 7 Sue Riley’s newest I Choose Love and, Pay Attention by Earth Mama (Joyce Rouse) New Releases, Resources & Events —page 9 Richard’s brand new CD So Far So Good Unity’s Online Choral/Ensemble Library in a nutshell—page 11 How to, where to and why to. Plus submission criteria to submit your own choral originals. Employment Opportunities ─page 13 New! Experienced Music Director seeking a vibrant church community! This Issue’s Free Sheet Music Offering ─page 14 “A Small Star” by Joyce Johnson Rouse – Inspiring, empowering. You’ll love it! New Thought’s First Music Director Listing: Online Only Currently over 180 music directors in 41 states and Canada. Help us make this a complete listing for all of New Thought. Update/add your name to this valuable resource . Master Index of all songs offered through UWM: Online Only Over 300 songs listed alphabetically, with songwriters and the book or resource they appear in to make it easy for you to find and buy the right music for your ministry. Download here. www.unity.org/music [email protected] 1 This Month’s Highlights Greetings, Sound Connections Family! Bon Voyage! At this writing we are all workin’ overtime tying up loose ends and preparing to leave for 10 days on this year’s exciting Unity People’s Convention cruise. Debbie Ball is still re-arranging meeting spaces to accommodate the ship’s changing needs. Bud Mosley is carefully figuring the capacity-versus-load of the 9-passenger van he’ll be driving down to Fort Lauderdale, and Kim Shawd is preparing the minutes for the business meetings. Sound Connections Goes Bi-Monthly I of course am working on this June/July newsletter, the first bi-monthly Sound Connections ever! As we look at ways to streamline our services, we realized that Sound Connections can be just as effective a tool and just as valuable a resource to our music ministries in bi-monthly form as it has been for the past ninety-two issues. Each issue of The Path will have a link to the current newsletter and features of what’s in the issue. Remembering Carmen Moshier-Boeger The recipient of the very first Grace Note Award for outstanding contribution to New Thought Music made her transition on January 3, 2013. Carmen was among the first if not the first writer of what would be considered uniquely “Unity” music. Hugely prolific, she leaves behind an impressive body of work dedicated to her life in Unity, including 14 songs in the Wings of Song hymnal. She was living in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and was 90 years old at the time of her death. Thank you, Carmen, for all the great music! Carmen’s Obituary: http://www.hotsr.com/news/2013/01/06/carmen-f-moshier-boeger-262178.php Richard and Paula’s Big Adventure! I’m soooo proud to announce my beloved wife, fresh out of Unity Institute and Seminary, will be senior minister at Unity Renaissance in Chesapeake, Va. She starts September 1. Many people have asked, “Will you be going to Virginia with Paula?” ... uhh, yes. And I will be taking as much of this job as I can with me. It will be tough leaving this great place and awesome coworkers, and Unity Village, but I knew this day would come when I said “I do.” Great Issue This (Bi)Month If you have been inspired, impressed or moved by the music or the man, Daniel Nahmod, please help us honor him at this year’s Sound Connections by sending your “Daniel moment” testimonial for us to include in the presentation. (pg 3) An article on licensing cover songs, a great piece of free sheet music, reviews of two really great CDs, all round out this issue. Have a great summer! Richard Mekdeci, LUT Sacred Music Resources Coordinator Unity Worldwide Ministries www.unity.org/music [email protected] 2 Sound Connections Music Conference Ongoing Updates Registration is only $199 until August 1. Follow this link to register: https://www.regonline.com/soundconnections2013 This year’s keynotes! Rev. Michael Gott – “A Prayer Twice Prayed” An amazing voice and an amazing minister. Formerly music director at Center for Spiritual Living in Reno, Nev., Michael now serves with Howard Caesar as associate minister of Unity in Houston, Tex. Michael’s music and message will inspire and uplift you. Michael’s keynote message is “A Prayer Twice Prayed.” Daniel Nahmod - 2013’s Grace Note Award Recipient Daniel has taken the New Thought message to literally millions of people around the world through his music. It crosses all religious, social and cultural boundaries, and is sung in practically every Unity and New Thought church and center in the world. Daniel is also known for leading inspiring retreats and workshops. Help Us Honor Daniel The Grace Note Award honors outstanding achievement in New Thought music. We are putting together the presentation for the ceremony, which will take place on the last night of Sound Connections. As in year's past, we are opening up the presentation to include your input, so please send us a brief 1-2 minute video clip of your words of praise, gratitude and love for Daniel. Please submit videos only to ensure ease, expediency and flow when putting the final presentation together. Most of you have a smart phone or laptop with a camera (or you know someone who does), and we want to see your smiling faces as you give your kudos! Please be sure to include your name, any church affiliation, city/state in which you live, as well as how Daniel's music has influenced and inspired you and/or your spiritual community over the years. Let's get creative and show Daniel how much we appreciate his phenomenal, healing, uplifting music! We need all video clips sent in to Jennifer Ferren by September 1, 2013. You can send your video clip in multiple ways: via Dropbox.com or YouSendIt.com to [email protected] , save as a .mov file on a CDR and send to 186 Fay Drive, Kennesaw GA 30144, or text directly via smartphone to 770.289.1132. Thank you in advance for your collective energy as we honor one of New Thought music's most influential artists! www.unity.org/music [email protected] 3 Don’t miss these other great presenters at this year’s Sound Connections! David Roth has presented at 6 of our 8 Sound Connections conferences and continues to be one of the most-requested presenters. David will host our Silent Spirit Sharing and offer workshops on guitar technique, songwriting, and a conference favorite, “Writing a Song of Love,” a group co-writing session to create a song for a sick child. www.davidrothmusic.com Michael Allen Harrison is back! This internationally-known Steinway signature artist, returns to bless our group with piano labs and a workshop on composition. Trained as a classical pianist, Michael believes classical music has the ability to tell a story like no other genre. Michael has an amazing 50 CDs to his credit. www.michaelallenharrison.com Mark Stanton Welch , veteran New Thought performer, sound healer and vibrational alchemist, joins the Sound Connections staff of presenters with a workshop on integrating chant and mantra into your music program. For over 25 years his creations have touched and inspired New Thought audiences worldwide. Mark will also lead the morning meditaion/chanting sessions. www.musicforeverysoul.com Dr. Judy Blackwelder is a Minister of Music at Unity of Music City in Nashville, Tenn., for over 14 years, composing, arragning and conducting music of all styles for the weekly and special services. She holds a PhD in Music Education and has taught in Tennessee public schools for over 35 years. Unity congregations in more than 20 states sing her music. She has two books of published choral and ensemble music. Be sure to become a Facebook “Friend” and rate the page after your visit. Contact [email protected] or call 816.434.6845 for information on group rates. www.unity.org/music [email protected] 4 This Month’s Feature Article Cover Songs: Performing and Recording Them Legally by Sue Basko This article is excerpted from Sue Basko Blogspot.com. The full article appears at http://suebasko.blogspot.com/2010/12/cover-songs-performing-and- recording_19.html If you read my last post about Music Samples - How to Use Them Legally , you saw how complicated that is! Recording cover songs is much easier! What is a cover song? A cover song is the everyday term for a song that is being performed or recorded by a different artist(s) than the one that wrote it or the one that first made it famous. For example, if you record or perform a Red Hot Chili Peppers song, that is a cover. According to the law, once a song subject to U.S. Copyright has been recorded and distributed publicly, anyone can obtain a license and record the song, and pay statutory royalty rates.