Writing New Worship Song: God of Heaven

[Dan L]

*opens up his notebook* meh.. I have going on 15 songs and 5 ideas in this thing.. today the featured song is "God of Heaven"..

enjoy... or don't... either way.. just read it. and criticism is always welcome (so long as it's not the "you're wrong about the whole God thing" type)

explanatory note: some worship songs are really short, and just get repeated to drive the point home. That's what worship is about at times.. so that's why these "songs" sometimes don't have a lot to them

*gets to work on the midi file*
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God of Heaven, You came to Earth
Took away our sin, gave us rebirth
Lord Almighty, We praise Your name
And give You thanks for all you've made

You made us in Your image
To Worship at Your feet
And we are powerless but to praise You
You are the Lord Almighty
You were, You are, and You will be
Our hearts are powerless but to love You
To love You

[TheShinje]

[FONT=arial] [color=red] Great Song Deus_Ex, I can't wait to hear the midi file to hear how it should be sung lol, maybe even a rock version of it could be cool too, most worship songs are a couple of veses or so, repeated over again, i like that alot because that's less words to remember :p [/color] [/FONT]

[Devidramon]

This is very good. Though personally I always preferred the longer ones, but that?s just because I used to be in the choir and during practice, by the time we?d said the same thirteen words over and over and over and over and over again, slooooooowly, I wanted to shoot myself then and there. ?Kings and kingdoms, they shall all pass away, but there?s something about that name,? over and over sometimes for five or ten solid minutes. The lead singer (which ain?t me) got to say more, but it was like ?Jesus, Jesus, Jeeeeeeeeeesu-u-uhhhhhhhs, there?s just something about that name, master, savior, Jeeeeeeeeeesu-u-uhhhhhhhs, let all heaven and earth proclaim,? and onto the kings and kingdoms part. Veeery slooowly, of course. I literally want to scream every time I hear it, even to this very day. People think to be scarred for life, you have to have been locked in a freezer as a kid or something, but torture is torture and it will stick with you for years to come. I?d let Jackie Chan kick me in... a certain area... as hard as he could if it could ensure that I?d never hear that song again as long as I live.

Sorry, tangent. Anyway, your song?s good, Deus. Don?t let it get in the hands of the choir director at my church, but it?s very good. Hurry up and get that midi uploaded so we can hear it.

[Boo]

Yeah! Get the midi up!

BTW: Its very cool, and the better part is, I go to the church :p

[Dan L]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Devidramon [/i]
[B]This is very good. Though personally I always preferred the longer ones, but that?s just because I used to be in the choir and during practice, by the time we?d said the same thirteen words over and over and over and over and over again, slooooooowly, I wanted to shoot myself then and there. ?Kings and kingdoms, they shall all pass away, but there?s something about that name,? over and over sometimes for five or ten solid minutes. The lead singer (which ain?t me) got to say more, but it was like ?Jesus, Jesus, Jeeeeeeeeeesu-u-uhhhhhhhs, there?s just something about that name, master, savior, Jeeeeeeeeeesu-u-uhhhhhhhs, let all heaven and earth proclaim,? and onto the kings and kingdoms part. Veeery slooowly, of course. I literally want to scream every time I hear it, even to this very day. People think to be scarred for life, you have to have been locked in a freezer as a kid or something, but torture is torture and it will stick with you for years to come. I?d let Jackie Chan kick me in... a certain area... as hard as he could if it could ensure that I?d never hear that song again as long as I live.[/B][/QUOTE]

If I ever caught anyone practising my songs in such a way I would.. um.. not be impressed.

Anyway.. midifile should be up either tonight or tomorrow. I'm going home from uni at 6 (rather than like.. 10) specifically to work on that. And a few other midifiles, the songs to which I'll post up sooner or later.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by S@bretooth [/i]
[B][FONT=arial] [color=red] Great Song Deus_Ex, I can't wait to hear the midi file to hear how it should be sung lol, maybe even a rock version of it could be cool too, most worship songs are a couple of veses or so, repeated over again, i like that alot because that's less words to remember :p [/color] [/FONT] [/B][/QUOTE]

It does depend entirely on what you mean by "rock"... I have a very.. "unique" style of writing music, whether I'm writing a slow song, a fast song, a simple song, or whatever. Unfortunately it's the only way I can do it ^^; I've tried incorporating elements from other styles, but it doesn't work. When I write a song, I can't just set out to "write a rock style song" or something.. I just write a song and see where it goes. Once I've posted up a lot of my songs, you'll probably see what I mean..


I [i]NEED[/i] a hosting plan of some sort at some point.. so I can upload and post links to MP3s of my songs.. I have a specific way of singing too, which you just can't really tell in the midifiles.. I've kind of mixed elements of how a few worship leaders sing (such as the "Gareth Robinson Growl", which one day happened by fluke), but at the same time, I don't really sound like them... bleh.. one day you'll see what I mean ^^ soon as I get a hosting plan..

[Dan L]

Much as I'd love to edit that last post, I'm afraid I can't actually attach anything, since nothing was attached before. So yeah. Don't say "Deus, don't double post you evil evil spamming man" or something like that..

Well, not in a serious way, anyway..

bleh

Here's the midi
unfortunately it's a little rushed. I need to alter the piano track the second time through (it's not supposed to suddenly slow down again when you go back into the verse.. but I was lazy and just copied the piano track from the first time round)

[Boo]

*puts it on emmidiattely*
*relaxes* aaaaah...... Good music :).....

[Corey]

"You're wrong about the whole God thing!"

Is what I would say if I didn't have respect for peoples religious beliefs. But I do, so I really like the hymn. It's good. Not as long as most, but still very good.
And I don't suppose you could put up a Mac copy of the midi. Damn 'Stuffit Expander' prog won't unstuff the zip file.

[Dan L]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DarkOrderKnight [/i]
[B]"You're wrong about the whole God thing!"[/B][/QUOTE]

*cheers*.. I've been waiting for someone to say that (in a joking manner, of course ;) )

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DarkOrderKnight [/i]
[B]Is what I would say if I didn't have respect for peoples religious beliefs. But I do, so I really like the hymn. It's good. Not as long as most, but still very good.
And I don't suppose you could put up a Mac copy of the midi. Damn 'Stuffit Expander' prog won't unstuff the zip file. [/B][/QUOTE]

I'd love to.. but midi isn't a valid file type for attachments, otherwise I would've attached the midi file from the start, rather than a zip file. Sorry about that ^^

oh yeah.. and it's not really a hymn.. oh no.. heh.. hymns are something different entirely.. ^^ (hyms are a specific, more classical style of worship song)

[Boo]

[url]http://apoco.250free.com/godofheaven.mid[/url]
[url]http://apoco.250free.com/lord%20have%20mercy.mid[/url]
[url]http://apoco.250free.com/EVENIN2.mid[/url]

^
for if you dont want to download the 3 of them :p

[Dan L]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Dark_Apocalyps [/i]
[B][url]http://apoco.250free.com/godofheaven.mid[/url]
[url]http://apoco.250free.com/lord%20have%20mercy.mid[/url]
[url]http://apoco.250free.com/EVENIN2.mid[/url]

^
for if you dont want to download the 3 of them :p [/B][/QUOTE]

quality. Cheers D_A.. *thumbs up*

[Boo]

Ur welcome

*puts them all three up at the same time*
ARGH! my ears!!! >.<

[Corey]

ROFLMAO!!!!
The last two sound like they come right out of FF VII!
The first one I really like though.

[Dan L]

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DarkOrderKnight [/i]
[B]ROFLMAO!!!!
The last two sound like they come right out of FF VII!
The first one I really like though. [/B][/QUOTE]

Um... I really must play FFVII again.. I don't see.. or "hear" rather.. the resemblance ^^;

[Spikey]

That was an amazing song. Make some more, please.