Preparing for Pentecost
Over the last month, I have been focused upon the Feast of Pentecost. I have asked others as to what your favorite Pentecost hymns, chants, spirituals and praise choruses are, both current and public domain. I have scoured through my resources to... Read More
Pentecost Music Survey
Photo courtesy of Fr. Lawrence Lew, O.P. (Creative Commons) Pentecost is close at hand. Do you have a favorite Pentecost hymn? I am currently collecting your responses as to what are your favorite hymns, chants, and praise choruses that signify the Descent... Read More
Is It Feasible to Worship with Public Domain Songs, Exclusively?
This last week I had the privilege of playing for a healing mass in Bloomfield, CT. The Charismatic Office which runs these events, is a stalwart example of hanging strong, even though they are deprived of funds. As it happens, their budget is so low,... Read More
Holy Ghost, Descend Upon Your Children
The Holy Spirit Descending Upon the Upper Room A couple of months back, I made the decision to drop CCLI. Perhaps I will return. You can read about why here. That said, tonight I will play for a charismatic healing mass in my archdiocese. What songs to... Read More
My Encounter with Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Watchtower Society Headquarters (Jehovah’s Witnesses) Saturday was spring cleaning day, and Maryellen and myself were heavy-deep in de-cluttering our basement. I was at the last stage, sweeping the dust filled floor–dust-bunnies clinging... Read More
A Plea to My Non-Musically Inclined Catholic Friends
This is a plea to all my Catholic-Christian friends. If you aren’t Catholic, this very well could apply to you. I do not care if you lean traditionalist or contemporary. I do not care if your church employs regular use of the introits and Communion... Read More
Why Should We Fear Introducing Songs?
Something that has been nagging my mind as of late. If you are a music minister, church organist, choir director or worship leader… how often do you blog? And by blogging, I mean, how often do you use that platform as an opportunity to introduce... Read More
Story Behind My Parody of Katy Perry’s “Roar”
It all began six days ago. Last Friday my daughter (who is in first grade) and I went to our very first father-daughter dance. (Aw….). It was at her small Catholic school, and all of her friends were there. There was a deejay and he was playing... Read More
Movie Review: Gnoah
Am I too late to review this film? It had opened six weeks ago where it had a strong debut, and then sharply dropped off. The critics whom I trusted were sharply divided about the film. On one corner, (Nicolosi, Walsh, Nolte and, yeah, Glenn Beck)... Read More
010: Nick Alexander’s Favorite Ten Parody Songs
http://traffic.libsyn.com/prayermeetingpodcast/nap010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIf you want to subscribe to the Nick Alexander Podcast, click here. The purpose of episode 10 is to count down my top ten personal favorite parody songs I... Read More