Release Day! Hymns Album Announcement, Video

[lukegard22]

Hello AGF, just wanted to drop a quick note about my upcoming release. It is a compilation of twelve hymns and original arrangements.

This has been done by many gifted guitarists (Pete Huttlinger, Bob Minner, Doug Young, to name only a few), all of whom are better players than me, but I wanted to do some more "obscure" hymns, some that my parents would sing with us, or some that I picked up on from church.

Here is the track list:
Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus • And Can It Be • Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus / Softly and Tenderly • Standing on the Promises • There Is a Fountain • What a Friend We Have in Jesus • The Old Rugged Cross • This Is My Father's World • Trust and Obey • God Will Take Care of You • I Surrender All • I Love to Tell the Story

Doug Young mixed and mastered the tracks, so you know the audio quality is superb! Grateful for his participation in the project.

Here is a preview of one of the tracks, God Will Take Care of You.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNlZBSsKVJ4



The release goal is May 1st. You will be able to find it wherever you stream music.
The way you can most support this project is to purchase a CD, which will be $8 shipped. Please message or email me if you want to pre-order one: [email protected]

P.S. For any gearheads out there, the recording rig was fairly simple - spaced pair of Haun 440s running into a Neve Portico, then a centered AKG 414 into a Grace 101, all through a Steinberg UR44 into Ableton.

[lukegard22]

Bumping this up. Today is release day!

Would greatly appreciate if a few of you took a listen. Great for background music while working.

Spotify
Apple Music

As well as Amazon, YouTube, Pandora, etc.

Thanks again! Message me if you want a CD.

[Music-N-Yarn]

Hi Luke.

Gave the preview track a full listen. Very nice.

When you described the hymns as obscure, I thought to myself, no the aren't. Then I remembered I am old, and these are the hymns I cut my teeth on a lifetime ago. CCM is nice, but part of me misses the obscure ones.

Happy Release Day!

[Picking Moose]

That preview sounds great.
Don't know any of the titles of your compilation so I look forward do hear more.

EDIT: listening now the whole CD on Spotify.
Really nice indeed!!

[rmp]

Very nice Luke, sounds great.

[lukegard22]

Thank you for listening, guys! Very encouraged.