Recording History “God’s World Goes ‘Round”
The first lyric and music written in the late 1990’s started with “Watermelons drip…”. The earliest dated full song lyric sheet that I’ve kept is dated 4/18/1998. During recording, God made it clear that this song was about His creation (Genesis 1-2) and everything in it (Acts 17:24)
I played the song for years at Faith Baptist Church, Knoxville, MD for preschoolers. I even sang it at a children’s Upward Basketball half time, and the adults unexpectedly applauded.
In the spring of 2021, God said it was time to record the full song and create a video. I did a search for local Christian Recording Studios and God led me to The Way Home Productions. It is owned and run by Luis Catarineau, and he accepted my request to record this song. After visiting and meeting Luis for the first time, we both proclaimed and agreed that God had called us to do the recording together.
I asked Jim Barnett, my Christian brother in Christ, if he would help me on this project. Jim played guitar, banjo, and mandolin, and sang harmony on the recording. Luis arranged for studio musicians to also play, which were piano/synthesizer (Brent Hardesty) and drums (Sven Abow). Luis played the bass.
God kept making it clear that this song was about the creation of His world! I needed a narrator for Bible references, and I asked my close brother in Christ Duane Musgrove to provide the narration, which he did.
I had decided to include children’s talking voices to make the noises and responses to the main topics of the verse lines. I asked for and received permission to use the kids from the Wednesday night Team Kids ministry at Faith Baptist Church, Knoxville, Maryland. I drew up a parental release form for the children to appear in a video that would be broadcast across the internet streaming. The parents of the participating kids gladly signed the form.
The recording occurred in the fall of 2021. Luis and his wife Marcela came to Faith Baptist Church and video taped the kids saying their assigned selected verse responses. The recording was done in an hour by the 8 kids that are included in the video.
The final sound mix was made by Luis, and the master with the stem mixes was done by Greg Lukens in December 2021.
The three videos, Official, Lyrics and Karaoke were created in 2022. In the first of January 2023, the song was registered and accepted with the CDbaby administration company to place the song with multiple music streaming platforms around the world.
Praise be and glory to the Lord God Almighty for the completion of this project!