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Matt Beckham is a talented singer, songwriter, actor, playwright, husband, and Christian, though not necessarily in that order. We met him through our church. "My Savior's Voice" is a song Matt brought to me to provide (as he so aptly put it), the "nuts and bolts" to a very emotional melody and lyric. Kirsten and I arranged the choir parts based closely on Matt's ideas for it. On this recording, Matt is singing the lead vocal, and Kirsten and I are singing the choir parts.

In Matt's words:
"My Savior's Voice" was inspired by great American Hymns like "Old Rugged Cross" and "Amazing Grace". Although I don't pretend to reach the heights of those classics I do have a bit of a history with them. From birth I was in my Father's church: First Baptist Jefferson, Texas, listening to the great hymns performed.

As a gospel song, "My Savior's Voice" is part of a grouping (Gospel, Country, Field Songs, European Ballads) that birthed the Blues. I feature the song in a screenplay that I've written about the Blues called: "Midnight Rain". By writing this song I have attempted to place the Blues at the heart of popular music and place Gospel at the heart of the Blues.

Huge thanks to Ed for providing a forum to release an original song. He's supported me with this website and also with his stellar piano, arrangement and production value behind the song.


You can hear more music from the "Midnight Rain" screenplay by clicking on Matt's MySpace pages: secretchordcollective and mattwillb.

Enjoy!

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