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Members: Joanna Hall

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NEW RECORDINGS!!
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FREE recordings and sheet music downloads at www.withmysong.com

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February 2010
NEW WEBSITE!!!!
http://www.withmysong.com/

withmysong.com exists as a music ministry with the goal of meeting the needs of various styles of church music today. Mostly original works, each song is characterized by rich, doctrinal, scripture-based texts highlighted with lyrical melodies and intricate harmonic structure.

Browse the growing resource of sheet music to download for FREE or by donation - including music for solos, ensembles, worship teams, piano, and congregational singing. Adapt the music to fit your setting and style. To hear a piece of each song, listen to the short demo clips provided. Don't forget to check out the easy, guilt-free, music policy!
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For questions, comments, or further info, please e-mail: piano.jhall@gmail.com

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November 1, 2009 - Now on MySpace!
http://www.myspace.com/piano.jhall
check out the music, and updated blogs!

Songs in the works:
"Satisfy" - an original composition, born from Psalm 145, and recent lessons God has taught me, specifically, that He must be my only desire, and that He is the satisfaction of EVERY desire.

"Amazing Grace" - a new beautiful harmonic structure and chorus to a well-loved old hymn text. Also includes lyrics from the hymn text My Savior's Love.

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New Uploads!
Nearer Still Nearer with As the Deer - Instrumental Arrangement (demo recording)

Nearer Still Nearer is one of my favorite hymns. It combines a beautiful melody with heart-crying lyrics. As I wrote this arrangement and voiced the instruments, I envisioned being drawn closer to my Savior, yearning to be in His presence. Hopefully the melodic voices and new harmonies will dramatize this great text and give you a desire to be drawn closer to Him, just like a deer who pants after the water.

looking forward to uploading more in the near future! My prayer is that these songs are just as much of an encouragement and challenge to you as they are to me.
Joanna

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August 2, 2008
"He Gives me a Song in the Night"

Last night I could not get to sleep....so I laid in bed and had some 'God and I' time, and then just started praying as God laid things/people on my heart. After a few hours, I still was not able to sleep so being home alone, I decided to sit down at the piano since that was something I couldn't normally do in the middle of the night :). Recently, I printed a number of hymn texts that I was interested in writing new melodies for, although, I was having trouble coming up with anything worthwhile. As I sat down, immediately, God gave me a melody and harmonic structure and it fit perfectly with the hymn "Abide With Me". The natural minor mode melody brings new meaning to the text, approaching it from more of a desperate and needy point of view. Through the text and melody, God challenged me that He is all I need, and because He will abide with me I have no reason to fear or worry. I love the closing stanza "Hold Your cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee; in life, in death, O Lord, abide with me."
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"ONLY YOU"
Through the truth of my favorite Psalm - Psalm 62- God has challenged me to just be quiet and rest in His sovereignty. My hope MUST be in Him. I love verse 8, where David begs us because of his personal experience to pour out our heart before God; He alone is our refuge! It is so comforting to know that not only is God an all-powerful and sovereign God, He is also a personal, caring, and unconditional loving God. "Only You" sheet music available now!