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Sparks From The Fire

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Welcome to Sparks from the fire, Watchfire Music’s blog. Here, we hope you’ll be engaged by the interesting view points, news, and articles about the world of inspirational music.

This blog is the first in a series of articles about how the inspiration of music is communicated from man to man, from mouth to ear, from fingers to heart. We’re interested in your thoughts on this subject too. So please post a line or two on your thoughts. We invite a little rousing dialogue. And now, read on, dear readers; read on, dear friends!

Added on: Dec 11th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: Peter Link
Listed in: Music Christian
Tags: music news inspirational commentary spiritual watchfire inspirational music

Recent Posts

Interview With Bobby Stanton

Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 18:30 in music, inspiration, inspirational, creativity, interviews, music artist, inspirational music, inspirational music artist

Bobby Stanton. You may have heard him featured on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” or playing in one of several Broadway musicals. You may have also caught his magical fingers strumming with the likes of Mark O’...
The Ira Awards Part 7

Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 18:17 in music, inspirational, music artist, music composer, inspirational music artist, the ira awards

Bernie Taupin, Lyricist Miss the first six parts of The Ira Awards series? Click here to go to Part 1. Quiz answers in small print at bottom. No peaking. The name of the lyricist is Hal David. Who was his composer? The name of the lyricist is Ber...
The Ira Awards Part 6

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 08:29 in music, inspirational, Lyrics, lyricists, james taylor, music artist, music composer, oscar hammerstein, richard rodgers, great american song book, ira awards, lorenz "larry" hart

(If you missed the beginning of this series, please start with The IRA Awards Part 1) Richard Rodgers was one of the theater’ greatest composers. Diamonds attract pearls. Rodgers attracted the best of his time. When it came to lyricists, he ...
The Ira Awards Part 5

Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 16:54 in music, inspiration, inspirational, cole porter, music artist, johnny mercer, music composer, inspirational music, ira gershwin, watchfire music, peter link

(If you missed the beginning of this series, please start with The IRA Awards Part 1) Johnny Mercer! Oh my goodness, what a lyricist! He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others. From the mid-1930s ...
This Is It

Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 16:41 in music, music news, inspiration, inspirational, creativity, Acting, michael jackson, music artist, music composer, inspirational music, inspirational music artist

If you’re interested in talent, fascinated by greatness, love Pop music and even if you don’t, run, don’t walk, play hooky from school, skip work and go see Michael Jackson’s movie, “This Is It”. I did last night and I’m going to go b...
The Ira Awards Part 4

Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 13:42 in inspiration, inspirational, lyricist, song writing, insight, digital sheet music, irving berlin, inspirational music, watchfire music, peter link, inspirational composers, ethyl merman

Great songs have long been a deep and rich part of the American culture and consequently the world culture as well. I can safely say that it would be any composer/lyricist’s dream to someday write a classic – a song that is so universal and so ...