General Notes on the Albums
My "albums" vary greatly in content and recorded quality. The only fully produced albums are The Fear of Yahveh (1998) and The Book of Revelation (2012).
In the Day of the East Wind (1999) was half produced, but production on that album was suspended. The only tracks currently available from this album are the guitar and vocal tracks.
In the meantime, I was still very productive at writing new songs. I began to learn to record my own material. The initial result was the 2001 demo of the Book of Revelation titled: APOCALYPSE.
During the period in which I was writing and recording material for Baptizer of Fire (2003). I began to think a lot about playing live. My recordings began to focus more on keeping it simple and doing it in "one shot" unlike in a studio situation where each instrument is recorded separately over the course of many takes.
I had always thought that the recording process stripped much of the organic life from my playing. The songs were written to be played and sung by one person, and that was how I liked to hear them; with the instrument and my voice organically resonating together. I actually like playing more than I like listening. And I think I like writing more than practicing.
I began to do a lot of "live" recording sessions, playing my guitar and singing at the same time trying to capture the songs in their natural state, as well as recording a few public performances.
These public recordings are lower quality and also contain mistakes and slips. It is not easy for me to sing and play perfectly, and sometimes my enthusiasm carries me away and I saturate the mic signal. I don't harbor delusions about my abilities. I do not posses a "beautiful" or dexterous voice and my guitar playing skills are very limited. That' the way it goes. There are not a lot of churches that are willing to let me play, and the ones that are willing don't always have the best recording equipment.
By the time I got to "Like A Hammer" (2008), I didn't even bother to record a studio versions of many of the songs. Though it was always in the back of my mind to sit down and record these songs, the only versions of Ezekiel 13 and Jeremiah 23 that exist are live versions.
While writing Songs for "Like a Hammer" I began to write a string of songs, all from Isaiah, and realized that I was going to be doing that whole book next. After recording a new version of "The Song of Moses," (Deut 32) and the studio recording of Isaiah 6, I ended work on Like a Hammer.
At first I began posting songs from The Vision of Isaiah on oraclesofgod.org. By 2009 I had recorded many "scratch versions" of the songs from The Vision of Isaiah, but many of these were not very good quality, so I held some back and eventually took them all down. (They are all available again).
As I began my bible study and video phase of production, I decided I would make Isaiah a "live" album and record all the songs live in front of a video camera and release them on Youtube.
While I still plan on making more videos, this idea was derailed by sixteen months of intense studio recording and orchestral composition. In 2010 I began work on finishing the long neglected "retail" tracks from In the Day of the East Wind. During that work it became clear to me that I ought to focus on The Book of Revelation instead.
My aim was to produce something commercial that could be sold to support my continued work. A progressive rock version of the Book of Revelation seemed to be a more commercially viable idea than an acoustic guitar and orchestra album in the spirit of The Fear of Yahveh. But Revelation has not proven to be a commercially viable album.
Currently I'm working on the second installment of The Book of Revelation, chapters 12-22, I do not write or record music to sell it, but because I desire to possess these songs myself. So if the songs have not sold, it does not deter me.
Further Notes for specific albums or groups of songs may be found by following the "notes and chords" link under each album's cover.
The Fear of "Yahveh"
(1998)
(notes and chords)
Psalm 93
Ezekiel 28-12-19
Psalm 82
Isaiah 29
Psalm 2
Psalm 6
Mark 13
Jesus the Christ
Psalm 22
Psalm 23
2 Thessalonians 2
Isaiah 13:1-14:2
Isaiah 14:3-27
Revelation 15:3,4
Isaiah 63:1-6
Revelation 19:11-16
Exodus 15:1-19
Revelation 21:1-8
Psalm 100
In the Day of The East Wind
(1999)
(notes and chords)
Isaiah 42
Ezekiel 31
The Book of Joel Part 1
The Book of Joel Part 2
The Book of Joel Part 3
Isaiah 52:13 - 53:12
Psalm 24
Isaiah 26
Isaiah 27
Isaiah 28
Psalm 8
APOCALYPSE Demo Disc 1
(2001)
(lyrics, notes, and chords)
Alpha and Omega (Revelation 1)
Seven Candlesticks (Revelation 2 & 3)
The Throne and the Sealed Book (Revelation 4 & 5)
The Seven Seals (Revelation 6 & 7)
Four Trumpets (Revelation 8)
The Fifth Trumpet (Revelation 9:1-12)
The Sixth Trumpet (Revelation 9:13-21)
The Little Book (Revelation 10)
Two Candlesticks (Revelation 11:1-14)
The Seventh Trumpet (Revelation 11:15-19)
If you like the demo version of "Apocalypse" (Revelation) you may be interested in the retail version of disc one. (Now Available)
APOCALYPSE Demo Disc 2
(2001)
(lyrics, notes, and chords)
The Woman and the Dragon (Revelation 12)
Two Beasts (Revelation 13)
144,000 (Revelation 14 & 15)
The Seven Vials (Revelation 16)
Babylon the Great (Revelation 17)
Babylon Is Fallen (Revelation 18)
A White Horse (Revelation 19)
A Great White Throne (Revelation 20)
A New Heaven and Earth (Revelation 21)
A Pure River of Water of Life (Revelation 22)
Early Metal Experiments
The Battle Hymn of David and Goliath
(Psalm 144 and 1 Samuel 17)
The Chariots of Salvation
(Habakkuk 3)
Studio Recordings
Not Associated with an Album
The Song of Moses (1996)
Psalm 6 with Katie Stringini (2003)
Psalm 119 (2008)
The Vision of Isaiah
(Work In Progress)
(notes and chords)
Isaiah 1
Isaiah 2
Isaiah 3 & 4
Isaiah 5 (Live)
Isaiah 6
Isaiah 7
Isaiah 8 & 9
Isaiah 10 (early rough)
Isaiah 11 & 12 (early rough)
Isaiah 13-14:2 (Live)
Isaiah 14:3-27 (1998)
Isaiah 14:28-32 (early rough)
Isaiah 15 (early rough)
Isaiah 16 (early rough)
Isaiah 17 (early rough)
Isaiah 18 (early rough)
Isaiah 23 (early rough)
Isaiah 26 (1999)
Isaiah 27 (1999)
Isaiah 28 (Live)
Isaiah 29 (Live)
Isaiah 35
Isaiah 35 (faster)
Isaiah 42 (1999)
Isaiah 53 (Live)
Isaiah 55
Isaiah 57 (early rough)
Isaiah 58 (Live)
Isaiah 59 (early rough)
Isaiah 63
Isaiah 64
Isaiah 65 (early rough)
Isaiah 66
Isaiah 66 (Live)
(34 of 66 Chapters)
Like A Hammer
(2008)
(notes and chords)
Isaiah 6
Jeremiah 23 (Live)
Ezekiel 13 (Live)
Psalm 38
Psalm 51
Psalm 76
Isaiah 55
The Song of Moses (2008)
Baptizer of Fire
(2003)
(notes and chords)
Matthew 5
Matthew 6
Matthew 7
Matthew 23
John 8
John 10
John 14
John 15 (Live)
John 16 (rough)
John 17
Best of Live Performances
(2005-2009)
Psalm 6 Live
Psalm 8 Live
Psalm 22 Live
Psalm 23 Live
Psalm 24 Live
Psalm 82 Live
Psalm 119 Live
Isaiah 5 Live
Isaiah 13 Live
Isaiah 28 Live
Isaiah 29 Live
Isaiah 53 Live
Isaiah 66 Live
Jeremiah 23 Live
Ezekiel 13 Live
Ezekiel 31 Live
Joel 3 Live
Matthew 5 Live
Matthew 6 Live
Mark 13 Live
John 8 Live
John 14 Live
John 15 Live
John 17 Live
Revelation Chapter 20 Live
You can also directly access the store here: CDBaby.com
The album is also available for download from iTunes, Amazon, and a host of other music sites.
Search for it by name, Oracles of God, The Book of Revelation (Chapters1-11).
Lyrics, Chords, and Notes on the album: The Book of Revelation