I am probably the least talented musician of our band.  I have played the flute for years and I read music but I don’t play by ear.  Sherry, Pearl and Julia write the notes on the music for me and I just have to learn the rhythm patterns which sometimes it takes me awhile and I get frustrated when I don’t pick it up quickly.  I was inspired to write a few songs and I was excited when Sherry put music to the first one.  It has been interesting to watch it change into more than just words but into an actual song.  What seems to also have changed a little, at least I think it changed, is how our songs come to be the final song.  Sherry will bring it into practice and she will have a melody (sometimes Kansas is the one with the melody) and then Pearl will help figure out if the timing should be 4/4 or 6/8, etc…  We all start making suggestions after that and some stick and others get discarded and then we practice the song that way for awhile and down the road we tweak the songs or in some cases make drastic changes.  There are also intros, leads and endings to figure out and which instrument will do what.  Eventually it becomes a song.  My song, now songs are not on Lift Me Up. The lyrics on Lift Me Up were written by Michael Weed.  I pray that the songs bless everyone that hears them.  I love the Lord and I am not always good about witnessing so my hope is that my witness comes out in our music.

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. Sing unto him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. Psalms 33:2-3 KJV

Lynn, Flute Player for Faith-Rest Drill