beyond tracing out

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You can get it on iTunes just by searching for “peter hamm beyond tracing out”.

Well, it seems that the reviews (so far) are pretty good. Thanks everybody who bought a copy so far here at Tri-County Church. I’m going to go ahead and update this space for those of you who are interested in the details or stories behind these songs.

Hands Feet Heart & Soul was written for my TCC family. Last year we did our own “Church Without Walls” event and went out and did service projects in the community instead of going to church one weekend. (We’re doing it this year, too!) I wrote this song for the series, and it has ended up really commemorating a great experience for all of us.

Light Up The Sky is my personal idea of what God might have been thinking right before he said “Let There Be Light”, right before he put the rainbow in the sky for Noah, and right before that first Easter Sunrise. He was thinking of us!

Shout is basically Psalm 100. I figured the world needed one more “Shout to the Lord” song. (Just kidding, I’ve heard at least 3). You can’t shout praise to God with thanksgiving enough in my opinion! Just in passing, one of the singers in my church sings this WAY better than I do… (So I like it live much better.)

First is a song I wrote years ago. It’s basically scripture set to music. Always a fun sing-along I think.

Doxology is one of my favorites on here. It is, literally, the doxology from the end of Romans 11 set to music, from the NIV, word for word.

Whole Again is another of my favorites, and is my idea of a lament psalm. We cry out to God to be made whole again, and celebrate that he will… even before he does.

He is Not Here is Christmas and Easter all wrapped up in one package.

Don’t Drive Me Away is my take on Psalm 51, a desperate cry to God for forgiveness. Just for fun, there is only one guitar on here, with an acoustic sound on one side, an electric side on another, and a synth driver making a lot of the synth sounds and the bass… from just one guitar. Anyway, it’s just me havin’ fun…

Workmanship of God is a reminder that we were made by Him to do the things that were already prepared for us to do… so get out there and let’s do it! Love our neighbor, feed the hungry, tell the Story…

Amaze Me is my favorite song here. I got a comment card from church one day that said something to the effect that “God’s love continues to amaze me”. Whoever you are, you helped write this song. It took quite a while for the rest of it to come together, but as I was reading Psalm 8 one day, it all started to come together. “O Lord, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth!”

I’ll post some more musical thoughts or something on these songs as I think of them. 

Blessings,
Peter