Musivangelists Club

If you know you’re “called to the work” of declaring your testimony through music... I can show you how to craft irresistible “warm fuzzy” moments in every piece you write using my “claim your inheritance” method for modeling the great composers — I’ll even give you precise examples you can ethically steal from me and copy into your music!

If you can play at least "some" of the Hymns and Primary Songs on the piano, I can teach you to write emotionally-effective, powerful testimony music, guaranteed!

Actually, YES! You totally can.

I’ve spent my career as a composer seeking out, studying, dissecting, and applying all the tantalizing musical "feels" I can learn and inserting them into my own music as often as possible.

I used many of these musical “warm fuzzy” secrets when composing my 2 operas for the John F. Kennedy Center, my Chilean suite of piano pieces for my Carnegie Hall debut, a full-scale Mass for the Catholic Church in Poland, Sacred Cantatas for my St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Cincinnati, and many other works and performing ensembles.

I also use them each time I compose a hymn arrangement, Ward Choir piece, Primary Song, or any other Sacrament Meeting music.

First and foremost, I want you to realize that this is a 2-part equation. To create powerful testimony-building music, you need CRAFT and INSPIRATION. You cannot succeed with only one of these two equal parts.

Now, I know that you know how to get inspired by the Spirit. I have no doubt in my mind about that.

But how is your craft? Do you have the sharpened tools at your disposal to, when the Spirit moves you, turn those feelings into solid, resonant, powerful music?

I'm certain you have some degree of craft in you. If you can play the hymns and primary songs, you absolutely do.

But you need to understand that...

That is to say, you need to trade off doing some "learning" and some "doing."

This is why I regularly offer many Live Workshops, so you can sharpen your "Craft of Composition" with me by your side as you compose Primary Songs, Hymns, Arrangements, Cantatas, and more.

But where will you get your ongoing "Craft of Harmony" practice? That's what I am showing you on this page.

Before I get into the details, I want to acknowledge that you may have some DOUBTS too. You may doubt that you have what it takes to write spirit-filled, testimony-drenched music.

So before I go into how I'm going to help you build a solid craft to fuel your inspiration, I want you to hear me loud and clear...

I've seen it over and over again with my students. I KNOW you can do this because, I know you have desires to serve. Therefore, you are called to the work... just like is says in D&C 4 about missionary work. This is just another form of the missionary effort. One that can penetrate hearts that might otherwise NEVER be softened. And I'm going to do everything I can to sharpen your craft and help you believe in YOURSELF, so you can bring the world His truth as much as possible!

Okay, now, let's get into the nitty-gritty...

I'm going to help you write powerful testimony-building music by honing your "Craft of Composition" and "Craft of Harmony" inside this program.

The Musivangelists Club is a monthly subscription providing ongoing trainings, tools, critiques, group lessons, and harmony libraries to help you use consistently sharpen the tools of your musical testimony so you can be a more effective tool in the Lord's quiver.

Inside the Musivangelists Club, there are TWO types of trainings and content you'll enjoy... as well as several great opportunities for bringing the world His truth through music that you can't get anywhere else.

There's the CORE CONTENT, which is like the musical gospel according to Dr. Doug. And there's the MONTHLY CONTENT, which keeps you learning new tricks, tips, techniques, and strategies for writing great Sacrament meeting music.

Here's a little more detail about what you'll get in both the Core Content, Monthly Content, Bonuses, and special opportunities.

These courses are like the harmony gospel, according to Dr. Doug. If you enrolled in a university program... where I used to teach... it would take at least 2 years to go through this amount of courses. But you have access to them all whenever you need them, and at your own pace!

You can skip around, dive into different tutorials you want to learn from, and even complete harmony exercises included. I've even included answer keys to the exercises so you can check your work.

Included in this library, you'll discover the following courses...

Complete Chord Library. Short, easy-to-use video tutorials of all diatonic chords and the "most common" chromatic chords. Plus, you'll learn how to plug them into the Harmonic Progression Chart so you know where to take each chord next.

Composing Melodies & Variations. In this tutorial, you'll dig into how great melodies are composed. Without melody, music wouldn't stick nearly as well. And neither would the gospel message set to music. Now you can learn to craft more powerful melodies and know how to develop them through the power of "variation" technique, just like the master composers.

Intro To Harmony. Need to start from the very beginning? This is the place to start! You'll get a solid foundation in the fundamentals of harmony right from the very beginning. This will prepare you perfectly for the rest of the courses inside the Club.

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Diatonic Voice-Leading. The incredible power of linear, polyphonic music and how to connect chords in the smoothest, most emotionally seductive ways. This is where true resonance in music starts to become a reality!

Chromatic Harmony. Unlocking a more full spectrum of harmony that reaches down into your listener's heart and squeezes their emotional "feels." These are the enticing techniques great Romantic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, John Williams, and many others use to intoxicate their listeners.

Post-Romantic Harmony. Filling your music with the juicy colors of exotic musical warmth. These techniques of early 20th-century composers like Debussy, Ravel, Strauss, Mahler, Puccini, and others, will take your music from black-and-white to amazing technicolor of emotional intensity.

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The truth is, there are very few truly "original" ideas. This is true in many fields. But especially in music. I mean, for over 1,200 years, we've all been using the same 12 notes to create every type of music under the sun. So there's gonna be quite a lot of overlap.

Why then should we not stand on the shoulder's of giants? And more than that, why not dive deep into the works of the great composers to "Steal & Model" their techniques? That's what week 1 is all about, finding a powerful passage from a great composer, analyzing it, showing you how to "steal and model" it, and creating a writing challenge based on these great techniques.

In this way, you will continue to add new and effective emotional weapons to your Harmony arsenal each and every month.

During the 2nd week of the month, I will provide a detailed analysis of a Hymn or Primary Songs. Included in this analysis will be the harmony, various voice-leading principles, and cadence analysis.

Even more useful are the melodic and structural analyses I'll provide. It's not enough to think about harmony alone. So I will break down each musical element and help you see the drama within the music. Because music is an emotional communication tool that, when used to great effect, becomes part of the drama of our lives in a supportive, uplifting way.

These analyses may seem insignificant, but each is a miniature composition lesson filled with additional gems to help you write even more powerful music.

As you saw, in Week #1, part of the fun is that I will create a "Challenge" for you to practice your writing. In the third week of each month, I will complete the monthly Challenge myself and share with you my work.

In other words, each month you will get to join me, shoulder-to-shoulder working on a small composition challenge. I will open up my thought process, my decision making process, and share other considerations I made when composing my version of the monthly challenge. These are examples of my writing that you have my permission to steal, model, and/or use exactly as I've written them in your own music, if you'd like to.

What will life be like a year from now when your grandchildren can gather around the piano and sing the Primary Songs or Hymn Arrangements you composed? How will it change their lives and help them through struggles on their missions, in marriage, throughout life?

What will it mean to you to leave such a powerful testimony legacy?

If you’re ready to start filling your mind and heart regularly with great musical ideas you can use in your original pieces, I hope you’ll consider clicking the green button below to become a member of the Musivangelist's Club.

I’ll see you on the inside,

PS - Where will you be a year from now? Or 2? Or 5?

Will you continue feeling like you wish you could write Church music that helped build testimonies?

Or will you have written several primary songs, hymns, arrangements, and more? Pieces your family can keep with them. Pieces that will leave an imprint of your testimony on them for years to come?

It's true, you don't need a fancy degree to write meaningful, beautiful Church music. What you need is just enough guidance to help you give a musical voice to your testimony in a kind, supportive way writing alongside others like you.

The Musivangelist's Club is a wonderful family of like-minded LDS music enthusiasts working together to bring the world His truth.

Let's make sure the songs you're supposed to write and sing don't get left inside you when your journey comes to a close.

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Now, any rookie writer of music can make their church music look as clean and easy-to-follow as a piece prepared professionally by a reputable publisher... so you don't waste precious rehearsal time sheepishly apologizing to your musicians while correcting your confusing reformed Egyptian notation!

UPGRADE YOUR ORDER!
Would you like to add the "Finale Notation Mastery" course to your order? You can add it to your order for more than HALF OFF the normal price? $59 instead of $125.