Video of the Week: Family and Mommy Rhapsody

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Aren't these stick figure families cute? I love how they even include the family pet.  Our cat, Sugar, who we call our "Kitty Daughter" has a place, too.     I put one on my facebook page and now one here thanks to WiddleTinks.com.

I have been reflecting on motherhood and family lately and ran across this parody song,  "Mommy Rhapsody" from Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Sometimes I wake up in the morning and wondering if this is the real life or am I dreaming.  I have been living in autopilot mode most of the time lately trying to get things together for my family and my business while not getting enough sleep.  I don't remember the last time I slept through the night without interruption.  I know it's been at least two years maybe more.  But I have two gorgeous children ages 3 and 1 years old to show for all my hard work.  I realize too that I am made for this work.  I am good at what I do and I enjoy having a family and raising my children.  Some days I want to pull my hair out but who doesn't right?  So, take some time for yourself, have a laugh and Enjoy this week's "Video of the Week"!      


Mommy Rhapsody from Church on the Move on Vimeo.

Kids Songs By Rock Bands.

Here's for a good laugh about the popularity of adult artists doing children's music. I almost wish this was a real album. Enjoy!

Children's Song by Rob Paravonian

Do parents need children's music videos more than the kids do? Comedian and musician Rob Paravonian explores this topic beautifully with Children's song, inspired by your child's favorite music characters on video and TV.

Rachmaninov had big Hands

Here's another clip from Igudesman & Joo "A Little Nightmare Music". Rachmaninov is one of my favorite composers that I wish I had the technique and the hands to play his music well. Rachmaninov really had large hands and this gag not only funny but quite ingenious. Enjoy!

"I Will Survive" from Igudesman & Joo

Igudesman & Joo have been making me laugh for days. This clip comes from their recent project, "A Little Nightmare Music." They are quite amazingly versatile and talented musicians. You can visit their website at www.igudesmanandjoo.com. Enjoy!

Differences between Hymns and Praise Songs

Differences between Hymns and Praise Songs

An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city
church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. “Well,” said
the farmer, “it was good. They did something different, however. They
sang praise choruses instead of hymns.”

“Praise choruses?” said his wife. “What are those?”

“Oh, they’re OK. They are sort of like hymns, only different,” said
the farmer.

“Well, what’s the difference?” asked his wife.

The farmer said, “Well, it’s like this - If I were to say to you
“Martha, the cows are in the corn”’ - well, that would be a hymn. If
on the other hand, I were to say to you:

Martha, Martha, Martha,
Oh Martha, MARTHA, MARTHA,
the cows, the big cows, the brown cows, the black cows
the white cows, the black and white cows,
the COWS, COWS, COWS
are in the corn,
are in the corn, are in the corn, are in the corn,
the CORN, CORN, CORN.

Then, if I were to repeat the whole thing two or three times, well,
that would be a praise chorus.”

The next weekend, his nephew, a young, new Christian from the city
came to visit and attended the local church of the small town. He
went home and his wife asked him how it was. “Well,” said the young
man, “it was good. They did something different however. They sang
hymns instead of regular songs.”

“Hymns?” asked his wife. “What are those?”

“Oh, they’re OK. They are sort of like regular songs, only
different,” said the young man.

“Well, what’s the difference?”

The young man said, “Well, it’s like this - If I were to say to you
‘Martha, the cows are in the corn’ - well, that would be a regular
song. If on the other hand, I were to say to you:

‘Oh Martha, dear Martha, hear thou my cry
Inclinest thine ear to the words of my mouth
Turn thou thy whole wondrous ear by and by
To the righteous, inimitable, glorious truth.

‘For the way of the animals who can explain
There in their heads is no shadow of sense
Hearkenest they in God’s sun or His rain
Unless from the mild, tempting corn they are fenced.

‘Yea those cows in glad bovine, rebellious delight
Have broke free their shackles, their warm pens eschewed
Then goaded by minions of darkness and night
They all my mild Chilliwack sweet corn have chewed.

‘So look to the bright shining day by and by
Where all foul corruptions of earth are reborn
Where no vicious animals make my soul cry
And I no longer see those foul cows in the corn.’

Then if I were to do only verses one, three and four and do a key
change on the last verse, well that would be a hymn.


I can't take credit for this story but I couldn't resist posting it. Thanks Dr. Margo Dillard
of First United Methodist Church in Lewisville, Texas for sharing it on the United Methodist Musician Listserv this last week.

Fun, Fun Musical Pun

C, E-flat and G go into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry, but we don't serve minors." So E-flat leaves, and C and G have an open fifth between them. After a few drinks, the fifth is diminished and G is out flat. F comes in and tries to augment the situation, but is not sharp enough. D comes in and heads for the bathroom saying, "Excuse me.
I'll just be a second." Then A comes in, but the bartender is not convinced that this relative of C is not a minor.