I’d like to introduce a new piano piece that I wrote called “Hope.” Over this past year, I was concerned about the direction the world seems to be heading. The epidemic was sickening and killing people, and political pressures were dividing us all, bringing many to anger and violence. Many pointing fingers at each other, and hardly anyone working together.
Here are some selected stats from 2020 sales. Even though sales were relatively low due to the pandemic, we still have enough data to show what the top sellers have been. This year has also seen a lot more free downloads than usual. Top four sellers of 2020: We Three Kings (Men’s choir) 37% Joseph Smith’s First Prayer (Carter) 29% A
Before the year ends, I thought I’d share some stats from 2019 — something I usually do closer to January, but it slipped my mind this year. Top four sellers from 2019: We Three Kings 28% He Who Built the Starry Skies 17% Ding Dong! Merrily on High 13% Little Sonata in C 8% If you include the free downloads
Daniel Carter is best known for his hymns and choral music. He penned the sacrament favorite #169 “As Now We Take the Sacrament” as well as the Christmas favorite “Star of Bethlehem (Shine For Me Again).” Just as with other composers, he has plenty of other music that isn’t quite as known, but just as good. Over the past few years,
Let me tell you a story about how I came across Daniel Carter’s cantata on the Restoration: “A Dawning Light.” A few years ago when Daniel left the self-publishing business, he was practically giving away his music in one last fire sale. Not wanting his pieces to disappear unnoticed into the ether, I bought up copies of everything. And now,
I would like to introduce a newcomer to Melkim Publishing. Paul E. Anderson studied music at Brigham Young University and went on to pursue composition at other universities. After coming across a few of his pieces, I was desirous to add them to our library, and was surprised they hadn’t been published yet. Here is the first of his pieces to appear at
For this Christmas, Daniel Carter has released two new versions of a popular hymn he composed a few decades ago — perhaps you may recognize the tune. “Guiding Star” is a hymn exploring the star that marked our Savior’s birth. It is now available for SAB Choir and also for Medium Voice Solo. These pieces feature an easy-to-intermediate accompaniment with only small challenges for
In one year’s time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s first vision. Daniel Carter’s miniature cantata, a setting of “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer (buy here),” is a perfect addition to any sacrament meeting. It is short, relatively easy to work up, and contains solos for the feel of a full-fledged
2018 was a good year for Melkim Publishing. I thought I’d share some stats like I did for 2017 a year ago. Here are the top four sellers from 2018: It Is Well with My Soul 30% We Three Kings 22% He Who Built the Starry Skies 21% Ding Dong! Merrily on High 13% If you include the free downloads
Daniel Carter’s recently revamped setting of “Silent Night” for high voice, piano, and flute marks his third Christmas piece to appear here at Melkim Publishing. An earlier version of this appeared in the no-longer available collection “Hymn Duets” published in 2001. A month ago, when Dan asked me what I wanted to publish for our last piece of the year, this one
