Published: October 13, 2002
JAMES COCKERHAM TO RELEASE NEW INSTRUMENTAL CD
James
Cockerham
James Cockerham will release his new CD, Morning Meditations, November 1, 2002. His label, Copro Record Company, will distribute the CD through CDStreet.com, Amazon.com. and CDBaby.com. All songs are arranged and played by Cockerham. James is an accomplished writer, arranger and producer of gospel music. This will be his eighth recording. The CD contains songs he grew up playing in church and his original composition Morning Meditation.
James is Minister of Music at From the Heart Church Ministries of Atlanta. He loves playing keyboards and writing new songs. Church members would often come to him after service and ask if he had thought about recording a Christian instrumental CD. At first, he just smiled and said, "'No." But as different members kept coming and asking him for an instrumental CD, he seriously began to consider it. Almost two years ago, James started praying that God would allow him the opportunity to write, arrange, and produce music full time. There is a saying, "'Be careful what you pray for, YOU just might get it." Two years ago, he began working on Morning Meditations.
Initially, some of the songs were up tempo, some were slow, some old, and some new and it was a good mix. But, late one night, about 2:00 AM, as he played songs like Take Me Back and There's Something About That Name, he realized that some people want to listen to music that will help them calm down. The piano solos from that night are on the CD. Morning Meditations was originally all piano music but after listening to three or four solo selections he realized the music was monotonous. So, James added a bass, guitar, drums, strings and horns to Be Grateful, I Surrender All, Give Me a Clean Heart and Hear Our Prayer, Oh Lord. These arrangements became orchestrations. He envisioned someone listening to a piano, bass guitar, and drums softly playing Sweet Hour of Prayer, Blessed Assurance, and Just I Am as they begin their day with prayer. It was this night that the conception of Morning Meditations took place.
It has been almost two years since that night. Now, the long awaited birth is ready to take place. Morning Meditations, the Christian instrumental CD of quiet relaxing music, is here.
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