Category Archives: Finale demo

A Great and Mighty Wonder

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Greg Scheer

Due to popular demand (okay–one request) I just wrote a piano accompaniment for my Christmas song “A Great and Mighty Wonder.” I also took the opportunity to update the text a little and write out a descant. The descant is … Continue reading →

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This Is the Way

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Greg Scheer

I just finished my 34th song with lyricist Colin Gordon-Farleigh. It’s a ballad called “This Is the Way.” If you know any Broadway musical producers, call them and tell them I’ve got their next hit. Listen to the MP3 or … Continue reading →

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Adopt this tune

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Greg Scheer

I recently composed a new hymn tune using a meter of 11.10.11.10.11.10. The tune has been driving me crazy the last few days. I just can’t get it out of my head. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad. … Continue reading →

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Trip to Russia

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Greg Scheer

No, I’m not taking a trip to Russia, but one of my songs is. I just got word from Colin Gordon-Farleigh that a number of our songs will be recorded by the Russian group, Lyra. Here’s one called “Benediction” in … Continue reading →

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Mr. March

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Greg Scheer

I’m sure most of you have read the press release by now, verifying yours truly as the award winning composer of the Illinois Central College’s fight song “We Are the Cougars.” This got me to thinking about other fight songs … Continue reading →

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Money in the bank

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Greg Scheer

People do all sorts of things with their free time. Some play sudoku, some watch the Weather Channel; me, I enter song contests. My latest challenge has been to compose music for a college fight song and alma mater. The … Continue reading →

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Psalm 30: Sing to God That All May Hear You

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Greg Scheer

Update 10/1/20: Sheet music for this song can be downloaded here. Once again, I’ve turned to Michael Morgan’s 1999 Psalter for Christian Worship as the starting point for a new Psalm setting, this time Psalm 30. I like the way … Continue reading →

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20+ with Colin

Posted on June 17, 2007 by Greg Scheer

Colin and I have now written over 20 songs together! That’s a pretty decent output seeing as we started in October. The latest two are “Come, Stay with Me Tonight” (MP3, PDF) and “The Happy Song” (MP3, PDF).

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Perfect Love Song

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Greg Scheer

Paul McCartney can have his silly love songs, Colin and I have written the perfect love song. Okay, there’s probably no such thing as a perfect love song, but that’s the title of our new one. Check out the PDF … Continue reading →

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Two more love songs with Colin

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Greg Scheer

I just returned from 2 weeks in Uganda. To assuage your eager ears while I catch up with things, here are two songs I wrote with Colin Gordon-Farleigh before I left. The first is “Let Your Fingers Do the Walking” … Continue reading →

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