Several weeks ago I posted a quiz about my life. One of the "true or false" statements in that quiz was that I was doing songwriting with a friend. Close friends of mine thought I was making that up. I wasn't making it up. It is true that I am doing songwriting.
I met Peter Mercurio in 2018 when he became my guitar teacher. Peter is a graduate of Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music. He played in a band that toured New England for 13 years back in the day. He is a gifted musician and composer.
We soon became good friends. Our calling to write music together came in 2021 when I received news that a family member had terminal cancer. I was inspired to write the lyric I Cannot Cry. Peter put music to it. It is a song that we will one day finish and release. I became the lyricist and Peter the musician. We both serve as producers and engineers in the studio.
We have since completed the music for two songs, Smiling and This Christmas Eve. Thanks to Peter's outstanding talent and skill, these songs are good! As another musician shared with me on Monday of this week, "they sound as good as anything you'd hear on the radio." This assessment has been validated by quite a few people.
Peter and I are currently working on an anthem about spiritual revival in America called Victory. I have literally had goosebumps listening to the song. The music is powerful (shake the house when the volume is turned up) to coincide with a message about the victory Jesus Christ is having in America.
Lord willing we will release This Christmas Eve before this coming Christmas. We don't know our future as Peter and I might be rendered incapable of producing music at any moment. However, for as long as we have strength we plan on producing dozens of songs to honor Jesus Christ from all types of genres.
However, a lot depends upon us finding singers. We are looking for male and female singers of various ages who:
- Love what Gramazin stands for.
- Are committed to excellence.
- Enjoy the music we are producing.
- Want to sing about stories and ballads of spiritual healing that comes through
Christ.
- Understand the potential audience of Gramazin as we grow and expand across the country.
- Want to sing about the hope we have in Christ.
- Would like an opportunity to demonstrate their talents as singers.
- Would be committed to sing at least one song.
We currently have two singers auditioning for our music. They have beautiful voices. However, we need more.
Do you know of anyone who might be a candidate? Please let me know at charles@gramazin.com. If not, please pray for singers. We are confident that you will enjoy Mercurio-Wagner's music entitled "Music After
60".