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Tom-Tom's
Tunes
A
Collection of Lullabies and
Other Gentle Music Suitable
for
Babies, Infants, and Toddlers,
as well as Parents and Other
Adults Who Could Use a
Little Calming in Their Lives
Standards
Tried and
true tunes
that almost
everyone
familiar with
twentieth
century
American music
has heard
performed
often and by a
variety
of
well-known
popular and
jazz singers
and other
musicians.
Jazz Classics
Tunes
written
by famous jazz
musicians and
composers,
mostly
for fellow
jazz musicians
to improvise
upon.
Still, some of
these
became very
popular, and
thus
"Standards,"
as defined
above.
Hymns
and other Religious Music
Familiar hymns, spirituals, and other music written
primarily and
specifically
for use in
Christian
worship. Most
come from the
Evangelical
Protestant
Christian
tradition that
was made
mostly in the
18th and
19th centuries
and mostly in
America. But
other
selections
come from
the more
ancient
Catholic
tradition and
are used not
only there
today,
but in other
so-called
"Mainstream"
Protestant
denominations,
such as the
Episcopal,
Lutheran, and
United
Methodist
Churches.
Original
Compositions
Tunes
written by the
site's host and his
family members and
friends,
and interpreted and
performed by Dr.
Paul Alan Laughlin
in his own
particular
(peculiar?)
style.
Christmas Carols &
Other Music of That Season
My own considered opinion is that the distinction
between sacred
secular music
is totally
artificial. I
believe that
all music is
sacred
if it is
played or sung
with a good
intention, and
especially so
if it
is performed
by talented
and skill
musicians. The
collection
here
is, to say the
least, motley.
It is not a
jazz Christmas
collection:
most of the
songs I render
fairly
straight,
though I do
lose my
composure on a
couple of
them.
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This is my home Keyboard Room/Recording Studio. It
was formerly a living room,
but on the other side of the conveniently-located
kitchen, there is a huge family
room, where the family actually spends most of its
time when we are at home.
Nearly all of the
recording is done in the corner at
the far end of the room. You
will notice no microphones in
this photo, because digital
recording doesn't
require them, though they are always
an option for the acoustic
instruments,
like the baby grand piano and the
Hammond B-3 organ, which are
pictured,
and horns, drums, guitars, and other
instruments that may be used
from time to time. Sometimes the
room looks like this:

Son Drew
Laughlin, stepson Korey Black, and
me
-- at least 60 pounds ago. (Weight
Watchers rocks!)
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