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David Goettee announces his extended album, Hymns and Songs of My Mother.
An audiophile production, in collaboration with other professional vocalists and musicians,
of 26 nostalgic old hymns and songs (no longer sung in many church services) and 1 original folk/country Contemporary Christian song.
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Listen to the rousing lead song from this album of 27 hymns and songs, Angels from the Realms of Glory. (Begins solo, each verse adds more voices, ending with a women’s chorus “Angels rejoicing”)

David Goettee, singer/producer/entrepreneur/business manager of his independent record label (TortoiseClimbing Audio™), announces Hymns and Songs of My Mother. This extended album artfully brings together 26 old, cherished hymns and songs of our parents and grandparents (dominantly Protestant), plus 1 original folk/country influenced Contemporary Christian song. It narrates an overarching story, beginning with Christ’s birth, and ending with hymns and songs contemplating death.

The rousing “Angels from the Realms of Glory,” sets the tone of positive support that carries us through life. The album includes numerous collaborations with professional vocalists and musicians, and many varied accompaniments. The accompaniments include: acoustic guitar, real pipe organ, chamber orchestra, grand piano, harpsichord, hand bells, Celtic Harp and shuttle pipe.

Recording this album was a trip into childhood rememberences for both David and his initial producer, Ms. Heidi Gerber-Salins. (These old hymns and songs were sung in the churches they grew up in.) In a sense, this album is a requiem, both for the memories of his mother, who requested this album (and together with David selected the hymns to include) and for both David and Heidi’s childhood rememberences.

The original folk/country style Contemporary Christian song, “Welcome Home,” was written by a relative (Ms. Kathy Brigman Haupt) for the funeral of her beloved grandmother, the sister to David’s mother. David produced an arrangement, with acoustic instruments and women’s chorus refrains (the Angels welcoming you to heaven). It is a truly uplifting song that all who worked on it enjoyed. Listen to the new acoustic arrangement created for the album "Welcome Home".

(Two very different arrangements of "Welcome Home" are separately available on the mini-EP Welcome Home. The mini-EP includes a simpler acoustic version recorded by the composer. See Why I Should Buy Welcome Home.)

David ensured each performance of each hymn and song has a personal touch of artistic interpretation, and are faithfully recorded in audiophile clarity. Enjoy his warm, rich, soaring baritone voice. (See Annotated Playlist and Why You Should Buy this album.).

David Goettee Bio

David is focused on recording and releasing a series of great sounding nostalgic oldies (in collaboration with others), and building his record label into a business. (This includes work on both artistic and administrative sides to make his label successful.)

David’s musical life is influenced by the sweep of many experiences. He began singing in Elementary School choirs, to High School chorus where he was selected to sing the part of Jesus, to college choir performing at Casals Festival and Carnegie Hall (where he also minored in voice), to Univ. of MD solo basketball patriotic exercises, to Takoma Park, MD July 4 solo patriotic exercises, to Washington, DC then Redskins football men’s chorus, to a show tunes chorus in Alexandria, VA, to now recording nostalgic music, secular and religious.

David’s vocal style and skills are shaped by those experiences, making him at home recording nostalgic, sentimental favorites.

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