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This podcast is piano instrumental music recorded in 30 minute sections where each note played is to bring glory, honor, and praises to "Him Who sits on the throne, and unto the Lamb". My prayer is that this music will inspire people worldwide to spend time in prayer and in fellowship with our Wonde…

Ron Johns


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    Podcast Seventy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2016 33:30


    This podcast is made up of the songs left out of the Music To Pray By album “My Father in Heaven”, which is coming very soon. This is the first podcast recorded on the new Yamaha DC7XE3 Grand Piano talked about here as well as all new mics and pre-amps. I believe it is the best [...]

    Podcast Sixty-nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2014 30:45


    The last podcast to be recorded on my Yamaha DC3M4. It goes away tomorrow, and though it’s only been 4 years, I feel as though I have a tremendous amount of history with that wonderful piano. I actually had to pick and choose from about 2 hours worth of recordings since I’m not sure if the [...]

    Podcast Sixty-eight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2014 31:14


    Yet another all-original podcast. I did use some pretty familiar chord progressions, but I also tried out some new styles. I’m definitely looking forward to trying this podcast out tomorrow morning during my devotional. Sorry this came a little late. I spent way more time editing than I have in the past largely due to Logic [...]

    Podcast Sixty-seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2013 29:34


    You may not hear any familiar melodies as this podcast is mostly original. I’ve adopted a fairly new process to recording the podcast. Rather than attempting to record all 30+ minutes in one sitting, I’ve just sat at the piano and pressed “record” as the Holy Spirit has led throughout the past quarter. It has [...]

    Podcast Sixty-six

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2012 31:23


    I think this might end up being my favorite podcast to date. What God has brought me through over the past 7 months is expressed in this music since even today I fail to grasp the words to properly convey what God has done in me. Even the technical part of getting this recorded was met [...]

    Podcast Sixty-five

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2012 31:31


    In this podcast, I used songs Soundwave prepared for DCYC – they are “Strong Enough to Save”, “Your Name High”, “Forever Reign”, “Always”, “Your Great Name”, and “Our God”.  I think this is probably the first podcast ever to be original-free, although, it does contain some originality. Those who like consistently quite and peaceful podcasts [...]

    Podcast Sixty-four

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2011 31:37


    What a crazy couple of weeks it has been! I won’t bore you with all the details, but the end result is I finally have a new podcast. You’d think after 3 years of doing this I’d have it down but I don’t. This podcast required a massive amount of editing, but I think it [...]

    Podcast Sixty-three

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2011 30:00


    I finished mixing the Soundwave album last week so I’m back at it – thanks for your patience. This podcast, I only used “Hosannah” for a brief period. The rest is original – some from previous podcasts and some that’s fresh and new. An interesting stat about this podcast is it’s the first to be [...]

    Podcast Sixty-two

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2011 32:40


    I used quite a few worship songs during this podcast – “Give Me Faith”, “Our God”, “I Lift My Hands”, and “Mighty To Save”. In a way, a lot of this podcast sounds repetitive to me compared to previous podcasts. It’s becoming a little challenging to keep things unique considering there is already over 30 [...]

    Podcast Sixty-one

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2011 29:34


    Still searching for the best mic placement and mix, but I think its getting there. Most all the tunes are repeat or new originals. You may recognize one or two of them. I pray that every note played will encourage you to seek God’s Kingdom first. Peace.

    Podcast Sixty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2011 30:53


    This podcast does have familiar melodies from others, but I believe it has some uniqueness. One melody from the chorus of “Pour My Love on You” was used at the end. A couple technical notes – I used a new mic and mic positions, and there was definitely more dynamics than usual, but this was [...]

    Podcast Fifty-nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2011 32:29


    This podcast, I used the songs, “Came to My Rescue” and “I Will Exalt”. Since I actually recorded this podcast over a month ago, I had to refer to planning center for the song names. It is nice to be up on the new hosting provider. I was finally able to update quite a bit on [...]

    Podcast Fifty-eight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2011 31:33


    It’s finally finished! The songs used are mostly original. I did play a familiar melody at the tail end. Most of it is a little more fast-paced than the norm. May you continue to be inspired to pray through my offering of worship to our wonderful Creator. To Him be the glory!

    Podcast Fifty-seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2011 30:40


    This week we had Wednesday Night worship at The Connection Church so I used quite a few songs from that service – “Mighty To Save”, “Came To My Rescue”, and “Awakening”, a new worship song by Chris Tomlin that is pretty awesome. Be sure to check it out if you haven’t heard it yet. A [...]

    Podcast Fifty-six

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2011 29:42


    I used only one song this podcast. It’s by Robbie Seay, and it’s called “Crazy Love”. The rest is original. This podcast is actually a second take since the first didn’t record properly. I always thought recording to MIDI would eliminate having to re-record podcasts, but not true. I did learn that the Disklavier does [...]

    Podcast Fifty-five

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2011 30:46


    I used two songs from last week’s service for today’s podcast – “Forever Reign”, and “God You Reign”. The rest is original. I used a different acoustic piano sample for editing the MIDI this week, and it actually disguised a lot of the small timing issues which is good and bad. The good is it [...]

    Podcast Fifty-four

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2011 30:56


    We did a new song called “Our God” by Chris Tomlin in church last week, and it’s a beautiful song so that’s what I started this podcast with. The rest is somewhat original. A familiar melody came to mind towards the end, but I couldn’t pinpoint where it came from. Feel free to leave a [...]

    Podcast Fifty-three

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2011 30:10


    This week I used a new song we played at church called “Came to My Rescue”. It is a wonderful worship song and it would be worthwhile to check out the lyrics if you haven’t heard them before. I also played “Amazing Love” and “You are My King”. The rest is original. Even though I [...]

    Podcast Fifty-two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2011 31:35


    I used new mics and new mic placements for this podcast, and have to say, this may be the best podcast yet in my opinion. God is so good! It is such a huge blessing an honor to be serving Him in this way. Everything but the beginning of the last song is original. Pray [...]

    Podcast Fifty-one

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2011 30:31


    It seems like ages ago that the last podcast was posted even though it’s only been 4 weeks. The piano was recently tuned and is sounding wonderful. I’ve had this podcast ready for a while now. There were some issues with the sustain pedal after we got the technical problems resolved so I had to [...]

    Podcast Fifty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2010 31:02


    Merry Christmas! Well, this is the place to come when you’re burnt out on all the Christmas music being played everywhere. I had planned on adding a Christmas song or two, but that didn’t work out. Everything this week is original. I may have hit a few familiar melodies once or twice throughout. Thanks again [...]

    Podcast Forty-nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2010 31:54


    This week is all original since the church set list is pretty much all Christmas music. There were a couple that weren’t Christmas songs, but they weren’t really appropriate. Well, maybe one was. I guess I might do it for the next podcast since the set lists for the rest of the month are going [...]

    Podcast Forty-eight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2010 31:32


    A podcast subscriber suggested recording without the usual increase in dynamics so I gave it a shot. My wife has actually suggested this as well a while back. I hope you enjoy it. I used the following songs: “Real”, “I Will Rise”, “Healer”, “None but Jesus”, and one melody I don’t recall the song it [...]

    Podcast Forty-seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2010 32:49


    I apologize for being a little late for this podcast, but had the mic / audio interface problem again, and I didn’t discover it till it was too late so no second-take this time. I tried to compensate by automating the pan, but it’s still not like I’d like it. Because of this, it took [...]

    Podcast Forty-six

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2010 30:29


    I used the following songs: “Your Grace is Enough”, “King of Glory”, and sort of used the chord progressions of  ”Own Little World”. Once again, there ended up being a lot of timing issues in this podcast. Can’t wait to get the Disklavier. That will make timing much less of an issue. This podcast is [...]

    Podcast Forty-Five

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2010 31:22


    Happy 10-10-10! Did you know that in some areas, the number of people getting married today is 10 times the norm! I happen to be at one of those weddings today. My best bud since the 7th grade is getting married! It was really hard to leave my wonderful wife with our 4-day-old son, Jacob, and [...]

    Podcast Forty-four

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2010 33:19


    There are quite a few familiar melodies from previous podcasts in this one. The only song I sort of used was “Your Love is Amazing”. I didn’t spend as much time editing this week since I kind of ran out of time. Yoko and I just hit our eleventh anniversary, which is really exciting. We [...]

    Podcast Forty-three

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2010 33:47


    I didn’t get to spend as much time as I would have liked editing this podcast, but I think it still turned out okay. I’ll be out all day on Sunday for a Soundwave gig in Waco so I had to get everything done on Saturday. I only used the song “Jesus Saves” at the [...]

    Podcast Forty-two

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2010 34:02


    This podcast, I used “Beautiful The Blood” and “You’ll Come”. The rest of it is original. I tried some different editing and mixing tools so it may sound a little different than previous podcasts. I hope this isn’t distracting.

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    Podcast Forty-One

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2010 31:29


    The following songs were used in this podcast – “Tear Down The Walls”, “Your Name High”, and the Soundwave original that we just recorded in the studio, “Confidence”. There are some original melodies as well. I feel like this podcast turned out really well. I hope you enjoy it. The new template helped this time [...]

    Podcast Forty

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2010 31:59


    There may be a few melodies in this podcast that you might recognize. One is from the original Music To Pray By album. I believe a couple of contemporary worship songs are in this as well, but listening back, I couldn’t recognize which ones I used. I started with a fresh Logic Pro template this [...]

    Podcast Thirty-nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2010 30:45


    The only familiar song used was “Glory to God”, and I mixed in some original stuff. There are some pieces of some new Soundwave songs that’ll be on the next album we’re working on currently. The rest is original – there might be a familiar melody or two.

    Podcast Thirty-eight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2010 31:48


    The following songs were used in this podcast: “Your Grace Is Enough”, “Marvelous Light”, “Sing, Sing, Sing”, and “This is the Air I Breathe”. Throughout recording, the mic placement changed slightly so there are some noticeable variances in the tone. The next podcast will have a more consistent tone throughout since I believe I’ve found [...]

    Podcast Thirty-Seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2010 31:34


    Felt a little rusty recording this one after 6 months off. It’s great to be back at it. There’s a pretty even mix of original melodies and contemporary songs like “God You Reign”, and “God Of This City”.

    Podcast Thirty-six

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2009 30:28


    I Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. We certainly did hanging out with the family. I just realized that we didn’t take any pictures. We really need to designate someone to do that next time we get together because there are so many memories to be captured. This is the last podcast of 2009, [...]

    Podcast Thirty-five

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2009 28:44


    This podcast, I used a completely different setup to record. I’ll blog more about it later. I used a number of familiar tunes. It was basically our set list for church this Sunday, and I think it turned out okay. There are some sounds in the background that got picked up by my new setup [...]

    Podcast Thirty-four

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2009 32:38


    I decided to change the naming from “week” to “podcast” since these will no longer be weekly. However, I will attempt to record one every other week. This podcast was actually recorded last Monday, but I wasn’t able to finish editing and mastering till this evening. The only recognizable song used is “Revelation Song” which [...]

    Week Thirty-three

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2009 28:18


    This was supposed to be posted yesterday, but it has been a very busy weekend. I thought that after the exam, I’d have a lot more time to do stuff, but that certainly is not the case. At any rate, it was certainly a change in pace to sit down at the freshly tuned [...]

    Week Thirty-two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2009 28:22


    This day last year was my first post to the Music To Pray By Blog and now, a year later, there have been close to 30,000 downloads of 16 hours of recorded piano music to pray by. This is truly a God thing. This week was kind of a half-way point between when I started [...]

    Week Thirty-one

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2009 31:31


    During this podcast, I used the songs: “Hosanna”, “Mighty to Save”, and a new song called “Forever”. We’re doing it for the first time at church tomorrow. It’s a great song and it’s not the one yall might be familiar with – it just happens to have the same title. Some of the songs are [...]

    Week Thirty

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2009 35:38


    This one is a little longer than usual. I just didn’t feel like stopping. I used a number of familiar melodys and chord progressions in this week’s podcast. I hope you enjoy it.

    Week Twenty-nine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2009 31:10


    The bi-weekly podcast is here. I decided to get it done today so that I can focus on studying for the CCIE tomorrow after church and group. I missed the “record” button again. I ended up playing for over an hour today so that I’d have something to post. The first 30 minutes may have [...]

    Week Twenty-eight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2009 28:58


    I’ve gotta make this quick – Don is out there working hard without me and has been for the past couple of hours while I finish up this week’s podcast. I used a few songs from Sunday morning service – “You Said”, and “There will be a day”. I also used a Soundwave song since [...]

    Week Twenty-seven

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2009 32:00


    Sunday morning worship was awesome this morning! We had a new guitar player who rocked the house! What a great sermon by Cole too! This week, I did some familiar songs: “Revelation Song”, “Love Story”, “Abba Father”, and “Here I am to Worship”, and all I can say is what a wonderful way to end [...]

    Week Twenty-Six

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2009 28:40


    Keeping it short this week – I used the songs “I Can Only Imagine”, and “God of this City”. I know I’ve played these songs before, but we did them at church today so I decided to do them again. God bless!

    Week Twenty-five

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2009 31:59


    Sorry about getting this posted a little late. I recorded it this afternoon after church, but had to head over to the Petreas for our small group Super Bowl Bash. It was a blast, but left a little early so I could mix and post the MTPB blog. This week I used the songs “Audience [...]

    Week Twenty-four

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2009 31:46


    I just couldn’t resist! There will never be another podcast that is Week “24”. For those of you who are 24 fans, you know why I’m so hyped up about it! Don’t worry, the theme song or the clock ticking effects are NOT included in this podcast.

    Week Twenty-three

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2009 28:20


    This week I used the chord progressions of some of the songs we played today for worship. I used a different position for the R-09HR, which caused it to pick up more from the sound board rather than the strings. I’m going to go watch 24 now. God bless!

    Week Twenty-two

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2009 29:04


    Happy new year! I was going to do a seperate “happy new year” post, but never got around to it. For the first podcast of the new year, I used the songs “Your Name”, and a little bit of “Thy Word”. I know I’ve played “Your Name” in a previous podcast, but we did it [...]

    Week Twenty-one

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2008 29:16


    I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. The songs I used this week are, “All Over the World”, “One Life to Love”, and “How He Loves”. They may not be very recognizable, and I kept wanting to go from 4/4 to 6/8. In fact, most if it ended up being in 6/8. This is the [...]

    Week Twenty

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2008 30:05


    The only song I used this week was “Mighty to Save” somewhere in the middle. The rest is original. I kind of got in the habit of picking songs out of The Connection Church worship set list, but since we’ve been doing mostly Christmas songs the past few weeks, there hasn’t been much to choose [...]

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