My jointly authored book The Secret Chord, an impassioned study of the role of music in cultural life written through the prism of Christian belief, is now available in paperback as well as Kindle. The paperback is being sold directly from Lulu - click here for the link.
If you're a Kindle user, then the bumper bargain Kindle version at just £1.95 is available by clicking here. If you're not a Kindle user but would like the online version then click here to download free software to run the Kindle version.
The website for The Secret Chord is also up and running with news, bios, additional links, and room for your comments and views. Click here to access the website and start a conversation about issues raised in The Secret Chord.
Click here for initial comments on The Secret Chord and here for a mention of The Secret Chord on the Ritter Records blog. For more news of my fellow author Peter Banks' band, After The Fire, click here.
Special thanks to Sam Norton, Philip Ritchie, Heather Rowe, John Russell, Sean Stillman and Paul Trathen for spreading the word about The Secret Chord.
Rev Dr Hugh Rayment-Pickard, author and co-founder of IntoUniversity says "Secret Chord is well written, full of wisdom, great quotes and illustrations. It's great to read something about art and Christianity that embraces such diverse material."
Carol Biss, Managing Director of Book Guild Publishing, says “Secret Chord is an interesting and impassioned study of the role of music in cultural life, written through the prism of Christian belief. Covering a huge range of musical styles and influences, from gospel music to X Factor, Secret Chord conveys a great enthusiasm for music and its transformative powers, which readers are sure to find engaging.”
While a significant number of books have been published exploring the relationships between music, art, popular culture and theology - many of which Peter and I have enjoyed and from which we have benefited - such books tend either to academic analysis or semi biography about artistes whose output the writers' enjoy. By contrast, The Secret Chord is an accessible exploration of artistic dilemmas from a range of different perspectives which seeks to draw the reader into a place of appreciation for what makes a moment in a 'performance' timeless and special.
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After The Fire - I Don't Understand Your Love.
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