The last song for 2017 is “Nearer, My God to Thee”.

I decided to write a song each month after watching a video blog “Make More Music This Year With These 3 Mindset Shifts” from the Recording Revolution.  I enjoy writing songs and creating music. I also wanted to learn more about mixing recordings and live mixing.
The year has gone by very fast. I learned a lot but there is so much more to learn.
I did not write a song each month. I used some hymns and two songs were written by others. One song was a remix of a song I had written in the past.


Lyrics: Sarah F. Adams   Music: Original Lowell Mason (1792-1872)








Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee;

E’en though it be a cross, That raiseth me,

Still all my song shall be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

2

Though, like a wanderer,

The sun gone down,

Darkness comes over me,

My rest a stone;

Yet in my dreams I’d be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

3

There let me see the sight,

An open heaven;

All that Thou sendest me,

In mercy given;

Angels to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

4

Then, with my waking thoughts

Bright with Thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs

Bethel I’ll raise,

So by my woes to be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.