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Our Duet of an Andrews Sisters Classic (with ukelele!)

may you be Find out what the circus, flapper girls, and the Andrews Sisters have to do with our beautiful song. Also, this is our FIRST DUET recorded for SongNotes, with my good friend, Christy Jones.

By: Naomi Bird May 24, 2019 Song Notesbeauty, Featured, gardening, gifts for grandma, gits for Mom, horticulture, hymns, In The Garden, music, Nature, Singing, urban gardensLeave a Comment

In the Garden with Mom: an interview with our moms about gardening and faith

may you be inspired to find a garden of your own to tend – a place of solace, creative work, and the simple companionship of the One who calls you His own.

The Barber, the Baker, and the Open Space Maker

When you ask friends about how they met, their memories are FULL of the smallest details. In Stephens’ poem, that small detail is the daisies.

La Vie En Rose | Postcards from France

Sometimes, the role of the artist is to inspire hope for the future. Sometimes, the role of the artist is to simply do that beautiful thing s/he does.

Le Colibri | Postcards from France

The hummingbird can acquire unique sounds that reflect its vocal peers and may communicate with other birds. How fitting. A vocal Bird communicating about vocal learning birds who communicate with other vocal birds. You’re welcome. 🙂

By: Naomi Bird April 25, 2019May 1, 2019 Song Noteschurch music, Featured, France, French music, Handel, history, hymns, music, organ, SongNotes from the Birds, traditional music, voiceLeave a Comment

Thine Is The Glory | Postcards from France

“Thine is the glory” today.
“Endless is the vict’ry” today.
“Jesus meets us” today.
“No more we doubt thee” today.

By: Naomi Bird March 30, 2019April 1, 2019 Recordings, Song Notesentertainment, family entertainment, Featured, love songs, movie music, music, music recordings, musical theater, Rodgers and Hammerstein, romance, SingingLeave a Comment

March Music Release! Musical Theater and Life’s Love Story

It’s time! They’re here! This month the theme was genre-based, musical theater specifically. We picked songs that tell a story. In “Ten Minutes Ago” you meet a couple who have just sparked their relationship. The romance continues “On the Street Where You Live,” and when life’s challenges roll through, we hear the reminder that Someone…

By: Naomi Bird March 29, 2019April 1, 2019 Recordings, Song NotesConfidence, entertainment, Featured, movie music, music, musical theatre, psychology, SingingLeave a Comment

“I Have Confidence” – 4 helpful tips from Fräulein Maria

{{UPDATED TO INCLUDE SONG LINK! SCROLL DOWN!}} Reminder: we’ll be bringing you all of March’s Musical Theater songs on Saturday the 30th. In addition to today’s song you will be getting the links for “Ten Minutes Ago” from Cinderella, “On The Street Where You Live” from My Fair Lady, and “Better Than I” from Joseph:…

SongNotes

Subscribe Now! to get SongNotes from the Birds We love to do music together. Nathan sings. Naomi plays piano. Each month we share songs we have recorded together, along with some words about why we love them and how we hope they move you. Our style is that of simple, sincere solos. Some are sacred. …

Live Music for Hire

Solo Tenor Melt your audience. Gift your guests. Let them see and hear a voice that will keep them talking about your event long after they’ve gone on their way. Yes, please! Nathan has been singing professionally for over 15 years on stages and in sanctuaries around the world. Experienced in classical repertoire, musical theatre,…

Performance Schedule

June 7 and 8, 2019 – We have cancelled the full concerts planned for these days. Look for some more hymn sings on the schedule soon. Check back here, or get notified via email when we line up additional events.

A Tour of Our Indonesian Midwestern Recording Studio

We did it! After months of wondering how it could work to record at someone’s house, and coordinating schedules, and arranging the details (and a little of the furniture), we can finally say that we did it! Our email readers may remember that a while ago we asked if anyone would be interested in having…

“Better Than I” – SongNotes and a poem

By: Naomi Bird March 28, 2019March 29, 2019

Recordings, Song NotesConfidence, insecurity, movie music, music, musical theatre, piano, Psalm 139, Singing, trust, voiceLeave a Comment

Being known is that weird terrifying quality that we both dread and crave…

Once Upon a Ten Minutes Ago

By: Naomi Bird March 9, 2019March 29, 2019

Arts in Our Community, Recordings, Song Notes1950s America, Cinderella, entertainment, history, Julie Andrews, love, love at first sight, music, musical theater, Rodgers and Hammerstein, romance, TelevisionLeave a Comment

Who doesn’t love a good love story? Love at first sight. Butterflies. Floating on air. And happily ever after. Right? Of course not. Not in all the ways we want. We’ll get into that more next week, but this week we’re celebrating happy exciting beginnings – those feelings that spark and ignite and inspire life-changing…