ABSOLUTELY! As an organist in a Southern Baptist church, I look=20 forward to hymns like that. Some of the choruses we sing (yes, we use=20= organ on the choruses, too, along with piano, synth, and sometimes=20 drums) also work well with the "oom pah" technique. Since we've got a=20= couple of really good pianists, I sometimes let the organ be background=20= while they're having fun in the foreground. I've never been one to=20 limit my praise of God to "regular churchy sounds" even though I'm=20 using a 25-year-old Allen. Doug Brickett On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 10:58 PM, Matt G. wrote: > > Is the list really this silent or am I not getting any mail? If it's=20= > just > this quite, then how about this question. How do y'all treat the = gospel > style hymns such as There is Power in the Blood or When we All Get to=20= > Heaven > during congregationals? I always go at them with heavy trems and=20 > usually a > oom pah type thing in the pedals. I played piano in a church today=20 > where the > organist used a regular "churchy" sound and held the root note out=20 > like any > other hymn. It didn't seem to have quite the energy to me that's=20 > required > for somethin like that. Any thought? > > Matt G. > CaddyOrganist@xxxxxxxxxxx > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=3Dfeatures/junkmail > > > Soon to be published for the Rodgers Organ: Sommer Sonaten f=FCr Orgel = -=20 > Summer Sonatas for Organ and MIDI Orchestra! > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) > go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html > > Soon to be published for the Rodgers Organ: Sommer Sonaten für Orgel - Summer Sonatas for Organ and MIDI Orchestra! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe or change mail delivery (digest, vacation) go to www.frogmusic.com/rodgersmem.html