blindcanseemusic

Blind Can See Music

Some of the music and thoughts of Joe Romeo

Last updated in Jan 2012

Well it's hard to believe I haven't updated my site for a year. Time flies.

So I've been back to Victor Harbour again and Summer school was just as fantastic this year, on the theme of the Holy Spirit. I came away knowing that it's good to keep asking and expecting to be filled with the Holy Spirit. He is our wonderful Lord. It's the prayer God loves to answer.

While we were at Victor I was blessed to get to know some people better, others for the first time. One couple, with their 4 children, are heading off to Ethiopia for the next 10 years, answering a call from the Holy Spirit to serve there.

I had a new tune in my head before arriving in Adelaide, and while I was there I mostly finished a song called "We love you Jesus". I think it will be a worthwhile worship song.

Other musical news: I have had a song published in the US. "This is the Moment". A Christmas song. Because I have a publisher, I am not at liberty to share this song on my website. Hopefully an artist will hear the song and wish to record it, then I will be able to share it more freely. But I am very encouraged and excited to have this happen.

for those of you who don't already know, I do have some of my songs on youtube, under "Blindcanseemusic". If you want to hear worship songs, the 3 latest ones are there, "His Children", "The Reason We Live' and "The day Of The Lord".

I am slowly accumulating songs, and I hope to be able to put out a CD with all of them on it. This will take about a year I suppose.

For anyone who is interested, I also have a blog entitled "A Fig Page".

Why "A fig Page"? I hear you ask...

Isn't it obvious????

"Every Good And Perfect Gift Is From Above". The first letter of each word, spelt backwards is "A Fig Page". So now you know how weird I can get...

Hope all are well, and thanks for checking out my site.

Joe

Jan 2011

Just got back today from a fantastic time in Victor Harbour, SA, for the New Creation.Teaching Summer School entitled "Times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord".

I was certainly refreshed as leaders expounded and encouraged us from the passage in Acts 3, and the rest of scripture. It was great to hear a clear word on bodily resurrection, and the hope and wonder of Christ's return. I was moved to tears a number of times as we sat under the ministry of God's word. I had a few of those "yes" moments, when truth enters the heart freshly, as if for the first time. How does a man change his mind? How can anyone change their mind? How does a man with a withered arm, stretch it out? God was present, and we were refreshed.

It was special on Thursday night to be present and share in the prayerful and joyful appointment of Andrew Klynsmith as director of Ministry.

I was also pretty stoked in the singing of the song "the Day of the Lord", which was sung and appreciated (along with many other songs) during the week. Now that I'm home, I'm busy updating the lead sheet as many have asked for a copy. Please be free in downloading the material below, and may the Lord bless your desire to bring many to understand the truth of forgiveness in Jesus. (There is no other name by which men can be saved!)

Other recent news: I have recently written a Christmas song called "This is the Moment". Our church sang it at our towns Christmas carols night, and it was well received. I have also recently added a youtube clip of the song "Aaron's Blessing" from my older CD "The message of the Cross". It was hard getting to know how to use final cut express, but worth the effort, maybe.

August 2010, I'm excited to have received back my song "The Day of the Lord".

I had written this in March, again melody first, but couldn't afford to get it done properly till now (July).

I asked Adrian Hannan to record it for me, and he found Jud Field to sing the vocals. They have really blessed the song with their talents, and I'm really happy to share it with you. So far the feedback I have had has been really good. I've uploaded a video on youtube and would ask you to check that out first to see if you like it, then you can download it from here if you want.

Any comments are always welcomed (on the youtube clip).

I've also done a leadsheet and a powerpoint which is similar to the Youtube clip. I had to cut down the size of the powerpoint presentation so the pictures and fonts are a little low-res, if that bothers you, email me and I'll send you a better version.

I don't have a CCLI number yet, but feel free to sing it at your church if you wish to.

So the story behind this song...

Basically a chorus melody came to me (by that I mean I heard it in my head, usually happens when there is no background music, and some sort of droning sound inthe background, eg car engine, shower etc) so I had to find a verse melody, once I had the first phrase I battled with what chords would support it. Believe me, there were weeks of battling this out (mostly in the shower). Finally one night on the guitar, it made sense to go 1, 3, 6, 4. (I had been trying but not liking 1, 2, 3 , 4). By this stage I had a prechorus melody. The verse phrase was in my head when I was thinking over the passage from Romans 8:19. So I worked on that till it sounded as though it flowed. Then came the second line (I battled more with the lyrics than with the melody), all I had to do was look at the previous verse and there it was. It flowed. I also really love that verse from 1 Corinthians, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him" So I thought I would try to make that the chorus. But of course it is great to rewrite a truth in a way that makes us rethink what is being said, so i wrote about visions and heavenly music (I considered orchestras and symphonies and choirs, but "heavenly" seemed to sum it all up). The prechorus came relatively easily, but the first section of the chorus was also a long battle. I basically tried to imagine Jesus appearing on that Great Day.

So you can see I really wrestled with the words (as well as the melody) until I thought it was as good as I could do. My aim is to write truth which is poetic, as well as conversational, and it must also sing well. (some words just don't sing that well; it's about what our lips, teeth and toungue are doing between syllables). By the way, I do love Jesus, and look foward to his return...

Youtube Clip

MP3 "The Day of the Lord"

Leadsheet

Powerpoint

I must acknowledge my use of photos from flicker creative commons. The following are links to each of the photos I used:

May God bless you this day.

Joe

March 2010

Joe here again.

You might be wondering why I haven't been around for a while. The main reason, is the computer I have a version of dreamweaver on, is not my main computer anymore, so it mostly sits, turned off, gathering dust, and feeling miserable. BUT, I am still writing songs, and when I get one done properly, I will still upload it to this very basic site, for my true fans to download.

Well this latest song is called "The Reason We Live".

MP3 Powerpoint Leadsheet

Again, for anyone interested, I wrote the melody first, and thought it might make a reasonable pop song. But when it came to writing words, the Lord's Prayer is what entered my mind, and eventually the rest came. Verse 2 was less heartfelt until about 6 weeks ago, when a moment of honesty (yes I have one occasionally!) made me want to write about my failures as a Christian.

Once this was written, I thought that the song was strong enough to record properly, so I asked Adrian Hannan to do this in a Hillsong style. He found a great vocalist in Jay McNeil, and I was blessed to have the song come up so well.

As the song was being done, I was inspired to finish another song in a similar style "The Day Of The Lord". I am also really happy with this song, but it isn't recorded yet.

So stay tuned.

Take care

Joe Romeo 23rd March 2010

June 2009: I am now posting some of my past sermons.

March 2009: a brand new worship song "His Children" download full professional MP3 and leadsheet/powerpoint.

September 2008: Two new songs, Country genre, recorded in Nashville.

June 2008

here is the song "Jesus is the King" from "the message of the cross"

Some of these songs can be downloaded from my Myspace site.

buy CD from:

CD baby link (USA, but they will post to Australia)

Orange Christian Book Centre (Australia)

Songs from the album "Grace is the Ocean", as well as more recent ones, are available to download, as mp3 files, for private, or congregational use. Acrobat files of music are also available. There is no charge attached to these, however, if the contents of this site were to be considered for commercial use (e.g. public radio, recording projects) I would appreciate being contacted. Otherwise, please enjoy these songs.

Downloading songs may be slow on standard 56k modems, e.g. a 3 MB song may take 12 minutes. For this reason I will try to have "lo-fi" versions to download which are quicker, these will give the listener a good idea of the song, but will not sound nearly as good as a good quality MP3. Also, headphones will generally sound better than computer speakers.

A"right-click" on a PC (or "option key and click" on a mac), will give more control as to where the download will go on your computer, as well as allowing backround downloading, while you continue to browse.

If you like these songs, and wish to buy a CD, try CD baby.

contact Joe

about Joe

Plain Simple Love

And below is a link to all the songs on my first CD

other demos