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I recently completed a new Christmas CD entitled Reason for the Season. In putting the music together, I wisely sought the help of a number of fantastic Seattle singers, including Steve Olson, April Quedado Norkool, Kathryn Baker, Stephen O'Sullivan, and my dear wife Tracey Wilson Yackley. They all knocked me out with beautiful performances.
Equally fantastic is a very young singer - a 7th grader at Holy Family, Catherine McCool - if you don't hear anything else of the MP3 excerpts below, check out a little of her rendition of "Some Children See Him."
Personal aside #1: "This Blessed Morn" was composed by my brother Thomas 20 years ago. Personal aside #2: "Glo of Christmas" was composed by my grandfather Vallie D'Ambrosio around 70 years ago. Personal aside #3: nothing says "Christmas" like balalaika and theremin in 5/4 time :) - check out "We Five Kings".
The CD is a mix of old and new songs, some originals, some vocal, some instrumental. If you like what you hear and would like to purchase one, they are $15 (buy 4 and the 5th is free). We have to charge a shipping fee of $1.50 per CD. Send me email at david@yackley.com if you would like to purchase any of my music. Thanks, have a wonderful Christmas - and please remember the reason for the season - our Lord Jesus Christ, Saviour of the world.
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| John Paul II: With These Hands |
With the passing of John Paul II, the world mourns the loss of a steadfast man of faith whose perseverance and wisdom will continue to inspire for many years to come. In remembrance of this remarkable man, I hope you will take time to experience - and share with others - a 6-minute meditation on the life and words of our Holy Father, With These Hands. You have the option of playing in Flash or Quicktime. If you wish to use this presentation while not connected to the internet, you can right click the Quicktime version: "Save Target As.." and save to your computer.
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| Offering CD Available through WLP |
| I'm pleased to announce that my CD, Offering, is now available through World Library Publications. Thirteen original Christian songs in a variety of styles feature performances by Danielle Rose, Steve Olson, Tracey Wilson Yackley, April Quedado, Laura Yackley (vocals), Todd Nystrom (sax) and Ross Nyberg (guitar). The CD is $17 and can be purchased at www.wlpmusic.com or www.amazon.com (search for Yackley).
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| In You, Lord - Flash Movie |
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In You, Lord - a song from David's CD Offering - takes on a whole new dimension in this Flash movie. Using dramatic-style comic-book illustrations and animation technology, the movie brings to life the story of a young man struggling with his ultimate search for meaning and redemption (like, kinda serious, dude). Requires Flash 5, which is already on about 95% of computers. Illustrations: Andrea-Ash-Peron (www.geocities.com/ashasylum) Digital Coloring: Steven Davis (www.surrealdynamics.com)
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| Audio Samples from Offering CD |
Audio samples of all tracks from Offering are available below (just click on the underlined name of the tracks to play). If you experience network lag (breakups in the music) you may wish to right-click and save the files to your hard drive before playing. If you haven't yet checked out our Tribute to Blessed Teresa and JPII, it's at the very bottom of this page.
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David Yackley is a Seattle-area composer and keyboard player who is the Director of Liturgical Music at Mary, Queen of Peace in Sammamish, WA. In addition to his liturgical work David has enjoyed a varied career as a composer, arranger, and keyboard player. He has also been very active in the interactive music movement in his work for Blue Ribbon, Microsoft and Beamz Interactive. Originally from Ohio, David has lived in Rochester, NY and Atlanta, GA before departing for Seattle in 1996.
I can be reached at david@yackley.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Peace! David
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| Tribute to Blessed Teresa and JPII |
Recently the world witnessed the convergence of two notable events in history: the 25th anniversary of John Paul II's papal inauguration and the beatification of Mother Teresa of Calcutta. So many times our young people (and us old people too) are idolizing celebrities who are not heroes at all! Here are two contemporary figures who exemplify both holy and heroic. Let's celebrate them and the values of Christ that they reflect.
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The following is a tribute to Blessed Teresa and our Holy Father; it's a 9-minute animated slide show with narration and music. Our LIFE TEEN band presented this at Holy Family on October 19, 2003. We hope you enjoy it - please pass this link on to others who love Blessed Teresa and our Holy Father. To experience the tribute, click on one of the 'Movie' links below - if you experience breakup while streaming, it is recommended that you right click and 'save as' to your computer's hard drive. Windows Media 9 required - if the movie won't play, you can download at ( http://www.windowsmedia.com/9series/download/download.asp). Please send me mail if you would like a higher-quality version on a CD, or a Powerpoint version of the slides (without narration or music).
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