The Music of Amy Redding

2011-12-10T21:32:00.001-08:00

Merry Christmas to one and all! Although it hardly seems like Christmas around here. Balmy north eastern ND came just short of 40 degrees, and there is no snow!

ANNOUNCEMENT: "Son of Majesty" is now available as a digital download from CDbaby.com. We invite you to check out our new album offering at www.cdbaby.com/cd/amyredding2 and tell a friend!

We hope you and your family have had a great year, and that Christ is the center of your upcoming Christmas season.

-the Redding family

Radio Interview with KPOF

2011-08-09T20:10:00.000-07:00

Early last week we had a radio interview with Roy and Denise from KPOF in Denver CO. They are hosts of the morning show there, and we had a great time talking to them. They played some of our music and we got to talk about the stories behind the songs, the process of production, and other stuff. Please click on the link below to listen to the interview...

Part 1:
http://youtu.be/aLzT3QfY9hY

Part 2:

http://youtu.be/QgdLtKzLCPc

Thanks, enjoy, and leave a comment! Share with your friends!

Sum, sum, summertime...

2011-07-29T18:47:00.000-07:00

We have been having a busy summer on the road this year! We have traveled over 3,000 miles to minister at Bible camps and churches in SD, MN and ND. We have gotten to meet some outstanding people from so many denominations and backgrounds, all with a desire to serve the Lord and to communicate the gospel of Jesus to their world. It is a pleasure to work with people who are "on mission" and having fun.

Next week we have a concert set for St. Matthews church in Thompson, ND. Dinner is at 6:15 and the concert is at 6:45pm. If you are in the area, come enjoy the music with us!

If you would like to book a concert with us, you can contact us at info@amyredding.com and inquire about available times. If you would like to hear our music, you can always find us on iTunes, and AmazonMp3, or if you prefer to have an actual CD, you can find our music on CDBaby.com.

God's best to you this coming school year!

The Reddings

CSN Song of the Month Award!

2011-04-26T19:15:00.000-07:00

Our song, "It All Starts New Today" has been chosen as the song of the month for April by the Christian Songwriters Network (www.christiansongwriters.org). CSN is a network of artists and songwriters, designed to encourage, inform and foster the development of new Christian music. The forum is host to thousands of musicians who are seeking to develop their craft and glorify God together through music. Each month, a panel of judges chooses from among available entries who will be awarded their song of the month honors.

This award marks the third time CSN has highlighted our music. Two songs from our first album were awarded the same honor in October of 2007 and December of 2008.

Many thanks to the folks at Christian Songwriters Network for their support and encouragement. And praise God from Whom all blessings flow!

Getting ready for summer

2011-03-22T16:04:00.000-07:00

Well, this is strange! We are sitting down to go over details for summer travel and ministry schedule, and outside it is blowing snow sideways! This weather will soon clear, and it will be time to gear up for a summer of ministry!

This summer we will travel to Minnesota, South Dakota, Montana, and various places in North Dakota. And if things work out, we may even make a run down to Kansas and Missouri! Wow! We appreciate the prayers and support of so many people to help make the adventure possible!

If you would like information about booking a concert or speaking engagement, please email us at info@amyredding.com and we find an opportunity.

Hope Covenant Church- Grand Forks, ND

2011-02-23T13:02:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we had a great time at the Hope Covenant Church in Grand Forks, ND. Pastor Paul Knight and worship pastor Jim Dostal were outstanding hosts. Amy and I sang special music for the two morning services, and the rest of the family joined us for the evening concert.

This concert was the first time I got to see our kids doing sign language for the song, "We Have Come". It was so cute! Amy has been teaching the children some sign language and this was their big debut. They were totally into it!

Thanks to Paul, Jim, and Corey (sound tech) for the help in making this concert happen.

Next up is Trinity Free Lutheran Church in GF this Sunday!

2011-01-31T12:55:00.000-08:00

The Redding Family In Concert

2011-01-31T12:50:00.000-08:00

What a Night

2011-01-31T07:48:00.000-08:00

We had a great time at last night's opening concert for our new CD, "Nothing But Holy". There were a little over 200 people in attendance, and a great spirit of worship and enjoying God's presence together.

We hope you can make it out to one of our upcoming performances: in Clearbrook, MN Feb 12, and Hope Covenant Church in Grand Forks ND on Feb. 20.

Upcoming Concert

2011-01-23T20:32:00.000-08:00

Only six more days until the release concert for "Nothing But Holy"!!! We are so excited (and a little nervous) for the chance to do a concert in our home church, Northwood Community Bible Church! The people there have been so encouraging and supportive of our ministry as it has grown over the years. We are thankful to God for the opportunity to sing and minister there this coming Sunday night--January 30th, 7:00 pm!

Joining us will be our friends, Joan and Eric Bailey. Joan and Eric have wonderful voices and sing so nicely together. They will be bringing some classic Christian songs to the concert and we hope you will enjoy them.

Be sure to come to the concert and bring a friend too! This concert will be the first time that our new CD, "Nothing But Holy" will be available! We hope you love it.

2011-01-01T12:03:00.001-08:00

Announcing the release of our new album..."Nothing But Holy".

We will be having a release concert on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at Northwood Commun

ity Bible Church in Northwood, ND. Admission is free. NCBC is located at 404 S. Main St. For contact info, please visit the church's website at www.cbcnorthwood.com.

Nothing But Holy features worship and inspirational music from the pen of Amy Redding, with help on vocals and instruments from the rest of the Redding family. These songs are written from the heart and bring a message of hope, healing, and worship of Jesus Christ.

Please come to the concert to hear the music and have your first chance at getting one of the CD's. We hope you will enjoy it for a long time to come!

Paul and Amy Redding

The New CD is finished!

2010-11-26T07:28:00.000-08:00

Our new CD, "Nothing But Holy" is finished! Amy and I put in some marathon hours to get the last bits done, but it is complete and on its way to Discmakers for replication! We will make an announcement as soon as we know when it will be available.

Nothing But Holy

2010-08-17T19:44:00.000-07:00

I thought you might enjoy some of the artwork for our upcoming album, Nothing But Holy.
A friend of ours, Ken Mabry helped us out with photography. I will be posting more in the coming weeks as we continue to work on the NBH project. If you haven't already checked out our website, be sure to visit www.amyredding.com.

We would like to thank the many people for whom we have had the privilege of performing our music this summer. Thanks to Judy and Harold Lee of the Grand Forks Gospel Sing for inviting us to be a part of a great day of gospel music and good food. Thank you to Bob and Pat Anderson and the staff of Trails End Ranch (www.ter.org) for allowing us to come out and minister with you. Thanks to Dennis Kaiser and the folks at the Bismarck Adventist Church. Thanks also to Verlyn Strenge and friends at Lake Bronson Baptist Bible Camp for having us out to camp again this year.

Please keep praying us through the process of creating our new album. It will not succeed without the help of our praying friends!

Coming Soon!

2010-08-06T22:49:00.000-07:00

Coming soon..... a long awaited new album by the Redding family.

This one will be titled, Nothing But Holy (we think) after the song that started it all for us. In our former church, we introduced a new song to the congregation, which had kind of just fallen into our laps. Amy sketched out the lyrics and melody in her mind and when I got home from work she asked me to listen to the melody and see what I thought. I could immediately hear the chords she had been trying to find, and so I sat down to play. As I played, it became obvious what notes to play next and essentially we performed the song in its entirety the very first time! It was a really neat "God moment"!

People in church really responded well to the song and its meaning and they began to urge us to record our music. That is how our ministry began. We have since recorded one project of Christmas songs entitled, "Son of Majesty", and now it is time for a project featuring Amy's inspirational and worship songs. We hope you will enjoy it.

While we do not have a solid date set yet for release, our hopes are to have it ready to go this fall. Please stay tuned to this blog and our website, www.amyredding.com for more information as it develops.

God Bless!
PR

Son of Majesty

2008-12-18T12:52:00.000-08:00

Our first album, Son of Majesty, was released in December 2006. SOM started out as a collection of songs that Amy had written with our children in mind. Amy loves to write for children's voices, and sometimes those songs change shape and come out in a different form by the time they are completed. Now, two years later, more of our children are able to lend their voices to the mix, and we love to sing together.

Last year, we started doing church concerts featuring the music from the CD. The concerts have been very well received, and gratefully, they seem to help accomplish the goal that was behind Son of Majesty from the beginning. It has been our desire, to create a CD project that would reflect the worshipful spirit we should be in at Christmas time, but often find we are not. With our commercial American culture and busy schedules, it is very easy to lose sight of the fact that Christmas celebrates the incarnation of God Himself!

That's why Son of Majesty has such a peaceful and worshipful mood. We hope that anyone who listens to it, will take the time to consider that wonderful work that God did in sending His Son.

You can learn more about Son of Majesty at our website, http://www.amyredding.com/, including song samples and stories behind the music.

May you be blessed this Christmas season!
Paul and Amy Redding

2008-11-08T18:50:00.000-08:00

Here he is ladies and gentlemen...Please welcome to the world, Camon (Kay-mun) Cole Redding!

Camon was born Nov. 8, 2008 weighing 9lbs. .2 oz. and 22.75 inches long.

We are blessed with Camon's arrival, and we thank God that he is here and he is safe and healthy. His brothers and sisters are all excited to finally have him here. He has been in mama's tummy for so long.

I am more and more convinced that even the blessings of good health and safety that we commonly take for granted are blessings from God. Thanks to all of you who were praying for us and lifting us up to God for His help and provission. You have been a blessing to us!

God's blessings to you all.
PR

These are the Days...

2008-08-15T20:15:00.000-07:00

I thought you would like this one...As you may or may not know, we are expecting a new little baby in mid-November! This is an exciting time for our family, of course, but in the middle of summer, it gets a little old for Amy. Heat, humidity, and pregnancy don't go well together for her. But in keeping up her good spirits, she decided to use a little comedy to lighten the load. If you know the tune "Days of Elijah" by Robin Mark, you can sing along with these new lyrics:

(Amy) These are the days of confinement
My belly is swelling once more.
And these are the days of emotions- soaring
And soon I won't fit through the door.

And though these are days of great trials
of cravings and nautiousness too.
Still we are awaiting this new arrival
With joy as we're praising the Lord!

Behold he comes
clothed in baby blue
in a bascinette and a diaper too
He lifts his voice!
It's the end of peaceful nights.
(Paul) I think I'm gonna move into the garage!

This verse goes out to all our friends who are also pregnant this summer. God bless you for the remainder of your pregnancy!

Paul and Amy

2008-08-07T22:42:00.000-07:00

LAYING DOWN TRACKS...

Here's Paul laying down the guitar tracks for a new song. The song is entitled, "We Love You", and is a worship song that features Amy and the girls singing.

Paul is using a cut capo and standard capo to get the chord voicing he wants. Paul is playing a Taylor guitar. If you are a guitar player, but have never tried using a cut capo, you really ought to try!

Welcome to our blog

2008-08-04T19:38:00.001-07:00

Thank you for visiting our blog. Our regular website http://www.amyredding.com/
is a great place to get information about our past and current projects,
but this blog site is where we hope to keep you up to date about
upcoming events and updates on the new CD we are working on.

In December of 2006, we released a CD entitled "Son of Majesty". It
received great response in our area, including a little airplay on an
area radio station. We did a couple concerts that year to introduce the
Son of Majesty project to the churches in our area and to join others in
worship of Jesus Christ, our savior.

Mid-November through mid-December of 2007 saw our family traveling
around the state to do seven concerts and speaking engagements in four
weeks! It was busy, but fun to take the message of the gospel to so
many places.

This summer (2008) we have been doing many more concerts of original
worship and inspirational music. We have often been asked, "Where can I
buy the CD of this music?", but unfortunately we have had nothing to
offer those people. But now we are beginning to work on a new project
of those songs! There is no projected release date for the new CD, but
we will keep everyone posted as we know more.

We appreciate all of your prayers on our behalf on this upcoming
project! We believe firmly in the effectiveness of fervent prayer for
recording projects such as these. We know that even our first CD has
touched hearts and lives in ways that we are not humanly able to
manufacture.

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow...
Paul