The MacMusicGuy - Tom Rule

Sometimes “praise” is loud and boisterous, other times it is quiet and introspective. This arrangement is an example of the latter – thoughtful and slower, leaving room to ponder what/Who should be praised. The sheet music is available at JW Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/praise-him-11639237/p Sheet Music Direct: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1820619/Product.aspx Sheet…

A sol piano version of the tom&co arrangement of one of my favorite hymns [It must be – I’ve done three different arrangements of it!] Performed live from the Outhouse studio – no editing! You can hear the original at https://tomrule.bandcamp.com/track/my-fathers-world https://rumble.com/v7bdqdw-this-is-my-fathers-world.html

This is from a “live on screen” performance over at Streetjelly.com of the tune Kingsfold. Often I will go into the service at church with nothing more than a vague notion of what I want to paly – this is an example of following the same process. Some times it works well – sometimes not so much and I qork myself into a musical corner. Hope you enjoy…

From a “live onscreen” performance over at Stretjelly.com/ This is a solo piano version of the tom&co arrangement on the Brethren album. Enjoy! https://rumble.com/v7bdhc4-jesus-loves-me.html

I did a live performance on Streetjelly back in June – and as an experiment replicated what I do often at church for the prelude – improvise it. Here is the result on the Getty et al tune Christus Victor. https://rumble.com/v7bdgmc-christus-victor-tom-rule-on-piano.html

Recorded live from the outhouse studio, it’s Solfigitto Jam, from the album “Accessible Depth”. See tomrule.bandcamp.com for the track. Want to play it yourself? See https://tomrule.info/blog/2021/12/solfigietto-jam-for-solo-piano/ Enjoy!

A bit of the Vince Guaraldi tune “Christmastime is here”, and the story behind the CHRISTmas Live album, recorded live down at Shadowsound Studio in Macon, GA.

Music from the second service is below CLICK HERE for the video from the 9:00 service. Prelude https://tomrule.info/fpc/files/2026/04/A-Prelude.mp3 I Know That My Redeemer Lives https://tomrule.info/fpc/files/2026/04/B-Cong-I-Know-that-my-Redeemer-Lives.mp3 This is the Day the Lord Has Made https://tomrule.info/fpc/files/2026/04/C-Choir-This-is-the-Day-the-Lord-Hath-Made.mp3 Easter…

Awhile back I ran across an AI over at submithub.com that would try and figure out what style your track was. Naturally, I tried it. Here is what the AI said about the track”Family”: Progressive Rock [24%] Jazz Fusion [10%] nu Jazz / Jazztronica [8%] Synthpop [8%] I have no comment… nor any idea how it came up with those! It mnust not have been very confident of the conclusions, based on…

A bit of background behind the title track on teh album. It was a totally different creation proces for me. tomrule.bandcamp.com

Awhile back I ran across an AI over at submithub.com that would try and figure out what style your track was. Naturally, I tried it. Here is what the AI said about “Paging Eloise”: Jazz, Nu Jazz / Jazztronica [23%] Traditional Classical, Neo / Modern Classical [22%] Traditional Classical [12%] Neo / MNodern Classical [ 9%] Blues [7%] Some of these are absolutely hilarious, given the piece…

Just so you know……

Sometime “derivative” can be a creative spark. So can Pachelbel. tomrule.bandcamp.com

The story behind the tune on The Week Begins album Take a listed over at tomrule.bandcamp.com

The story behind the track “percolatin'” on The Week Begins ablum. You can listen to it at tomrule.bandcamp.com

The AI over at Submithub.com thinks Percolatin’ covers these styles: Synthpop [32%] Ambient [24%] Jazz [21%] Downtempo [20%] Pop Rock [17%] Seriously? Take a listen and see what YOU thinjk! https://tomrule.bandcamp.com/album/the-week-begins Album Graphics by the Inimitable Untuxable.com

A bit of info on the tune from The Week Begins album. Yes, it involes a Waffle House.