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REVIEW: Calgarysongwriter - October 2007 Mike R. Schuster - Together
The acceptance and support of the staff, board, and congregation at BVCC allowed Mike to develop his songwriting skills to the point that he embarked on this CD project of original worship songs. With over 25 talented players volunteering their time, energy, and talents, and the encouragement of his fellow NW Calgary Worship Pastors, friends, and family; and Anthony Packwood at Trinity Studios working his magic, they released this debut CD "Together" on November 24th, 2006. This CD was truly a group effort.
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REVIEW: Alpha Omega News - August 2007 Mike
R. Schuster “Together” (Independent release) 12
tracks @ 40:02 Grade - A I
am continually pleasantly amazed at the talent serving in local
churches. Mike R. Schuster is the Pastor of Worship & Arts for the
Bow Valley Christian Church in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Eleven of
the 12 tracks on this disk are original compositions. It is
beautiful worship music that many churches of all sizes will find
appropriate for use.
The
arrangements are generally simple and contemporary while the lyrics easy
to sing. As recorded here, the songs have a slight modern country
feel. Schuster’s vocals remind me of Alan Jackson. The
songs “Together,” “You’re My God,” and “Walk in Your
Freedom” are outstanding. The acappella version of “Unify”
is simply gorgeous.
My
wife often has to put up with my listening sessions and she really liked
this disk.
Mike’s
intent for his music is “to get the songs we’ve been using to a
wider audience (especially worship leaders) where they can be used in
personal or corporate worship settings to glorify our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.” To encourage use of his songs, Mike has provided
free chord charts on his web site. I encourage everyone to check
that out at www.mikerschuster.com - Rob S. Alpha Omega News ___________________________________________________________________________________
REVIEW: City Light News - May 2007 (Vol. 7 #5) Mike
R. Schuster - Together On staff at Bow Valley
Christian Church (BVCC) as their Pastor of Worship and Arts, Mike has
been involved in music for many years as a band teacher in the public
school system, and has, only 4 years ago, stepped into full time
ministry. Since that time, he has been given the freedom to explore his
own worship music and songwriting. Out of that exploration the Together
project was born, with the gracious assistance and support of BVCC and
25 or so musicians, Mike has turned out a decent independent project.
Upbeat, mostly pop-rock, with a couple of world music style tracks here
and there, Together is the locally produced debut CD you’d expect from
your local evangelical, non-denominational church worship pastor. - James Syratt City Light News
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©2006 MyCar Music. All rights reserved. Contact: info@mikerschuster.com All songs are covered by CCLI licencing agreement and may be found at www.ccli.com Mike's MySpace is found at www.myspace.com/mikerschuster Find out what's happening at Bow Valley Christian Church at www.bvccweb.ca |