Music To Pray By
To Inspire Gods People to Pray!
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Podcast 91 is here with six new Selahs. School officially started this week. The kids are back, and we are trying to settle into the rhythm of another school year. The morning streams have helped keep at least one part of the week steady. In This Episode 0:00 Selah in D — from 6-11-2026 Song 5 3:40 Selah in D — from 6-11-2026 Song 6 8:31 Selah in B — from 6-15-2026 Song 2 14:19 Selah in D — from 6-15-2026 Song 3 20:10 Selah in D — from 6-16-2026 Song 2 25:43 Selah in D — from 6-16-2026 Song 3 Carlen, Jesus MOB, and a Hot Mix As this post goes up, Carlen Charleston and I are spending the day to
Twenty weeks in. Podcast 90 is here. This week was mostly the light bar. In This Episode 0:00 Selah in A — from 6-8-2026 Song 6 6:16 Selah in B — from 6-9-2026 Song 2 10:48 Selah in A — from 6-9-2026 Song 4 15:21 Selah in C — from 6-9-2026 Song 5 24:47 Selah in F — from 6-10-2026 Song 4 27:48 Selah in G — from 6-11-2026 Song 3 A Printer, Printed Mounts, and a Dark Bar I got a 3D printer this week so I can keep improving the LED bar. The next step is printed mounts that sit in the piano’s existing fallboard supports, instead of the angle iron pieces I had been using. Those metal ends worked, bu
Nineteen weeks in. Podcast 89 is here. Six new Selahs this week, along with the first finished look at a project I have been wanting to build for a while. In This Episode 0:00 Selah in F — from 6-4-2026 Song 2 4:36 Selah in E — from 6-4-2026 Song 4 10:49 Selah in B — from 6-4-2026 Song 5 18:21 Selah in D — from 6-5-2026 Song 2 22:48 Selah in E — from 6-5-2026 Song 4 26:03 Selah in A — from 6-8-2026 Song 3 Williamsburg and Home Again Our family vacation to Williamsburg, Virginia, was awesome. It was good to get away, spend that time together, and come home with plenty of memories. I could easil
Eighteen weeks in. Podcast 88 is here. Four Selahs this week, drawn from three morning streams. By the time this posts, we should be home from our family trip, unpacking slowly and recovering from a very full couple of weeks. In This Episode Four spontaneous pieces from June 1 through June 3. The timestamps will match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece came from: 0:00 Selah in G — from the 6-1-2026 stream, Song 4 16:13 Selah in C — from the 6-2-2026 stream, Song 3 21:16 Selah in F — from the 6-2-2026 stream, Song 5 24:20 Selah in C — from the 6-3-2026 s
Seventeen weeks in. Podcast 87 is up. Seven Selahs this week, pulled from four morning streams — with a new view over the piano and a family vacation beginning in the background. In This Episode Seven spontaneous pieces, drawn from May 28 through June 2. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece came from: 0:00 Selah in D — from the 5-28-2026 stream, Song 4 4:37 Selah in D — from the 5-29-2026 stream, Song 3 9:34 Selah in E — from the 6-1-2026 stream, Song 3 13:12 Selah in B — from the 5-29-2026 stream, Song 5 21:41 Selah in G — from the 6
Sixteen weeks in. Podcast 86 is up. Seven Selahs this week, pulled from four morning streams — and another busy week of changes behind the scenes. In This Episode Seven spontaneous pieces, drawn from May 25 through May 28. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece came from: 0:00 Selah in C — from the 5-25-2026 stream, Song 6 5:07 Selah in E — from the 5-26-2026 stream, Song 1 10:07 Selah in C — from the 5-26-2026 stream, Song 2 19:01 Selah in F — from the 5-26-2026 stream, Song 5 21:21 Selah in B — from the 5-27-2026 stream, Song 4 22:51
Fifteen weeks in. Podcast 85 is up. Six Selahs this week, pulled from the morning streams as always — and a behind-the-scenes update I’m genuinely excited about, for the curious among you. In This Episode Six spontaneous pieces, drawn from two mornings — May 21 and May 25. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece came from: 0:00 Selah in B — from the 5-21-2026 stream, Song 1 5:05 Selah in F — from the 5-21-2026 stream, Song 4 9:23 Selah in D — from the 5-21-2026 stream, Song 6 16:51 Selah in D — from the 5-25-2026 stream, Song 3 22:07 Sel
Fourteen weeks in. Podcast 84 is up. Five Selahs this week, gathered from the morning streams as always. A short note on why this one exists already, and a little about what’s coming. In This Episode Five spontaneous pieces, drawn from two mornings — May 19 and May 20. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece came from: 0:00 Selah in B — from the 5-19-2026 stream, Song 7 5:30 Selah in B — from the 5-20-2026 stream, Song 1 10:54 Selah in G — from the 5-20-2026 stream, Song 2 15:16 Selah in G — from the 5-20-2026 stream, Song 3 22:52 Selah
Thirteen weeks in, and this one lands on the Fourth of July. Podcast 83 is up. The usual gathering of live worship piano from the morning streams — five Selahs this week — and a few things on my heart for this particular weekend. In This Episode Five spontaneous pieces, drawn from three mornings — May 15, 18, and 19. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece came from: 0:00 Selah in C — from the 5-15-2026 stream, Song 3 8:51 Selah in B — from the 5-18-2026 stream, Song 4 14:54 Selah in B — from the 5-18-2026 stream, Song 5 17:17 Selah in C
Twelve weeks in. Podcast 82 is up. Same as always: live worship piano from the morning streams, cleaned up and gathered into one continuous listen. Six Selahs this week. Not a lot of behind-the-scenes news to report — mostly it’s been a season of life happening off the bench, which I’ll share a little of below. In This Episode Six spontaneous pieces, drawn from four mornings — May 13, 14, 15, and 18. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece came from: 0:00 Selah in E — from the 5-13-2026 stream, Song 1 6:09 Selah in G — from the 5-13-2026
Eleven weeks in. Podcast 81 is up. Same idea as Podcast 80: live worship piano from the morning streams, cleaned up and stitched into one continuous listen. Six Selahs this week, and a couple of honest updates underneath them. In This Episode Six spontaneous pieces, pulled from three mornings — May 11, 12, and 13. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes back to the full morning the piece first showed up in: 0:00 Selah in C — from the 5-11-2026 stream, Song 2 4:57 Selah in B — from the 5-11-2026 stream, Song 5 13:46 Selah in D — from the 5-12-2026 stream, Song 4 17:34 Sela
Ten weeks in. Podcast 80 is up. Same compile as Podcast 79: live worship piano from the morning streams, cleaned up and stitched into a single listen. A few real updates this week, including one I’ve wanted to ship for a while. In This Episode Six Selahs, pulled from three mornings of streams — May 6, May 7, and May 8. The timestamps match the YouTube chapters, and each link goes to the full morning the piece first showed up in: 0:00 Selah in B — from the 5-6-2026 stream, Song 2 4:33 Selah in C — from the 5-6-2026 stream, Song 6 8:10 Selah in F — from the 5-7-2026 stream, Song 2 12:26 Selah in
Podcast 79 is up. Same compile as Podcast 78: live worship piano from the morning streams, stitched into a single listen. A couple of notes worth sharing this week. A Quick Note on Timing Before anything else: I actually recorded this episode last week, and I’m scheduling it to post ahead of time. So when I say “this week,” I’m really writing from a week ago — if a detail here feels a little out of step with the calendar, that’s why. I’m trying to get two or three podcasts queued up in advance. We’ve got a family trip coming in late July, and I’d rather the morning rhythm not skip a beat while
Eight weeks in. Podcast 78 is up. Same compile as Podcast 77: live worship piano from the morning streams, stitched into a single listen. Quick post this week, but a couple of real updates worth sharing. An Update on the Church-Service Clips A quick course-correction worth being honest about. For a few days I experimented with moving the church-service clips — the TCC Sunday and Wednesday-night worship moments, the meta-glasses videos — off the Music To Pray By channels and onto my personal accounts. The reasoning was that the live-band, full-room sound was a different vibe from the quiet, pra
Seven weeks in. Podcast 77 is up. Same compile as Podcast 76: live worship piano from the morning streams, stitched into a single listen. The weekly cadence is settled now — what I want to talk about this week is the where. There are a few new places to find MTPB content that haven’t made it into a post yet. Three Places You Might Not Know About Telegram Channel: @MusicToPrayBy We launched a Telegram channel earlier this month and I haven’t mentioned it here yet. If you’re a Telegram person, that’s the cleanest way to get a notification when each new Prayer Short drops — same content as the ot
Six weeks in. Podcast 76 is up, and I think we can officially call this a routine. Not a lot of new equipment news this week — the pipeline is settling into a real rhythm, which is the goal. The MTPB weekly process from recording to publish to Prayer Shorts is more refined than I’ve ever had it, and I’m starting to feel like I can think about music again instead of about workflow. That’s the dream. A Quick Apology — The Duplicated Shorts If you follow the Prayer Shorts on YouTube, Instagram, or Facebook, you may have noticed the same prayer landing twice within seconds of each other a couple o
Five weeks in. Podcast 75 is up — and this one had to be re-recorded from scratch, which is a story in itself. (More on that below.) Same compile as Podcast 74: live worship piano from the morning streams, stitched into a single listen. We’re still running about two weeks behind in the release cycle, which is fine. If you’re new here, the launch-week post walks through what Music To Pray By is and the tech behind it. The OBS Audio Doubling I Didn’t Know About I built an auto-switching scene this week that flips between an overhead camera (looking down at the keys) and the FaceTime camera on my
Four weeks in. Podcast 74 is up, and the cadence I’ve been hoping for is starting to feel like it just is — not something I’m muscling into existence anymore. Same compile as Podcast 73: live worship piano from the morning streams, stitched into a single listen. This week’s episode is drawn from the streams on April 13–15 — we’re running about two weeks behind in the release cycle, and that’s honestly fine. The point is the rhythm of getting one out each week, not which days the recording happened. If you’re new here, the launch-week post walks through what Music To Pray By is and the tech beh
Three weeks in. Podcast 73 is up, and the rhythm I’ve been hoping for is starting to feel real. The 6 AM streams are still rolling every weekday, and I’m more convinced than ever that this morning hour belongs to prayer. Podcast 73 is compiled the same way Podcast 72 was — the past week of live worship sessions stitched into a single listen. If you’re new here, the launch-week post walks through what Music To Pray By is and the tech behind it. Logic Pro’s Auto Tempo — the timing problem, solved The thing that’s been quietly eating my time every week is timing. The piano sessions are recorded t
Two weeks in. Podcast 72 is here, and a rhythm is starting to settle in. The morning streams have kept rolling at 6 AM every weekday, and each one teaches me something new — about the piano, about the prayer, about what it looks like to sit down at a grand piano and worship while the rest of the world is still waking up. What started as “can I even pull this off?” has turned into something I look forward to every morning. Podcast 72 is compiled the same way Podcast 71 was — live worship sessions from this past week bundled into a single listen. If you’re new here, the launch-week post walks th
This is it — the first official podcast from the new era of Music To Pray By. Podcast 71 is compiled from the first three live worship sessions, recorded Good Friday through Easter Sunday 2026. If you’ve been following along, you know that we launched live streaming on Good Friday, and those first three sessions hold a special place — recorded during the most sacred weekend of the Christian year. There’s something about playing worship music during the passion and resurrection of Christ that carries a weight and an intimacy that’s hard to put into words. The music is mostly original — pieces t
This comprises of the songs left out of the Music To Pray By album "My Father in Heaven". This is the first podcast recorded on my new Yamaha DC7XE3 Grand Piano as well as all new mics and pre-amps. I believe it is the best sounding piano audio I've ever captured. I hope and pray it inspires you to pray and spend time in our Heavenly Father's Presence.
The last podcast to be recorded on my Yamaha DC3M4. It goes away tomorrow, and though it’s only been 4 years, I feel as though I have a tremendous amount of history with that wonderful piano. I actually had to pick and choose from about 2 hours worth of recordings since I’m not sure if the old format will be supported on the new piano. I’m truly excited about the capabilities and the sound of the new Yamaha DC7XE3Pro, but it’s also sad to see my old piano leave the studio. I’m sure it will end up in good hands! About the podcast – it’s all original except the last song. I had to choose between
Yet another all-original podcast. I did use some pretty familiar chord progressions, but I also tried out some new styles. I’m definitely looking forward to trying this podcast out tomorrow morning during my devotional. Sorry this came a little late. I spent way more time editing than I have in the past largely due to Logic Pro X, the new version of pro audio software I use. Some of the editing techniques I use don’t work the same way unfortunately so I spent bit of time finding workarounds. May the Joy and Peace of our LORD overwhelm you as you listen and stay your mind on Him! The post Podca
You may not hear any familiar melodies as this podcast is mostly original. I've adopted a fairly new process to recording the podcast. Rather than attempting to record all 30+ minutes in one sitting, I've just sat at the piano and pressed "record" as the Holy Spirit has led throughout the past quarter. It has been working out okay so far. It also gives me an opportunity to select the best recordings out of many, and there was a really bad 15 minutes of recording I was happy not to have included in this podcast. You may notice that it may have a slightly different sound than previous podcasts.
