SOUNDWATER was born in the fall of 1997. THE ANCIENT PATH came soon after.
Our goal has been to take the music and writings of many years along with whatever new
music is being giving us and communicate them through books, CDs and the World Wide Web
to whomever God would touch.
Over the years we have had different people singing and playing with us in the Prince of Peace
Band and in Sunday morning worship. Now we have two of our daughters, Gloriana Minden and
Esther Smith, singing with us on our later recordings. Our son Abe has also played guitar on some
of our songs. This has been a wonderful blessing.
Some of our music and audio productions can be played on our SOUNDWATER MEDIA PAGE.
Our poems, stories, teachings and books can be found at our Creative writing site
THE ANCIENT PATH
Anything you can download is free as long as you do not use it for commercial purposes. If you have
a question about it, our email address is posted on each of our sites. We would appreciate
acknowledgement as our work is original. We would also welcome your putting our links on
your sites.
Hopefully OUR VISION STATEMENT will provide answers to your
questions and explain clearly what our goals are on our two sites.
You can find out more about our church family and band history by going to
the THE PRINCE OF PEACE, our church site.
There is a POP MEMORIES PHOTO ALBUM up on that site.
The music represented on SOUNDWATER began 30 years ago and continues today. Our
more recent selections were recorded at home in our digital recording studio. Earlier albums
recorded from 1975 to 1987 were remastered and made into CDs in our home studio.
The compositions came in various ways. Some songs were written on the piano or guitar
at home. Some songs arrived spontaneously during worship or as we gathered together with others to sing.
JESUS OF NAZARETH was written on guitar as we sat around a campfire in Prineville, Oregon.
As we were singing the song people began gathering around our campfire. Even the rangers
at the park came and joined us. Finally several deer wandered in close to the fire.
Equally special were the songs received in dream or vision. I AM ETERNAL was such a song.
In a dream, Charles heard the song being sung. The song grew louder and louder until he
woke up, and wrote down what he had heard.
PRINCESS CALIATRA is different than anything else we have ever written.
It began as a project for a college course final and gradually grew into the work
you now hear. There are two distinct works. One is a musical drama, and the other
is an instrumental to be interpreted in dance, ice ballet, etc.
Our special thanks to all that have helped us and continue to pray for us through the years.
With Love
Charles and Mary
