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robert austell

About Me

i've been playing the piano since i was 5, guitar since i was 19... i've always written music, mainly to express my emotions and for God's glory. the stuff on the website is some combination of my music/lyrics and those of friends i've helped with recording and arranging... if you are ever in charlotte, nc, come worship at good shepherd presbyterian church at 3307 rea road!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/07/2005
Band Members: in addition to robert, any of the following are possible: stephanie, maddie, mike, kathy, cathy, kelly n, katie, paul, rebecca, kelly t, john d, and the list goes on...
Influences: keith green, david wilcox, shane barnard, george winston, billy joel, michael w. smith, james taylor, rich mullins, passion
Sounds Like: um, see influences.... keith green, david wilcox, shane barnard, george winston, billy joel, michael w. smith, james taylor, rich mullins, passion
Record Label: just the ones on the homemade cd's

My Blog

new song - we lift our hearts

..This is a rough mix of one of the songs off of my new "Breadth of Worship" CD... should be out by the end of March.  Enjoy!
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:04:00 GMT

"time" and "he is"

I added "He Is" from the "Songs with the Father" recording I did with Tiffany Hinton.  It's a cover of a song by Barry and Michelle Patterson off their album "Birth.""Time" is a song by Maddie Sh...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:17:00 GMT

burning hearts

This version of "Burning Hearts" was recorded live in GSPC worship on March 30. I wrote this with Gerrit Dawson back in 1999 to tell the story of the "road to Emmaus." This is a scaled down recording ...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:43:00 GMT

new song - "normal"

I posted a new song called "Normal" - it's for the kids' play at our church, coming this April (2008). The song is to be sung by the main character, a very creative (but lonely) girl who fills her wor...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:06:00 GMT

kum bah yah and this little light

Tiffany Hinton was in town last week. She and her family are missionaries in Nicaragua with Youth with a Mission (YWAM). She recorded a CD to give away to supporters of a ministry to children. All th...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:08:00 GMT

song - dead mans bones

this is an old new song - i recorded it as a demo with kelly tonsing when i lived in nashville.  i was digging through old recordings this weekend and found this and liked it.  (unfortunatel...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:02:00 GMT

song - what would jesus do

i was digging through some old cd's and found "what would jesus do?" that i wrote and recorded back in 1998.  it's not me singing - that's ed cash.  we were both really excited about it, but...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:58:00 GMT