Reverend Mary Murray Shelton on stage with Music Director, Sky Nelson (Piano), and band during an event at Global Heart Spiritual Center.

The Nature of Music

Accentuating melodic and harmonic development: a work in progress.

We are blessed with the blues, rock, the ballad, folk, jazz, gospel, light opera, and Chopin, in no particular order.

I completed courses in advanced jazz theory/composition with Ray Brown who at one time was the leading arranger/composer for Stan Kenton.

The old blues singer Jimmy Reed is my all time favorite harmonica player. My favorite master of melodic development is Ella Fitzgerald.

I hope you enjoy the music I produce and publish.

Make it a great day!

-Morton

Of Interest

The Bhagavad-Gita, the sixth Canto of the Mahabharata, the great epic of India, says, “One’s own work done imperfectly is far better than another’s done perfectly.” Each time a new idea filters into your consciousness, test the waters to see if it is “your” work.

Two books of interest are by Don Miguel Ruiz, based on ancient Toltec wisdom. The names of the two books are 'The Four Agreements, Toltec Wisdom' and ‘The Four Agreements, Study Guide’ -

Using the four agreements to master the dream of one’s life is the essence of these books. The focus is to evolve one's dream/life experience/focus so one is living/dreaming a life that is not only wholesome, loving, and considerate, but is a life that truly reflects who one is and what one is. Many of us have, at one time or another, bought into ideas about our lives that don't serve who we really are. There is no better ‘moment’ than now to undo those agreements.