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Read the latest story about his active musical life!
Gentle Peace: Songs For Survival
(PineTree Press, 2023)
Roger Lee Hall has worked for over 50 years
writing about
vintage popular music, film music, folk music, and classical music.
He has also been a songwriter and composer of classical works and
is a member of ASCAP.
Yet. he has spent many years
with difficult struggles in getting his publications distributed and read.
Over the years he has been recognized and honored
with listings in various directories, including
the International Who's Who in Music and Who's Who in America.
He is now Director of the Center for American Music Preservation (or CAMP),
which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2023.
He is also the Managing Editor of Film Music Review,
which also celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Over many decades, he has written about American music and
his work has been published in 60 collections in this series:
PineTree Multimedia Editions (PTME)
In his 8th book in the Memories And Music series,
he writes personal stories, both happy and sad, about how songs
had special meaning for him throughout his life,
both in bad and good times.
One of his early happy experiences was his early song, "The Soho Serenade."
The lyrics were written after his visit to London in 1963,
where he first heard recordings by The Beatles
and he was fascinated with the Soho district in London.
The following year he wrote the music to the song and it was copyrighted.
Then in1965, his song was recorded at a music studio in Bloomfield, NJ.
Here he is holding a framed copy
of "The Soho Serenade" 45 RPM record
He also wrote another song, "Lovely One,"
dedicated to lovely wife
and based on the melody of her favorite classical work --
Debussy's "Clair de Lune"
Besides being a composer, he is also a poet.
He has written a series of haiku poems for each season of the year.
Six of them
were set to music
and premiered at Rutgers University in 1970.
These six songs are included
on the accompanying CD, "Gentle Peace" (see below).
In his book there is a list of his many radio guest appearances
where he produced tributes to popular songwriters from the past
like Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Johnny Mercer
and
he did special radio tributes to film composers,
including Bernard Herrmann and John Williams.
In the past, he announced his annual Sammy Film Music Awards
as a guest on WGBH radio in Boston.
This memoir book contains
over 100 b&w and color illustrations
including sheet music for some of his songs
and is available exclusively here and nowhere else.
The PDF book will be sent directly to you by email attachment,
with no extra shipping charge and no delay in mail delivery.
To order your copy of this PDF book,
and also receive the free bonus audio of his "Gentle Peace" song,
click on the "Add To Cart" button below,
for the price of only $11.95
payable by credit card to PineTree Productions,
owner of PineTree Press,
through Safe and Secure PayPal --
After you have made your payment,
to receive your copy of the PDF book and bonus song audio
sent directly to you,
send your email address to:
This AMRC CD with the author's music is available separately -- click here
You can listen to how Roger Hall's career developed from high school onward, and how he became an American Music Preservationist.
Click on any of these links to listen to the podcast
with James Gardner on "Your History - Your Story" (YHYS):Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-history-your-story/id1535889414?i=1000611257078Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mS6z5JjFwUapMnp3jk5XJ?si=lYjF4XNiT7iHmZmD7qCF9wYou Tube
https://youtu.be/aPlzapgMVkM
Support YHYS Podcast & become a patron!
See his other seven volumes all based on song titles in his series,
Memories And Music (MAM)
Vol. 3: "Peace'Lovin' Blues": Raised On Rock n' Roll
Vol. 4: "Dream World" - Songs, Poems, Stories
Vol. 5: "Following The Stars" -
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy
Vol. 6: "Search Thou My Heart": A Musical Life
Vol. 7: "Crazy Rhythm": Memories of Oheka Castle
and Eastern Military Academy
Read about his publications
as an American Music Preservationist -- click here
His music is exclusively published
by PineTree Music.
To see the list of his compositions -- click here
Contact via email -- here
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