The Petra Zone

I am not an artist/musician. However, I DO work for a living. I don't appreciate being ripped off and not paid for my own hard work; why should the artist feel any different. The only difference is how easy it is to do. But ease and anonymity don't make it OK. It's called stealing. If you do it, you...

Another in a string of very high quality productions from this group. I am impressed with every new release, and this one is superb as well!
Andy

I contributed to The Great Cause. I believed in the project wholeheartedly before the funding was in place, and I have no regrets about support it. I may have missed an existing thread on this topic. How many of you would consider supporting John's kickstarter for a new Christmas album? I am not sur...

cool - I look forward to it! Faith & Freedom should be a great video!
andy

I can live with some talk, albeit I understand that too much can become a bit tedious. I'm just glad to hear that the guys are performing well and sounding good. 500-800 sounds like a good size crowd. Thanks for the update!
andy

So, how are the ClassicPetra shows going? Good turn out? Tight, well rehearsed performances? Good quality?

andy

Some men are better than others. Moses, Abraham, Paul, and even Rahab are honored above Simon the Sorcerer, Judas, and King Saul. These heroes are imperfect sinners, and yet they are honored above the evil resisters of God's work. Rightly so. The heroes of the faith inspire us to be better and to co...

Yes, "Take Me Home" or "Hope that Saves the World" would be great initial impressions of John's record.

Is this thread the most viewed in the history of TPZ? 17,000+ at last count!

andy

How much revenue does an artist being in strictly from present day sales of his published music of a bygone era? E.g., how much $$ would you think Tom Scholz still brings in for Boston's "More than a Feeling"? Or Journey's "Don't Stop Believing"? Or Petra's "Destiny"? Assuming any such song is avail...

Too funny about the "wife tolerates my obsession..."!
My wife has always liked Petra. She loves John's new album and plays it in the car all the time, too. She said tonight that she thinks his voice sounds "better than it ever did before" on TGC. He really did poor heart and soul into it.
andy

Yes, BriGuy, I agree with you. The more I listen, the more I love it. I posted a while back that I didn't like two of the songs on the album but that I liked all the others very much. I take that back. The two not-as-good ones have grown on me. I now like every song on there. Take Me Home - great ch...

Hi Sue and Everyone! I LOVE TGC!! As with any album, there are a couple of songs I don't care for, but what a GREAT job overall by John! This is his best work ever on a solo album, IMO. Some of the songs sound as good as Petra did - which I didn't expect from a solo album without the John/Bob collab...

thank you, pmal. I had missed that thread. It's all good, now!
I'll offer feedback after I've had a chance to listen. I'm sure I'll love it!
andy

Can one of you tell me how to add my downloaded tgc songs to my iTunes music library? My computer seems to want me to install Windows Media Player as the default media conduit in order to burn to a CD, and I don't want to do that. I just want to put it in iTunes. Thanks for any help!
andy

it now appears that classicpetra site is no longer merely "in transition" but is completely out of commission?!
I get nothing when I link to it.