Inspirational Hymns for Mother

I started playing the piano when I was only 8 years old. In the beginning there were only 3 finger melodies and basic scales etc. but with a little encouragement from mother (my biggest fan and slave-driver who made me get up at 5 AM every morning to practice), soon I was playing 10 finger songs that made mom feel like she was in heaven. Oh how she loves music. Mom is a very devout spiritual person. And she has spent her life, giving to, caring for and serving others, as the Good Book would lead us to do. So of course, she loved spiritual melodies and hymns. And I began to learn to play the hymns, one by one. And she would encourage me to keep learning. Day after Day. Soon I was playing consecutively through our Church Hymnal almost for recreation. I found soon that Inspirational Hymns were my love as well, and many encouraged me to record an Album. So finally I did. I recorded my first CD about 15 years ago (back then it was a Cassette Tape) but in a couple of years, we converted it to CD. Not long after I recorded the album, it was picked up by a conservative radio network, and has been on their active playing roster for well over 10 years. In fact, a few weeks ago while driving around the city, I heard one of my piano hymns on 2 consecutive days, on our local affiliate station. And often I hear from friends in many States that they heard one of my songs. But, I just love to play the music. So I started a website johntroutman.com to distribute some free music every day to people all around the world. And what do you know, it worked. To date there have been over 400 Thousand songs (mostly inspirational hymns) downloaded from the website over the past 7 years.

But I have a lofty goal. I want to record music in every style and make it available on my website because I find that good quality Piano Renditions of favorite songs are just plain hard to find. There are only a handful of artists that do this well. My favorite is Richard Clayderman. Over the years I have enjoyed the music of Ferrante & Teicher and Liberace and Roger Williams. I would like some day to join them as I have great respect for their music.

But my inspiration from the beginning was my mother. And this past weekend I had a chance once again to sit down and play a song for her, and she simply melted as only a mother can do. You know a mother loves her children unconditionally. And I always felt the support for my music even when it was "in the rough". Because she could see, with the eyes of faith, what the music could be some day and how it could be a blessing to many.

So Mom, you have inspired me once again.