Last Friday, October 28, it was announced that Openbook Publishers (Adelaide, Australia) were no longer going to publish, distribute or retail.
As I had just managed to finalise (well, almost) a list of songs to be included in a collection which Openbook was going to publish (release date June 4, 2006), I quickly concluded that I was going to do something else in the next 8 months.
Dunno what. Writing songs, finding other people's songs and spreading them around — these've been my main work for the last 25 years.
Songs for Christians to sing together.
And the series published by Openbook Publishers (formerly Lutheran Publishing House) has been the vehicle that's carried 509 songs, 5 collections: All Together Now, AT Again, AT Everybody, AT OK, AT Whatever.
Things change. A new day needs new songs, and a new way of singing them.
I've got some ideas, and I'm getting some suggestions, but there's always room for more.
