Visiting Seattle in July 2011, "the Lord really laid it on my heart to record something that people could use during prayer," Chad recalls. Lawson invited a close friend to record him, let the Lord place his hands wherever He wanted to and 32 minutes later, it was done... No preparation, no outtakes, no overdubs: improvisational prayer in its rawest, most honest form. (Lawson kept a hymnal with him on the piano while recording "just in case" but he never had to open it).

Lawson never planned on recording this, it found him: Chad plays three morning services every Sunday at a large church in North Carolina. Each service has some time set aside for quiet prayer, where Lawson plays solo. After one quiet time, as soon as the pastor started speaking, Lawson was stunned: "There was an authority in his prayer, a genuine crying" not with loud action, but with sincere words." Lawson found out he had been reading directly from the Puritan book of prayers and meditation, Valley of the Vision. The inspiration for "Song of Prayer" was born.

1. Song of Prayer (Solo Piano Music for Prayer)

Listen to: the entire album.

Release date: 10/25/2013
Chad Lawson lives in North Carolina USA

Tagged as: New Age, Neoclassical, Instrumental New Age, Inspirational, Contemporary Piano, Daydreaming, Meditation

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