Check out my new violin music website, MusicFountain.org!

I have just launched my new violin music website, Music Fountain.  You can view information on my music and descriptions of all my CDs there, plus access to purchase and download my MP3s.  Just go to www.musicfountain.org
See you there!
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Video of Relissa and Dave T. playing at the Art Walk

On 5/21, Relissa, Dave Tiffany, and I played a 2 hour set at the Art Walk on Mercer Island, WA, outdoor in front of our friend Norma's The Island Salon and Spa.  It was a wonderful evening of live, spontaneous music, with Relissa on keyboard and vocals, Dave on flute and vocals, and me on electric violin, electric and acoustic guitar, and vocals.  We just switch back and forth in different combinations to create various "sounds."  I played a few of my own songs as well.
Below is a short video that I captured with my camera, near the end of our set, so you can hear a little bit of the cool music that Relissa and Dave were creating.  Check it out!

Iceland ministry trip coming up!

I will be heading to Iceland for an important ministry trip from 4/15 to 4/23.  I'll be bringing my electric violin and doing worship over there.  Details to come.  Please keep me in your prayers!

Guest violinist at IHOP-NW this past Mon.

 

This past Monday morning I was a guest electric violinist on IHOP-NW's (Int'l House of Prayer Northwest) very first intercession set in their new facility at Federal Way.  Check out the nice photo of the stage and team above.  God is moving in a mighty way here in the Seattle-Tacoma region!  Hopefully I'll upload more pics of the prayer room soon.

Great worship time last Sunday!

As I have limited internet access here in Taiwan, I am only able to get online sporadically. So I will write a quick update. Last Sunday we had a great worship time at my cousin Lintien's church in Taipei. I played my electric violin with the worship band, and it was a powerful time in the Lord. I will write more later. Blessings.

Violin Music Testimony

I was born in Taiwan and my family moved to California when I was 8 years old, and I started learning the violin in school when I was 10. I spend years studying classical music and playing in youth orchestras, but I never truly found my comfort zone in the classical arena. It was years later, in college, after I had quit playing, and never thought I would pick up the violin ever again, did I discover a different type of music that I was born to play and revel in.

My friend David was a talented musician (guitar, piano, bass, etc.) and an anointed worship leader at church. We were hanging out in my dorm room, and he had his guitar and was about to play some songs, when he spot my dusty violin case in the corner of the room. I had not played for over 3 years when he, in that moment, prodded me to take it out and jam with him. I protested, telling him that my skills had probably faded from lack of practice, and that I have never played with guitar or this style of music in my life.

He was stubborn, so I gave it a try. I could still recall the song that he started playing, "Meet with Me," and suddenly I find myself playing surprisingly in harmony to the music, (with no songsheet, just playing by ear). My fingers glided effortlessly on the violin; it seemed like they knew exactly what notes to hit. The Spirit of God was breathing all over our song, and even my friend David was surprised.

Ever since that night in 2001, Samuel musical life has been resurrected. Samuel is now jamming on a 5-string Vector electric violin, with creative improvisations to various contemporary musical styles (rock, pop, smooth jazz, folk, hip-hop, celtic, country, electronica, etc).

In recent years, Samuel had the opportunity to travel and play around the world. From in front of 40,000 in San Francisco (The Call SF), to a group of 20 at an underground church in Guangzhou, China, to remote mountain villages in the Philippines, it has been an exhilarating ride. Samuel states, "Every time I play, I know in my heart, that I am playing for the glory of God."

Great time last night at IHOP NW!

Last night my friend Scott and I went down to International House of Prayer Northwest (IHOP NW) in Tacoma and I was invited to play my electric violin with their worship team.  We got there for the rehearsal at 6 pm, and I met the folks there for the first time.  At 7 pm we launched into an intercession set, led by Gary Wiens, the director of IHOP NW.  For 2.5 hours straight we were ushered into the presence of God.  There were moments of intense prayer with anointed prophetic singing, and segments of deep worship.  The whole worship team flowed with the direction of the Holy Spirit.  It was a blessing for me to be a part of it, and I got to met some great new friends as well.

I thank God for what He is doing and starting in Tacoma.  I believe that this HOP will have a major impact on the region (it already has).  And I am looking forward to going back down there again in the coming months.  Let God lead.