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Praise & Worship Lyrics
Country & Gospel
Cowboys & Truckers
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Military & 1st Responders
Praise & Worship Lyrics
Country & Gospel
Cowboys & Truckers
Stage & YouTube Performances
Military & 1st Responders
Thank You For Visiting My Website!
I've Always Played Piano... &
Transposed Chorded Sheets,
Led Worship & Sung My Songs
At Stadiums & Churches. in 2002,
I Recorded 12 Songs on 2 CD's.
It Was An Exciting Adventure!
By Request, I Placed My
Patriotic Song On A Radio
Playlist! Topped Charts At
#23 on 1100 USA Stations!
I'm Now Retired But I'l
Thank You For Visiting My Website!
I've Always Played Piano... &
Transposed Chorded Sheets,
Led Worship & Sung My Songs
At Stadiums & Churches. in 2002,
I Recorded 12 Songs on 2 CD's.
It Was An Exciting Adventure!
By Request, I Placed My
Patriotic Song On A Radio
Playlist! Topped Charts At
#23 on 1100 USA Stations!
I'm Now Retired But I'll
Continue Writing Lyrics
& Music For Artists
Who Are Too Busy!
I Research Stories To Create
Moving Lyrics & Music That
Flow Naturally !**
If You Have Lyrics/Poems/
Stories Or Ideas That Need
To Become Great Songs w/
Great Music, Email & Let
Me Turn It Into Your Demo!
I've Finished CD's w/ A Great
Patriotic Concert & Moving
Easter Concert & A Powerful
Thanksgiving Song! (Greatly
Requested, Not Recorded.)
Here Are Fun Facts From
The Life Of A Southern Girl
Who Grew Up In The South
& Lived In The South West:
July 1974 ---
The Frankie Avalon Show!
Westin Peachtree Hotel Atl.
What a thrill As I sang
Harmony w/ Frankie
Avalon! He Invited Me!
Wow! I felt like a star as
people reached out to shake
my hand & invite me back!
He & I sang:
"You're Just Too Good To
Be True!" Ended w/a kiss!
December 1981 ---
Singing w/ Stars At Home?
The Star of Pittsburg Pirates
was known as "The Cobra"
He was In "The Lumber
Company" & Came Over
w/His date for dinner at
our rented farm house.
Relaxing From The Crowd.
My husband was Grilling
BBQ Country Ribs for dinner
As I Came Home From Work.
Here's To 1978's Most
Valuable Player. He &
My husband Were
Business Friends.
I came Inside & They Were
Chatting In The Living Rm!
Beautiful Lady he was
dating was a singer w/
The 5th Dimension!
We all sang as I played
piano & she and I sat on
the piano bench together.
The 5th Dimension Is in
The Grammy Hall Of
Fame & they were at the
Top of the Charts.
It's Amazing to have that
experience! It's a lovely
memory & I'm Blessed!
Withholding names here
because of privacy but
my songbook still has a
sweet note she wrote to
me preserved inside!
She gave me an auto-
graphed picture but it's
been lost thru moves
over the years.
January 2009 - Wash, DC:
My Patriotic Song was
performed by me in 1st In
1991 At Denver Stadium for
12,000 w/a standing O.
In 2009 It Was sung by A
Los Angeles Artist At The
Presidential Inauguration
Breakfast.
September 2002 - IAFF NY 9-11
A special song was request by
Int'l Assoc. Fallen Fire Fighters
IAFF.ORG to honor 9-11 NY FFF
& Families As Well As Canadian
Fallen Fire Fighters.
My husband and I were seated
In Front w/ The 9-11 NY families,
Very Great Honor Of Our Lives!
IAFF.ORG
Int'l Assoc. Fallen Fire Fighters
provided 255,000 Firemen My
Song At Their Annual Memorial
Wall Service Honoring Those Who
Lost Their Lives On 9-11 The Prior
Year. It's In Colo Springs, Colorado.
The Song Was Our Gift To Their
Families.
A Non-Profit 501 (c) (3)
2004 Talent Winner:
Top 10 Female Gospel Vocalist
2004 Talent In The Rockies
Estes Park, Colorado.
Cathy's Performance Judged
on Vocals & performance,
Song Writer/on Lyrics/Music
& website, Judges Were from
Nashville GMA & Word Warner.
Age 6, My parents converted
Our Living Room For church.
Catherine's Mother & Sister
Taught her t
2004 Talent Winner:
Top 10 Female Gospel Vocalist
2004 Talent In The Rockies
Estes Park, Colorado.
Cathy's Performance Judged
on Vocals & performance,
Song Writer/on Lyrics/Music
& website, Judges Were from
Nashville GMA & Word Warner.
Age 6, My parents converted
Our Living Room For church.
Catherine's Mother & Sister
Taught her to play piano &
To sing Melody & Harmony.
Cathy began playing hymns on
Sunday in their country home:
Singing & creating from age 6
On our upright piano.
Cathy's feet dangled at the
piano bench & strawberry-blonde
hair hung down her back w/a
freckled nose! She also sang
harmony as she played hymns!
Catherine & her sister were asked
to sing on radio, jails & Events.
Now she writes lyrics using
keyboard & software to lay
down melodies for music bed.
.
Exciting is added arrangements
w/extra instruments laid down
by friends, **Maureen & Rick!
Incredibly Talented Pros!
Had a great band in Alaska &
Western Colorado. They do
Christmas & New Years Eve
Shows w/music beds for demos!
See pic: 2019 New Yrs Eve Show.
Gather Around The Fire!
Make S'mores or put some
marshmallows on a stick!
A burst of fire on a cool night
friends singing uplifting praise
or Country-Cowboy songs
from a theme you want to do.
Email me to write lyrics &
a subject you are thinking
about and we'll do music
demos & lyrics for you!
If you need Gospel lyrics,
I'm Southern Born
Gather Around The Fire!
Make S'mores or put some
marshmallows on a stick!
A burst of fire on a cool night
friends singing uplifting praise
or Country-Cowboy songs
from a theme you want to do.
Email me to write lyrics &
a subject you are thinking
about and we'll do music
demos & lyrics for you!
If you need Gospel lyrics,
I'm Southern Born &
Sing & write those songs!
Cathy creates lyrics for
Veterans & Memorials.
Cowboy's & Trucker's!
Cathy will get back with you
first by EMAIL later by cell
phone & we can talk to see
if we agree on a demo.
My Patriotic CD in 2003
was on a playlist for 1100
Country/Gospel Stations
charted #23, #8 In Maine.
Tax Exempt Donations help
to keep up with software &
research for music.
New song lyrics cover Life
today but I write songs of
long ago of your heritage!
Truly Music that Moves You!
All PayPal Donations To Cathy Ray Ministries Are Tax Deductible.
All Songs Recorded will have legal BMI rights to you as Vocalist for Royalties as Recording Artist & royalties to songwriter as normal music recordings with copyright and BMI membership explains. .
CRM's 501(c)3 enables Cathy to write lyrics & chord sheets or to create demos with basic keyboard on CD or Jump Drives with your music bed or to add other instruments for you. Worship songs sung at the Beach, Ski Lodges, Baptismal at the River or Community Rodeos can be created for review,
Parades or Your Newest CD of Country Songs to sing around the camp fire or up on YouTube since Covid-19 have sparked home performances to your fans!.
Great American Stories or poems into song lyrics. Submit thoughts or ideas to aide in Cathy's music completion so it becomes truly your song, with her as songwriter.
We need help w/any recording expenses to make new material for you for YouTube or for you to make a demo to review in Nashville. When you actually record it, songwriters royalties will go to your songwriter, you're the artist.
From Nashville to LA Artists: Let me be your songwriter!
I want to be here for the artists who are too busy to write their own material fast enough for their next CD!
Contact Cathy by email soon for your song lyrics & demo music for 2021!
All Emails Are Kept Private - Never Shared!
Send An Email To Cathy. Mention Special Subjects You Want To Record A type of Lyrics or to put Music to poems. Taking ideas for 2021 for Festival Or Concert Events. Don't Forget Gospel Music, Loved By Many!
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