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Daniel Martin Moore

Daniel Martin Moore’s in the cool of the day all started with an old piano, situated in the heart of Cincinnati’s WVXU studios. what had been scheduled to be a routine interview and in-studio performance turned into otherworldly inspiration when moore sat down and plunked away at the old 9-foot Steinway, once used as the main instrument by the Cincinnati symphony orchestra. god spoke to Moore that day through the ancient piano’s reverberant tones, and expanded upon an idea that had already planted itself in the young singer/songwriter’s head some time before: to make a “spiritual” album of time-tested, family gospel favorites remembered from growing up, but to also add a few new tunes of his own in the same vein. said god to Moore through the bass notes resounding off the old soundboard, “make this album for your family, but also release it unto the world as your next studio recording.”

so… inspired by god, the old piano, and the good energy of the radio station studio itself, Moore called upon longtime friend and drummer Daniel Joseph Dorff to help him make his dream of a modern but time-tested, family-friendly, spiritual recording a reality. Moore and Dorff sat down at the old concert grand and started working through the songs of Moore’s past; reflecting on how he remembered his mother and grandmother singing them to him as a child; or belting them out himself with the choir on Sundays in church. taking those memories and melding them with his present feelings on spirituality, Daniel made something new and modern, a fresh take on “gospel” music all his own.

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