The New Zealand recording connection

In 2003 my family and I were enabled to go to NZ for a 9 month break.
During that time God also enabled me to meet some new friends who assisted in the recording of the Beginner's guitar kit tape.
It consists of simple praise songs (at first) working up to more complex songs and key changes at the end.
It wouldn't have been possible without the help and support of friends.

Steve engineered the project and Mike helped out with the tricky guitar bits.
Ray sang female vocals.





It was put together very simply just to give the learner a clear idea of how to play guitar chords "on the job".

I couldn't resist putting some sax on it, just for fun.
I put together the first kit in NZ for a trial run. The guitar and tape and booklet kit together cost $127
We had to go back to China to keep the cost down to a viable level.
Here we can produce a kit for closer to $27.


The whole event seemed to go miraculously well!

May all the glory go to God! Amen.

The Mission beginnings

International Africa Music Mission
“to bless the church so the church can be a blessing”
This is a Christian network, consisting of individuals and organizations from many nations who together help to get musical instruments to the churches in Africa.
It is a non-profit effort funded primarily by donations. It is intended that where possible, the church recipients will pay costs, to enable the work to continue.

The primary focus is to send beginners guitars and teach-your-self manual and cassette tapes to churches outside the main centres where musical instruments are hard to come by.
The manual and tapes focus on learning chords for worship songs, the most useful purpose of the guitar.
That way people who normally could not find a guitar or teacher can become useful musicians for the service of the church.

With direct distribution to the church, bypassing wholesalers and retailers, the guitars can be put into the hands of a church member for less than $40.
The usual price for the same guitar without manual and tape is @$100.00
The average income in many countries is around $10.00 per month, making the average guitar inaccessible to most.

We will also be happy to send other instruments to help equip the worship teams.

Below is a church in Uganda, displaying their new instruments.


Donations towards equipping the church can be made simply by clicking on the “donate now” buttons. You will be helping to equip a church and begin a process of worship musician training.
$25 buys a beginner’s guitar and teaching kit.
$40 buys an acoustic /electric guitar for services.
$60 buys an electric guitar or bass or trumpet.
$150 buys a saxophone or drum kit.

To make a donation just click on the donation button below.

This will take you to a Paypal website where you can safely enter the amount you wish to donate using your credit card.

Thanks for your help!

Aquilasax.com will donate 10% of their profits to the Africa music mission. see http://aquilasax.com

The idea began when in 2002 I was privileged to worship with a group of people from Tanzania and Zambia, in an international fellowship. They were great singers but had no instruments. I loaned one of them my guitar and it was inspiring to see him work at it. After only a couple of weeks he was accompanying us. I had to show him the chords for new songs and so was born the idea of putting the chord sheets and an audio tape together for worship song teaching.

My guitar playing friend has since helped to distribute guitars to many churches in Zambia.