Tim Gallant Music Library

Six Decades??

I wrote my first song in 1978, at the age of 12. It is now, I believe, unregrettably lost, although I can still remember a few lines (but I would rather not).

Within a few years, I hit my stride. From about age 14, I spent most of my teen years travelling with my Dad, who was an itinerant preacher. Other than read and draw, I didn’t have much to do but write songs. And write, I did; between my mid-teens and early twenties, I typically wrote 80–100 songs a year. (The “yearly anthologies” referenced in the Album Showcase reflect an attempt I made some years ago to put some of that material together, but I never got past 1985.)

I wrote very little in the 2010s, but nonetheless I can now say I have written songs in six decades, which I suppose makes me a “veteran songwriter.” Or, at least, it makes me old.

Video Showcase

Tears in the Sky

I’m no videographer, but here’s a little something. This little song was a departure for me, because it was built off a guitar lick, whereas I normally either write lyrics first, or create lyrics and music together. It’s a little exploration of the self-deception and self-destruction involved with the mistreatment of others.

Album Showcase

Tim Gallant’s Project Fortissimo, An Earth-Shaking Christmas Cantata

After several years away from music creation, in 2024 I dove back in, ultimately creating a thirteen song Christmas album. An Earth-Shaking Christmas Cantata was released in early October 2024. The full album is available both as a digital download and in CD format from Pactum Books. Five singles are also available on Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, and other streaming services, under the artist names of Tim Gallant and/or Project Fortissimo.

These particular songs were 100% constructed from my lyrics, and then I used highly directed AI to produce the initial music. I then sang all the lead male vocals (and many of the male harmonies), and also remixed and mastered all the music. Undertaking the various vocal styles was a fun challenge, not least the operatic vocals on “Unto Us a Child Is Born.”

Metanarrative

Metanarrative is an ambitious but uncompleted vision to retell the story of the Bible over the course of two CDs in the form of something like a rock opera.

The project is now dormant; other than the exported MP3s and WAV files, project files got lost in an inaccessible hard drive. But check out Metanarrative as is, if you’re so inclined.

There is also a companion book that tells the story of the Bible in the course of 100 pages.

Anthologies

In the mid-2000s, I decided to go back and try to get at least usable recordings of what I felt were the better songs from my younger days. I completed three collections (1980–1983, 1984, and 1985). I started working on 1986, but did not get far.

Check out Anthology, Volume 1 (1980–1983).

Check out Anthology, Volume 2 (1984).

Check out Anthology, Volume 3 (1985).

Songwriter Showcase

I have written well over a thousand songs, and hope to make many of these available for perusal over the coming months and years. (Of course, the Anthologies in the Album Showcase highlight much of the older material.)

I am a member of ASCAP and in process of bringing my work to the public.

Stay tuned for more.