Stand By Mel

In the 21st century religious music has been digitized, set to elaborate music tracks and electronic beats, drums, synthesizers and a host of different instruments, but it began its history as the human voice.

For thousands of years humans have registered their feelings in chants or songs, from the very beginnings of history.  Music translated that history in the court of kings, on the battlefields, in the villages and towns as people settled everywhere.

And when people were in pain, felt lost, were enslaved they sang, to each other and in praise or plea to God.

So it is with our spirituals that have these deep roots in the world's diverse instrument, one that offers music in a variety of styles, keys and forms.

Stand By Me is a spiritual favorite that lends itself to the human voice as the instrument, as it is on this video.