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Play Rachel's Song RealAudio Sample

PLAY A SHORT SAMPLE (11 SEC, 236K)

This will download a .au file and give you a sample of Rachel's Song , one of the most beautiful instrumental songs ever written and recorded. If you are using a 28.8 modem the sound file will take less than one minute to download (well worth the short wait). (The slight hiss you may hear is due to the sampling rate of 22,050 Hz and is not present on the actual recordings.) More Sound Samples from thirteen other albums are also available for downloading and playback on your computer.

PLAY A LONGER SAMPLE (46 SEC, 990K)

This will download a .au file and give you a longer sample of Rachel's Song. If you are using a 28.8 modem the sound file will take about three minutes to download.

If you like this kind of music let me know and I will be glad to mail you a free color brochure. Also, if you have any comments or suggestions for me, would you be so kind as to register in my guestbook? If you have never before purchased any of my music I would be very appreciative if you would take a few moments to fill in the blank and tell me: "If Combs Music (you fill in the blank) then I would want to buy the music." The blank could be about anything including variety of music, pricing, online purchase options, service, better music samples, shipping charges, other music related products, etc.

If you don't wish to sign the guestbook but have any suggestions or comments on my music or how the Combs Music Web pages can be improved, please send them to me on email. Also, if you ever get any error messages (like Code 304, or Code 404) when using my Web pages I would really appreciate your letting me know so I can fix the problem. Thank you for browsing Combs Music. -- Dave Combs

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Combs Music is an independent record company that is owned by Dave Combs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Combs Music has recently established a business relationship with Separk Music Company in Winston-Salem to provide the day-to-day customer service and fulfillment aspects of the business. Separk Music is located in downtown Winston-Salem and is owned by Drew and Marlene Parker, long time friends and customers of Dave Combs. So, when you call Combs Music you will get the friendly voices of the outstanding staff at Separk Music to help you. Combs Music has been in business since the first album, Rachel's Song , was first produced in 1988. Dave Combs composes the instrumental melodies with piano as the primary instrument with Gary Prim as the arranger and recording artist. The Combs Music address is:

Gary Prim is a very gifted, talented, and versatile artist and professional studio musician. Gary grew up in East Tennessee, and was raised in a family where church and music were an important part of their family life. His style of arranging and performing has the rare and distinct quality of deeply touching and moving all who listen. Gary has worked with many renowned recording artists and groups and also writes music. Several of Gary's songs have been recorded by well-known artists. Gary makes his home in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, Julie, and their two children, Hillary and Cory.

(Photo by Ronny Light, March 1999)

Dave Combs, a native of Erwin, Tennessee, grew up in a family that enjoyed making music and taking photographs. Both of his parents and his grandmother Combs played the piano, and Dave's father was skillful at the technique of color tinting black and white photographs. So, if Dave's hands were not busy playing the piano, they were often holding an early Kodak box camera or looking at beautiful photos in a National Geographic Magazine. While in college Dave took an aerial photography course, further stimulating and broadening his interest in photography. Also during his college years, Dave played the piano and served as choir director for his home church in Erwin. After college he moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he served as Minister of Music at a church, worked as a computer programmer, and further developed his skill and interest in photography. Dave's first musical composition, Rachel's Song, was recorded by Gary Prim in 1986 and continues to be a popular instrumental standard around the world. The beautiful dogwood photograph on the cover of that album was taken by Dave. Since that time, Dave has written, produced, and released several additional instrumental albums of beautiful and inspiring melodies, and most of the album covers carry his equally beautiful and inspiring photography. An article written by Dave about how music has changed his life and touched the lives of millions of people appeared in the September 1994 issue of Guideposts magazine. In the past several years many of Dave's beautiful photographs have appeared in the Blowing Rocket weekly newspaper in Blowing Rock, NC. Dave and his wife, Linda, live in Winston-Salem and in Blowing Rock.