Christian Raw Dog - Rick Roman & The Synthetic Music Machine

We are working on a new album called "The Winds of Change". Change is coming in so many ways, is it not? At least us older folks see it and I am sure that our followers see it too. We have attached the first song which I believe is done. I am thinking of mixing it down again because maybe the talking voice in the beginning might be too loud. What do you think? Maybe you like it just the way it is? Let me know. Just return this email with your answer, love to hear from you. I have also attached a picture of the album cover, nothing to be afraid of because I know God is in control. The coming of Our Lord and Savior and King of all the earth Jesus Christ, gets closer and closer as the days pass by. God is good all the time and remains on the throne and cannot be moved for all eternity. There is an old saying that says: “it always gets darker before the dawn” that I believe applies here. I just want to thank everyone for their support in following our work in our composing and writing music. Your support comes by just listening to us, that is fantastic. Rick Roman

Here is a real rocker from when I was playing with Christian Raw Dog.. Wow! if I may say I have not heard this tune in a long time. I really enjoyed it, soooo I thought I would share it with you. So let me warn you it is a moving tune. Love it....God is so Good all the time. This is so encouraging to me to know that God loves me and He loves you too. I just want to say thanks for all the encouragement from the fans of Christian Raw Dog and Rick Roman & The Synthetic Music Machine........remember you can download all our music for free...God bless Rick

Thank you for all of your interest in what we are doing musically. You are all a blessing to me (Rick). May the Lord Jesus bless you and keep you in the hour of uncertainty and trial.
This verse really stuck out to me this morning Romans 15:13 New International Version
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit... The NLB puts it this way "because you trust in him". I like that.
A new song just finished. It was meant to be the last cut on the CD called "Closer To Home" but it was just too long and would not fit on the disk so we will just continue the project on a new disk and call it "Closer To Home 2". In this situation it looks like the last song becomes the first song . The lyrics come out of the book of Daniel and Revelations. Take a listen

Thank you for all of your interest in what we are doing musically. You are all a blessing to me (Rick). May the Lord Jesus bless you and keep you in the hour of uncertainty and trial.
This verse really stuck out to me this morning Romans 15:13 New International Version
13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit... The NLB puts it this way "because you trust in him". I like that.
A new song just finished. It was meant to be the last cut on the CD called "Closer To Home" but it was just too long and would not fit on the disk so we will just continue the project on a new disk and call it "Closer To Home 2". In this situation it looks like the last song becomes the first song . The lyrics come out of the book of Daniel and Revelations. Take a listen

Dear friends I . always welcolm your comments....Take a listen
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Fantastic promise from what the Lord Jesus told us, written down for us to read in the gospels. Did you know that gospel means good news? It is good news that we can have answered prayer. (mmmmmmm) I just had to put it to music. The Devil and his hoard fights so hard to keep us from flowing as one. The truth (how I see it) is we are already one in spirit because of Jesus Christ, we who believe have already been transferred into the Kingdom of light which is Christ. This is what it means to be IN HIM. Our hearts have been changed and our spiritual eyes opened by being born again. As one brother put it "the lights went on" and he was going to church for most of his life. May we all who are His wake up to this wonderful truth and flow the way we were meant to flow. This includes me one of the biggest offenders. I feel like I am such easy prey to this problem of self strength.

Hello All. Thank you for just being there in these most troubling times. I got up this morning with this tune on my heart and felt I should upload it for all to hear. May you all be blessed and encouraged and strengthened by Jesus Love.....
Rock/ Acoustic Rock - This song has a beginning that introduces the theme of the song. I would say it speaks for itself. We as Christians should learn to keep in step with the Holy Spirit that abides in our Spirit. Galatians 5:25; If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. AMP: If we [claim to] live by the [Holy] Spirit, we must also walk by the Spirit [with personal integrity, godly character, and moral courage—our conduct empowered by the Holy Spirit]. CJB: Since it is through the Spirit that we have Life, let it also be through the Spirit that we order our lives day by day.....Why would the Lord tell us to abide if there was no chance that we could not abide. Let me just ask this question, are we serving the Lord or are we serving a church system??? Are we following men in our Christianity or are we really following the Lord within???

To my Friends
During New Year's 2022 I was in the hospital with Coved Pneumonia, allot happened during my 7 day stay. I felt it was a chastening from the Lord to slow me down for some changes that were going to take place. It was like being stripped of all my activities and at the gates of death. Being in this weakened state the Lord was able to impress me with some changes He wanted me to make in my walk with Him. This is why I made mention of bringing me back from the gates of death in this song. I was working on this song on and off for about 3 years or so, just could not have peace with the lyrics that kept changing all during that time. The music kept evolving too, into something better and better every time I would work on it. . After the hospital stay I had the lyrics that gave me peace and I put them into this song. It is done.
If you want to follow the Lyrics just press the lyric tap under the song while playing........in the next window Rick

Go With Them 1989
The Spirit told me to go
Go with them without question Acts 12:12

For he whom God has sent
Speaks the words of God John 3:34

What God has cleansed
No longer consider unholy Acts 11:9

Acoustic/Bass & Electronic Drum - Early Recording 1989. An experience of the guidance from the Lord.

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The year was 1986. A person came to me from the local Bible Church and asked me if I wanted to play bass for a concert they were going to put on. The concert was at their church and it was for a purpose, the purpose being to play Christian Rock to see if the church would except that form of music. My answer to her was No....... There was no way I would subject myself to that type of criticism and abuse, just leave me alone, that is the way I felt...... When she was walking away the Lord spoke to me very strongly and said: "Go with her without question". So by faith and trust I called out to her and told her the Lord just spoke to me and told me to go with you. Well at that we started to practice. The band consisted of a keyboard player who was the pastors wife, a guitar player Bob Schwartz who would later play with Christian Raw Dog, a drummer who was the pastors son who did not play to good, and a few other singers. I must say the first few practices sounded terrible but I knew the Lord brought me there so I had to perceiver. We had only 2 months to get it together and I thought to myself this was really going to be a disaster. We did not even have any decent equipment to speak of. I kept going by faith in the Lord. Then by maybe by the fifth or so practice something happen, a few notes began to blend and be together, I must say it sounded like music to my ears. I was encouraged and each practice got better and better. We started practicing at the church on the stage about 4 or 5 days before the concert and somehow bigger equipment began to show up. Someone brought in a big Acoustic bass Amp which had a nice deep rich tone with my Gipson EBO bass guitar and we were starting to sound pretty good. By the time we played the concert the Lord furnished everything we needed to play well. The miracle of it all was that these people were anointed by the Holy Spirit to play well, what an experience. We did well that night and everyone I knew said we sounded great, even my son who was a very critical person when it came to music. End of story. Listen to what God tells you to do and be amazed.

I wrote this song way back when I first became a Christian by Gods grace (1973).
A version of this tune has been played in every Christian band project I have been in. In Harvest we made a 45 RPM vinyl out of it. In Christian Raw Dog we made a recording of it. This latest version is Rick Roman and The Synthetic Music Machine.
In light of the world going crazy with so many lies of deception coming forth I felt impressed to do another version. Vision of where we are going is very important in these days of multiplied deceptions. Millions, Billions and Trillions will be spent on things that don't even matter. Global warming, is one of the biggest lies from the unbelieving to take our minds off the truth of Gods judgments upon our nation and the world. These are things the faithless do not understand. God is in control of the weather and in His word (the bible) He tells us of His judgments.
Where are we going? In the end it is a new heavens and a new earth. The apostle John expressed it very well in Revelation 21; Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

In light of all the storms going on Physical and Spiritual....God has everything under control. Recorded this one on the Journey to the Son CD 2004. Enjoy my friends, God is still on the throne. Enter into His rest and return to His Joy.

The Remake.......I love the truth of the scriptures and how they fit into the music I do with the Lords help. Music was created by God to enjoy and His word fits perfectly into it. All forms of music comes from the Lord. Since I became a Christian I have dedicated all my talents to His disposal because He has changed me so much and is still working on me. He is the creator of all things and always makes a way when there is no way. He is the true King who will come back and bring peace to the world all others are thieves and robbers...... Let us prepare our hearts to receive Him. For in Him is LIFE and not death. Each one of us has a wonderful plan the Lord has planned for us but we must surrender to Jesus Christ our savior to find out what that plan is. If we decide to go our own way we will only find darkness and despair in the end. Listen to the remake of "Let God Arise" and believe He is the only one sent from the Father. Follow the Lyrics they are printed out for your blessing and enjoyment.
Rick

Soft Rock/Inspirational - His promise of healing:
Psalm 103:2
Praise the LORD, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits—
3 who forgives all your sins
and heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
5 who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
The truth will set us free.
God is not dead....Jesus has been resurrected and we are supposed to be living in newness of life.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Acts 5:19 The angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out and told them “Go, stand in the temple courts, and tell the people all about this new life.” How many of us are really living in that??? I can point the finger at myself here for these are the things I believe I am growing in. To praise Him in all things and not for all things is a key in my life. From the heart a man believes. What is faith? Hebrews 11
New International Version
11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. Is Jesus saying get out of the boat and walk on the water of circumstances with me. Yes I believe He tells me that but I seem to fail most of the time and compromise the integrity of my walk with Him. I somehow get corrupted when I dwell on the circumstance. He keeps saying "let us go to the other side".