Reviewed by Robin Thompson

A CD ROM containing the piano scores, lead sheets, chord charts and OHP masters for 50 new worship songs. It doesn't contain the full audio tracks, only brief audio clips but since you can separately purchase the associated audio CD there really is no need (or space) to include more. It's a great concept (and one also used for volumes 001 and 002), removing the need to buy a more expensive songbook and allowing those with the appropriate CCLI licence to make the requisite number of copies. Latest songs from writers such as Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Chris Tomlin, Paul Oakley and many others feature but no one artist is overly represented. Another big plus is you don't need a particularly high specification computer to run it which increases its accessibility. My only gripe is the licensing of the digital media itself - only the CD purchaser can hold the digital copies so you can't email them to other worship leaders or band members in your church. A more flexible licensing arrangement would make this very good product, perfect.

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