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Updated April 26, 2012ShadowSong Music is the duo of pianist Lynette Jones and vocalist/guitarist Tim Jones.
Classical pianist Lynette Jones began playing in church at age 7, becoming a church organist by age 16. She then worked as a pianist for Lansing Community College, accompanying musicals, voice classes, and pop rock bands. From 1987 to 1995, Lynette was employed as a piano instructor at Christian Music Center.
Lynette and Tim (a civil engineer) married in 1995.
Tim and Lynette played at the opening of the coffee house, Cappucino Jo's, in 1995. During this interval, they also worked on writing, recording, and performing original songs.
In 2004 and 2005, Lynette played keyboard as a member of Sunrise II jazz band with Spike Klein at the Lansing Jazz Fest. Tim managed ShadowSong Music performances with Sunrise II, and assisted with bass improvisation using the Major Jones tools. He plans to introduce these tools on the Internet through the website, www.majorjones4music.com.
In 2005-06, Lynette played and sang at the Hungry Heart Café on Wednesdays, and in the lobby of the Lacks Cancer Center as a volunteer on Fridays.
Lynette also worked with Eric Murray when he composed the musical, "In Search of the King," performed by the Kentwood Chorale in 2005, Bob Azkoul conducting.
Tim started singing, playing guitar, and writing songs at age 11. In 1995 he began leading worship as a guitarist/vocalist at Burton Heights UMC where Lynette worked as organist. They formed ShadowSong Music and began working with area composers to develop, record,and perform original songs in churches. He also worked in sound reinforcement and guitar sales at Farrow's Music while he wrote the textbook for "MajorJones4Music."
In 2009, while raising his two sons, Tim joined the choir, "David's Harp," to assist Lynette with original music for the group's mission to Detroit's Cass Corridor. There David's Harp performed the ShadowSong Music original, "Armor of Light." ShadowSong Music also arranged for recording David's Harp performance in Grand Rapids, producing CD's and DVD's. At the Park's Got Talent benefit show that year, Tim and Lynette gave a performance of their original from the mid-1990's, "Lazy Bird."
In 2010, Tim and Lynette produced a performance of "Adonai," with music from Georg Frederic Handel at Wallin Congregational Church in Grand Rapids. Since then, Tim and Lynette, as ShadowSong Music, have done several performances, mostly in West Michigan, of jazz standards, hymns, and holiday music.