David Phillips has been immersed in the world of church music for almost thirty five years. Being hired in 1971 as the director for a folk group led to positions as music director for various parishes in Southern California. Through the years, while teaching music in Catholic grade schools and working at the parish level, David discovered a need for recorded music of both contemporary and traditional church music. Remembering the years in Catholic schools, time spent singing in a boys choir at his parish, and his love for the traditional hymns of the church, David formed Gentle Spirit Music Productions in 1988 and began to release albums of instrumental arrangements of traditional Catholic music, plus albums of his own compositions. He continued on with his musical endeavors, arranging music for other artists, performing in the studio, and expanding his catalogue of recorded music, which now includes albums of contemporary and traditional religious music, the Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Lullabies and more of his own original music. Two of his recent albums, "Be Not Afraid" and "Angels Around Us" have won awards for best instrumental album of the year for two consecutive years from The United Catholic Musician and Video Association. In the fall of 1990, he, with his wife, Linda, moved their four sons to Eugene, Oregon, where he accepted the position of music director at St. Mary's Catholic Church. He has worked there for the past fifteen years and continues to add albums to the Gentle Spirit catalogue. He also works with a number of other artists including Robert Kochis, Seraphim, and His Majesty's Musicians.