The Gartleys

Songs from a family walking with Jesus through real life.

Family

Family

Home

A scrapbook of the life behind the songs.

This project grows out of home life.

What you'll find here are the small pieces: voice memos, drawings, lyric fragments, the moments that mattered before they were ever finished.

Family Context

Mom & Dad

The songs often start with us: late-night voice memos, kitchen table lyrics, or something we're trying to pray through.

Then they grow as the whole family becomes part of them.

The Gartleys family together at home, reflecting the life behind their songs

Family Member

Callum

The kinds of contributions that don't draw attention, but shape everything. Callum brings a quiet steadiness to the songs. Sometimes it's a small harmony. Sometimes it's a sketch in the margins. Sometimes it's a question that shifts how we hear a lyric.

Living room harmony takes

Short recordings that keep the songs feeling like home instead of performance.

Child's worship-inspired notebook drawing from The Gartleys family songwriting scrapbook

Notebook drawings

Small drawings and lyric fragments that carry the same honesty as the music.

A page from the family scrapbook.

Family Member

Coda

Coda's part in this is playful and sincere. There's room here for unfinished ideas, childlike wonder, and creativity that doesn't need to prove itself.

Handwritten child lyric ideas from The Gartleys family songwriting notebook

Early lyric ideas

Simple lines and melodies that often carry more than we expect.

A page of handwritten lyrics from Coda.

Voice memo (Shine Your Presence...)

A short moment we didn't want to lose.

“Shine Your Presence over everyone.” A short voice memo from November 2, 2024, when Coda was 5 years old, shared as a small scrapbook moment rather than a finished release.

Christmas song

Kept exactly as it came: playful, immediate, and real.

A voice memo from September 7, 2023, when Coda was 4 years old.