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Cliff started his music training at the early age of 10. He started with piano being home schooled in music by his mom. Two years later he took up playing trumpet and became very involved in concert music and brass bands. When the Beatles and Beach Boys became popular (remember the days of hards vs. cools), Cliff moved to playing guitar and organizing bands to make dance music for hire. In the late 60's Cliff led some of the most popular dance bands hired for High School dances and won several "Battle of The Bands" contests in Central California.

Following the post hippie era of the 70's, Cliff moved to the San Francisco Bay area to pursue a music career. He played many different venues, some dance, some just performance in various kinds of music: rock, jazz, country, blues and big band. After 12 years of music he became very discouraged by the whole music scene. He moved to San Diego in 1973, organized one last band with a horn section that played for Christmas events. This band took 1st place in the commercial division of the San Diego Lights on the Bay when Cliff decided to just quit music.

In 1987, following the death of his mom, Cliff returned to music and this time set his focus on creating sound that worships God. He also quickly moved into the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) method of capturing his musical ideas and sound bites. This allowed him to produce the big band sounds he was accustomed to without the ramp up time needed to find the talent to produce the sound. MIDI also gave Cliff the freedom to focus on teams of singers to produce complex vocal arrangements since less time was spent on developing musicians on their instruments. This eventually evolved into special teams of vocalists and instrumentalists supported by MIDI big band arrangements that became known as NEO OPUS (new work) projects. The NEO OPUS projects started in 1989 and consisted of music produced for special events, street fairs, retreats, and fund raisers. These projects continue through the present with various talented artists joining the effort each year.

In 1995, Promise Keepers (a Christian men's movement) discovered Cliff and enlisted him with his worship methods and artists during their efforts to promote conferences and fill stadiums in Los Angeles and San Diego. In 1996 alone, Cliff led a music team of 8 vocalists, 6 instrumentalists, a 25 voice men's choir in the production of 9 wakeup calls. These events had as few as 200 in attendance and as many 4,000+ at the Breaking Down the Walls gathering which included Walk For Jesus people. The combined efforts of Promise Keepers and Cliff's wakeup calls helped fill the Jack Murphy Stadium the summer of 1996 with more than 46,000 men in conference. By 1998, Cliff and Prison Fellowship had recreated 8 times the Promise Keepers stadium events in State and Federal Prisons throughout California with Cliff using his MIDI techniques to recreate the music worship experience so renown to Promise Keepers gatherings.

When you attend and participate with a worship gathering led by Cliff, one discovers that he makes music worship happen. He is definitely one of the outstanding worship music ministers and band leaders of our day. Cliff's up front skills and ability to interact with a congregation are amazing, but what you'll appreciate most is his servants heart and willingness to build relationships.

Cliff is one of those special gifts from God to the congregation. He is an incredibly talented mature artist exhibiting a broad range of worship music songs that only he can deliver with his own unique twist that connects with people of all ages. His passion for God is contagious which is evident in his music that inspires the listener. Cliff's music is constantly evolving, changing, being reshaped and formed which brings a fresh and relevant approach to worship and praise each time you hear it. His favorite saying is... "Jam for the Lamb" which conveys the core values to his spontaneous approach.

With an unwavering commitment to excellence, sparkling creativity, and a music maturity that can only come from so much field work and study, Clifford Taylor Fleischbein is bringing new life to the worship music and ministry scene. In Cliff, you get a wealth of talent, equipped, educated and experienced, a solid background in the gospel and the church, and a servants heart for people. You can get excited about what God is doing through Cliff.

"The song is a gift to the composer inspired by God. The performance is a gift to the artist. The finished product is a gift to the listener. The listener's response is his or her Truth about God".....Clifford Taylor Fleischbein

the
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Year after year, for more than two decades, superb musical artists have offered their talent and service to "The Projects". It is with great admiration of their efforts that GoCliff.com present them to you.

When was the last time you got to play music with "The Band"?