Funeral celebrant out for commentary two celebrants he considered outstanding, Brian McInerney and Rick Barclay. International acknowledgment was provided by a comprehensive article in Time Magazine (September 2004) reporting that in the "liberal" cities of Melbourne (Australia) and Auckland (New Zealand) civil celebrants "conduct substantially more than half of the funerals." It reported that before 1973 only clergy funerals were available to the general public in Australia and New Zealand. The article describes celebrant funerals as "intimate and personalised". But it also cited an alternative point of view by atheist sociologist Mira Crouch who stated that celebrant funerals were "mawkish and sentimental".
Life in a Minor Key for "Heavenly Rain" was filmed in New Orleans. Craig Kallman heard Chris perform at a showcase in London and signed him to Atlantic Records. The single release of "If I Hadn’t Got You" was accompanied by a new video filmed in Times Square. The album was reissued on limited edition red vinyl by label Plane Groovy Records in 2013. Life in a Minor Key Life in a Minor Key is musical artist Chris Braide's second studio album. David A. Stewart's label Anxious Records signed Chris Braide in London, United Kingdom, It was Braide’s second solo album. On the liner notes