Music became an integral part of Orrin's life at a young age. Even though his parents, Helen and Jesse, were very poor, they made great sacrifices to allow their children to experiment with different instruments. At six years old, Orrin began taking piano lessons. Knowing how to play the piano gave him confidence to advance to the organ and violin.

Lessons were not the only method Helen and Jesse used in helping their son develop an appreciation for music. Although they had to scrimp and save everything they could to round up $18.75 for student peanut-heaven seats, Orrin's parents made it possible for their children to attend every concert of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from when he was 12 years old until he left for college. He fondly recollects the burst of excitement he felt before each concert. His eagerness to attend the concert and his passion for the music carried him on his two-mile walk to and from each concert at the Syria Mosque.

While attending college at Brigham Young University, Orrin developed an ardor for writing poetry. Amidst all of his studies and activities during college and since then, he has found time to develop his poetic talent. In, 1996 singer, songwriter Janice Kapp Perry, caught wind of Orrin's talent and approached him about writing some hymns with her. Orrin took this as a compliment but didn't believe that Janice was serious,--until four months later when they bumped into each other at another event, and Janice again presented her request. That weekend he sat down and wrote ten songs for her. Those ten songs began the My God Is Love album and since this album, Orrin has written over 300 songs for Janice.

Soon after his debut with Janice, singer, songwriter Billy Hinsche of the Beach Boys' approached Orrin about writing with him. Following their sixth song, Marilyn Bergman of ASCAP (a performance rights royalty organization) contacted Orrin to inform him that his songs had "great potential" and that she was passing them on to Donna Hilley, head of Sony/ATV Tree in Nashville. She felt Donna was in a better position to advise Orrin about the future of his songs.

Donna called Orrin and explained, "On any given day in Nashville we receive 200 good songs. What we are interested in is great songs." Orrin was sure this was her way of letting him down; however, she responded, "We think two of the songs are great songs and that they'll be around for 100 years or more. We would like to demo them for you. Would you be interested in coming down to see how we do it?"

While in Nashville, Orrin felt like he was a young boy at the Pittsburgh Orchestra again-only this time he wasn't in the peanut gallery. Watching Randy Cox, skilled technicians, and professional musicians work with his lyrics was a thrilling experience for Orrin.

More than just the demo of the two songs came out of Orrin's trip to Nashville. Randy Cox found five major music publishers to produce four of the original thirteen songs from My God Is Love. Music writer, Madeline Stone, was introduced to Orrin and they began producing songs for the CD entitled Whispers of My Heart, including one written for Vicki and Ted Kennedy entitled, Souls Along the Way.

The many important people in Orrin's life have motivated him to continue writing songs. As he was nearing his 39th year of marriage with his wife Elaine, Orrin produced the love song, All Because of You which Peter McCann, seller of over 120,000,000 records used on his new album of love songs. For his dear friend, Muhammad Ali, Orrin wrote the inspiring song, The Different Makes the Difference. Through his songs, Mr. Hatch continues to express the enjoyment he receives from his relationships with the people that have touched his life.

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