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REAL Southern Gospel is the greatest music this side of heaven…yet we keep trying to change it. We are allowing the Bizarro World infiltrators to make it progressive, or country, or contemporary, or heaven knows what next
Since common sense is a vital ingredient to success, I’d like to offer my readers a Southern Gospel Music Common Sense Quiz to evaluate our industry. There are 10 questions with a simple “yes” or “no” answer. Take the test
I got a call last week from a very discouraged and unhappy group. The recording they had saved up for turned out mediocre at best. Their company paid little attention to them and their career was going nowhere
Why do I write the things I do? Why am I continually discussing things that, in my view, are wrong about Southern Gospel Music onsidering the fact that I am inherently a positive person? The answer is simple. I honestly believe, with all my heart, that I can make a difference
The truth is that you can’t make a career out of headlines. At some point in time I will have to step up to the plate and actually hit the ball…and keep hitting the ball… in order to keep my job in the Big Leagues
Instead of a shiny bus, you are traveling around in a beat up old motor home, or maybe a van or a pickup with a trailer. You are nowhere near the main stage at NQC, and you hear about all the fans that love SGM, but none of them ever seem to attend your concerts.
We all begin the New Year with our list of resolutions taped to the refrigerator. Some of us succeed in meeting all of them, but most of us succeed with just a few. But a little success is better than no success when it comes to resolutions
Whenever people know they are wrong and can’t provide factual evidence to support their viewpoint, they revert to attacking the messenger. This works in politics, sometimes, but not with me. I really don’t care what you call me or what you say about me
Many of you don’t have a clue. You don’t understand the recording process, radio promotion, marketing, booking or business and finance. You know very little music. This ignorance makes you an easy mark for those in SGM who will take advantage of you
I left this year’s NQC with mixed emotions. On the one hand, I thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship of lifelong friends, but I also left with sadness in my heart and a great many unanswered questions. I know the Lord will help me deal with the sadness, and maybe some of you can provide the answers to my questions
I’m watching lots of “Newbie” artists doing lots of stupid things and these stupid things are destroying their career before it even gets started. I’m not talking about a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes. “Many a group has bit the dust, simply because they bought a bus”.
The truth is that many SG artists are ill prepared to be SG artists and are not doing anything to get better. We have lots of artists, but only a few that can “Deliver the Promise.” And that is the reason consumers and the music community perceive us as an inferior genre
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