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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
In Southern Gospel Music, the most glaring illustrations of houses built on sand are the myriad SG artists who are trying to build a career using inferior songs. I’m talking about groups going into the studio to create a CD with little or no regard to song selection
Every time I get a letter, I get inspired to keep going. Every time I can help a group see the truth about where they are, and where they could be, I get blessed. Every time a group gets delivered from the greedy clutches of some company it is a victory
It’s easy for us to sit back and place the responsibility for changing our industry on the shoulders of industry leaders and publications, but the changes that will save our industry must start with you – the SGM artist
Our industry has lots of problems, and I’m not sure if they’ll all ever be corrected, but the one thing that is still beautiful is our music. People love our music….they’re just tired of having to dig through the brambles and thorns and thickets to find it.
In Southern Gospel Music, many of our artists have learned little tricks to help them get by instead of learning the basic elements of their music.I don’t fault the artists, they are the life-blood of our industry, but I do hold our leadership accountable for their failure
Southern Gospel Music is suffering from M I S…Missing Ingredient Syndrome. Something is not quite right…we look good and smell good, but we’re not passing the “taste test”…somethin’s missing.
It’s been said that “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” but my whole philosophy is that “The old dogs should be teaching the new dogs the old tricks and be willing to learn some new tricks themselves"
I’ve been writing my articles and telling the truth, intentionally trying to stir up dialogue. I’ve been especially hard on the new guys...trying to whip them into shape, and steer them away from the pitfalls
I'd have to say that when it comes to Southern Gospel Radio, it appears that we might have a whole new saying we've invented all by ourselves – “If It
Is Broke, Just Ignore It And Hope That It Will Fix Itself
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