by Kyle Boreing | Feb 26, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
TRIVIA: What was the first southern gospel album to be released on CD? Answer is below…. Last week, I wrote (rather extensively) about what I saw as a short-term gain, long-term loss in the argument over physical music sales vs streaming. If you missed that...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 25, 2019 | Awards Shows, History
The Southern Gospel Music Association is currently accepting nominees for the Hall Of Fame. Each member of the SGMA is asked to submit two living and two deceased individuals for consideration. After carefully considering the requirements outlined by the SGMA Hall Of...
by Kyle Boreing | Feb 23, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
Spotify’s current pay rate per stream is around $0.006 per complete play. The average cost of a CD is $12 with around 10 songs per CD (or $1.20 per song). So one CD purchase is worth 200 album streams (this is not counting any kind of royalty and/or cost of...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 22, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
Gospel Music Happenings The Harvesters announced their long-time baritone and emcee Allen Hunter is retiring after singing 30 years with the group. Hunter’s final appearances will be on March 15 & 16th at The Parker Homecoming 2019 in Sanford, NC. Performers...
by Sony Elise | Feb 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the last few years, I have come to realize how important honesty is to me. If you don’t want to do something, tell me. If I ask you a question, I really want to know what your opinion is on the topic. Don’t just say what you think I want to hear. For...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 15, 2019 | News
Gospel Music Happenings Bill and Gloria Gaither have sold interests in Gaither Music Group’s publishing and recorded music divisions to Primary Wave Music Publishing of New York. (The touring and television production arms of their business empire were not part...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 9, 2019 | History
The Southern Gospel Music Hall Of Fame mailed out nomination ballots for the class of 2019 this past week. Voters will submit their nominations by March 15. An SGMA committee will then whittle the list down to determine the final group of 2019 inductees. The 2019...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 8, 2019 | News
In the world of Southern Gospel this week, nothing major happened: no one got hired or fired or quit, no groups signed with a booking agency or label or management group, no legends announced comebacks or retirement, etc.So…here’s a fun video to enjoy...
by Sony Elise | Feb 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Do you know people who can’t seem to talk about anything besides other people? I know people like that, and I often wonder why that is their topic of choice. Could they really have no other interests? I expect that the majority of people who do this are trying...
by David Bruce Murray | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Gospel Music Happenings The Anchormen announced the departure of lead singer Ronnie Bright. Anyone interested in auditioning for the position of lead singer should send a MP3 or WAV demo with a brief bio and a high res photo head shot to anchormenauditions@gmail.com...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 25, 2019 | News
Gospel Music Happenings Chapel Valley added Servants Call, a gospel trio from Sneads Ferry, North Carolina, to its artist roster. The McMillans (David & Susie McMillan and their daughter, Jessica Gray) announced the group is retiring after March. Riley Harrison...
by David Bruce Murray | Jan 19, 2019 | News
Gospel Music Happenings Barry Rowland & Deliverance joined Butler Music Group & Family Music Group. A new recording is in the works. Lindsey Graham recently sang for a New Year’s Conference that was televised throughout the country of Sweden. Gold...
