by Kyle Boreing | Mar 20, 2025 | Commentary & Observations, History, Music Tech
We all know how streaming music has resulted in performers and songwriters getting abysmally-small payouts compared to physical media. I’ve written on this a number of times in the past, including running numbers established by the RIAA and various streaming...
by David Bruce Murray | Mar 4, 2025 | Awards Shows, History
The Southern Gospel Music Association is currently accepting nominees for their Hall Of Fame. Each member of the SGMA is asked to submit two living and two deceased individuals for consideration. I am pleased to be nominating: 1. Oak Ridge Boys lead singer Duane...
by David Bruce Murray | Sep 27, 2024 | History
Break out the balloons and confetti! MusicScribe Blog is 20 years old today…actually, right now! This post is going out at 1:35 PM, the same minute the very first MusicScribe Blog post was published on September 27, 2004. As a brand, MusicScribe is actually 26...
by David Bruce Murray | Sep 26, 2024 | History
It wouldn’t be much of a party without a few guests. We invited several friends of the blog to share their thoughts on MusicScribe Blog’s 20 years. Daniel Britt writes: When I think back to the early days of what David brought to Gospel Music (through a...
by James Hales | Sep 25, 2024 | History
I first met David Murray many years ago on the old SoGospelNews email chat group in early 2000. I’ve made and maintained some wonderful and valuable friendships through that group, David Murray being one of those. I started doing CD reviews on the old SoGospelNews...
by Sony Elise | Sep 24, 2024 | History
Twenty years ago, the number one song on the Singing News Chart for September was “Jerusalem” by the Hoppers; Legacy Five won favorite male quartet at the Singing News Fan Awards that year, while the Perrys won favorite mixed group, and Greater Vision was...
