It is the Music? The talent?  How much you spend on a project?  The overall package?  

 I went to a local gospel station trying to promote my Cd.   After beating around in circles, the Music Director finally told me why my cd would not be played on their station.   I did not spend enough money on my cd.  No, my quality was not bad, but to them it could not compare to the big name groups that spend $30,000 or more on a project.  Yes they would play theirs before anyone else.  Do you have to have an orchestra backing you up to have a great Cd? 

 I get lots of compilations and complete projects and sometimes it is hard deciding which ones not to put in our playlist.  Of course we do get bad quality on compilations and Cds, but we also get very good quality on what some would call a budget cd.  Yes some times the little man sounds better than the big man.  I have always been a fan of the no name artist as well as the professional.   To me it is the overall package that makes good gospel music.  The voice, the message and the music.   Not everyone can afford an orchestra.  Of course it sounds great, but good acoustical music sounds just as great.

 I was recently in the studio getting soundtracks made for some songs I wrote.   I have gotten over the idea that only Nashville musicians are the best.   There is a gentleman here in NC that is very good at what he does.  I only used two musicians for my sound tracks.  A drummer and one man that played the acoustic guitar, dobro, violin, mandolin, bass, and harmonica.   If I used the Nashville musicians, and had to pay 5 or 6 musicians, it would have cost me a small fortune.  Do I feel that the quality would be better if I had spent the extra money on them?  No.   Some people are padding there pocket books by telling artist that they have to spend a lot of money to have a high quality sounding Cd.  Yes, I would like to have an orchestra backing me up, but that is not what makes great gospel music.  Yes like most struggling artist, I have a very tight budget to work with.  There are people out there that will produce a great sounding project without costing a fortune.   I may not be a professional, but I sure like to act like one.  

 There are a lot of stations that will not play a song unless the artist releases with a major record company.    Such a shame that there is a lot of great gospel music being overlooked.    So I ask. What makes good gospel music?

 

Until Next Time

Betty

 

 

Was it the friendly JoyFM in W-S? ;)

Praise the LORD, people are finally getting it. Money doesn't make a great song or a great artist. The talent God gives them makes them what they are. I purchased a cd from a lower than life music promoter who kept the money and the artist got nothing. So God put it into my heart to start a a website that ShowCases Christian artist, where the purchaser pays directly to the artist. Money is not everything, SOULS ARE. Until HE returns, Richard

Psa 75:6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psa 75:7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Anonymous,
The only thing I will say is they are doing some changes right now to the station I was refering to. Also I had been listed in there artist link page for about 4 years. I went to their site the other day and found out I was no longer in their artist link. They stated that they did not have enough space to place local artist on their page.

I really like the idea of listening to a compulation from the bottom up. That way you may hear our music before you have to listen to the same sound 20 times over and over.