Who are you writing your music for? Know your goal

The reason why you need to know this is because when you make music for yourself, there is no limit to what you can do to be ‘expressive’. If you are making music for other people, you will have to be aware of how people relate to it. It is like this: when you are a computer genius and you want to tell someone how to fix their computer, you have to speak in their terms so they can understand what the heck you are saying. If you speak in your lingo, you will most likely lose them in techno-talk. Another example is the author. He can write a story with the largest, most sweeping words he knows- but if the reader does not know what those words mean, the entire meaning gets lost.

We, as musicians, face the same predicament. Overcomplicated songs will lose the average listener. Now, other hardcore musicians will greatly appreciate your abilities and probably get more feeling from it- but the common person will most likely not be able to follow. Once again you should ask yourself when you write a song: Who am I making this music for and will they be able to relate?

It's not a sin to invest in yourself, stop looking for God to do through someone else what he may just want to do through you....

No More Whack Gospel Music..please

For the last 10 years urban indie gospel and Christ hip-hop has made great strides as sub genres. It's not hard to find great music and cool up and coming artists on social networks & i-tunes any day of the week. And although we do not compare ourselves to mainstream artists,there still seems to be a gap in artist, song and album development. Too many of us have sacrificed quality in the name of ministry or the lack of money excuse. Many artists after traveling this road of compromise have become utterly frustrated(with having inferior product) and have walked away from their craft and calling knowing that there was another level to be reached. Great songwriting does matter. So do what it takes to find great songwriters to write for your projects. Great vocals do matter so find great vocal producers to work on your music(slapping on AUTO TUNE doesn't count as vocal production!). Holistic music production does matter. not just simply about the person who programmed the track but about knowledge,experience,skill and mixing that make a great producer(he or she knows how to build a team or has a team to get the job done). So my advice to you is this: SLOW down . SAVE your money and RESEARCH to get the quality you desire and should want to present to the world. Culture doesn't have a problem with hearing songs about Christ. Let's make sure what we offer is artistically captivating and of our best effort. Jesus does the rest!

No More Whack Gospel Music..please

For the last 10 years urban indie gospel and Christ hip-hop has made great strides as sub genres. It's not hard to find great music and cool up and coming artists on social networks & itunes any day of the week. And although we do not compare ourselves to mainstream artists,there still seems to be a gap in artist, song and album development. Too many of us have sacrificed quality in the name of ministry or the lack of money excuse. Many artists after traveling this road of compromise have become utterly frustrated(with an having inferior product) and have walked away from their craft and calling knowing that there was another level to be reached. Great songwriting does matter. So do what it takes to find great songwriters to write for your projects. Great vocals do matter so find great vocal producers to work on your music(slapping on itunes doesn't count!). Holistic music production does matter. not just simply about the person who programmed the track but about knowledge,experience,skill and mixing that make a great producer(he or she knows how to build a team or has a team to get the job done). So my advice to you is this: SLOW down . SAVE your money and RESEARCH to get the quality you desire and should want to present to the world. Culture doesn't have a problem with hearing songs about Christ. Let's make sure what we offer is artistically captivating and of our best effort. Jesus does the rest!