One thing that will be different this time around is that I will only be producing 1 show per month which will be uploaded on the First of the month.  There is the possibility that I will add a bonus show or 2 in during the month with interviews and other special content, but the show on the first is a definite.  The other change is that the shows will be around 60 minutes in length.  I was recently contacted by a radio station. and there is a possibility that I may be doing a radio show once again.

I’m not sure about the future, but I am sure that this episode rocks, here’s the playlist:

• Are You The One – True Witness
• The Narcissist – Harvest Bloom
• Tainted Love – JPT
• On The Line – Hollywood Heroes
•  Always – Hill City Lights
• Sight – Awake Awake
• Obsession – Unmaskd
• Manifest Destiny – Lance King
• Drown - Theocracy
• Hide In The Fairytale – Theocracy
• Identity In Christ – Golden Resurrection
• Metal Opus 1 C#m   – Golden Resurrection

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I was in the studio and I saw how to play music and commercials through cart machines and spinning actual records.  I got to go on air and talk up the KC and The Sunshine Band song  Get Down Tonight… yeah, I’m showing my age.  From that point I was hooked.  I was known to talk up songs on the radio and get on peoples nerves..

Fast forward to 2005 and realizing the dream that had become Cross Driven Radio.  I was on the air every week and doing the show live from the studio to a small, but very devoted audience.  Thursday afternoons haven’t been the same since.  I started this blog to post playlists and to further promote the show.  I soon graduated to Friday nights, did some voice tracking for a station in Reno Nevada.   For a while I was on the air in DC and Reno at the same time.

I am shutting it down for  multiple reasons, the main one being that it just isn’t fun anymore.  While I have great support from some record labels like Nightmare and Ulterium, and radio promoters like Seth Holloway, podcasting music is not an easy job.  You have to find music, negotiate clearances,report playlists,  in addition to finding the time in a busy life to record and produce the show.  As a music podcaster, you almost never get any positive feedback outside of close friends because the music doesn’t build dialogue in the same way as a talk show.

I had thought about changing up the format or doing things a different way, but I think it is right to just end it.  I am a card carrying adult ADHD member, and one thing someone with ADHD almost never does is complete something they started.  At least 3 or 4 times during the run I was making commitments to change the show, podcast regularly, or whatever.  I really did that with the best of intentions.  I saw through looking at the stats of the show that listeners didn’t like that too much as in a span of 3 months nearly 2/3′s of the audience jumped ship and I started getting bad reviews and negative feedback via email.  I know you can’t please everyone, but when something isn’t fun, and the feedback isn’t good its just time to call it a day.

I had alot of fun, met some great people, did some great interviews (at least I think so), and introduced the world to some amazing artists that otherwise would not have gotten airplay , or podcast airplay.

If you are a subscriber to the feed, I will be occasionally putting out shows, but the days of producing on a regular schedule are done.

Thanks again for your support over the years and we will see you again some day.

GODSPEED!

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Music featured in this episode:

• Get Your Hands Up – Blissed

• Standing On The Rock – Golden Resurrection

• Power Of Love – Rob Moratti

• Fighting For – The Great Transparency

• Wages Of Sin – Theocracy

• Enter The Gate – Narnia

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Music featured in this episode:

• The Way – Audiovision

• Hey Hey Hey - 180 Out

• Monster – WireRose

• Vision Divine – Divine Ascension

• Party Song – I’m OK, You’re OK

• We Were Shipwrecks - ilia

• Deliverance – Showbread

• Belong To You – FM Williams Band
• One Way Or The Other – Legacy

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At the risk of going a long time in between shows, I decided to do a new show with some new music I could re-download.

Here is the Playlist:

• Final Frontier – Avian
• Spirit Lives On – ReinXeed
• Money Money Money – Swedish Hitz Go Metal
• Fear Of Man – False Idle
• Holy Force – Holy Force
• Joyride – Swedish Hitz Go Metal

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Music featured in this episode:

• When The Spirit Of The Lord – Scandinavian Metal Praise
• Let It Go – Harvest Bloom
• Stronger – Love Like Gravity
• Live For Love – We Are Leo
• Strong Tower – Vertical Bridge
• Faith Rider – ImariTones
• Through Your Eyes – Worth Dying For
• Crowded Room – FM Williams Band – August 20 Concert Link
• Lazarus – My Epic
• I Turn To You – Mission 5:16
• Cube – Hands

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All you need to do is go to Audible and sign up for a trial ( NO OBLIGATION) and send me a copy of your confirmation email and which artist you want to help.  You get a free audio book, an awesome new cd BEFORE IT’S RELEASED, and you help support independent music, everyone wins!

Music in this episode:

• Beautiful Ashes – Eowyn
• The Greatest Party – Jerusalem
• Move To The Sound – Amaradio
• You Alone – Keith Elgin Band – Kickstarter Page
• I’ll Make You Famous – My Heart To Fear
• Paradise – The Insyderz – Kickstarter Page
• We Were Shipwrecks – Ilia
• Coming Home – The On Fires
• Shout – Phil Joel
• We Will Go – Audiovision

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Music featured in this episode:

• Natural Compulsion – Harvest Bloom

• Devil’s Poison – Harvest Bloom

• Draggin The Limp – Affliction Asylum

• Nostalgia And I – The Homecoming

• We’re All Born Sinners – Malison Rogue

• Rebuild – The Great Transparency

• Eternity – Hollywood Heroes

• Another World – Narnia

• Philistine – Clandestine

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Music featured in this episode:

• Back In The Thick – Under Command

• Nobody – Submission Red

• Hold On – Divinefire

• Break Me Out – Mindflow

• Mighty To Save – Don’t Wake Aislyn

• King Of Kings – Messenger

• Dangerous – Under Command

• Fatalism- Templar

• Special Delivery – Messenger

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Today’s Playlist:

• We All Need – Esterlyn

• Amazing Crazy Beautiful – JPT

• Never Stop Screaming Rock – Myland

• Callin Everybody – Kingsdown

• Love Is An Action – A New Monday

• Never Surrender – Divinefire

• Grace Of God – Paul Young

• Sculpting – Affliction Asylum

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• Something Going On – Shelley And Cal

• Undeserving – Blood And Water

• Like I Mean It – Stars Go Dim

• Fly To You – Ironwood Rain

• It Happens – Rausch

• Clear Skies Are Hard To Find – Don’t Wake Aislin

• The Ticking Clock – Submission Red

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Today’s Playlist:

• Enthos – The Insyderz

• Jigsaw – The Insyderz

• Hey God – Chosen

• The Way – Audiovision

• Dura Europos – Signum Regis

• The Final Day – Golden Resurrection

• Reset – Kronicles

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Today’s Playlist:

• Party Song – Temple Veil

• One Step Away – Wakeup Starlight

• Save Me – Restless Street

• Let Us Be – Keith Elgin

• Alright – Altar Boys

• Glory Bound – Mastedon

• Falling Apart – Canopy Red

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We also had the opportunity to interview some great bands like True Witness and Harvest Bloom.

This episode brings together the top 5 songs on Cross Driven Radio for 2010.  The only criteria for this list was that it had to be a podsafe artist and the music had to be released in 2010.

Here’s the playlist:

• Sinking – Blood And Water

• Party Song – I’m OK, You’re OK (Number 5)

• Don’t You Ever – The Great Transparency (Number 4)

• See My Commands – Golden Resurrection

• Always – Hill City Lights (Number 3)

• Natural Compulsion – Harvest Bloom (Number 2)

• My Sweet Jesus – Harvest Bloom

• Drive On – Submission Red (Number 1)

• Invincible – ReinXeed

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Rising from the same fertile Pennsylvania grounds as August Burns Red and Once Nothing, Ace Augustine take their musical cues from the style they naturally grew into. Ace Augustine play solid, technical metal mixed with hardcore elements influenced by not only their Lancaster, PA spearheads, but also by various indie acts.

Ace Augustine are known for being some of the youngest artists to perform with such national acts as Sky Eats Airplane, Anberlin, and MyChildren MyBride. This band is full of tenacious young talent, five promising musicians in their salad days turning their dreams into reality.

The band released their first EP “The Glory of Trumpets” in 2009, and are set to release their debut full length on Strike First Records on Jan. 18, 2011.

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Nashville, TN – Dec. 16, 2010 – eOne Christian Music, a division of  eOne Entertainment, announces the most recent addition to their growing artist roster, officially signing rock band Rush Of Fools. The band is in the writing process for their next album release, planned to street next summer. This new project follows the band’s first two acclaimed CDs, 2008′s Wonder Of The World and 2007′s Rush Of Fools.

“I’ve been working with Rush Of Fools from the start of their career, and we’ve become family over the years, sharing so much together,” comments Bob Morrison, VP of Christian Music at eOne. “I feel very blessed that we can continue our journey together. My passion for the band and the strengths of eOne will provide them a strong home for their future recordings and career growth. There are exciting things to come!”

In just a few short years, this Birmingham, Alabama-based band made a name for themselves thanks to the instant success of their self-titled debut’s enormous radio success. Their first hit “Undo” went No. 1 for an astounding seven weeks, was named Radio & Records Song of the Year award in 2007 and was ASCAP’s Song of the Year (2008). Their follow-up single “Peace Be Still” hit No. 1 for three weeks. In 2008, Rush of Fools was recognized by the Gospel Music Association, receiving four Dove Award Nominations that year – New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year (for “Undo”), while their self-titled debut was nominated for Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year.

“It’s a humbling opportunity for us as a band to be able to partner with such an incredible company as eOne,” exclaims Kevin Huguley, Rush Of Fools. “Their laundry list of success with film, television, and musical artists from all genres speaks for itself, so we see greater things that are to come because of this new and exciting relationship. Let’s make a record!”

Touring over 120 dates a year, Rush Of Fools recently concluded their first European set of dates, which included a stop in Norway opening for Casting Crowns. The band is currently writing and planning recording for their first release with eOne.

Rush Of Fools is managed by Patton House Entertainment. Please visit RushOfFools.com for more information.

Pictured here is Rush Of Fools celebrating their new deal with eOne:
Back row – Bob Morrison (eOne), Adam Edelstein (Patton House Entertainment), Jamie Sharpe, Jacob Chesnut, and Jack Blount (Rush Of Fools), Tiffany Rockhold and Andrew Patton (Patton House Entertainment);
Front row, seated – Kevin Huguley and Wes Willis (Rush Of Fools)

About Entertainment One/eOne:
eOne Christian Music is under the umbrella of eOne Music Nashville, a division of Entertainment One/eOne. Entertainment One (LSE:ETO) is a leading international entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content. The company’s comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, kids programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 20,000 film and television titles, 2,400 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.

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Know Hope Collective CD to Release February 15

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Mobile, Alabama – (December 15, 2010) – Audio Adrenaline lead singer Mark Stuart and bassist Will McGinniss have returned after a three-year departure. Partnering with Integrity Music and joining some of their favorite emerging voices of worship, these two talents have created the Know Hope Collective, a ground-breaking initiative that combines worship music with stories of hope and inspiration.

According to Stuart and McGinniss, the Know Hope Collective will be an ever-changing group of musicians from a variety of backgrounds who come together to create worship music while sharing their unique experiences and testimonies. “The Know Hope Collective is driven from an emerging style of worship and a place of vulnerability,” explains Stuart. “We go on a journey together through the good, bad and ugly to the redemptive side.”

Stuart says the Know Hope Collective grew out of their own cathartic experience of sharing life stories with friends and church members. “We’d meet at Will’s around a campfire and talk vulnerably with each other about our successes as well as hardships. It was a time of healing and redemption as we discovered the evidence of God’s hand in our lives like never before and the importance of telling one’s story.”

The duo’s pastor urged them to initially take their story-telling on the road, creating an intimate and hope-filled night of music, testimony and worship with friends. Since then,  the Know Hope Collective has appeared across the U.S. and Canada. Additional tour plans are slated for spring 2011 and will be announced shortly.

Their first recorded self-titled project is an enhanced  CD slated to release February 15. The ten-track album was produced by Stuart, McGinniss and Josh Heiner.

“This project was birthed out of the failure I went through,” Stuart says. “But the next one might be on missional living, orphan care or clean water, wherever God is leading us.”

For the Know Hope Collective CD, Stuart speaks far more now than he sings, and shares the microphone with Julia Ross (of popular Disney group Everlife), David Leonard (former Jackson Waters, NEEDTOBREATHE and currently with Sons and Daughters), and 2010 BMI Christian Music Award-winning Songwriter of the Year Jason Walker.

The group introduces new cuts, including “Jealous God,” the radio singles “Attention” and “Build Us Back,” along with meditative reworks of Audio A hits like “Ocean Floor,” “The Good Life,” and “Hands and Feet.”

Following “Attention,” “Build Us Back” is the project’s next radio single, releasing December 27th to AC, CHR and INSP stations.

The enhanced CD includes videos where the Know Hope Collective artists share their personal stories of hope. The project also links to additional content, including information about Hands & Feet, a ministry founded by Stuart and McGinniss to aid orphans and abandoned children.

Additional information, including an EPK is available at knowhopecollective.com. Song charts are available as free downloads at integritymusic.com/knowhopecollective.

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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) December 7, 2010 — GRAMMY ® and GMA Dove Award winning, multi-platinum selling recording artist Michael W. Smith reaches another milestone in his 28 year career with the release his 12th book, “A Simple Blessing; The Extraordinary Power of an Ordinary Prayer,” in March 2011 (Zondervan).

Smith, known for his compassion and generosity, has been impacted by stories of those hardest-hit by life changing devastation. From the effects of the economic downturn to families losing loved ones to natural disasters half a world away. Recently, Smith has felt led to close his concerts with a prayer of blessing over his audience. A simple prayer of blessing, sparked a response unlike anything he’s experienced in his 28 years of ministry.

Letters and e-mails poured in, relaying stories of the encouragement, empowerment and hope brought to troubled lives. An organic move to prayer is taking place.

From this response Smith discovered that God’s blessings are measured more by the flourishing of character in adversity than the flourishing of possessions, and that the result in such is overflowing joy and peace. Collaborating with accomplished writer Thomas Williams, Smith’s desire and purpose in writing the book was to encourage and inspire readers to examine their hearts and learn to experience God’s blessing as well as to speak words of blessing to others to draw them nearer to the heart of God.

This book breaks the prayer Smith prays into its six specific Blessings: What Does It Mean to Pray for Others, The Prayer for Spiritual Health, The Prayer for a Pure Mind, The Prayer for Personal Holiness, The Prayer for Backyard Blessings, and The Prayer for Spiritual Victory. Each chapter begins with a quote containing the segment of the blessing it will address. Then the chapter explains the value of the blessing and gives practical guidance on how to open oneself to the blessing and enjoy its benefits. An example of one blessing is in The Prayer for a Pure Mind:

Be blessed with supernatural strength to turn your eyes from foolish, worthless, and
evil things, and to shut out the demeaning and the negative. Instead may you behold the
beauty of things that God has planned for you as you obey His Word. May God bless you
ears to hear the lovely, the uplifting, and the encouraging. May your mind be strong,
disciplined, balanced, and faith-filled.

Following the blessing Smith goes on to describe how the impact of our culture is determining how our minds are affected (or not) by entertainment: “We’re being conditioned to accept the negative as the normal. From time to time I’ve expressed to friends my disappointment with a TV show or my longing for a movie with a hero I could admire for his values or his refusal to compromise. More often than not, the response I get is that I’m not moving with the times. The movies of the past were not realistic, they tell me….They want movie heroes with real flaws like the rest of us. No one is altogether pure or altogether evil. And if movies, TV shows, and novels are honest, they will give us characters who reflect that natural mixture.”

And then in approaching the value of the blessing he says : “I know that today’s movie critics would dismiss films such as ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ as unrealistic, wishful fantasies with impossibly good heroes and sappy happy-ever-after endings…I beg to differ. The grunge, corruption, immorality, and violence that critics like to call reality are not reality at all. The true reality is found beneath the blight in what God created in the beginning — the perfection of the world as he originally made it. Only the good that God created is real. We came along and added the corruption, evil, pain, decay, and death, which are not reality but contaminations of reality…. The story God wrote has a happy-ever-after ending that promises eternal joy to those who focus on the pure and lovely and adopt true character into their lives. If we focus our eyes and ears on things that give us glimpses of that happy reality, it will go a long way toward enabling us to receive the blessings God wants to pour into us.”

Smith recently wrapped the very successful “Make A Difference” Tour with Max Lucado , TobyMac and Third Day, and recently launched his, “It’s a Wonderful Christmas” tour on November 26th in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn. He also recently announced the “2 Friends” tour with Amy Grant, which marks the first time the two will tour together (for a non-holiday tour) in more than two decades. The multi-city U.S. tour will kick off in early February.

For more information on “A Simple Blessing; The Extraordinary Power of an Ordinary Prayer,” and Michael W. Smith, please visit http://www.michaelwsmith.com or http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310327561&QueryStringSite=Zondervan.

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About Michael W. Smith: Throughout his 28-year career as a recording artist, Michael W. Smith has amassed an impressive catalog of achievements. His prior 21 albums have garnered multiple honors including an American Music Award, three GRAMMY ® Awards (from 13 nominations), 44 GMA Dove Awards (in addition to 1 nomination in the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards) and 33 No. 1 radio hits. In addition, he holds 16 Gold, 7 Platinum and 2 Double-Platinum albums for career sales approaching 17 million. Wonder, Smith’s 22nd career album, released Sept. 28, 2010. Smith, who was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2009, has scored several film projects, written 12 books and has been featured by media outlets including “Hannity,” NBC’s “Today Show,” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” “NBC Nightly News,” “Larry King Live,” “FOX & Friends,” “Hannity and Colmes,” The Associated Press, Billboard magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, has been named one of People magazine’s “Most Beautiful People” and has presented multiple times on the GRAMMY ®Awards show. His tours consistently rank among the best attended in the country, and he has performed to capacity crowds throughout the world. 

Constantly giving back to the community, one of Smith’s current projects is Rocketown – a nightclub for teens in his hometown of Nashville, Tenn. – which serves as safe place for young people to enjoy music and for artists to be discovered. He and wife of 29 years, Debbie, are the proud parents of five children. For up-to-date information on Michael W. Smith, please visit www.michaelwsmith.com or www.providentpress.com.

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Nashville, TN… Dec. 2, 2010… Multi-platinum selling and already five-time GRAMMY ® Award winning artist TobyMac, has been honored with his seventh solo GRAMMY ® Award nomination for “Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.” The 53rd Annual GRAMMY ® Awards are slated for February 13, 2011 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA. The ceremony will be broadcast LIVE on CBS at 8pm EST/PT.

“I Love what I do,” says TobyMac. “I love making records with my friends. Painstaking at times, but always passionate. A GRAMMY ® nom for Tonight is humbling, exciting and truly an honor. It really is!”

In addition to the GRAMMY ® nod, this week TobyMac released a brand new holiday single “Christmas This Year,” which also features the talents of Leigh Nash from Sixpence None The Richer. The Christmas song is available now exclusively at iTunes® and is impacting Christian AC and CHR radio this week.

Also available now is TobyMac’s latest project, TobyMac: Moving Pictures, a DVD that features his entire work of music videos including his biggest hits “Irene”, “Extreme Days”, “Gone”, “Boomin’”, “Lose My Soul” and more. Also included is a brand new video for “Tonight” and 2 bonus Director’s Videos that feature unique short films set to his music.

Currently the Forefront recording artist is performing in front of massive audiences on the Winter Wonder Slam presents the Awake Tonight tour with rock band Skillet. The tour is attracting enormous crowds in key markets such as Minneapolis, which sold out at 13k tickets while over 12k fans paid in Houston. Shortly after the holidays, TobyMac will head back on the road in early 2011 for his Winter Wonder Slam Tour accompanied by Dove Award winning artist Brandon Heath and Gotee Records’ House of Heroes.

For more information on TobyMac, please visit www.tobymac.com.

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About TobyMac:
With over 10 million in career sales, TobyMac’s first three solo projects received RIAA Gold status and GRAMMY® nominations, his live CD/DVD took home a GRAMMY® award in 2009, and this year the much-celebrated and acclaimed artist is celebrating his seventh consecutive GRAMMY® nomination for his latest album “Tonight” for “Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album.” The track topped the sales and radio charts faster than any of his previous singles, spending 8 weeks at #1 on the Christian Audience Chart. The single was the first release from TobyMac’s latest, “TONIGHT,” which also garnered him the highest sales debut of his solo career with over 78,000 units and a No. 6 Billboard Top 200 debut.

Along with sold out tour dates, back-to-back radio hits and being named the GMA Dove Award’s 2008 Artist of the Year, the title-track of TobyMac’s latest album was also chosen as the theme song for MLB’s 30 Clubs in 30 Days Spring Training Series and featured on the Golf Channel. In addition, his music has been heard in major motion pictures such as “Hancock,” “TRANSPORTER 2,” while also being featured on Fox sports, The NFL network, being selected as the theme song for Fox College Football, WWE’s Fatal 4-Way Pay-Per-View and “Showstopper” was featured in ESPN’s ESPY Award Show and most recently chosen to launch the new season of CBS hit television show CSI: NY. For more information on TobyMac, go to: http://www.tobymac.com.

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ENTERTAINMENT ONE MUSIC ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF eOne MUSIC NASHVILLE

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(New York, NY) – November 30, 2010 – Entertainment One Music announces the formation of eOne Music Nashville along with several executive appointments.  eOne Music Nashville will house the assets of IndieBlu Music, which the company acquired in April, with its existing Christian, Country, Licensing and Music Publishing operations.  IndieBlu is now known as eOne Music Nashville or simply eOne Music.

eOne Music Nashville will be the umbrella for 5 distinct operating groups.  These include Light Records, the company’s Black Gospel music label, eOne Christian Music, which specializes in contemporary Christian music, and eOne Music Nashville focusing on Americana, country, and regional-based music.  In addition to the music labels, eOne Music Licensing is responsible for all synch and third party master use licensing for all of eOne’s music assets and eOne Music Publishing licenses and administrates all of eOne’s musical compositions.  In future months, eOne Nashville will also become the focal point for the acquisition and development of faith-based film and television programming.

Michael Olsen, the former CEO of IndieBlu, has been named President of eOne Music Nashville.  Michael Olsen is based in Nashville and reports to Michael Koch, CEO of Entertainment One Music. Olsen has more than 25 years experience in the indie record business.  He has been President/ CEO of Sheridan Square Entertainment whose labels included V2, Artemis, Light Records, Vanguard Classics and Musicrama, Compendia Music Group, and Campus Vibe. Previously he was Executive VP for Business Affairs of Platinum Entertainment and VP/General Counsel of Intersound in Atlanta.  Mike is also an entertainment lawyer and prior to working in the indie record industry served as VP/General Manager of the Denver Symphony Orchestra.

In addition, the following executive appointments have been made, all of whom report to Olsen and are based in Nashville:

James Robinson has been appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Light Records. James has spent the last 24 years working in Gospel and Christian music.  He has been the VP of A&R for Light Records for the last 5 years.  He is also a co-founder of Gospelflava.com, the leading news and information website in the Gospel industry. Prior to joining Light, James founded Evidence Records where he signed Youthful Praise.

Bob Morrison has been appointed Vice President of eOne Christian Music. Bob has been involved in the business of music for over 30 years, and most recently was SVP of Sales & Operations for Midas Records. While with Midas he grew the label’s Christian Division to national prominence with both Jessie Daniels and Rush of Fools. Previously, Morrison was head of sales at emerging internet label J-Bird Records.

Van Fletcher has been appointed Vice President of eOne Americana and Country Music. Most recently, Fletcher was SVP of Sales and Operations at Universal Records Nashville.  He also held positions as Senior VP/GM of Universal South Records, and Executive Vice President/GM of EMI Christian Music Group, among others.

Mick Lloyd has been appointed Vice President of eOne Music Licensing.  As a label executive, he was formerly President of Advantage/Polygram Records, Vice President of Little Giant Records, and Vice President of Indieblu Music.  In his current position with eOne he has placed company music in major films, TV shows, and commercials, such as Ford, the Red Cross, “American  Idol,” “So You Think You Can Dance,”  An Education,” “House,” “Free Willy 3,” and “Californication.” Lloyd maintains high visibility in Nashville as a successful record producer, songwriter, publisher and label executive.  He has produced such major label artists as Johnny Lee, Reigning Mercy, Slim Whitman, Ride The River, and Lew DeWitt.

About Entertainment One:

Entertainment One (LSE:ETO) is a leading international entertainment company that specializes in the acquisition, production and distribution of film and television content.  The company’s comprehensive network extends around the globe including Canada, the U.S., the UK, Ireland, Benelux, France, Germany, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.  Through established Entertainment and Distribution divisions, the company provides extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production, kids programming and merchandising and licensing. Its current rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 20,000 film and television titles, 2,400 hours of television programming and 45,000 music tracks.

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November 29, 2010 – Nashville, TN – Show Hope™, the adoption organization founded by Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman, wants to make your Christmas shopping easy this season while also making a difference in the life of an orphan. Introducing Show Hope’s merchandise line where every purchase is for a purpose.

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Musical selections in this episode:

• Walking On Sunshine – The Insyderz

• Paradise – The Insyderz

• Sleep It Off – Blood and Water

• Virginia Beach – Sleep For Sleepers

• Rudolph Versus Frosty – Theocracy

• The Mirrors Eyes – Appearance Of Nothing

• Shoulderweight – Affliction Asylum

• Obsession – Unmaskd

• California – Revelation X

• Good News – 180 Out

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I also share a little about how a song from today’s playlist has helped me get through a rough week.

Featured music in this episode:

• Tainted Love – JPT

• Move To The Sound – Amaradio

• Always – Hill City Lights

• Bethlehem – Theocracy

• In God We Trust – Cynthia Odom

• Who You Are – Karen Elgin

• Distance – Awake Awake

• Drive On – Submission Red
• Higher Than Before – Unmaskd

Get the Better Vision CD and help the medical mission team and their ministry in Sakwa Kenya.

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Musical selections in this episode:

• The Invitation – Audiovision
• Laying The Demon To Rest – Theocracy
• The Man From Nazareth – Narnia
• The Labyrinth Of Truth – Soulspell
• The Gate – Audiovision

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Bread Of Stone

After a couple of challenging weeks away, we are back with a fresh new episode of Cross Driven Radio.  We have brand new music from Bread Of Stone and A New Monday, as well as a couple of covers of hard rocking songs from the 80′s.

Music featured in this episode:

• Beautiful – Bread Of Stone
• Pieces – The Birdsongs
• Modern Day – A New Monday
• Starting Again – New Heights
• Running Soundly – twentyfour64
• The Way – Audiovision
• Love Is A Battlefield – This Fires Embrace

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Stars Go Dim

It feels good to get back into the groove of doing the 2 podcasts per week.  On this episode, you can get the Stars Go Dim cd as a free download from their site.  That is an excellent record, and you can’t beat the price!

I also talk about my weekend at Wordcamp Mid Atlantic and meeting some awesome folks and learning alot about WordPress web development.  There will be a new site coming in the very near future.

Music featured in this episode:

• Get Over It – Stars Go Dim

• This Is For You – David Dunn

• Everything – Affliction Asylum

• I Wanna Be – Anyday

• Distance – Awake Awake

• I Turn To You – Mission 5:16

• People Get Ready – Sonsofday

Ashes Remain and Harvest Bloom are doing a benefit concert on Saturday September 25 for the House Of Hope Kids in the Ukraine.  Learn more HERE.

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Special thanks and Congratulations to this episode’s Harvest Bloom CD winners Ken from Hawaii and Frank from Maryland!

Ashes Remain and Harvest Bloom are doing a benefit concert on Saturday September 25 for the House Of Hope Kids in the Ukraine.  Learn more HERE.

Music featured in this episode:

• Commander – Stricken

• Spiritual Path – Scelerata

• The Last Thing I Need – Red Letter Bullet

• Reset – Kronicles

• Fire From Heaven – Sacred Warrior

• Seperated – Ashes Remain

• Closer To You – Salient

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Music featured in this episode:

• On Eagles Wings – Theocracy
• The Signs Of Our Lives – Innerwish
• Obvious – Manic Drive
• Salvation – Revelation X
• And You – Kennebec
• Sweet Jesus – Harvest Bloom
• Fear – Burning Yesterday
• Awakened – Stricken

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Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
Geek Tech Live
Mike Tech Show
Sports Unleashed
Tech Rage News
Indie Radio Chattanooga
Mobileocity.net Radio
Technorama
Geekazine

CS Techcast
Moxie Mo Show
Cleveland Sports Radio
The Force Field
Geek Of The North
What Now? Tech Netcast!
Jesus Geek
Cross Driven Radio
Mike Dell’s World

Flash Past
Day in Tech History
The iPad Show
Waves of Tech
The Spirit Blade Underground Pod
BitnappingTV
The School of Podcasting’s Morning
UC Radio
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Music in this episode:

• Shiver – Amy Courts
• Shelter – Destination 7
• Higher Than Before – Unmaskd
• True North – Awake Awake
• McGee and Me – Blood And Water
• Losing Ground – Blood And Water
• Angel’s Crying – Harvest Bloom
• Don’t You Ever – The Great Transparency
• One Way Or Another – Legacy
• Rain drops – Difference United

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Meet The Talkers
The CaffiNation Podcast
Video Game News Radio
SDRNews
Tech TalkSvenska!
Kevin’s Oblast Radio

Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
Geek Tech Live
Mike Tech Show
Sports Unleashed
Tech Rage News
Indie Radio Chattanooga
Mobileocity.net Radio
Technorama
Geekazine

CS Techcast
Moxie Mo Show
Cleveland Sports Radio
The Force Field
Geek Of The North
What Now? Tech Netcast!
Jesus Geek
Cross Driven Radio
Mike Dell’s World

Flash Past
Day in Tech History
The iPad Show
Waves of Tech
The Spirit Blade Underground Pod
BitnappingTV
The School of Podcasting’s Morning
UC Radio
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Music featured in this episode:

• Burning Bush – Harvest Bloom
• Sweet Sensation – Harvest Bloom
• Natural Compulsion – Harvest Bloom
• Unmistakable Grace – Harvest Bloom

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Midwest Wasteland
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Meet The Talkers
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SDRNews
Tech TalkSvenska!
Kevin’s Oblast Radio

Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
Geek Tech Live
Mike Tech Show
Sports Unleashed
Tech Rage News
Indie Radio Chattanooga
Mobileocity.net Radio
Technorama
Geekazine

CS Techcast
Moxie Mo Show
Cleveland Sports Radio
The Force Field
Geek Of The North
What Now? Tech Netcast!
Jesus Geek
Cross Driven Radio
Mike Dell’s World

Flash Past
Day in Tech History
The iPad Show
Waves of Tech
The Spirit Blade Underground Pod
BitnappingTV
The School of Podcasting’s Morning
UC Radio
PhotoWalkthrough

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Music featured in this episode:

• Sweet Sensation – Harvest Bloom

• White Flag -  Dash Dot Dash

• I See You – Scott Riggan

• Lift Up – Abels Offering

• Something Going On – Shelley and Cal

• Cry Out To God – 9th Hour

• A Mind Awakened – Sevenfall

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Midwest Wasteland
Totally Cool Tech Podcast
Meet The Talkers
The CaffiNation Podcast
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SDRNews
Tech TalkSvenska!
Kevin’s Oblast Radio

Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
Geek Tech Live
Mike Tech Show
Sports Unleashed
Tech Rage News
Indie Radio Chattanooga
Mobileocity.net Radio
Technorama
Geekazine

CS Techcast
Moxie Mo Show
Cleveland Sports Radio
The Force Field
Geek Of The North
What Now? Tech Netcast!
Jesus Geek
Cross Driven Radio
Mike Dell’s World

Flash Past
Day in Tech History
The iPad Show
Waves of Tech
The Spirit Blade Underground Pod
BitnappingTV
The School of Podcasting’s Morning
UC Radio
PhotoWalkthrough

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Music featured in this episode:

• Love On The Radio – Alabaster Box
• Glorious King – Planning Yesterday
• Kissing Lonely Goodbye – Battle Lion
• I Wanna Be – Anyday
• So Loud – The Homecoming
• When He Comes – Mission 5:16
• Spirit Of The Living God – Symphony In Red
• Hallelujah – Broken

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TPN Weekly Podcast
Midwest Wasteland
Totally Cool Tech Podcast
Meet The Talkers
The CaffiNation Podcast
Video Game News Radio
SDRNews
Tech TalkSvenska!
Kevin’s Oblast Radio

July 8 – 14

Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
Geek Tech Live
Mike Tech Show
Sports Unleashed
Tech Rage News
Indie Radio Chattanooga
Mobileocity.net Radio
Technorama
Geekazine

July 15-21

CS Techcast
Moxie Mo Show
Cleveland Sports Radio
The Force Field
Geek Of The North
What Now? Tech Netcast!
Jesus Geek
Cross Driven Radio
Mike Dell’s World

July 22-28

Flash Past
Day in Tech History
The iPad Show
Waves of Tech
The Spirit Blade Underground Pod
BitnappingTV
The School of Podcasting’s Morning
UC Radio
PhotoWalkthrough

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Pastor Irina also shared her testimony and took us on a musical trip to Russia.  I can't wait to visit with our mission team in January!

Amazing Grace (In Russian)

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On episode 54 of Cross Driven Radio, we feature an interview with, and music from The Homecoming.  The Homecoming is a band with huge potential from Akron Ohio and have a unique  high energy sound that will have a wide appeal across multiple genres.

Music in this episode:

• So Loud – The Homecoming — Buy The CD
• Time Machine – The Homecoming — Buy The CD
• Don't You Ever – The Great Transparency — Buy The CD

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Now – July 7

TPN Weekly Podcast
Midwest Wasteland
Totally Cool Tech Podcast
Meet The Talkers
The CaffiNation Podcast
Video Game News Radio
SDRNews
Tech TalkSvenska!
Kevin’s Oblast Radio

July 8 – 14

Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
Geek Tech Live
Mike Tech Show
Sports Unleashed
Tech Rage News
Indie Radio Chattanooga
Mobileocity.net Radio
Technorama
Geekazine

July 15-21

CS Techcast
Moxie Mo Show
Cleveland Sports Radio
The Force Field
Geek Of The North
What Now? Tech Netcast!
Jesus Geek
Cross Driven Radio
Mike Dell’s World

July 22-28

Flash Past
Day in Tech History
The iPad Show
Waves of Tech
The Spirit Blade Underground Pod
BitnappingTV
The School of Podcasting’s Morning
UC Radio
PhotoWalkthrough

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• Distance – Awake Awake – Buy The CD
• Run To Me – Destination 7 —  Buy The CD
• Who You Ask – Matthew Bliss — Buy The CD
• Oblio – Blood And Water
• So Much More – The Birdsongs
• Lay It All Down - White Linen

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Now – July 7

TPN Weekly Podcast
Midwest Wasteland
Totally Cool Tech Podcast
Meet The Talkers
The CaffiNation Podcast
Video Game News Radio
SDRNews
Tech TalkSvenska!
Kevin’s Oblast Radio

July 8 – 14

Practical Amateur Radio Podcast
Geek Tech Live
Mike Tech Show
Sports Unleashed
Tech Rage News
Indie Radio Chattanooga
Mobileocity.net Radio
Technorama
Geekazine

July 15-21

CS Techcast
Moxie Mo Show
Cleveland Sports Radio
The Force Field
Geek Of The North
What Now? Tech Netcast!
Jesus Geek
Cross Driven Radio
Mike Dell’s World

July 22-28

Flash Past
Day in Tech History
The iPad Show
Waves of Tech
The Spirit Blade Underground Pod
BitnappingTV
The School of Podcasting’s Morning
UC Radio
PhotoWalkthrough

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After a trying week, nothing feels better than kicking back and cranking up the rock, and on Episode 52 of Cross Driven Radio, that is exactly what we do! We have a World Premiere from Unmaskd as well as brand new music from Submission Red and Harvest Bloom.

Music featured in this episode:

• People Of The Blood Red Cross – Narnia – CD
• Higher Than Before – Unmaskd
• As The World Burns – Avian – CD
• Good Enough – Submission Red – CD
• Natural Compulsion – Harvest Bloom – CD
• Contagious – Third from First

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• To The Mountain – True Witness
• Anyone But You - Kerri Crocker
• Run To You – Farewell June
• Falling Into You – Kristine Rommel
• Everything – Affliction Asylum

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• Party Song — I'm OK, You're OK — Get The CD
• Eternity In Fire — Grand Lux — Get The CD
• Don't Sit Down —  Among The Thirsty —  Get The CD
• Beyond Belief — Alakrity — Get The CD
• Edge Of The Earth —  Days Divide — Get The CD 

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Featured music in this episode:

• Father – Five Smooth Stones
• Who You Are – Karen Elgin
• Wages Of Sin – 9th Hour
• Loved Ones – Toby Walters

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After church on Saturday night there was a Missions event and the presentations were about the church’s involvement in missions, testimonies from members of the most recent trip to Kenya, and the past trips to Russia. I was excited to hear about what was going on and that there were firm plans to return to Kenya and Russia.

I have always thought that Russia would be a cool place to go. I have the support of my family, so I am going to Russia in January. As you might expect, that is a pretty expensive trip so what I am going to do is find a couple of strategic ways to monetize the blog and podcast. I assure you that it will not be gawdy, overwhelming, or over the top. I am searching for ways to monetize and still fit in with this brand. After the trip, I’ll just take that money and support a ministry.

I will be sure to let you know more about the Russia trip as I get more details, but for now, I just wanted to let you know that if you see an ad or a post that doesn’t necessarily fit in with the rest of my blog, you will know what is going on and why its there.

Thanks so much for your support!

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• Take This City – Amaradio
• Upside Down - Last Day
• Praise – Mission 5:16
• Splashdown – Matthew Fogle
• Too Long Without You – Reilly

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On today's high energy rock and roll show, we have some great rock from show favorites The Great Transparency and Theocracy and also have brand new songs from Blissed and Hill City Lights.

We also talk about the summer of podcasting and give up your code to win some awesome prizes.

Music featured in this episode:

• Don't You Ever – The Great Transparency
• Fear – Burning Yesterday
• Stand Up – Hill City Lights
• Armageddon – Narnia
• Come And Take It – Blissed
• Martyr – Theocracy

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I must admit that there are a couple of things that I am struggling with in regards to blogging.

When I look at the blogs of other participants I realize that although I know quite a bit about the web, when I see some of the expertise of other participants I tend to feel like what I am blogging about is quite a bit different and that I don't have the "smarts" that most of the other bloggers have.

While I am a pretty technical person, I just don't seem to be able to gather enough logical thoughts to write a technical blog post. Also, I'm just not so sure what to blog about music that some of the other music blogs are not already doing.

Blogging, podcasting, or really anything online costs money. So far the associated costs to running this blog and podcast has been out of my pocket. I don't mind one bit because I see this as a ministry and a labour of love. However, it would be nice to be able to recover some of the cost to pay for expenses. Most importantly though, I don't want to alienate my audience in the name of making a buck.

There you have it. 3 things I am struggling with. I would love to hear your feedback and what you think about my struggles.

1. Do I really have enough knowledge to contribute?
2. Is what I blog about even relevant, and will people get anything from my posts?
3. When, if ever is it OK to monetize>

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This year’s Stanley Cup Finals this year are between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Philadelphia Flyers. The goalies in this series are Anti Niemi for Chicago and Michael Leighton for Philadelphia. Both of these guys have been incredible in this series making some incredible stops.

I am a die hard Washington Capitals fan, but since the Caps are out of it, I am pulling for the Blackhawks. They have always been my second favorite team, and besides, they have not won the cup since 1961. Besides, being a Caps fan it would just be wrong to pull for the Flyers. As I write this Game 6 is going into overtime, it just doesn’t get better than this! Go HAWKS!

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We also talk about the Summer of Podcasts and give you a code to enter to win some great prizes, and I also let you know about a poll that I have put up on the website.

The purpose of the poll is to gain valuable feedback about how often you would like to see new episodes released.

Music featured in this episode:

• Cast Your Stones – 2112
• Salvation – Revelation X
• Praise Adonai – JPT (Formerly Justpassingthru)
• Waking Up – The Ride
• Do The Right Thing – Unknown Souldier

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In this series of posts I tried to share with you a little about where I have been and now its time to talk a little about where I am going. I decided to walk away from radio and start podcasting for a couple of reasons.

• Listeners don’t need to be tied to a radio or computer to hear the show
• Podcasts reach a worldwide audience, while radio only reaches a local audience
• Listeners have a variety of ways to listen to the show

While I was doing the radio show, I noticed that the listener numbers I could track were somewhat stagnant, and on a slight decline. In the beginning, I didn’t produce the podcasts consistently and had a somewhat nominal amount of subscribers. I noticed that when I started producing more consistently, the subscribers started to increase by 300% over last year and had a reach of over 18 countries around the world. In May 2010, my listeners totally blessed me by accounting for over 1/3 of the total amount of downloads since I started podcasting.

I must say that my decision was not totally based on the numbers. I prayed about it and I totally believe that podcasting is the path that I am being led down, and I am so excited about what the future holds..

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During the run of the radio show I was very fortunate to interview guests on the show. As a music show, I had alot of different artists on the show, but I did one series of interviews that I really enjoyed doing, the 40 Day Fast.

The 40 Day Fast was a series of posts where a blogger would fast for 1 day and blog about a ministry of their choosing. It was fascinating to talk with people like P.D. Ross and how a simple t shirt can make such a powerful statement and make a positive change in the world. Another favorite from that series was Kat, a stay at home Mom who had the inspiration to start the 40 Day Fast and it was interesting to learn about the inspiration for the series, as well as her thoughts on blogging, family, and privacy.

Tomorrow’s post concludes the series, and I will be talking about why I am leaving radio in favor of podcasting.

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One of my favorite thing about doing radio was being “in the know” about all of the new music before it hits the streets. I was very eager to learn and I made some connections at the record labels and was thrilled to be able to get the latest singles for free. I was also able to connect with lots of radio programmers on a couple of list serves and was able to find out lots of different ways to improve the show.

I am going to talk more about this in tomorrow’s post, but I was able to use some of my radio connections and research to secure interviews with some of today’s top artists. I remember my first interview with the band Farewell June. They were going to be in concert nearby and I talked with their radio promoter Shannon Becker and we got an interview scheduled. Man, I was so nervous! Being my first time interviewing an artist, I took lots of time in prep and I know I sounded really nervous, in fact I was so nervous that I stuck to my outline and didn’t ask any follow up questions. All in all it was a great experience.

Tomorrow I will talk more about some of the interviews I had on the show..

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OK, I knew this was going to happen eventually, I just didn’t expect that it would happen in the first week. I missed a day in the 30 Day Blog Challenge. This, my friends, this is what I struggle with the most when it comes to blogging, and to some extent podcasting. These are things I really enjoy doing, but I sometimes struggle to find the time to do them consistently when life gets in the way.

I work a full time job, I am married to the most wonderful woman in the world and together we have a great daughter and I want to spend as much time with them as I can, plus we have a house and a yard that seems to always need work somewhere. I know that there are other bloggers out there that have jobs and families, but never miss a scheduled post. How do they do it?

If you have read my previous posts about my plans to podcast Monday – Friday. I am struggling with this as well because once I start promoting this in the fall, I need to keep it going, so I have developed a gameplan for how I am going to tackle this from a podcasting perspective.

Since most of the podcasts are music based, I am going to take a page from the tv playbook and record a week’s worth of music shows in one setting and I will have them scheduled to post on the appropriate day. For the other content, I will have to work that out somehow. I have read about people doing that with their blogs, but I’m not sure about how that would work.

Maybe that is the answer. What do you do to maintain a consistent publishing schedule?

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In yesterday's post, I talked a little about starting the show.  When I started doing the radio show, I never imagined some of the things that would happen to me.  

One of the first, and best memories I have was going to GMA Music Week in Nashville for the first time.  That was a big eye opening experience for me because I was able to see the Christian music industry up close and personal.  I was really pretty dazed and confused for a good part of the week because when you hang in the lobby you would see all kind of well known artists hanging out and chatting.  I actually got run over by Steven Curtis Chapman and his entourage in the lobby one morning.  I met alot of people and I am so proud to still call some of them my friends today.  You can read my blog posts about  GMA week Here and Here.

Steven, Charley, Gerald, Sandra

Another thing that was really cool was getting my name in the liner notes of a cd.  I had an opportunity from my good friend Ben (yes, we met at my first GMA) to bring a band called Over Ashes for a concert at my church.  It was the first time in a long while that I had promoted a concert.  Everything at that show went great and I really connected with the band and their manager, Matt.  The week after the concert, Over Ashes was playing at a showcase at Rocketown at GMA week.  I got to hang out with them a little bit and saw them a couple more times during the week.  When I bought the CD that August, in the credits, the band added me to the list of people that received special thanks.

I will continue with part 2 tomorrow.

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I am starting out this blog challenge by sharing the journey of my radio career and why I am switching to producing podcasts.

In the last post I mentioned the public access station, and that's where it all began. I got the whole inspiration to do this show based on 2 shows, True Story and the Shock Jock Hair Rock Show.

I listened to those shows and after hearing the spots saying that I could host my own show, I joined the organization and took the 6 week radio class and in June 2005 I started my first show. My spot was on Thursday's from 2-3 right before True Story.

I know I was pretty bad at first, but what made that time so special was the group over at Shaun Groves message boards on his old site. When Thursday's would come, I would go to the boards and there was a great community there with Nancy, (The Host of True Story), Cristy, Thomas, Kristen.

We would get together and chat about the shows, and also would support each other. One highlight of those days was the year we surprised Nancy on her birthday with flowers sent to her home. Another highlight was when I promoted a Shaun Groves concert at my church. Nancy was there as my helper and Thomas came all the way from Wisconsin. That was also the first time I met Brody Harper. It was on those message boards where I got my title as "Radioman!"

Tomorrow's post is all about the accomplishments.

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Stepping Out And Moving On: Why I Got Into Radio

It started in 6th grade. We went on a field trip to the University Of Maryland and we toured the TV and radio stations on campus, and I actually got to do some hands on radio voice work and production, well, as much as a 6th grader can before the modern age of computers. I was so awe struck by the equipment that I knew that I wanted to be in Radio.

After missing out on my first chance to learn radio in the Navy after High School, it was in 2005 when I got my chance to make my radio dream a reality. The local public access station has a free form radio station, where pretty much every show is different. I am a long time fan of rock music, especially Christian rock. At the time the only way I could find my favorite music was through an online station, and I knew that I could program a show. I knew that I had a pretty good ear and could tell which songs could be hits.

The series will continue tomorrow with a post titled Birth Of The Radioman!

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On episode 45 of Cross Driven Radio, today we spin some music from Sonsofday, Third From First, and have our first podcast voice mail request from my good friend Dave Avila from such hit podcasts as The Jen And Dave Show and The Jaded Visalian. We also talk about my participation in Podcast Madness, a summer long contest where podcast listeners can win great podcasts just by tuning in to podcasts. Listen to any participating podcast for the special code to enter. Music played in this episode:

• Stay – SONSOFDAY
• Live The Change – Third From First
• Let It Go – Red Letter Bullet
• Revolution – SONSOFDAY

Links mentioned in this episode:

• JT Indie Podcast
• The Jen And Dave Show
• Podcast Madness
• 30 Day Blog Challenge

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When I first started this site a couple of years ago I thought that I would be able to use the site to promote the radio show and to get involved with the blogging community. The ad reminded me that the whole concept of Cross Driven Radio is to reach out and connect with people across different media avenues, radio, web, blog, and whatever other methods become available. I was a pretty active blogger for a while, until something broke my routine.

Being an adult with ADHD, I have become famous for starting something and not finishing it. I was surprised that I continued with the radio show for over 5 years without quitting, although there were certainly times that I felt like it.

Now that the radio show is over and I am transitioning into podcasting 5 days per week starting in September, I want to get back to where I was with blogging to supplement the content on the site, and make it a site where people can come and listen to and chat about great independent artists, the music field, and whatever else comes up. I know it won't happen by itself , so it all starts with this challenge.

This challenge is great because it is a great way to:

• Build Community among bloggers
• Establish a consistent blogging rhythm
• Gain confidence that I can actually do this

I'm not totally sure what all of the topics are going to be yet, but I know it is going to be a fun learning experience, so please check in and see what's going on!

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Keith is a worship leader and touring artist based out of my home church, Christ Church in Fairfax Station Virginia and the music is from his latest cd, 360 God.

Jim is the bassist for the legendary Christian metal band Barren Cross and he has a new project called http://sanctuaryworship.org/ where he gathers world class musicians and they record originals and cover popular worship songs.

Music featured in this episode:

• My Jesus, My Saviour – Keith Elgin
• Worship The King – Keith Elgin
• The Saints And The Angels – Jim Laverde and Sanctuary Worship
• Praise Adonai – Jim Laverde and Sanctuary Worship

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• Getting an update on the new CD, Send Me
• How the band uses social media
• How I met the band
• The history of Scoop Yo Beans
• The last cd they purchased
• If they are PC's or Mac.

Music featured in this episode:

• On High – True Witness

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• Choose To Fly – Kristine Rommel
• Stereo – Hill City Lights
• Higher – Anyday
• Daylight – Awake! Awake!

WARNING! Listening to this podcast at loud volume may cause you to get up and boogie, or even cause cubicle diving. Please enjoy, and party like its 2010!

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• Caesarea: A city built by King Herod the Great
• Mount Carmel: Where the prophet Elijah defeated the false prophets of Baal
• Galilee Boat Ride: Where Jesus walked on the water
• Caesarea Philippi: Where the disciple Peter first confessed Jesus as the Messiah
• Nazareth Village: A recreation of a village at the time of Jesus
• Jordan River Baptism: An opportunity for those who wish to be baptized in the Jordan River
• Masada: Where the final Jewish revolt against the Romans took place
• The Dead Sea: A chance to float in the most therapeutic waters in the world
• Pools of Bethesda: Where Jesus healed the man who was lame for 37 years
• Garden Tomb: The place of Jesus’ crucifixion and Resurrection
• Yad Vashem: Memorial to the Holocaust
• Western Wall Tunnels: 60 feet below the modern city of Jerusalem
• Jerusalem: The City of God
• Mount of Olives: Where Jesus rode the donkey through the Eastern Gate
• Garden of Gethsemane: Where Jesus prayed before He was betrayed by Judas
• Western Wall: Holiest site in Judaism

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After some technical difficulties, I was able to restore part 2 of my interview with True Witness.  In this segment we talk about the band's approach to song writing,  how the band has grown between the Origins and Once In Time records,  musical influences, and the story behind. the song Once In Time.  Tune in on Tuesday  May 25 for the third segment of  this interview where we will talk about social media.

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It's Worship Wednesday here at Cross Driven Radio and today we feature worship music from the brand new CD releases from Cistern and Mission 5:16.  Both of these artists have been on the podcast and radio show for over a year now, if not longer and I am blessed to share their music with you.

Music featured in this episode:

• Not A Mistake – Cistern
• One Man – Cistern
• Here I Am – Mission 5:16
• Turn To You – Mission 5:16

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Cistern on Facebook
• Mission 5:16 on Facebok
• Cross Driven Radio on Facebook

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Today is the first of a 2 part podcast featuring the New York based Pop/Rock band True Witness. In the interview, we talk a little bit about the beginnings of the band's ministry, the meaning behind the name True Witness, and about the band's first cd, Origins.

Music in this episode:

• So Loud – The Homecoming (They are appearing on Cross Driven Radio Friday night)
• Faded Colors – True Witness

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The first band up was The Great Transparency from Columbus Ohio. Sometimes when you hear a single song or two from a record you think you have a pretty good feel for the band. I was wrong in this case, because as good as they sound on record, the band came alive on stage. The rhythm section was tight and precise and the guitars filled out the sound nicely. They played music from their new EP If Worse Comes To Worst including the current radio hits "Run For It" and "Don't You Ever". The Great Transparency rocks and you should snag the cd now while its on sale.

While the bands changed gear, Kevin from Disciple came onstage and talked about Compassion International and mentioned how he selected his child, meeting his sponsored child in Indonesia, and how the letters and pictures sponsors send impact the children and their families.

Next up was Kronicles from New Jersey. Kronicles was definitely a harder sounding band, but the guitarist was incredible. Sometimes when a band has only 1 guitarist, the sound isn't as full. That is not the case with Kronicles. He has a really full sounding crunchy guitar sound that reminds you of Skillet. They played alot of music from their debut CD Reset. I am not a fan of screaming, but Kronicles mixes it in subtly into their songs. Overall, it was a good high energy rock and roll set.

After a lengthy set change, Disciple took the stage by storm and really brought the rock. They launched into Whispering So Loud from their latest CD Southern Hospitality. They played alot of their big hits including Regime Change, The Wait Is Over, 321 and After The World. Having seen Disciple a couple of times before on bigger stages, it was cool to see them in a smaller room and the band really seemed to feed off of the relatively small but energetic crowd. Everyone had a great night of rock and worship for THE ROCK. I know that I am looking forward to the next show at the 7:30 club.

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Today on Cross Driven Radio, we spin some music to brighten up your day and soothe your spirit.  We continue to be blessed to bring you new music from great music from today's best emerging artists.  We are thankful for the submissions we have received, and if you know of an artist you would like featured on the show, please feel free to send me a message either through email or the contact form here.

Featured music:

• When Sunflowers Aren't Around – Jay &The Lovebirds
• Run For It – The Great Transparency
• Four – Five Smooth Stones Get the new cd for free Here
• When I Fall – Belinda Jane

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Music featured on today's episode:

• True North – Awake! Awake! ( Get the song and cd free here)
• Letting Go – Bread Of Stone
• Light Shine – Echo Jet
• Hold On – Hyper Static Union

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Today's Playlist:

• Party Song - I'm OK, You're OK
• God Alone – CJ Bailey
• Angels With Broken Hearts – Lance Larson with Jon Bon Jovi
• Reflecting Light – Mammuth
• Wide Asleep – Affliction Asylum
• How Liif'e Supposed to Be – Last Day

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Music featured on today's show:

• Over My Head – Heather Todd
• Crack The Sky – Eric Biggins Band
• Memories Pt II – I'm OK You're OK
• Still Healing – Uprise
• Love Is A Battlefield – This Fires Embrace

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On episode 34 of the Cross Driven Radio Podcast, we feature a variety of great rock for you.  Also, there was an  announcement about the new format for Cross Driven Radio.   There is now going to be 2 shorter podcasts per week around 20 minutes each that will be released on Tuesdays and Fridays.  We also announced that we are always taking submissions  for airplay, so if you know of a band you would like to hear on the show, toss us an email or voice comment.

Featured Music:

• Limited Time – Reilly
• Last Stand – My Second Chance
• Rain – Narnia
• Grab The Truth – Mission 5:16
• Control – Tracing Days

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The video for the first single, God Gave Me You was released today, and I'm going to share it with you now.  After you watch the video, go on over to iTunes or wherever you by great music and get this CD.  You will thank me later…

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I would love to hear your feedback on this change, fil out the contact form and let me know what you think. We are always accepting new submissions for our playlists, so if you know of a band you would like to hear on the show, please toss me an email.

Today’s Playlist:

• Switch – Kronicles
• Beyond Belief – Alakrity
• Drive On – Submission Red
• We Are Taking – Twentyfour64

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The host(s) of Today’s show is Winston Crutchfield from Critical Press Media. Like me, his podcast is a different format. You couldn’t tell because he really brought the rock and did a great interview. Be sure to stop by his site and tell him how awesome of a job he did.

• “God is in the Music” – Kole – http://myspace.com/kolekruger
• “Kingdom” – CCC Westside Band – http://www.myspace.com/cccwestside “Broadgate”
• Covenant – http://www.covenantrock.net/ “House of Prayer”
• Greg Graham – http://greggraham.org/ “Dream On”
• Carrie Pettit – http://www.whiplashrecords.com/
• “There is Power in the Blood” – Greg Graham – http://greggraham.org/

• Winston Crutchfield, Critical Mass Podcast, and Critical Press Media http://criticalpressmedia.com
• John Wilkerson, the Jesus Geek http://jesusgeek.info
• Daniel Lewis, The Ramen Noodle http://theramennoodle.com
• Compassion 365 http://compassion365.com

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When I first started reading and getting into the blogging thing, Brad’s blog was among the first I started reading. His posts cover a wide variety of topics including the Church, Family, and Authenticity. Brad was recently on a Compassion Blogger’s trip to Kenya and he shared some amazing stories from his trip.

So could you do me a favor? Actually 2 favors. First, go HERE and listen to today’s podcast interview with Brad, and while you’re listening, go on over to Brad’s blog and you can see why I like his blog so much, you can even read the series of posts about the Kenya trip. While you’re there, leave him a comment saying you heard him on Cross Driven Radio and Compassion 365.

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If you know of any bands that I am not playing on the podcast, fill out our contact form or send me an email at crossdrivenradio@cox.net and I will do my best to get them on.

• Consuming Fire – Lastawake
• Alien – Forevertree
• Stories Of Redemption – I’m OK, You’re OK
• Beyond Belief – Alakrity
• She’s Got You – Amaradio
• Light Of That Day – Mission 5:16
• How Love Lit The Full Moon – True Witness
• Goin All Out – Dan Evans
• Just Can’t Hide – Indigenous
• Losing Ground – Blood And Water
• Winded – Andrew Witt (formerly Rough Draft)
• Party Song – I’m OK, You’re OK (By Request)
• Kings Will Come – Narnia

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If you live in the US, you have undoubtedly heard about about the new health care bill the president is going to sign into law tomorrow. I don’t know which disappoints me more, that the president thinks he can single handedly create and pass laws by himself using his stellar creative speaking/story bending skills or that the House and Senate probably would not have voted for this if they actually read it.

Nevertheless, for the first time in my life, I wrote an email to my congressman, Gerry Connolly. When he was the Chairman of the County Board Of Directors, I thought he did a great job which is why I voted for him, even though I don’t normally vote democratic. This vote ticked me off so bad I wrote a letter today and I am sharing it here as well. I doubt it will get read, but it does feel good to get it off my chest..

Mr. Connolly,
I have never written to you, or another Congressman before, but today I feel the need to write you because I can’t rest about this until I feel I’m heard. (I’m going to add this to my blog as well)

When you were running for Congress this term, that marked the first time in my voting career that I voted for a Democratic candidate. I’m not a staunch Republican, but my feelings lean more in that direction and there wasn’t a Democratic candidate that I felt good about voting for until you ran.

While I don’t live in the district you represented in Fairfax County, I was impressed with what did did as Chairman of the Board Of Supervisors, and especially what you did to help make the South County Middle School a reality in just a couple of years.

While I was not necessarily a fan of your platform, like I said I was impressed with your record of service within the County and some of the things you did to improve the quality life in our area.

That was until the vote on the health care bill. While I do agree that something needs to be done about health care as it is out of control and costs are totally out of control. As out of pocket costs rise every year, and people get dropped, or not picked up do to pre existing conditions. From what I have read online, this bill does absolutely nothing to correct that, and some of the things it is going to make mandatory tells me THAT THIS IS A TERRIBLE BILL.

I also feel it is terrible on many levels including being forced to participate and government funded abortions. Even though the President created an executive order, that can not supercede a law. It is unconstitutional and is proof that we are moving more toward a socialist government than ever before. Its bad news. There are going to be multiple lawsuits and states are already talking about taking legal action as well. Its awful because this is going to divide our nation and I feel that is so very dangerous at a time when enemies want to destroy us.

“a house divided against itself cannot stand,” Abraham Lincoln

I also believe that the government is going in the wrong direction. In just the last 5 years the government has bailed out and has a viable stake in the insurance, banking, (auto) manufacturing, and now health care industries. Those are among the United States top financial industries and I think it is wrong for the government to have that much control over peoples lives. What’s next, Freedom of the press?

I am also so very disappointed in the massive amounts of debt this administration has voted for. Granted, the debt your term inherited was huge and was built over many years of Democrats and Republican administrations and congresses. Its a tragedy that we are burying our children and grand children with this debt. Its embarassing.

Thanks for the opportunity to send this to you, although I doubt that you will ever read it. Just know that I feel disappointed and let down and you will most likely not be getting my vote this fall.

Charley Hays

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I got up early on Saturday and caught a cab down to the Cadillac Ranch for Podcamp Nashville. This is the third year for the podcamp and from talking to some of the organizers it has gotten bigger each year. The organizers also hold a Bar Camp in the fall which has gotten bigger every time.

The day started with taking a cab from my hotel to the Cadillac Ranch in downtown Nashville.  The Cadillac Ranch is a huge club in the center of the 2 story buildng, but  there are also at least 5 or 6 smaller clubs off of the main room.  The sessions were in the smaller rooms.

Since I am from DC, and this is in Nashville, I have to admit that I was a little concerned about how I would be received because I went in not knowing anyone.  I didn’t think I would end up dead in a ditch or anything, but it was very apparent walking through the door that the Nashville tech community was tight.   My initial concern was quickly disproven as I was greeted very warmly by the registration team and was given my  ”swag bag” by a helpful, friendly, and adorable young lady.

I got prepared for the first session which to my dismay was cancelled because the presenter was sick.  It was then that I met someone that totally made me  feel like a rockstar and worthy of living up to the first rule of podcamp: “that everyone is a rockstar!”  Lucas is one of the organizers and was MC of the day.  He, and the many other people I met during the day made me feel very welcome.  It was pretty interesting that when I told people I was from DC, almost everyone made mention of the massive amount of snow we had this winter.

I really learned alot at  most of the sessions I went to.  There were sessions on WordPress, SEO, Newsletters and social media.  I met Cliff from Podcast Answerman and attended his session.  His session was good, but because I have listened to his podcast for so long, I pretty much knew everything he was talking about.

One really cool thing that happened was meeting Mike and Brian from the Concert Blast podcast.  I have been listening to them for years, actually they were among the first podcasts I listened to.  When you listen to Concert Blast, you can tell that these guys have lots of fun and love what they do.  I’ll tell you, I just met them for the first time and after talking for a couple of minutes, it felt like I’ve known them forever.  That is probably the biggest lesson I learned from the podcamp.

Based on this experience, I am going to start talking around am see if it would be possible to do our own Podcamp DC.  From talking to Lucas and some of the other Podcamp Nashville organizer’s, I know that help is only a phone call away.

On the way home, on the plane I sat behind the band Selah, and sat next to their Tour Manager.  It was really cool talking to him.  I had met Selah before at GMA, but they meet so many people I’m sure they didn’t remember me.  It was fun to meet them all over again though..

GMA Music Week as I used to know it may be history, but that’s just fine with me.  I now have Podcamp Nashville to look forward to.  I  do love going to Nashville and Podcamp Nashville is going to be my annual trip to the Music City Mecca.  Even though I live 12 hours away by car, and I’m not an everyday member of the Nashville tech community, everyone I met there made me feel like I was a part of it, and that what I had to say counted, and THAT was more connected than I ever felt at GMA, with a couple of exceptions being my great friends from Canada.

Oh, and my session was about Using Music In Your Podcast.  I had about 25-30 people and we had a great time.  I’m in touch with a couple of people that sat in on my session, which is awesome.  Hopefully, next year I’m not scheduled the same time as Mitch..

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Meaning To This Life – Cistern
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Sunrise – True Witness

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On the first flight coming here yesterday, I was just getting settled on the plane when the flight attendent asked me if I would be willing to move so a parent could sit with her child. Of course, I said yes and was moved to the 4th row. The US Air flight attendants were pretty cool, and even offered me some perks that first class people get. I declined the special treatment because I know that if I was in the mother’s situation, I would appreciate someone doing that for me.

Once I got checked in, I was able to hang out with one of my favorite people, Ben. We did an interview for next weeks Compassion 365 where we talked about his upcoming trip to Haiti. Afterwords, we went to Office Depot because I forgot to bring my business cards and then went to dinner at this place called Caney Fork Fish Camp which was a really cool place. It was just what you would expect from a homestyle place in Nashville, very friendly people, incredible food, and a 3 piece bluegrass band. After that, i went back to the hotel to finish up my presentation for Saturday. More about that in my next post.

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The Gospel Music Association today announced the final nominees for the 41st Annual GMA Dove Awards to be handed out on April 21st at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville. The Doves will be hosted this year by Bart Millard (MercyMe) and Natalie Grant.

Here are this years Nominees:
Category 1  -  Song of the Year song title; writer; publisher (award to the writer and publisher)

“Born To Climb”; Jeff & Sherri Easter; Wayne Haun, Joel Lindsey; Bridge Building Music, Psalm Singer Music, Hefton Hill Music (BMI)

“By Your Side”; Tenth Avenue North; Essential Publishing

“Free To Be Me”; Francesca Battistelli; Francesca Battistelli; Word

“God Is There”; Diamond Rio; Marty Roe, Jimmy Olander, Bernie Herms; Ole, Warner Chappell, Word Music

“I Will Rise”; Chris Tomlin; Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin, Matt Maher, Jesse Reeves; worshiptogether.com Songs, sixsteps Music, Spirit and Song.com, Vamos Publishing, Thank You Music

“Let The Waters Rise”; MIKESCHAIR; Sam Tinnesz, Mike Grayson, Ben Glover

“Revelation Song”; Phillips, Craig & Dean; Jennie Lee Riddle; Jennie Lee Riddle, Gateway Create Publishing, Integrity’s Praise Music

“Somebody Like Me”; Jason Crabb; Neil Thrasher, Michael Boggs; 2009 Sweet Summer Music, Kobalt Songs, Crosstown Uptown Music, Major Bob Music, Upsurge Music (ASCAP)

“Two Hands”; Jars of Clay; Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark, Jeremy Lutito, Gabe Rushchival; Dudie Music, Chigostick Music, Bridgebuilding, Pogostick Music

“Why Can’t All God’s Children Get Along”; Karen Peck & New River; Stephen Hill; Christian Taylor Music (BMI), Dingo Bat Music (BMI)

Category 3  – Male Vocalist of the Year

Jeremy Camp

Jason Crabb

Michael English

Brandon Heath

Donnie McClurkin

Smokie Norful

Bebo Norman

Mark Schultz

Category 4  – Female Vocalist of the Year

Francesca Battistelli

Karen Peck Gooch

Natalie Grant

Heather Headley

Mandisa

Dawn Michele

Laura Story

Category 5  – Group of the Year

Casting Crowns

Gaither Vocal Band

Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir

Jars of Clay

NEEDTOBREATHE

Skillet

Tenth Avenue North

Category 6 – Artist of the Year

Francesca Battistelli

Casting Crowns

Jason Crabb

Jars of Clay

Mary Mary

Skillet

tobyMac

Category 7 – New Artist of the Year

Crystal Aikin

Bluetree

Jonny Diaz

Kari Jobe

Revive

Sidewalk Prophets

Brian Courtney Wilson

Category 8 – Producer of the Year

Ed Cash

Ian Eskelin

Wayne Haun

Bernie Herms

Jason Ingram

Rusty Varenkamp

Dove Awards in Recorded Song Categories are given to the Artist and Songwriter, if other than the Artist.

Category 9 – Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year  Song; album; artist; writer; label

“America”; America; Tracy Edmond; Tracy Edmond, Ken White; Curb Records

“End Of My Rope”; Five-Two Television; KJ-52; Jonah Sorrentino, Aaron Sprinkle; BEC Recordings

“Go On”; The Forecast EP; B.Reith; Brian Reith; Gotee Records

“Lost”; The Big Picture; Da’ TRUTH; Emmanuel Lambert Jr, Freddy Washington Jr; Cross Movement Records

“Movin’”; Ordinary Dreamers; Group 1 Crew; Group 1 Crew, Jeremy James, Byron Chambers, Christopher Stevens; Fervent Records

Category 10 – Rock Recorded Song of the Year  Song; album; artist; writer; label

“Bring Me To Life”; Welcome To The Masquerade; Thousand Foot Krutch; Trevor McNevan, Steve Augustine, Joel Bruyere; Tooth & Nail

“Fight Inside”; Innocence & Instinct; Red; Jasen Rauch, Rob Graves, Jason McArthur, Bernie Herms; Essential

“Hero”; Awake; Skillet; John L. Cooper, Korey Cooper; Atlantic, Ardent, INO Records

“Mess of Me”; Hello Hurricane; Switchfoot; Jonathan Foreman, Tim Foreman; Credential Recordings

“Mystery of You”; Innocence & Instinct; Red; Jasen Rauch, Anthony Armstrong, Rob Graves, Jason McArthur; Essential Records

Category 11 – Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year   Song; album; artist; writer; label

“Always”; Hello Hurricane; Switchfoot; Jonathan Foreman; Credential Recordings

“Can’t Take Away”; MIKESCHAIR; MIKESCHAIR; Sam Tinnesz, Mike Grayson, Jason Ingram; Curb Records

“How He Loves”; Church Music; David Crowder*Band; John Mark McMillan; Sparrow Records/sixsteps Records

“Lay ‘Em Down”; The Outsiders; NEEDTOBREATHE; Bear Rinehart, Bo Rinehart; Atlantic Records

“You Gave Me A Promise”; Unbreakable; Fireflight; Dawn Richardson, Justin Cox, Glenn Drennen, Wendy Drennen, Phee Shorb, Rob Hawkins; Flicker

Category 12 – Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year  – Song; album; artist; writer; label

“City On Our Knees”; Tonight; tobyMac; Toby McKeehan, Jamie Moore, Cary Barlowe; ForeFront Records

“Free To Be Me”; My Paper Heart; Francesca Battistelli; Francesca Battistelli; Fervent Records

“Let The Waters Rise”; MIKESCHAIR; MIKESCHAIR; Sam Tinnesz, Ben Glover, Mike Grayson; Curb Records

“My Deliverer”; Freedom; Mandisa; Chad Cates, Jason Walker, Tony Wood; Sparrow Records

“Until The Whole World Hears”; Until The Whole World Hears; Casting Crowns; Mark Hall, Bernie Herms, Jason McArthur, Roger Glidewell; Beachstreet

Category 13 – Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year – Song; album; artist; writer; label

“Hold On To Jesus”; Live At Oak Tree: Austins Bridge; Austins Bridge; Justin Rivers, Jason Baird; Daywind

“Hosanna”; You Deliver Me; Selah; Brenton Brown, Paul Baloche; Curb Records

“Jesus Saves”; Jesus Saves Live; Travis Cottrell; Travis Cottrell, David Moffitt; Indelible Creative Group

“Since The World Began”; Glory Revealed II: The Word of God in Worship; Matt Maher, Amy Grant, Ed Cash, Mac Powell; Mac Powell, Trevor Morgan; Reunion

“The Only Hope”; Bebo Norman; Bebo Norman; Bebo Norman; BEC Recordings

Category 14 – Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year  – Song; album; artist; writer; label

“Because He Lives”; Gaither Vocal Band Reunited; Gaither Vocal Band; William J. Gaither, Gloria Gaither; Gaither Music Group

“Born To Climb”; Expecting Good Things; Jeff & Sheri Easter; Wayne Haun, Joel Lindsey; She Loves Music

“If You Knew Him”; Almost Morning; The Perrys; Joseph Habedank, Rodney Griffin; Daywind

“Life Goes On”; Life Goes On; Talley Trio; Marty Funderburk, Gina Boe; Horizon

“Live With Jesus”; The Boys Are Back; Oak Ridge Boys; Paul Kennerly; Spring Hill Music Group

Category 15 – Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year  - Song; album; artist; writer; label

“I Heard My Savior Calling Me”; Destination Life; Rhonda Vincent; Rounder Records

“On The Other Side”; Brothers From Different Mothers; Dailey & Vincent; Rounder

“This World Is Not My Home”; Ricky Skaggs Solo: Songs My Dad Loved; Ricky Skaggs; Albert Brumley; Skaggs Family Records

“When We Fly”; Breaking Like Dawn; Little Roy Lewis & Lizzy Long; Joel Lindsey, Wayne Haun, Ty Herndon

“Working On A Building”; Mountain Soul II; Patty Loveless; Saguaro Road

Category 16 – Country Recorded Song of the Year – Song; album; artist; writer; label

“Dry Bones”; Live At Oak Tree: Austins Bridge; Austins Bridge; PD Arr by Justin Rivers, Bubba Smith; Daywind

“God Is There”; The Reason; Diamond Rio; Marty Roe, Jimmy Olander; Word Records

“King of the World”; How You Live (Deluxe Edition); Point of Grace; Cindy Morgan; Word Records

“Somebody Like Me”; Jason Crabb; Jason Crabb; Neil Thrasher, Michael Boggs; Spring Hill Music Group

“Thank God For Kids”; Every Light That Shines At Christmas; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Eddy Raven; Gaither Music Group

Category 17 – Urban Recorded Song of the Year  – Song; album; artist; writer; label

“Avaylable”; The 2econd Coming; Kortney “Mali Music” Pollard; Kortney “Mali Music” Pollard; Dedicated Music Group, Sound Walk

“Close To You”; Still; BeBe & CeCe Winans; BeBe Winans; B & C Records, Malaco

“Just Love”; Just Love; Brian Courtney Wilson; Brian Courtney Wilson, Jermaine Williams, Mark Spears; Spirit Rising Music, Music World Entertainment

“Just Wanna Say”; The Power of One; Israel Houghton; Aaron Lindsey, Israel Houghton, Tommy Sims; Integrity

“You Never Let Me Down”; Image of a Man; Marvin Winans Jr; Marvin Winans Jr, Rodney Jerkins; M2 Entertainment, Central South Distribution

Category 18 – Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year – ; Song; albumartist; writer; label

“Always Remember”; Greatest Hits; Men of Standard; Andrae Crouch; Muscle Shoals Sound Gospel, Malaco

“Don’t Do It Without Me”; Don’t Do It Without Me; Bishop Paul S. Morton; Bishop Neil C. Ellis, Chavone King, Rod Lumpkin II, Cambrell Poitier, Nadine T. Moss, Kingdom Glory Publishing BMI, Psalmic Flow Productions ASCAP; Light, Tehillah

“How I Got Over”; How I Got Over; Vickie Winans; Vickie Winans; Destiny Joy Music, Central South Distribution

“Justified”; Smokie Norful Live; Smokie Norful; Smokie Norful; EMI Gospel, TreMyles Music

“Oh Happy Day”; Oh Happy Day; Queen Latifah; Edwin Hawkins; Vector Recordings, EMI Gospel

Category 19  -Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year -  Song; album; artist; writer; label

“Awesome God”; Love Unstoppable; Fred Hammond; Fred Hammond, Alan “Snoop” Evans, Ericka B. Warren, Verity

“Dear God”; Smokie Norful Live; Smokie Norful; Smokie Norful; EMI Gospel, TreMyles Music

“Every Prayer”; The Power of One; Israel Houghton (with guest Mary Mary); Aaron Lindsey, Israel Houghton, Dayna Caddell, Ricardo Sanchez; Integrity Music

“So Good”; People Get Ready; Melinda Watts; Melinda Watts, Freddy Washington Jr; Razor & Tie

“Souled Out”; Souled Out; Hezekiah Walker & LFC; Ester Bullock, Nate McNair; Verity

“The Power of One”; The Power of One; Israel Houghton; Israel Houghton, Ricardo Sanchez; Integrity Music

“Wait On The Lord”; We Are All One (Live In Detroit); Donnie McClurkin; Donnie McClurkin; Verity

Category 20  – Worship Song of the Year -  Song; writer; publisher (awards given to writer and publisher)

“Alive Again”; Matt Maher, Jason Ingram; EMI CMG Publishing

“Hosanna”; Paul Baloche, Brenton Brown; Integrity Music

“I Will Rise”; Chris Tomlin; Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin, Matt Maher, Jesse Reeves; worshiptogether.com songs, sixsteps Music,Spiritandsong.com Publishing, Vamos Publishing, Thank You Music

“New Song We Sing”; Meredith Andrews, Jason Ingram, Keith Everette Smith; Word Music, Peertunes, J Ingram Music, Grange Hill Music

“Revelation Song”; Jennie Lee Riddle, Gateway Create Publishing, Integrity’s Praise Music

Dove Awards in Album Categories are given to the Artist and Producer, if other than the Artist.

Category 21 – Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year  – Album; artist; producer; label

Five Two Television; KJ-52; KJ-52; BEC Recordings

Now Is Not Forever; B.Reith; Brian Reith, Bryan Lenox, Jamie Moore, Sal Oliveri, Michael Gungor; Gotee

Reiterate; Grits

The Big Picture; Da’ TRUTH; Emmanuel Lambert, Freddy Washington Jr; Cross Movement Records

Thrilla; Delmar “Mr. Del” Lawrence; Mr. Del; Dedicated Music Group

Category 22  – Rock Album of the Year  -  Album; artist; producer; label

Awake; Skillet; Howard Benson; Atlantic, Ardent, INO Records

Constellations; August Burns Red; Jason Suecof; Solid State Records

Crash; Decyfer Down; Paul Ebersold; INO Records

Innocence and Instinct; Red; Rob Graves; Essential

Searchlights; Abandon; Christopher Stevens; ForeFront Records

Welcome To The Masquerade; Thousand Foot Krutch; Aaron Sprinkle, Trevor McNevan; Tooth & Nail

Category 23  – Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year  – Album; artist; producer; label

Church Music; David Crowder*Band; David Crowder*Band; Sparrow Records/sixsteps Records

Confessions; Pillar; Rob Graves; Essential Records

It Is Well; Kutless; Dave Lubben, Kutless, Brown Bannister; BEC Recordings

Love & War; BarlowGirl; Otto Price; Fervent Records

The Outsiders; NEEDTOBREATHE; Rick Beato, NEEDTOBREATHE, Jim Scott, John Alagia; Atlantic Records

Category 24  -  Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year  -  Album; artist; producer; label

Come Alive; Mark Schultz; Shaun Shankel, Brown Bannister, Bernie Herms, Paul Mills; Word Records

MIKESCHAIR; MIKESCHAIR; Jason Ingram, Rusty Varenkamp; Curb Records

Speaking Louder Than Before; Jeremy Camp; Brown Bannister, Jeremy Camp; BEC Recordings

The Long Fall Back To Earth; Jars of Clay; Jars of Clay, Ron Aniello; Essential, Gray Matters

These Simple Truths; Sidewalk Prophets; Ian Eskelin; Fervent Records

Category 25  – Inspirational Album of the Year  – Album; artist; producer; label

A Grand New Day; Women of Faith Worship Team; Chance Scoggins; Myrrh Records

Fearless; Phillips, Craig & Dean; Bernie Herms; INO Records

Jesus Saves Live; Travis Cottrell; Travis Cottrell; Indelible Creative Group

Live At Oak Tree: Aaron & Amanda Crabb; Aaron & Amanda Crabb; Paul Corley, Tre Corley, Norman Holland, Michael Turner, Shannon Lancaster; Daywind

You Deliver Me; Selah; Jason Kyle, Todd Smith, Alan Hall; Curb Records

Category 26 – Southern Gospel Album of the Year  – Album; artist; producer; label

Almost Morning; The Perrys; Wayne Haun; Daywind

Gaither Vocal Band Reunited; Gaither Vocal Band; Bill Gaither, David Phelps; Gaither Music Group

North America Live!; The Hoppers; Kim Hopper, Connie Hopper, Dean Hopper, Mike Hopper; Canaan Records

Treasure; Janet Paschal; Wayne Haun; Vine

Worth It; Brian Free & Assurance; Barry Weeks; Daywind

Category 27  – Bluegrass Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

Blue Ridge Mtn. Memories; The Marksmen Quartet; Rural Rhythm Records

Breaking Like Dawn; Little Roy Lewis & Lizzy Long; Kevin Ward, Lizzy Long; Vine

I Have Been Blessed; The Far City Boys; Kevin Street, Aaron Ramsey, Dave Moody; Lamon Records

I Just Want To Thank You Lord; Larry Sparks; Rural Rhythm Records

Lord Bless This House; Nothin Fancy; Darin Vincent; Pinecastle

The Isaacs….Naturally; The Isaacs; Bill Gaither, Ben Isaacs; Gaither Music Group

Category 28  – Country Album of the Year  – Album; artist; producer; label

Jason Crabb; Jason Crabb; Tommy Sims, Norro Wilson, Jason Crabb, Barry Jennings; Spring Hill Music Group

Live At Oak Tree: Austins Bridge; Austins Bridge; Paul Corley, Tre Corley, Norman Holland, Michael Turner, Shannon Lancaster; Daywind

Never Going Back; Collin Raye; Michael Curtis; TimeLife, Integrity Music

The Reason; Diamond Rio; Michael D. Clute, Jimmy Olander; Word Records

Then Sings My Soul: 24 Favorite Hymns & Gospel Songs; Ronnie Milsap; Rob Gailbraith, Ronnie Milsap; Star Song Music

Category 30  – Traditional Gospel Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

50 Years: It’s Been Worth It All; Dorothy Norwood; Dorothy Norwood, Derrick Lee; Malaco

Fall On Me; Lee Williams & The Spiritual QC’s; Jerry Peters, George Dean, James Bullard; MCG Records

Shout! Live; Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue; Mike Farris, Joe McMahan; INO Records

Stepping Up & Stepping Out; Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler and The Boys; Jim Tullio, Clarence Fountain, Sam Butler; Tyscot Records, One Entertainment

Category 31  – Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

America; Tracy Edmond; Eric Morgeson, DJ Butcher; Curb Records

Audience of One; Heather Headley; Keith Thomas, Cedric Thompson; EMI Gospel

Love Unstoppable; Fred Hammond; Fred Hammond; Verity

Smokie Norful Live; Smokie Norful; Smokie Norful, Jason Tyson; EMI Gospel, TreMyles Music

Souled Out; Hezekiah Walker; Donald Lawrence, Clarence Singleton, Hezekiah Walker; Verity

Category 32  – Instrumental Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

A Moment’s Peace Vol 2; Christopher Phillips, John Catchings; Christopher Phillips

A Moment’s Peace Vol One; Christopher Phillips, John Catchings; Christopher Phillips

Joy Comes In The Morning; Stan Whitmire; Stan Whitmire; Spring Hill Music Group

Mercy Mercy Mercy; Ben Tankard; Ben Tankard; Verity

Smooth Praise; Sam Levine; Sam Levine; Spring Hill Music Group

Category 33 – Children’s Music Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

Great Worship Songs for Kids 3; GWS Kids Praise Band; Luke Gambill; Great Worship Songs

I Shine Jamz, Vol. 1; Todd Collins for Beatmart Productions, Carl Hergesell; Bema Media

Shout Praises Kids – Today Is The Day; Various; Jeff Sandstrom; Integrity Music

The Real Thing; pureNRG; Rob Hawkins, Mark Hammond; Fervent Records

Veggie Tales: Here I Am To Worship; Featuring Natalie Grant & Aaron Shust; Steven V. Taylor; Big Idea

Category 34 – Spanish Language Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

Adorandote; Julissa; Mike Rivera; Integrity Music Latin

Apasionado Por Ti; Rojo; Emmanuel Espinosa; Reyvol Records

Cerca De Mi; Yamil Ledesma; Eliu “Pito” Moya; CanZion

Le Canto; Kari Jobe; Ed Cash; Integrity Music Latin

Su Vida, Sus Pasos, Su Voz; Melodie Joy; Lou DiCiccio, Melodie Joy, Patricia & Jose Gutierrez, Sky Michaels, Noah Chaparro; Melrose Music Group, Universal Music Christian Group

Category 35  – Special Event Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

Compassion Art: Creating Freedom From Poverty; Various; Martin Smith, Les Moir; Sparrow Records

Fireproof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack; Leeland, Third Day, Casting Crowns, John Waller, Grey Holiday, Warren Barfield; Jennifer King; Reunion

Glory Revealed II: The Word of God In Worship; Mac Powell, Shane Everett, Jonathan Shelton, Brian Littrell, Trevor Morgan, Mark Hall, Jason Crabb, Bear Rinehart, Matt Maher, Amy Grant, Ed Cash, Geoff Moore, Natalie Grant, Laura Story, Brandon Heath, Mike Donehey, Aaron Shust, Shawn Lewis, Sara Evans, Bethany Dicks Olds, Shane & Shane, Bethany Dillon, Kari Jobe; Mac Powell, David Nassar; Reunion

Hip Hope Hits 2009; Various; Toby McKeehan, Christopher Stevens, Grits, Maurice Henderson, Canton Jones, Brian Jerrell Cook, KJ-52, Great JSN, The Aurthur Washington, Michael Boyer, Akil Thompson, Curtis Zachary, Abraham David; Gaskin, Tony Stone, Kenneth Bell, Krazy Eights, Shonlock, Brian Reith, Knine, Flynn Adam, Jason Blocker, Proxy, Rootbeer; Gotee Records

Oh Happy Day; Jonny Lang, Fisk Jubilee Singers, 3 Doors Down, Robert Randolph, Clark Sisters, Jon Bon Jovi, Al Green, Heather Headley, Mavis Staples, Patty Griffin, Michael McDonald, Angelique Kidjo, Aaron Neville, Queen Latifah, Joss Stone, Buick Audra; Ken Levitan, Bill Hearn, Jack Rouner, Ken Pennell, Cedric Thompson; Vector Records/EMI Gospel

Category 36 – Christmas Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

Christ Has Come; Big Daddy Weave; Jeremy Redmond; Fervent Records

Christmas Is; Mark Harris; Luke Denton; INO Records

Every Light That Shines At Christmas; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Ernie Haase, Wayne Haun; Gaither Music Group

Glory In The Highest: Christmas Songs of Worship; Chris Tomlin; Ed Cash; Sparrow Records/sixsteps Records

The Family Force 5 Christmas Pageant; Family Force 5; Joe Baldridge; Transparent/Tooth & Nail

Category 37  -  Praise & Worship Album of the Year -  Album; artist; producer; label

A Grand New Day; Women of Faith Worship Team; Chance Scoggins; Myrrh

Alive Again; Matt Maher; Paul Moak, Christopher Stevens; Essential

Awaken The Dawn; Keith & Kristyn Getty; Phil Naish; Getty Music

Church Music; David Crowder*Band; David Crowder*Band; Sparrow Records/sixsteps Records

Jesus Saves Live; Travis Cottrell; Travis Cottrell; Indelible Creative Group

Category 38  – Musical of the Year -  Title; creator; publisher (award given to creator)

A Baby Changes Everything; Deborah Craig-Claar, David T. Clydesdale; Word Music

Glorious Impossible; Tom Fettke, Camp Kirkland; Word Music

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Sue C. Smith, Russell Mauldin; Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing

Reign, Jesus, Reign; Marty Funderburk, Cliff Duren; Daywind, LifeWay Worship

See What A Morning; Mark McClure, Camp Kirkland; Word Music

Category 39 -  Youth/Children’s Musical of the Year -  Title; creator; publisher (award given to creator)

Camp Wallaballa; Pamela Vandewalker; Lillenas Publishing Company

Christmas Hang-ups; Dennis and Nan Allen; Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing

Get To The Manger!; Jeff Sandstrom; Integrity Choral, Hal Leonard; Annette Oden; ;Integrity Choral, Hal Leonard

GPS (God’s Plan of Salvation) ; Celeste Clydesdale, David T. Clydesdale; Word Music

The Best Christmas Present Ever!; Celeste Clydesdale, David T. Clydesdale; Word Music

Category 40 -  Choral Collection of the Year -  Title; creator; publisher (award given to creator)

Everlasting Praise 2; Mike Speck, Stan Whitmire; Lillenas Publishing Company

Hallelujah! Light Has Come; Various Arrangers; Word Music

Hymns of the Ages; Lari Goss; Word Music

Let The Worshippers Arise; Various Arrangers; Word Music

Travis Cottrell-Jesus Saves Live; Travis Cottrell; Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing

Category 41 – Recorded Music Packaging  -  Product; art director; graphic artist; illustrator/photographer; label (award given to art director, graphic artist, illustrator/photographer if other than artist)

Live Life Loud; Hawk Nelson; Bonnie Biro; Ryan Clark; Caleb Kuhl; BEC Recordings

Lost In The Sound of Separation (Deluxe); Underoath; Jordan Butcher; Drew Beckmeyer; Ryan Russell; Tooth & Nail, Solid State

It’s All Crazy; Me Without You; Jordan Butcher; Jordan Butcher; Vasily Kavonof; Tooth & Nail

Long Fall Back To Earth( Limited Edition); Jars of Clay; Tim Parker, Jars of Clay; Tim Parker; Kharyn Hill; Gray Matters, Essential

Forget and Not Slow Down; Relient K; Matthew Thiessen, Linden Frederick; Davy Baysinger; Davy Baysinger for Royal Empire Design; Linden Frederick; Ethan Luck, Cale Glendening; Mono vs Stereo

Long Fall Back To Earth; Jars of Clay; Tim Parker, Jars of Clay; Tim Parker; Kharyn Hill; Gray Matters, Essential

Category 42 – Short Form Video of the Year -  Title; artist; director; producer; production company; label (award given to artist, director, producer if other than artist)

Beautiful Ending; Barlowgirl; Tim Morgan; Rocky Farm Pictures; Fervent Records

Free To Be Me; Francesca Battistelli; Andy & Jon Erwin; Dan Atchison; Alabama Production Group; Fervent Records

Hero; Skillet; Dan Atchison; Andy & Jon Erwin; Revolution Pictures, Inc.; Atlantic, Ardent, INO Records

Live Life Loud; Hawk Nelson; Etypical; Kayvan Ghavim; Etypical; BEC Recordings

Lose My Soul; tobyMac featuring Kirk Franklin, Mandisa; Danny Yourd; Danny Yourd, Steve Hoover; Endeavor Media; Forefront Records

Monster; Skillet; Andy & Jon Erwin; Dan Atchison; Revolution Pictures, Inc.; Atlantic, Ardent, INO Records

Too Bright To See; Underoath; Anders Foreman; Popcore Films; Tooth & Nail, Solid State

Wait and See; Brandon Heath; Eric Welch; Tameron Hedge; Broken Poet Productions; Reunion

Category 43  – Long Form Music Video of the Year -  Title; artist; director; producer; production company; label (award given to artist, director, producer if other than artist)

45 Days (Documentary w/music); Demon Hunter; Cale Glendening; Don and Ryan Clark; Solid State

A Gospel Journey; Oak Ridge Boys; Doug Stuckey; Bill Gaither, Barry Jennings, Bill Carter; Gaither Television Productions; Gaither Music Group

A New Hallelujah: The Live Worship DVD; Michael W. Smith; Steve Gilreath; Steve Gilreath; Reunion

Faith + Hope + Love; Hillsong Live; Luke Irvine, Magdalene Phillips; Hillsong Music; Hillsong Music, Integrity Music

Live At Oak Tree: Austins Bridge; Austins Bridge; Graham Bustin; Paul Corley, Tre Corley, Norman Holland, Michael Turner, Shannon Lancaster; Oak Tree Studios; Daywind

Live Revelations; Third Day; Andy and Jon Erwin; Dan Atchison, Jonathan Erwin, Andrew Erwin; Essential

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Here is today’s playlist:

• Born – Dear Future
• Don’t Give Up – I’m OK, You’re OK
• Dear Jesus – 3 Nailz
• Beautiful Day – London Calling
• Won’t Back Down – Burning Yesterday
• In God We Trust - Cynthia Odom

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The Playlist:

• Give It All To You – Yellow Cavalier
• Love On The Radio – Alabaster Box
• Not A Mistake – Cistern
• Pennyless – It Is Written
• Beautiful Way – All Star United ( Courtesy E1 Entertainment)
• Beaten Bones – Unknown Souldier
• Meet Him In The Air – Hyper Static Union

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TOP NEW CHRISTIAN TALENT WILL WIN MAJOR INDUSTRY EXPOSURE AND A ‘DREAM LIST’ OF OPPORTUNITIES

Source: Morningstar PR

(Nashville, Tennessee) –February 1, 2010 – Some of the biggest forces in the Christian music industry are joining together with multi-platinum artist tobyMac, to re-define the concept of “artist development.”

The creative brain-trust behind the launch of America’s premier Christian music “rock ‘n roll fantasy camp” for young musicians —Camp Electric—is this year amping up the new “ultimate” experience for undiscovered young artists hoping to shatter the glass between the known and unknown in finding success in the music industry.

Hitting the stage this month from the Camp Electric franchise is a unique new web driven talent search—“Rock The Camp”—targeted at driving an online ‘battle of the bands’ style competition for all ages with fan based voting to drive exposure and national recognition for the next potential ‘big artist’ music break-outs in the Christian music genre.

Joining the Camp Electric creators on the search are some of the most influential major industry components that fuel Christian music on the retail, radio, performance, and live event production levels. Sponsors of “Rock The Camp” include Air1 Radio, K-Love Radio, Premier Christian Cruises, Premier Productions, Gotee Records, and more.

A true believer in the concept and a musical center-piece of the newly launched competition is multi-platinum, multi-Grammy winning artist tobyMac—the self-styled musical genius and creative force in Christian music who believed so much in the Camp Electric concept that he began an on-going creative partnership with the event in 2009.

tobyMac is adding not only his formidable presence as a competition judge—but his stage—as a grand prize to the winner of the “Rock The Camp” competition. The opportunity to open for him onstage at Camp Electric 2010, July 11-15th in Nashville will be awarded to the winning entrant.

Other major prizes include a recording session with one of the industry’s top producers, Paul Ebersold, whose credits list include production of such top artists as Skillet, Third Day, 3 Doors Down, and Sister Hazel. Additionally, the “winning” experience will boast a kicked-back vacation (and performance slot) on Premier Christian Cruises’ January 2011 presentation of the annual “K-LOVE Friends & Family Music Cruise.”

Notes David Pierce of sponsoring K-LOVE and Air 1 Radio: “Rock The Camp is all about finding a new generation of musicians with a heart for God. Combine the competition with the experience of Camp Electric, and add tobyMac to the mix, and this is gonna blow up! Can’t wait to see who emerges!”

Between January 1st and February 28th artists and musicians will have the opportunity at the “Rock The Camp” website of uploading a performance video or audio file of their music for contest consideration. Beginning February 1st, the submissions will be open to fan votes in the first round of competition to identify the Top 50 new bands/artists presenting their music. Those posting their music are encouraged to aggressively “viral market” their participation through the universe of online and social networking mediums and urge their fan support bases to rally the vote.

Second round voting will begin March 1st with the Top 50 fan voted artists/bands showcased on the website for selection of the Top 10 finalists. The final ten competitors will advance to a final round judging by a panel of top industry professionals that will include tobyMac; award winning producer, Paul Ebersold; President of Gotee Records, Joey Elwood; David Pierce, Chief Creative Officer of K-LOVE and AIR 1 Radio; talent/booking executive Jeff Roberts, President of Jeff Roberts Associates.

John Sanders who helped develop the “Rock the Camp” concept, notes: “We’re convinced that the biggest new artists in Christian music are already out there on the web trying to get their music heard. It’s a new day in the music industry with the best new talent creating not only innovative new music, but innovative new ways to market themselves and build a fan base. Our vision is that encouraging a central web destination like this one to attract new talent and get it in front of key industry influencers is a major component to pumping exciting new energy into Christian music on the way to developing the super bands and artists of tomorrow.”

Those wishing to enter “Rock The Camp” are encouraged to resource additional information online at www.campelectric.com

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Source: Nashville Publicity

(NASHVILLE, Tennessee) – Conduit Mission, a Christian non-profit organization in Franklin, Tennessee, issued a $25 challenge via their followers on Twitter in the early hours following the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. With the assurance that every penny donated would be used to serve the Haitian people through Restoration Ministries in Jacmel, Haiti, Conduit Mission raised over $76,000 in just two weeks, allowing for over 50,000 pounds of food, water and supplies to be immediately sent to Haiti.

Restoration Ministries, a church of a few hundred serving the poorest of Haiti’s poor, is serving as the distribution point for the food, clean water and medical care. Jacmel, a coastal town on the southern coast of Haiti, was damaged severely and was cut off from relief after the quake. With a population of 40,000, the town is estimated to be 40% homeless. But with a stream of refugees pouring in, the estimated population in the tent cities has soared to 80,000, with thousands more arriving daily.

“The need is great, and people have given in a tremendous outpouring,” says Conduit Mission founder Darren Tyler. “When the images of dead bodies in the streets are long gone from CNN and FOX News, there will still be people in desperate need. We’re encouraging people to think about and commit to a monthly contribution, even if it’s only $10 a month. This is a long term crisis that can’t be solved with short term commitments.”

After learning of Conduit Mission’s efforts, Tyler was invited to appear on the top-rated national radio show “Jay Sekulow Live,” the daily radio outreach of the American Center for Law and Justice that airs on over 800 stations nationwide as well as SIRIUS/XM. Tyler called in to the show on January 14th, 15th and 18th to provide updates on Conduit Mission’s relief efforts.

“This problem is so large that it might intimidate or paralyze us into doing nothing,” adds Tyler. “We must not let that happen. Conduit Mission was in Haiti before the quake and we’ll be there long after the quake.”

Conduit Mission was started as a Bible study in September of 2007 with a goal of being a “conduit” of God’s power, God’s love and God’s resources. Conduit Mission partners with organizations that are providing basic living needs such as food, clothing, shelter and medical care. The overhead of the organization is kept low in order to accomplish the goal to “live simply that others may simply live.” In just over two years, Conduit Mission has taken in and given away over $200,000 to ministries in Africa, Haiti and Middle Tennessee. Conduit Mission serves as a ministry of Conduit Church – a church plant that launched this month in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

For more information or to learn how you can help, please visit www.conduitmission.org.

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This Weeks Topic: 4 Drummers You Should Know

In most bands, the drummer is either the wildman, (Tommy Lee) or the cool guy (Neil Peart).  Once upon a time I  played the drums, umm, I attempted to play the drums.  I wasn’t very good, but I did manage to play in a band for a short period of time and played 2 gigs.  The band broke up after that and the drummer became a drum roadie / light guy / electrician /manager.  I have always loved the drums and in this weeks Mt. Rushmore I want to share with you some of the drummers I really like along with a youtube video of them doing their thing.  This is by no means my favorite drummers, as there are quite a few of them that don’t have solo’s of them on youtube.  Besides, it would be nearly impossible for me to narrow it down to 4.  This is just a list of 4 of the drummers you should know in no particular order.

1. Seth Hostetter – Children 18:3

I have only seen him play live once at a GMA showcase, and not only does this band rock and put on a great show, but Seth puts on a show all by himself.  He keeps great time and does all of the visual razzle dazzle that kept my attention the whole time.  He definitely is a visual timekeeper.

2. Shawn Benson – Theocracy

Theocracy is a band that is hard to put a label on, except to say that they rock, and rock hard, and rock well.  Their Mirror Of Souls cd is just a musical masterpiece and Shawn Benson’s drumming skills shine throughout the record.  The pieces tend to be a little long so I didn’t want to put up a long video (Although I encourage looking at them), so to give you a taste of Shawn’s mad drumming skills, here is a solo from Theocracy’s 2009 European tour.

3. Andy Campbell – Down From Up

I’m not quite sure how I first found out about this band, but I am sure happy I did.  Andy is a regional winner in Guitar center’s national drum off, and on Down From Up’s first record, it’s easy to see why he got so far in the contest.  His drumming is outstanding, and this song showcases his skills.

4. Nate Morton – ROCKSTAR, The Bonnie Hunt Show, Cher

A couple of years ago, CBS had a show called Rockstar that aired during the summer.  The premise of the show was a 8 (or 10, I don’t remember) week audition to be the singer of INXS.  The second season was to be the singer of Supernova, a band featuring Tommy Lee from Motley Crue and some other famous guys.  For the most part, the show was aweful,  but the house band the singers played with was pretty good, except for the drummer.  Nate Morton was the drummer for that band and he was incredible.  In fact, I really only watched the show to watch Nate groove.   He has done some pretty impressive gigs and has his own series of videos about drumming.  He’s incredible, check this out…

That is my Mt. Rushmore.  There are some others that I would love to add, but there’s only room for 4.  Who is your Mt. Rushmore for drummers?  Leave a comment and let me know.

P.S.  If you like the movie Drumline, check this out!

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Total for week 3: 2 lbs   Total to date: 13 lbs

I didn’t really do much different this week.  I think the biggest thing so far is that I have cut down on sodas.  I admit it, I’m a coke addict. Thats right, I  am addicted to the carbonated sweetness of coca cola.  I was at the point of having multiple cokes a day, sometimes as many as 4 or 5.  I have cut them down to 1 and some days none.  That is my eventual goal, totally soda free!  I have substituted soda with Gatorade G2 and water.    I am also doing the Jillian Michaels fitness game on the Wii.  I’ll tell you, that game is a pretty good workout

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• Party Song – I’m OK, You’re OK
• Funhouse – Danny Gatton (Opening Theme)
• Fatalism – Templar
• Lately – Day Of Fire
• Due His Name – Covenant (Now Cistern)
• Not A Mistake – Cistern
• Single Vision – Lou Gramm Band
• Chasm – Flyleaf
• You – The Afters
• You’re The One – Chris And Conrad
• Truth In Secrets – Amaradio
• Losing Ground – Blood And Water

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So, starting today it is back to business as usual. The other website is going to redirect here, so if you were subscribed to charleyhays.com, welcome to Cross Driven Radio, the site that started it all.

I am still working on my second site, so you will see an announcement here NEXT Friday, for sure!

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• A Little Too Late – AMARADIO
• Lazy Brain – Apologetix
• Should I Pray Or Should I Go – Apologetix
• Angels From The Realm Of Glory – Theocracy
• What A Friend – Unknown Soldier
• Stories Of Redemption – I’m OK, You’re OK (Courtesy Dream Records)
• Do The Right Thing – Unknown Soldier

Theme music is Fakeout by Derek K. Miller

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Starting on January 13, I will be producing a new podcast every Wednesday.  I am envisioning doing my usual music and mix in some interviews as well.

Be sure to check it out

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Coming up on the Show

I hope to have G. Kishore Carey live in studio to hang out and play some songs from his new cd Contagious.

Still not confirmed yet, but my friends Cistern have a new cd coming out next week.  I hope to have them call in and chat about the new cd and premiere a couple of new songs.

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Well, It is 2010 and since it is a new year, I am going to be making some changes on this website. Some of these changes have been a long time coming, and 1 is a new venture.

I am now going to be operating 3 different sites:

Cross Driven Radio

Nothing is changing on the radio and podcasting side, just changes to the website.  Some of the changes to this site are that this site is going to be dedicated to the radio show, the podcast, reviews,  and other music related items.  Regular posts like Wordless Wednesday are going to be moving to the next site on the list.

The posting schedule is going to be Podcast on Wednesday and Playlists on Friday or Saturday.  I am going to mix in additional content as it becomes available, but you can count on at least those 2 posts on a consistent basis.

Charleyhays.com

Charleyhays.com is a site I started a while back when I first started thinking of seperating my personal blog from the radio and podcast related content.  Until recently, I have been using it as a sandbox to test out new designs for Cross driven Radio and some of the other sites I have helped design.

This is the posting schedule and descriptions.

• Monday Weigh In – A journal / accountability post about my journey to lose 1-2 lbs per week until I reach my target.
• Wordless Wednesday – A funny or thought provoking picture or video
• Free Form Friday – Basically I will post on a certain topic and try to start a conversation through comments

A New Site Starting Next Week

I am starting a new blog and podcast next week.  All I will say at this point is that it is Tech related and should prove to be pretty interesting.  I will give more detail next Monday, January 11.

Charley

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