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Bloggers Summit UpdatePosted on Mar 09, 2007 - 01:56 PM
Daniel Mount of SouthernGospelBlog is updating everyone on the Singing News Forums with news from the Summit. So far the topics of discussion have been: (note that the topics are listed but there has been no mention of what was concluded) Everyone has been introducing themselves. Mickey Gamble talked to Ken Kirksey of the Singing News yesterday, and told him, “Basically the only reason you weren't invited is because we didn't want you here! We didn't feel that media of your stature” should be there. Ken Kirksey said: “I wouldn't have wanted me either; I wouldn't have invited me either.” They're talking right now about reformatting the Singing News charts. There are cases discovered of cashola, paying for chart placement. Daywind, Crossroads, Singing News, Salem, and ~three credible independent radio promoters are going to sit down together to make radio as good as it can be, and reform the process. Right now the discussion is on how to get credible radio reporting so that retailers can know which songs and groups are popular. We're talking about radio stations in major markets leaving SG (like in Atlanta) and how we need to expand. Wayne Haun is talking: He went into SG with a Gaitheresque mentality: “Quality will eventually raise to the top.” He's done that since he entered it 13 years ago. “I may be broke, but at least it will sound great. It worked for me." Right now we're talking about how to move the charts faster...and how Crossroads themselves as one label can't do it. As it is, a quality CD will only get two singles. Daniel Britt is talking about how there are lots of different sorts of Southern Gospel, and proposing whether they need to focus on one breed of SG that is commercially successful, and letting variants (say country Gospel) not get as much attention? Is there one sort of SG that is most successful and will help the industry survive? There isn't one particular breed of SG being discussed. What we're talking about is this: With the very hard time labels have selling anything, would they do best if the big national labels focused on one particular breed? Or would they do better if they tried a little bit of everything? FYI, apparently Singing News says that Michigan is their #2 market for Southern Gospel magazines/products (probably after North Carolina). Ohio isn't far behind. There is some talk right now. Lifeway, which has been involved, actually ignored SG for two years, but found out that it was their #3 best-selling music category. That's when they realized they couldn't ignore SG any longer and started thinking about the AGM rebranding. We're talking right now about the difference between a thematically consistent album--an album built around an idea--as opposed to a group that schedules studio time every year and picks ten unrelated songs. Now we're talking about digital downloads. They're on eMusic. Let me be more specific: Crossroads has added their music to eMusic. Now we're talking about custom artists / vanity projects. We've been talking about how the songs get selected for the NQC videos. Now all the bloggers are sharing comments about what they/we would do if we were running things Page 1 of 1 pages CommentsPage 1 of 1 Comment Pages The rest of the story can be found on Daniel Mount's blog http://www.gospelmusicfan.com/ Southern Gospel Music in New England? Page 1 of 1 Comment Pages Commenting is not available in this section entry. |
This is all good stuff to talk about, but what were the conclusions? And who were those involved?