Israel & New Breed Worship Ministry Conference
July 31, 2008
GRAMMY® Award winning Israel and New Breed announce the 2008 A Deeper Level Conference slated for September 4-6 in Humble, Texas, just outside metro Houston. The event will be held at Grace Church of Humble located at 7224 North Sam Houston Parkway.
The three-day conference is specifically designed to equip and encourage worship leaders and team members, pastors, vocalists and musicians, as well as anyone interested in cultivating a deeper worship life. Music and ministry-specific sessions will cover a variety of topics from music theory and songwriting to production/recording and vocal techniques.
The diverse line-up of guest speakers, worship leaders and artists includes: Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsay, Bishop Joseph Garlington, Joel Augé, Ashmont Hill, Miriam Webster of Hillsong Music and Brett Manning, famed vocal coach and guest judge for CMT Network’s “Can You Duet?”.
“The Deeper Level Conference is a time of intense, life-changing worship,” says Israel and New Breed co-founder, producer and songwriter Israel Houghton. “It’s an opportunity to dive deeper into God’s presence and immerse ourselves in His deep grace, which renews and propels us to our divine purpose for the Kingdom.”
An “early bird” discounted conference rate of $99 is available now through Thursday, July 31 with registration and additional information available online at http://www.adeeperlevel.com.
Last year’s conference included a live recording which resulted in Israel and New Breed’s GRAMMY® Award winning Integrity Music CD, A Deeper Level. This year’s event will feature a new, live recording that will take place during the Thursday and Friday evening concerts. Those who cannot attend the conference may attend the nightly concert recordings by purchasing tickets online.
An additional feature of this year’s conference is a songwriting contest available only to registrants. Information on this exciting opportunity for emerging writers is forthcoming and will be posted to ADeeperLevel.com.
Walter Hawkins- Testify
July 31, 2008
Edwin Hawkins, accredited by many as being the father of the contemporary gospel movement, continues to invigorate the gospel music community with new compositions and ideas years after the stunning gospel outbreak of “Oh, Happy Day” in 1969. The song launched Edwin Hawkins into international prominence and allowed him to condense his group down to a touring group later christened as the Edwin Hawkins Singers. Since his heyday on the Buddah music label, he expanded his franchise with the Music and Arts Seminar in 1982 and yielded a number of best-selling albums including 1985’s Angels Will Be Singing and 1987’s Give Us Peace. The ‘90s rolled around and the Music and Arts Seminar remained atop as one of the lively annual conventions for gospel music. Albums featuring the talents of Lawrence Matthews, LaShun Pace, Kevin Bond, Richard Smallwood and the Hawkins Family created a world of excitement for the yearly event and matched the rich tradition of the Hawkins’ legacy. Of course as the years begin to pile up, years of album releases from the convention began to slim down and so has the geographical rotation of the convention. Since the 90’s releases on the defunct Harmony record label, Edwin Hawkins now shares the convention’s credits with his successful brother Walter and has rechristened the yearly event as the Music & Arts Love Fellowship Conference.
Continue reading full review by J. Matt at PrayzeHymnOnline.com
21:03- Total Attention
July 31, 2008
By Jenny Bennett, Digital Content Coordinator
Isn’t it refreshing when a young group emerges whose influences are clear, yet the result is something totally different than anything you’ve heard?
The gospel trio 21:03 – Jor’el Quinn, Torrence Greene, and Evin Martin – is a perfect example.
Their group name represents the date – January 21, 2003 – that the hit-making production team PAJAM (Destiny’s Child, *NSYNC, Boyz II Men and others) decided to form the group. When their sophomore release Total Attention hits the streets next week, one of gospel’s hottest acts is going to heat up even more.
The album stays true to its title, getting the listener’s ear right away with a stellar rendition of the traditional gospel tune “Riverside.” 21:03’s version opens with gorgeous harmonies a la Take 6, moving into a traditional section, which punches up the ‘wow’ factor of the tempo change in the 21:03-style third verse.
If you purchase one track only, it’s got to be “You.” (Watch for the music video on Gospel Music Channel.) Giving all the glory to God, this song takes “feel-good” to the next level, and if it doesn’t get you movin’ you should probably get your ticker checked.
Read the full review at: GospelMusicChannel.com
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