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After striking fear in the hearts of parents by closing the private educational institute, Eddie Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church announced that it reopened the congregation’s school.

New Birth’s announcement in late December that the school would close after 18 years sent hundreds of students scrambling to find a new school, reports the Atlanta Constitution Journal. The church said then it would have to close the school due to the sluggish economy and low enrollment.

New Birth spokesman Art Franklin confirmed to Channel 2 that it was announced at Sunday’s worship services that the academy will reopen through a cooperative agreement with Aurora Day School. Franklin declined to release details on what role Aurora Day School will play in New Birth Academy operations, saying the details would likely be released during a news conference later this week. Aurora has campuses in Tucker and Roswell.

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Last week we explored some of the experiences of Abram (later called Abraham), beginning with his holy friendship with God. Remember? It’s recorded in Genesis, the first book of Judeo-Christian Holy Scripture, specifically in Genesis 12:1, 12:6-9, 13:3-4. Here, God instructed Abram to leave everything and everyone familiar to him, keep going until he got to the land God would show him, and Abram did so.

Why is it important to explore what happened in Abram’s life? Because, as is true in so much of the Bible, what happened to him can tell us a lot about what happens to us. For example, his return to places he’d already been speaks to me of the human need to think about what has transpired and what is yet to occur.

We all start momentous times in our lives by considering the past, weighing it against what we currently see, and noting what needs to happen in order to achieve our goals. For many of us it means asking how we’re different from the people we were the last time we were “here,” how we’ve grown, what still needs attention.

It’s the same, whether the comparison is of emotional and mental growth or a change of physical location. Following the apostle Paul’s advice to the Romans, and looking at Abram’s journey as an example —

For all those words which were written long ago are meant to teach us today; that when we read in the scriptures of the endurance of men and of all the help that God gave them in those days, we may be encouraged to go on hoping in our own time. ~ Romans 15:4, J.B. Phillips New Testament

– it’s pretty obvious that Abram continued to look to the Lord, the One who originally sent him away from his family home, and asked Him, “Where do I go now?” Those of us who know the Lord and have a personal relationship with Him will want to do the same thing: thanking Him for who He is, asking Him what’s best, and consulting Him throughout the process.

Matt and I are doing that. For three years, we have lived in a small town halfway up the side of a mountain. It’s both more challenging and exceedingly more wonderful than anything we imagined when we arrived. Living in a house that requires wood to stay warm is definitely an experience, a requisite we hadn’t grasped when we moved in. After all, there was a wall heater. Turns out, that heater warms an area about six feet around it and is very expensive to run. However, if one flips that coin of experience over, there’s the sheer delight of living in a community that doesn’t care one whit how you look or how you talk: you’re accepted just as you are. In all my life, I’ve *never* experienced that. And looking out the back door to see forest? Whoo boy! Nothing, absolutely nothing, compares.

Still, our time here is done. My husband is blessed to continue the same job he had when we moved here, a very good thing, although we hoped other jobs would open up closer to our present home. Those “strong possibilities” never transpired, and the commute continues to exhaust him. Add to that all the work that goes into collecting the wood we need to burn when the weather’s cold: finding it in the forest, cutting it down, bringing it home, splitting it, stacking it to dry, then restacking the seasoned wood months later so the strong winds that either scream up the ridge from the valley or come hurtling down from higher elevations don’t knock the stacks over (yes, it’s happened). All the weekends for 4 1/2-5 months, stretching from when the forest roads open up (somewhere between April 1st and June 15th) are taken up with collecting and processing the wood we burn, so Matt has no time to relax and enjoy the beautiful, short, mountain summers. “Can’t you help him, Margret?” you wonder. When we first moved here yes, but sadly no longer, as this autoimmune disease continues to progress.

So, we’re going back to the valley we left…closer to Matt’s job and warmer for me. Are we discouraged to return? No. We know it’s time. Do we feel as though we’re failures? Indeed not! We’ve learned much about ourselves, each other, and the amazing hardscrabble life people had before central heat and air became the norm.

Life happens to each of us, dear ones. It happened to Abram, it happens to us and it will happen to you. We grow, we learn, we adapt, we find out what works and what doesn’t, we discover blessings we hadn’t noticed before. And if we need to return to a place we already know? We do so grateful for what we learned and grateful for possibilities that are new yet old. Whatever this year holds for you and yours, rest assured the Lord is right there with you, helping you see what works best, and blessing your endeavors.

Until next week, when I’ll once again be writing from 45 feet above sea level rather than 4,000 feet, all of Heaven’s best to you and yours.

Margret

Thanks to our good friend Kyle at Ignite 107FM we have finally learned how to correctly pronounce former Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk’s name correctly!  You will also learn through Kyle’s interview with Ed it’s quite a ride for him recently. After 20 million plus records sold world wide he had a rough fall out with the band, but is now becoming a solo artist with a genuine heart for the poor (this guy has 10 World Vision sponsor kids… wow!)

Here’s the full unedited version which includes a lot of talk between music breaks. Let us know what you learned through their interview in the comment box below.

I found an awesome video interview with Katy Perry on rollingstone.com. Please take some time today to really hear what she is saying and you’ll know without a doubt that God is a part of her life. I was really moved when she talked about how her parents never hid anything from Katy about their lives growing up in the 60′s. I only wish my parents when they were raising me up in the Church had that same kind of courage, instead of putting on a Christian face that made everything look good on the outside.

I know a lot of you are not happy to see some of the choices Katy has and will continue to make, but please be mindful that what you see in a picture today, is not always the truth. I look forward to hearing your feedback on this interview in the comment box below it.

Today, I’m reviewing the new project from Aaron Shust called “This Is What We Believe” on Centricity Music. It came out today and is available at your favorite music shop.

The album came out of a difficult season of Aaron’s life, as his two-year-old son, Nicky, was diagnosed with Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a rare and extremely painful condition in which Nicky was unable to take in any nutrition. After months in the hospital and doctors’ countless attempts to find a cure for his ailment, Nicky’s tests came back normal, and a disease that should have been permanent, seemed to have disappeared. During that time, Aaron also lost his grandmother.
But through all the sickness and heartache, Aaron’s family never lost faith. This new project is about God’s healing power and the need to constantly embrace God’s promises and presence. Here is a little bit of what Aaron said about it…

Over the years. I’ve written a lot of songs speaking to my own soul the way David did in the Psalms: ‘Why are you downcast? Put your hope in God.’ But these new songs are a much bolder declaration. They come out of a difficult season, and these are declarations about who God is and who we are in Him because of His great love for us. This whole project is really about praising him simply for who he is.

This new project is a bit different from his other 3 projects as it’s more worship based and focuses on what God has done and is doing in Aaron’s life and family.

Here are some of my favorite tracks and what they mean to me.

Track #1 “This Is What We Believe” – This is an anthem to let everyone know what we believe and why.

Track #2 “My Hope Is In You” – This is my favorite song on the entire project. This line from the song…” My hope is in you Lord all day long, I won’t be shaken by drought or storm” speaks to me where I am right now as I’m waiting for what God has promised me. I can depend on Him in my weakness.

Track #6 – “Never Been A Greater Love” – This song reminds me that we are never alone and He is always with us in our time of need. His love is forever and we are never forgotten.

This is an amazing project full of songs that talk about how our God gave up His life for us and how He is with us through all our trials and triumphs that we face in our daily lives.

Track Listing:
1. This Is What We Believe
2. My Hope Is In You
3. Your Majesty
4. Risen Today
5. Sing of My Redeemer
6. Never Been A Greater Love
7. Greater is He
8. Wondrous Love
9. We Are Free
10. God So Loved The World

Thanks so much for reading. I hope when you listen to this new project from Aaron it will speak to you as it has spoken to me.Here’s more from Aaron about his latest project and I hope to hear what you think of it. Post your comments in the box below this video.

So. What does this season mean to you? Not the Christianese you think you should parrot but, really, what does it mean to you? So many things inform your feelings and opinions (and mine as well) about everything in life. The same holds true for this special season. Consider:

What if, when you were growing up, your family did not celebrate Christmas? And what if they still don’t? There could be many reasons for this. As established last week, not all who populate this beautiful globe have a relationship with Jesus. Some were raised without any spiritual emphasis in their lives and they think of this time as good for receiving gifts and good for the retail industry. Others have been raised to believe, but they follow other gods and honor Him as a historic figure, nothing else. Still others believe yet are highly offended by anything not literally lifted from pages of Scripture. Then there’s the matter of funds. Without venturing into the mercenary commercial aspects all too available this season we still must consider funds. After all, if custom is to give to those we know and hold dear, we must be able to open our wallet to make that happen. Even if gifts are made rather than purchased, crafted with much thought and loving hands, there’s still the matter of currency required to get the items necessary for said gift.

I grew up in a family of Witnesses who refused to celebrate almost everything. Frankly, I was relieved because we were poor — very, very poor — so those beliefs actually made life easier as they removed the financial pressures normally associated with the season.

Good? Yes. All good? No. Because those formative years (and I consider *all* years before a person reaches his/her majority to be formative) really did a number on me. I was almost 28 before I walked away from what I could no longer believe in yet it informed my life for years thereafter. Even after I said “yes” to the Lord 4 1/2 years later, I still had quite a few years to acclimate before I could approach this season with nothing but joy.

What about now? If you’ve not noticed, or are privileged not to be affected, most of this world is impacted by economic challenges. So? Well, if I’m not careful, I might actually listen to that voice coming from the one the Bible calls “the accuser of our brothers and sisters” (Revelation 12:10, New Living Translation). Is that a problem? Yes, because he says I’m selfish and I don’t care about those I claim to love because, if I did, it wouldn’t matter how little money I had I would find a way to get not just one but three or four or more gifts under each loved one’s tree. His voice has been present in my life since I walked away from being a Witness, and remains even after saying “yes” to Jesus 23 years ago. I know he’s the enemy, I recognize his voice and I fight him. The point is, his voice is still there, and it’s a daily struggle not to give in to what he says.

The truth? I *do* care…a lot! And so do you. And therein lies the conundrum. I’m convinced that those of us who know exactly what this season means — and believe! — have the hardest time. Know why? Because Father God planted His generous Spirit in us when we said “yes” to the offer of a relationship with Jesus. Having a very generous Father makes it doubly hard when we may not have the wherewithal to bless others as much as our hearts desire to do. Yet, dear ones, this is when we need to remember that gifts with the most meaning may not have dollars/pounds/yen/euros/whatever currency) attached to them. Perhaps your encouraging words prevent a hurting person from ending his/her life. Perhaps your smile enables those who work so hard and believe they’re unappreciated keep plugging away. Perhaps what you write or photograph or cook is exactly what someone else needs to keep going, to keep feeling life may still be worth living.

Don’t get me wrong, beloved. Substantive gifts, those made with our hands or purchased with much deliberation and forethought, are always wonderful. Always. And they’re as terrific for the recipient as they are for us. But when we cannot do that, when there are constraints that prevent us from doing what we desire, we still have gifts to offer. We have what we always should employ: our giving spirits, our generous attitudes, our loving hearts. When we live each day using those attributes, our lives and those around us are much, much richer. (Which is why, dear friends, I write this post every week: it’s a gift.)

So, take heart, dear ones. Even when you may feel you have nothing to give, in reality you do.

All of Heaven’s best to you and yours this Merry Christmas season,

Margret

Today I will be doing a review for the new Christmas ep from Future of Forestry called “Advent Christmas Vol. 2″. It came out last Tuesday and is available in our amazon.com store below my review.  If you have Vol. 1 then you should know Vol. 2 is going to be another great musical treat.

I love this time of year and it’s great to have music that is a reminder of what the season is all about.  This is another album that is not your typical Christmas music. They are all familiar songs but have a completely different way about them.  It brings a lot of different sounds together to make a musical masterpiece.

One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Joy To The World” and it’s done so beautifully.  There is a part where O Praise Him is integrated in the middle. This song is about singing about the joy we have that Jesus came to earth and celebrating his birth.

Track Listing:
1.  Joy To The World
2.  Do You Hear What I Hear
3.  The Earth Stood Still
4.  Angels We Have Heard On High
5.  Instrumental
6.  Pie Jesu

I’m so thankful and blessed to be able to share my thoughts and feelings about the music that inspires my everyday life. If you find some that does the same for you, please let me know by posting your favorite music in the comment box below.

It looks like Emery is doing a short tour this March with label mates Sent By Ravens, Icon For Hire and I Am Empire! How great does this tour look!? Check out the dates on the I Am Empire Facebook page.

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The Fray, who are releasing “Scars & Stories” on February 7th 2012 (iTunes (Deluxe)), are going on a Spring Tour, check out the tour dates below:

The Fray Spring Tour Dates
April 11 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
April 12 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
April 14 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
April 17 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
April 22 Asheville, NC Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
April 24 Louisville, KY Palace Theatre
April 25 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
April 27 Monroe, LA Monroe Civic Center – University of LA
April 28 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
April 29 Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre
April 30 Houston, TX House of Blues
May 1 New Orleans, LA Tipitinas Uptown
May 3 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
May 4 St. Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheater
May 6 West Palm Beach, FL Sunfest
May 8 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
May 11 Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre

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Sidewalk Prophets will release their album ‘Live Like That’ March 27th, and you can check out the album cover and track listing, watch the lyric video, and hear samples from the album here.

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Planetshakers is set to release “Heal Our Land” on March 6th 2012 via Integrity Music, what do you think of the album cover?

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Desperation Band is set to release “Center Of It All” on April 10th 2012 via Integrity Music on April 10th 2012, what do you think of the cover?

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Tobymac is set to release his latest remix album, Dubbed & Freq’d: A Remix Project , via Forefront Records on March 27th 2012. What do you think of the cover? Pick up his last album “Tonight” via Amazonmp3 / iTunes.

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Michael Tait’s new music video at the helm of Newsboys, song which is already a huge hit among christian radios from the states and world wide.

 Continue reading + Watch the video below: 

As for the theme of this song: God is very much real as well as alive weather we acknowledge that or not. Science didn’t create itself, neither did humans create themselves. We aren’t our own idea, because if we were, we would consider ourselves perfect. There’s no one perfect but God. I encourage you to play the music video below.

Artist: Rend Collective Experiment
Album: Homemade Worship By Handmade People
Release Date: January 10th, 2012
Style: Folk / Rock / Inspirational / Worship
Label/Publisher:  Independent / Survivor, Kingsway Records
Location: Bangor, Ireland

About:

The buzz that greeted Rend Collective Experiment’s debut release, Organic Family Hymnal, included a viral “iPhone worship” video, UK tours with Francis Chan and Shane Claibourne, and a US tour with Chris Tomlin and Louie Giglio. Now the next audio assault from Northern Ireland’s Rend Collective Experiment is about to launch.

Preview:

Track Listing:

1. Praise Like Fireworks
2. You Are My Vision
3. The Cost
4. Second Chance
5. True Intimacy
6. Build Your Kingdom Here
7. Desert Soul
8. Christ Has Set Me Free
9. Keep Me Near
10. Alabaster
11. Shining Star

“Homemade Worship By Handmade People” Album Preview:

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Artist: Rachel Chan
Album: Go
Release Date: January 10th, 2012
Style: Indie /  Pop
Label: in:ciite
Location: Simi Valley, CA

About:

Bubbling with groove and overflowing with beautifully crafted lyrics and tongue & cheek moments, Rachel Chan delivers a record for summer days of reflection on God and life through the innocence of a teenager. The sixteen-year-old daughter of author, speaker Francis Chan, Rachel demonstrates her own depth and maturity through her writings such as “As Close” and “You Must Love Me”… and her playful, yet honest, tune “Prove It” with a guest “rap” from her own Dad, Francis Chan. With ten new songs fit for radio Disney, will have young people falling in love with their Savior and finding where they stand on many issues such as dating and self image.

Check out the single below and write your opinion:

Track Listing:

 1. As Close
2. Prove It
3. Even Here
4. Show Me More
5. You Must Love Me
6. Still Singing
7. Lame
8. Ready and Waiting
9. You and Your Love
10. Resting in You

Listen to the single titled “Prove It”:

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Artist: David Crowder Band
Album: Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])
Release Date: January 10th,2012
Style: Praise & Worship / Pop / Contemporary
Label: SixSteps Records / Sparrow Records
Location: Waco, TX

 About:

David Crowder*Band delivers their final album Give Us Rest or (a requiem mass in c [the happiest of all keys]), an epic, triumphant collection of songs that poetically illustrates that in death something new is reborn. The album showcases the band’s unique music style and touches on worship, pop, rock, bluegrass and electronic genres. Features the first single “Let Me Feel You Shine”. The band is currently headlining their final tour – the “7” tour – with 25 shows already sold out. The band will play their final show at the Passion 2012 Conference in January 2012.

Continue Reading + Album Sample below:

About David Crowder*Band:
Named among the “most thoughtful, progressive and exciting acts in contemporary Christian music” by The New York Times, the popular yet unconventional David Crowder*Band released their last GRAMMY ® nominated album Church Music in 2009 which debuted at No. 1 on the Christian retail chart scanning over 35,000 units. This gave David Crowder*Band their largest street week to date ranking in at No. 11 on the Billboard Top 200. David Crowder*Band’s latest music video for “SMS (Shine)” nabbed coverage on NBC’s The Today Show, Fox & Friends, USA Today, Billboard and Paste Magazine online as well as a GMA Dove Award win for “Short Form Video of the Year.” The video was also recognized at the LA Film Festival in 2011. Along with the group’s 9 GMA Dove Awards and 22 nominations, the band was the first Christian artist to be named MSN.com’s Artist of the Year in 2006. The band is also part of the Passion Movement, participating in university student gatherings in the US and around the world. The group’s leader David Crowder is further an acclaimed author, having penned two books, including his acclaimed, highly personal, Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, But Nobody Wants to Die: Or (The Eschatology of Bluegrass).

Track Listing Disc #1:
01. Requiem Aeternam Dona Eis, Domine
02. Oh Great God, Give Us Rest
03. Lux Aeternam Shine
04. Come Find Me
05. God Have Mercy (Kyrie Eleison
06. Why Me?
07. Fall On Your Knees
08. A Burial
09. Let Me Feel You Shine
10. Reprise #1
11. Blessedness Of Everlasting Light
12. The Sound Of Light
13. Interlude
14. Sequence 1
15. Sequence 2
16. Sequence 3
17. Sequence 4
18. Sequence 5
19. Sequence 6
20. Sequence 7

Their latest music video titled “SMS [Shine]“:

Track Listing Disc #2:
01. Reprise #2
02. Oh My God
03. I Am A Seed
04. After All (Holy)
05. The Great Amen
06. There Is A Sound
07. Oh, Great Love Of God
08. Our Communion
09. Sometimes
10. A Return
11. Oh, My God I’m Coming Home
12. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms / ‘Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
13. Jesus, Lead Me To Your Healing Waters
14. Because He Lives

Album Samples / Preview:

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Artist: Vineyard UK Worship
Album: Christmas from the Vineyard
Release Date: October 11th, 2011
Style: Worship / Rock / Holiday
Label: Vineyard UK Records / Kingsway
Location: United Kingdom

About:

 Christmas From The Vineyard brings both modern worship and English folk sounds to timeless classics. The result is a project that captures the heart of worship for the Christmas season. Brenton Brown’s classic “Humble King” works as a magnificent Christmas song, alongside traditional favorites such as “Silent Night” and “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear”. The old English Christmas hymns “In The Bleak Midwinter” and “See Amid The Winter’s Snow” are charming renditions to warm your fireside family times. And both “The First Nowell” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” are highly charged interpretations of two traditional favorites.

Tracklisting + Album Preview below:

Christmas From The Vineyard is something very different from the standard Christmas fare, but is an album that will inspire and engage you in worship this Christmas, honoring Christ our King!

Track Listing:

1. The First Noel (feat. Kate Bond)
2. O Come All Ye Faithful / Stand In Awe (Medley) [feat. Kate Bond]
3. In the Bleak Midwinter (feat. Vicky Morris)
4. Humble King (feat. Kate Bond)
5. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (feat. Soose Courtney)
6. O Little Town of Bethlehem (feat. Soose Courtney)
7. See Amid the Winter’s Snow (feat. Soose Courtney)
8. In Dulci Jubilo (feat. Vicky Morris)
9. Gaudete (feat. Kate Bond)
10. Silent Night (feat. Kate Bond)

Album Preview:

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Artist: Seventh Day Slumber
Album: The Anthem Of Angels
Release Date: November 15th, 2011
Style: Praise & Worship / Rock
Label: Bec / Tooth and Nail Records
Location: Spring Hill, TN

About:

Seventh Day Slumber is bringing forward another masterpiece. Still in the contemporary worship genre, “The Anthem Of Angels” points even more to the root alternative soft rock style which represented the band when they first started back in 2006.

The band is currently engaged with their energy and efforts on the “Small Town America Tour” which takes place this Fall (started today 13′th). More information about the tour can be found at their facebook page. If they reach near you, make sure you get to their show! They have some beautiful worship songs. Make sure to bring a friend also. Tour dates  at the bottom of the article.

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Album Description:

Seventh Day Slumber is set to release their latest album The Anthem Of Angels. This album is sure to bring the rock and the worship in a way that only Seventh Day Slumber can do.

The song “Love Came Down” is a song that was written about trusting God even in the middle of overwhelming circumstances. Sometimes life can be so difficult. I’ve struggled in my own life with feeling like I couldn’t hear the voice of God clearly, especially in the middle of stressful situations. The best way to describe this song is to imagine that you are on an airplane that is descending. You will go from seeing everything clear as you look out of the window to seeing nothing but clouds. It can be really scary not knowing what is in front of you. Now add turbulence to the situation and a pilot talking over a microphone that you can barley hear because of the loud noises of turbulence and things bouncing around. As the turbulence gets worse stress begins to enter in the equation and the pilots voice becomes more and more faint. It’s at this point that you have a choice to make. The choices are, you can live those next few moments in fear until you land safely on the ground, or you can trust that the pilot knows exactly what he is doing and is more than qualified to land your plane. I guess what I am trying to say is this. You may not be able to hear God as clearly as you would like to at times but you should take confidence in the fact that Your God always lands the plane!

“Never Too Far Gone” is one of those songs that doesn’t pull any punches. The lyrics are straight forward and honest. The song was written from the point of view of a friend who is watching his buddy crash and burn. He is telling him that life doesn’t have to be this way. He is saying to his buddy “You aren’t to far Gone for God to fix your situation”. Not only is he telling his buddy that he doesn’t have to go out like this, he is also saying I WON”T LET YOU GO OUT LIKE THIS! This is a song about a true friend who believes in a God that still meets people where they are.This song is an ANTHEM for all the true friends out there!

Track Listing:

1. Wasted Life
2. Love Came Down
3. One Mistake
4. Addicted To My Pain
5. Never Too Far Gone
6. Pieces
7. Crash
8. Back Where I Began
9. Knows My Name
10. My Life
11. How He Loves

“Small Town America Tour” dates:

2011-11-13 / Weiser High School / Weiser, ID / Doors open at 6:00 PM
2011-11-15 / Crook County High School / Prineville, OR / Doors open at 6:30 PM
2011-11-18 / International Cent… / Victorville, CA / Doors open at 7:00 PM
2011-11-21 / New Life City Chur… / Safford, AZ  / Doors open at 7:00 PM
2011-12-18 / TIfton United Meth… / Tifton, GA / Doors open at 5:30 PM
2011-12-31 / Lakeside Christian… / Pittsfield, MA / Doors open at 1:00 PM
2012-01-27 / Arlington Conventi… / Arlington, TX / Doors open at 9:00 PM

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January 19-29, 2012. Click here for more information.

Grammy-winning hip-hop icon Rev Run, multiple Grammy nominee/producer/artist and official voice of South Florida DJ Khaled, and Grammy-winning songwriter/producer RedOne are confirmed panelists for BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song” 2012, slated for Saturday, February 11, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Key Club (9039 West Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069). More panelists will be announced soon.

BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song” panel discussion is an annual pre-Grammy weekend event that celebrates Grammy winners and nominees, and also serves as a platform for panelists to discuss the process of writing, producing and performing hit songs. The panel has historically featured an array of music’s top-tier talent. Previous “How I Wrote That Song” participants have included will.i.am, T-Pain, NAS, Colbie Caillat, Common, T-Pain, Keri Hilson, Zac Brown, Seal, Cee Lo Green, super producers Chad Hugo (N.E.R.D., The Neptunes) and Sebastian Krys, hit-penning gurus Kara DioGuardi, Bonnie McKee, Claude Kelly and BC Jean, and more.

The conversation will be moderated by Catherine Brewton, BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations.

BMI’s “How I Wrote That Song” is open to members of the public, ages 18 years old and up. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 day-of the panel. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.keyclub.com/.

About the panelists:

Rev Run
Rev Run is one of the most iconic figures in music. The front man of seminal hip-hop group Run-D.M.C., Rev has sold tens of millions of records worldwide and is widely credited for ushering rap music into mainstream culture. An inductee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Run-D.M.C. was named the greatest hip-hop artist of all-time by both MTV and VH1. Run remains a dynamic figure in entertainment today. His hit MTV show, Run's House, aired for six seasons and became one of the most widely viewed shows on cable television. Recently, Run has become a highly sought-after deejay and public speaker. Run’s daily inspirational words of wisdom are followed by nearly 3,000,000 people on Twitter and have established him as a thought leader in the world of social media.
twitter.com/#!/RevRunWisdom

DJ Khaled
DJ Khaled is the deejay for one of Miami's most notable radio stations, 99 Jamz. Paired up with K-Foxx, DJ Khaled currently has the #1 rated radio show in South Florida. Over a decade on the radio has inspired Khaled to develop his own sound of music. The versatile deejay has produced tracks for artists such as Trick Daddy, Pitbull, Young Jeezy, and his Terror Squad brother Fat Joe. In February 2008, Khaled launched his new label, We The Best Music, under Def Jam Records. Later that year, Khaled was appointed President of Def Jam South. Under his watch, we have seen albums released from Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Ludacris, Ace Hood and Triple C’s. Khaled is currently signed to Young Money Cash Money as an artist.
djkhaled.org

RedOne
Multiple Grammy-winning RedOne has become one of the most successful and sought after producers and songwriters in the world. He has earned more than 35 international hit singles in the past three years, including 18 No. 1s. RedOne won a Grammy in 2010 for “Poker Face” with Lady Gaga off of The Fame album, which RedOne produced. He also co-wrote seven of the album’s tracks, including five back-to-back hit singles. RedOne garnered Grammy gold again in 2011 for his production on Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster. He’s up for yet another Grammy this year for Lady Gaga’s Born This Way, which features several tracks he also produced. Named BMI Songwriter of the Year in 2010, RedOne was also Billboard’s Producer of Year and #1 Songwriter. In addition to Gaga, RedOne has collaborated with Enrique Iglesias (“I Like It,” featuring Pitbull, and “Dirty Dancer”), Usher (“More”), Midnight Red (“One Club at a Time”), Pitbull (“Rain Over Me,” featuring Marc Anthony) and Jennifer Lopez, with whom RedOne crafted the career-surging single “On the Floor” and led as Executive Producer on her album Love? redoneprod.com

BMI 101 is a one-hour introductory workshop for writers and publishers, covering the role that BMI plays in the music industry, basics of performing rights, and becoming a BMI affiliate.

This Workshop will take place in BMI’s New York office (7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 30th floor) from 12:00-1:00 PM on the fourth Thursday of every month.

Admission is FREE! SPACE IS LIMITED. Please RSVP with the total number of guests by email to Haley Hard at HHard@bmi.com.

Dates of BMI 101 Workshop
January 26, 2012
February 23, 2012
March 29, 2012
April 26, 2012
May 31, 2012
June 28, 2012
July 19, 2012
August 30, 2012
September 27, 2012
October 25, 2012
November 29, 2012
December 13, 2012

(Note: Dates are subject to change)

BMI Supports the Value of Music in Global Joint Statement

JOINT STATEMENT:

The vibrant music of the Western Hemisphere is widely recognized as one of the great contributions of our peoples to global society. Yet our ability to continue creating and offering this magnificent music is under threat today like never before. The collective output of our songwriters, performers, musicians, publishers, technicians and producers is being stolen on a massive scale that, unless adequately addressed, could fundamentally undermine our hemispheric cultural treasure. This is not an issue of one or just a few of our countries—it affects us all.

The victims of this theft include the artists and songwriters whose creativity gets no reward; governments that lose hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenues; economies that are deprived of new investments; consumers who get less diversity and less choice; and record producers and publishers who, due to rampant theft, have less money to invest in the development of new talent.

The greatest victim of piracy is local culture. It has had a devastating impact on performers, musicians and songwriters throughout the hemisphere. Local repertoire accounts for nearly 70 percent of the global music market. Unless there are rational economic reasons to invest in original creative production, such investment will dry up, and along with it will perish the fantastic diversity of music that has been our region’s legacy.

For these reasons we call upon policy makers to use this report on the contribution of the creative industries as a catalyst for the adoption of new measures so that we can turn the tide on the destructive forces of music theft. Governments and the private sector have an unparalleled opportunity to address current problems affecting economic development, cultural output and diversity through the implementation of strong and unambiguous measures to fight piracy, and to pave the way for e-commerce in cultural materials to prosper by creating standards that will ensure the protection of cultural materials in the online environment.

BMI joined major music industry businesses and organizations around the globe in this joint statement and in advocating the use of this report to support the value of the music our songwriters create. The report will be presented on Thursday, January 26 in the Hall of the Americas at the Organization of American States in Washington D.C.

January 19-29, 2012. Click here for more information.