Eleanor Roosevelt once said, ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.’ Is this true? How do you know? What do you do to keep from ‘giving someone your permission?’
The current online buzz word is “Rebecca St. James” as the official website for the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) is ablaze this week with resource material on the Grammy Award winning singer as well as a national give-away centered around St. James’ new book–SHE TEEN and forthcoming new music. Her much anticipated new music CD–If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something releases from EMI Thanksgiving week.
CBN.com launched the extensive coverage on St. James on Monday on their music site CBNmusic.com. The promotion banners the opportunity to win new music and new book, as well as featuring excerpts from the singer’s latest literary offering–SHE TEEN–which hit bookstores September 1st from Tyndale House publishers.
The book, a unique “bookzine” format that borrows the high gloss good looks and format of a magazine, is targeted to readers age 13-18 with its’ message of ’safe, healthy, and empowered’ life for teen girls. The book reached the #1 spot in sales on the young adult CBA book chart its’ first week of release and has remained solidly there as it has backpacked its’ way to campuses and dorm rooms across the U.S as a major new “buzz read.” Excerpts from the book on “True Beauty,” and “Passionate About Purity” are currently posted.
Added to the current CBN online mix is a profile feature on St. James at the site’s new music resource –CBNmusic.com where online producer Jennifer E. Jones presents an exclusive interview she conducted recently with the Australian born singer. In it, St. James offers a preview glimpse of her new music, talking about the album which showcases her first new studio sessions in several years. The album is expected to be among the most in demand music releases during the Christmas retail season.
Visitors this week onsite at CBNmusic.com can register for “win before you can buy” advance copies of Rebecca St. James new album, If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something, as well as the SHE TEEN book. Full interview and book excerpts can also be resourced at the site.
Texas-based Christian rockers Altarmotive attended an acoustic show by platinum-selling band Vertical Horizon last week in El Paso. While the band only planned to be spectators at the concert, Vertical Horizon’s Matt Scannell heard the harmonies coming from the front row seats and called Altarmotive up on stage to take over the vocals of their hit song “Everything You Want.”
The crowd erupted as Altarmotive, local favorites in the region, took the lead vocals with their trademark pop rock harmonies. Local Top-40 radio station KISS FM (KSII 93.1) reported on the improptu performance the following day, calling it “the highlight of the show.”
Altarmotive has been gaining tremendous notoriety in recent months, thanks in part to their high energy live performances. “Sonically, Altarmotive is one of the best bands I’ve heard,” stated Jim Ward, the lead singer and guitarist of the Geffen Records’ band Sparta after attending a recent show.
Altarmotive recently completed production on their debut CD What We Have Inside Us, which was produced by Billy Buchanan, lead singer and bassist for the Elevate Records group Fusebox. The band is currently finalizing a deal with a Nashville-based label and a spring release is anticipated.
Found Records will be a division of Floodgate that focuses exclusively on the Worship genre. Rita Springer’s album ‘ Have to Believe’is the debut release on the label, which hit shelves September 13. Found Records has distribution through Word Distribution/WEA.
You’ve got to listen to this: Rita Springer - You Are Good.mp3 . The album was produced by Nathan Nockels (Passion Live, Matt Redman) and Margaret Becker.
Chord charts are also available on the site.
Found Records founder Tim Taber explains the vision behind the label:
‘ have always loved worship music as well as rock, but as Floodgate grows, it seems to makes more sense to separate the two styles into different labels. I’m hoping that Found Records will be a place for authentic worship. For me it’s not about fitting into radio or working in a church setting, it’s about the heart behind the music. I want our artists to be true worshippers, in spirit and in truth. The worship albums we have put out in the past have moved me personally to want to worship Jesus, I hope this will always be the case with Found Records.’/blockquote>
Kate Miner and Todd Proctor will also be included in the label’ roster, along with new artists yet to be announced.
Found Records has launched a new website that will eventually supply online tools such as chord charts for worship leaders. It will also feature articles written by Found artists, free MP3 downloads and more.h
