GOSPEL SEARCH OF AMERICA 2007: Featuring Byron Cage, Myron Butler and PaPa San
gospel | Sep 03, 2007 | Comments 4
Genres Accepted: Contemporary Christian, Gospel, Holy Hip Hop, and Urban / R&B
TRAKO Entertainment
presents the 4th annual Gospel Search of America 2007, a talent competition and series of seminars taking place at the Friendship West Baptist Church from October 19-20, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. Gospel Search of America (GSA) is designed for all genres of Christian music, and is a 2-day event in which some of today’s most prominent and influential music industry executives gather to educate, empower and discover new unsigned talent. This event will present Gospel music industry seminars, showcases, concerts, ministry, education and Christian empowerment.
The GSA competition is looking for the best Christian, traditional gospel, Christian rap, urban gospel, inspirational, and contemporary gospel solo artists and bands.
Competing artists must be unsigned, and original material is desired. Selected semi-finalists will be invited to perform with a prerecorded track at the GSA Semi-Finals, hosted by Byron Cage, during the closed industry session on Saturday, October 20, 2007. The selected finalists will be invited to perform with a live band at the GSA Finals Gospel Concert on Saturday night, October 20, 2007.
Selected artists will compete for prizes including cash, professional press kit creation, marketing/advertisement services, a chance to be shopped to major and independent labels and a performance on Bobby Jones Gospel.
Judges for this competition include:
# Byron Cage, Zomba/Sony BMG
# Bryant Scott, Tyscot Records
# Joe Langham, Comin Atcha Distribution
# Bishop Sam Williams, GMWA/GAG
# Tracey Artis, Zomba/Sony BMG
# Karessa Lang, TRAKO Entertainment
# Sanchez Harley, Chez Musique Productions
# Larry Blackwell, EMI Gospel
# Gordon Ely, Billboard Music Critic
Gospel Search of America 2007 is sponsored by Friendship West Baptist Church, Heaven97, Urban Roundup, and the above mentioned companies.
Please Note: The Gospel Search of America requires all selected artists to pay an extra registration fee of $300-700, depending on the size of the group, directly to the promoter in order to participate. A 25% discount will be issued to Sonicbids artists off these prices. Detailed information will be provided upon submission.
Opportunity Website: http://www.myspace.com/trakoentertainment
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Hallo ladys and gentlemen,
my name is lucky l saw your web site in internet so
l decided to write you today.l live in Germany,
l am a christian who God started using at the age of
five as a drummer.By his grace l am a reall child of God and l fear and adore him. let me go straight to the point, l am a gospel
proffesional drummer and a keyboardlist l started playing at the age of five. so l am
looking for a gospel group band that l can join. l do
play all kind of skills, l can play all music like gospel hip
hop, rock, RNB jazz, blues, PRAISE AND WORSHIP; reggae,mettal,and calypso.
l will be very happy to be connected with your gospel
group band or school jobs in US.l ve being looking for a gospel music band to join but l couldn´t fine
so l would be very greatfull if l can really ve the oppourtunity to be playing with your gospel band.
l am honestly waiting for your reply. here is my telefon number, 01734282977 please try and contact me because l am really haungry to hear a good news dat l ve gotten a band
Thanks and may GOD bless you as you read this
message amen.
From Lucky
hallo ladys and gentle men, my name is lucky am from germany l saw your web site of the gospel music advertisement so l decided to show reall interest.
l am really interested to participate in this music tour.
Here are my details about what l ve done in my life, and also details about my music carreier.
Professionelle Schlagzeugspieler, sänger und keyboardlist , Lucky Omeke aus Deutschland .
Lucky omeke hat mit verschiedene musik gruppe in Deutschland gespielt,
er spielt alle musik styles egal welche Musikrichtung wie Z.b.
Hip -hop, Gospel, Praise and worship, pop, afro beat, calypso,makossa beat, salsa, Rnb, Jazz,
Rock, mettal, classik and Blues.
Lucky Omeke hat auch viele Leute in Düsselldorf selbst Schlagzeugunterricht gegeben.
Lucky Omeke ist wonderbar.
Lucky Omeke, a musician that specify in Drumming, is a man that has got alot of music experience.
He started playing drum at the age of five in a church, this is a man that God has blessed right from his mother´s womb.
Lucky Omeke has played with different type of Gospel musician in Europe, west Europe, south Africa, west Afica, and other countries and cities in the world like, Spain, Holland,France, Belgium, Germany, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Duisburg,BERLIN, Frankfurt am main, Bremen, Oberhausen,Magdeburg,Hagen, Wuppertal,Dortmund, Essen and other places that are not yet mensioned.
ls a great oppourtunity to always have Lucky in our concert, he has really make a great change in different concerts that he has being to.
Lucky plays all music styles like, Gospel, hip hop, rnb, jazz, afro beat, calypso, makossa beat, salsa, rock, classic, praise and worship, metall, blues,reggae and rap.
Lucky has thought different people how to play drum, and those drummers now are really doing a great thing with what they hane learnt from him.
We thank God for realising such a mighty gift to his children, because this tarlented man has really make a great different in this our new generation.
l really wanna use this opinion to tell all my fans to keep on hoping on God, he is the mighty God that cannot fail.
All we need to do is to countniue to spreed the good news to the world.
l still wanna use this medium to tell my fans that we should always pray to God almighty so that we can discover our tarlent earlier.
Lucky is a blessing, Lucky is tarlented, Lucky is gifted, Lucky is annoited to be the best drummer in the world.
Spread the news.
thanks
waiting for your reply
THIS IS TERRY,lIVE IN MAGDEBURG…i AM LOOKING FOR A CHURCH TO PRAISE & WORSHIP….i AM A PAINO PLAYER…..kINDLY HELP ME TO JOIN…..ENOCHCS@GMAIL.COM….REPLY ME
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