My passion is helping artists like you CRUSH it at serving your audience. Here are a few reasons you should consider getting custom cover art made for your next song, EP, or album: By the time your music is written, recorded, produced, and mixed you've invested so much time and resources. Make sure the quality of your artwork matches the quality of your new music! It’s a fact that high-quality artwork will attract new listeners and help establish your brand as innovative, modern, and credible. Don't let your brand suffer from mediocre or home-made artwork! It takes a skilled designer to ..read more

Produce yourself and then get songs mixed and mastered by a pro Save higher-calibur, pricier producer for best songs or singles from album Crowd-fund - inspire and invite your audience to partner with your mission Hire a producer who can also mix or even master your songs Hire a producer who can play/sing ALL the parts BONUS: Ask your producer if you can get a discount if you record your vocals remotely. Feel free to share graphic ..read more

Original songs can focus Songs written in Australia or Northern California can be an easy choice for many good reasons. One downside however is that only YOU have a pulse on your church and your community. How could writing original music help you shepherd YOUR people? Original songs can equip In one of the pastoral epistles, Paul explains to Timothy that one fo the roles of a leader in the church is to “equip the saints for the work of the ministry.” As songwriters, producers, and worship leaders, how can our original songs equip believers to be effective in their calling and purpose? Orig ..read more

Hey Learning Community! Let's revisit perfectionism. It's about believing your Identity, letting go of fear of failure, and living in light of your mortality ..read more

“What you do shows what you believe. The rest is just words.” How does this apply to songwriters, artists, producers, entrepreneurs, etc ..read more

Making music meets the needs of SOMEBODY. Is your music's purpose primarily to meet YOUR needs? Or the needs of others ..read more

This carousel slideshow reveals 6 tips to help you decide when your ready to hire a music producer for your music ..read more

(PART 5/5) PEOPLE OF THE WORD “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Colossians 3:16) I took some time to pray about Part 5. Honestly, I was hoping to come up with something more on the profound side. But as I prayed over the last week or two about it, I just sensed God leading me to go back to basics. I can sense eye-rolls at this moment. Let’s be real: More and more Christians these days don’t believe the Bible is “God-breathed.” BUT…the fact th ..read more

No matter what your #gear, no matter what your budget, you can get great #recording results by understanding these 3 simple basics of #gainstructure  ..read more

(PART 4/5) MAKE WORTHY MUSIC I often hear critical remarks from people about Christian Music. This always piques my curiosity as someone who, at one time, tried to distance myself from Christian Music. After all, it was embarrassing to me. I especially avoided being associated with what is known as “CCM” (basically Christian pop radio). And then one day God called me out on that. He gave me the sense that even as a child I was being shaped to eventually serve in Christian Music. One of the things I heard in my heart was, “If you don’t like something about the music, change it.” I’ve been focus ..read more