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Jul 22, 2015 · Many of Christian music's most well-known personalities choose to make the city home. Carrie Underwood lives in Nashville with her husband, Mike Fisher, who plays hockey for the Nashville Predators, and their newborn son, baby Isaiah.
Nov 3, 2021 · Rhett Akins, Buddy Cannon, John Scott Sherrill, Toby Keith and Amy Grant , the class of 2021, were inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame on Monday (Nov. 1) at...
Jun 23, 2018 · Chris’ powerful worship anthem “Your Love Never Fails” has become one of the most popular songs in America’s churches as reported in the Top 25 of CCLI and a #1 song on the Billboard Christian Chart. Chris then partnered with Jesus Culture Music and recorded his debut live album “Everything and Nothing Less.”.
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“Welcome to Nashville, now y’all go home.” Expect to hear the official greeting if you move here. Why sugarcoat it? Your best option is to stay where you are unless you have a gig, or at least a day job to support you while you try to break into the Nashville scene. So you’re determined, huh? Well, there are plenty of opportunities to work with Nas...
This is the home of two distinct groups of musicians: union and non-union. Union musicians do most of the recording work on major labels. If you’re in the union, Nashville has a good one, and you’re really in luck as a drummer. The secretary at the Union is none other than Nashville studio legend Buddy Harmon. From the late ’50s until the late ’70s...
One of Nashville’s music sub-industries is supported by the expense of moving instruments to a session. Typical cartage for a drum set ranges anywhere from $50 per setup to $150 from one of the “big boys.” When you consider that the guys who are schlepping the gear for top sessions generate more than an entire band on Lower Broad, it makes sense to...
The recording industry in Nashville is highly unionized and stratified. Grade “A” master-level sessions are generally produced for major labels and incorporate a cutting crew hand-picked by the producer. A handful of drummers do the majority of these sessions. Probably the most prominent Nashville studio players right now are Paul Leim, Lonnie Wils...
Want to work for a drum company? Nashville has three of the biggest. The headquarters for Pearl’s U.S. operations and warehouse is located just a few minutes from downtown in an unobtrusive office/warehouse (349 Metroplex Dr., 615-833-4477). The Slingerland Drum Company makes its home (and all of the cool drums) on the lower floor of the Original A...
For a long time there were two or more professional drum shops in Nashville. All but one has disappeared in the past three years. Fork’s Drum Closet (2701 12th Avenue South, 615-383-8343), owned by drummer Gary Forkum, holds the title of oldest and most respected drum shop in Nashville. It continues to be the pro shop of choice for most working dru...
If you’re a drum instructor, you’ll find plenty of options in Nashville. Whether you prefer the structure of a set curriculum or the freedom of private lessons through a music store or in your own studio, teaching drum lessons is a time honored way to gainfully employ yourself without suffering the pain and stigma of having taken a “real job.” To e...
Nashville is home to three events of interest to drummers. First of all, the Percussive Arts Society sponsors a Day of Percussion every year (this year it was in April). The summer features a blowout of events on the weekend of July 24 and 25. To take advantage of the crowd of music industry people in town for the NAMM show, on Saturday, July 24, N...
Religion scholar Leah Payne more fully understood Nashville’s significance in the story of contemporary Christian music when she lived here as a graduate student at Vanderbilt University ...
Jan 30, 2023 · Nashville is known for music production, namely in country music, but it is also the hub for the Contemporary Christian Music industry. What does the Christian music industry look like these days, as praise and worship music has become a dominant trend?
Dec 28, 2023 · The association's hall of fame members include Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Amy Grant, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Michael W. Smith, Fisk Jubilee Singers and The Winans. In...
