Gayla James
May 30, 2011 Spiritual Life, Stars with a Pen, Today's Stars
On May 28, 2011 Ms Gayla James we had a visit with Ms Gayla James, an Independent Gospel Artist who hales from Ft. Myers, Florida.
Gayla began singing at the age of 3, and she just keeps getting better. She has shared the stage with many icons of gospel music such as, Dorothy Norwood, Vickie Winans, Marvin Sapp, Lee Williams & The QCs, Rance Allen and Kirk Franklin. Gayla James worked as the gospel coordinator for NFL Player Jevon Kearse Foundation for 10 years.
Ms James has been a featured Artist on WDGP since our start. She has a very distinctive sound and she shared that she does all the vocals on her recordings. She recently released her second CD and we love it. She is definitely a Contemporary Gospel Artists and her music speaks to the young and the not so young. We predict she will be singing to us about the goodness of and praises to God. She will always have a home here. Listen to the podcast and then head on over to favorite download site and buy the CDs.
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Tags: arranger, composer, encouragement, Gospel, happy, independent record label, motivation, music, producer, singing, smooth, songwriter, Soulful, Talent, Uplifting, Vocalist, writer
Yung Bam
May 29, 2011 Stars with a Pen, Today's Stars, Undiscovered Talent
On May 21, 2011 we caught up with Bam a talented young man we had the pleasure to meet about a year ago. He is continuing on his path to greatness. He is currently enrolled in a school of the arts in the Atlanta area. He says he wants learn it all so when goes into the studio he won’t even need an engineer. That what we’re talking about. You go Bam!
Check out the recent interview and when you can check out the previous interview he did with his cousin Zack another talented young man who can be heard on Bam’s music as well.
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Tags: arranger, funk, hip-hop, independent, independent record label, music, rapper, writer
Tommy Brewster
May 12, 2011 Beyond The Music, Stars with a Pen, Today's Stars
In the last 4 years or so I have met many musicians, singers, writers, composers and arrangers, but every now and again, I have come across a soul in it for the sake of the music. The most recent being Tommie Brewster.
Tommie began her musical life before the age of 4, playing piano and later several other instruments. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London where she had begun a life long love affair with the works of Frederic Chopin!
However, musical influences at home were many- from jazz to ragtime, blues to rock, reggae to swing – and it was the blues that spoke loudest to Tommie’s heart and soul.
It was her dream to write, perform, arrange, record and produce her own distinctive music and this has now been achieved.
All musicians absorb so many influences, but Tommie does not knowingly imitate, replicate or emulate anyone – Tommie’s music in many different styles – just is what it is.
Tommie is into the music, completely, Tommie is the music. She says she writes everyday and judging from the abundance of tracks she sent me, I believe. Tommie is delightful, but you needn’t take my word for it. Have a Listen for yourself.
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Let’s hear it for Queen of the Blues of New Zealand Ms Tommie Brewster
Tags: arranger, blues, composer, funk, independent, independent record label, music, musician, performer, piano, poet, singer, singing, smooth, songwriter, Soulful, Talent
Bruce M Clark
May 11, 2011 Beyond The Music, Stars with a Pen, Today's Stars
May 7, 2011
We chatted with Mr Bruce M Clark. Bruce has been involved with the music business for the past 50 years.
He has been a singer, song writer, producer, and promoter. He has worked with many Artists and his mentor was Sam Cooke. He shared music and stories from his soon to be released Anthology CD. We had a ball, take a listen:
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Bruce is currently working with and the group Final Mix and new favorite here at WDGP Check out that interview here
Tags: arranger, composer, funk, Gospel, happy, Harmony, independent, independent record label, musician, Old School, RnB, songwriter, Soulful, Talent
Shekenya Harris – Entrepreneuer – Song Writer
May 5, 2011 Beyond The Music, Stars with a Pen, Undiscovered Talent
On April 23, we spoke with Ms Harris about her varied career paths that led her to her current profession of being a marketing consultant. She will visit on the Internet Marketers Network Show and share all about her business, but this visit was all about the music and her path to it.
Shekenya has always been involved with music in one way or another. She began writing at an early age and found she was quite good at. Later she join a youth chorus and once they disbanded, she found her way to Praise Dancing. Now she has come full circle back to writing and she shares with us some of these experiences. Currently she is shopping her work, looking for Artists to lease her work. Listen to the Conversation
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Then check out her website Diva Works Marketing.
Tags: dancer, independent, producer, songwriter, writer
