by Kevin Ott | Jan 16, 2014 | General Christian Topics, The Christian Music Biz
Should We Ditch the Christian Music Industry? If a day did come in which we all ditched the Christian music industry and shut it down — as in all Christian record labels and radio stations closed up shop permanently — Marc Barnes at Patheos Press, the...
by Kevin Ott | Jan 15, 2014 | Audio 101, The Christian Music Biz
How to Record a Song Professionally and Get It Heard — Part 2: Setting Up Your Recording Studio In Part 1 of our series of “How to Record a Song Professionally and Get It Heard,” we discussed the fundamental first step: know your genre of music...
by Kevin Ott | Jan 13, 2014 | Christian Music/Artists
A Review of Switchfoot’s New Album “Fading West” — The Greatest Christian Rock Album Ever? In my lifetime, I can count on one hand the albums in which every note, rhythm, lyric, timbre, and texture was a thing of exquisite beauty. I’ve...
by Kevin Ott | Jan 9, 2014 | Movies/TV/Books
The Legend of Hercules – Christian Movie Review! The origin story of Hercules, the son of Greek god Zeus, is brought to the big screen in The Legend of Hercules. In this unconvincing mash-up of Gladiator, pagan mythology, and Romeo and Juliet, Hercules, played...
by Kevin Ott | Jan 9, 2014 | Music Directors, Praise Teams
How to Fit Piano into Guitar-Driven Worship Despite the overwhelming dominance of guitar-driven worship, the piano is still a relevant instrument. While the instrument might wax and wane in popular culture, all worship bands, if it is in their power to do so, should...