The Christian Music Blog Podcast: Christian Music | Songwriting | Worship | Creative Productivity | Music Business

A bittersweet episode, but a good one to end on.... Nate explains a big transition for his family, and why it's time to wrap up CMB. View the blog post for this episode here.

Merry Christmas! Check out the show notes here.

In episode 70 of the CMB Podcast, Stephen and I talked about his latest record Liberating King, his new book that goes with it, and an exciting new worship community called Rooted Network.

Check out the show notes here.

Matt Tinsley's new EP "The Hardest Part" is FANTASTIC....

View the show notes here.

Win a copy of their new book! Visit http://natefancher.com/ for more.

In episode 67 of the CMB Podcast I spoke with emerging artist Meredith Kinleigh.

Get the show notes here.

Jeremiah Carlson and Nate Fancher sit down to chat about Jeremiah's band The Neverclaim, and their latest release The Joy.

Today on the podcast, I was privileged to speak with music industry executive, Steve Rice.

Steve has served as music publisher for some of the most recognized Christian songwriters, producers and artists throughout the world.

He is currently VP of publishing at Centricity Publishing, and founder of the newly launched CentricWorship label, with their new release All The Saints - Live From The Centric Worship Retreat.

Songwriters:

You should definitely get out that legal pad, or Evernote, and pay close attention to Steve's wisdom. We talked about Steve's story getting started in the music business, the launch of the new label CentricWorship, songwriting, an more.

Here Are Just A Few Highlights

Steve's story

Steve's involvement in the early days of the "modern worship" movement

The Centric Worship retreat

The craft of songwriting

What aspiring songwriters need to know if they're pursuing songwriting as a career

New artists Corey Voss and Jonathan Lee

The future of the music business, and worship

Centric Worship Links

Centric Worship (Official Site)

All The Saints (EP at iTunes)

Corey Voss

Jonathan Lee

Centric Worship on Twitter

Centric Worship on Facebook

Steve Rice on Twitter

Other Links Mentioned

Steve's songwriting blog Songsphere

The Best Books on Songwriting (blog post)

Today on the Podcast, singer/songwriter Ginny Owens shares her very inspiring story.

Born with poor eyesight that lead to blindness at the age of two, Ginny found a home at the piano, and a love for crafting songs.

We talked about how she started her music career, her songwriting process, her upcoming album set to release later this year, and more.

Ginny has released 13 projects, won three dove awards (one being new artist of the year in 2000), and even started a non-profit organization called The Fingerprint Initiative.

Though she has quite an impressive resume for her career, it's her heart for God, and her story expressed through her songs, that shines the brightest.

Here are just a few of the highlights from our conversation....

Ginny's story of faith, music and getting started

How she got signed to Rocketown records

Her thoughts on winning awards

Co-writing relationships

Her season in New York

Her song "I Love The Way" and how it inspired the start of her non-profit organization

The upcoming record

Ginny's best advice for songwriters

Her own songwriting process

How simplicity is harder

Ginny on being an indie artist

Surrounding yourself with the right people to help you make decisions

Next year's trip to Israel

Ginny Online

Official website

Ginny Owens music on iTunes

Twitter

Facebook

YouTube

The Israel trip

Other Items Mentioned

Why Your First Song Is Just The Beginning

The Evernote Songwriting Method