Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Interesting Facts About Independant Gospel Music Artists

By Brittany Summers


There are over two billion Christians around the world. To keep the faith alive, they have preserved the teachings of their Savior in the Bible. They brought it to life by a series of movie adaptations of Jesus Christ's life and suffering. His teachings are even sung through hymns by church choirs and independant gospel music artists. This is their way of reaching out to the new generation and invite them to join the flock of followers.

There musical style is distinguished by the harmonic use of their vocals that talk about Christianity. These songs have themes that focus on the Holy Spirit, God and Christ. These are sung not only to spread the Word of God to its followers but also to uplift the downtrodden soul in his path to spiritual healing. These musical compositions are sub-categorized in different genres.

Urban contemporary style was originally called as Black Gospel. This was because African-Americans propagated this genre during the time when racism between blacks and whites was prevalent. This modern genre influenced Christian hip hop, rock and roll, and country. Songs are usually performed with a soloist.

Songs that was created from Christians from the southern part of America comprises the southern genre. Their songs were sung originally by a quartet or a group of four singers. This genre greatly influenced Elvis Presley in his songs.

Gospel blues is a blues-inspired genre that has captivated a lot of Christian audience. Songs are made with a blues guitar and usually have lyrics that talk about God and the Holy Spirit.

Inspirational Country or popularly known as christian country is a combination of cowboy, mountain and Christian songs. This has inspired the creation of the southern style. Great acts like David Cook and Dolly Parton wrote songs that are inspirational country.

Because independant gospel music artists are not signed to any record company, their songs are harder to promote. Add that to the fact that they still get criticized by the Christian community. Despite some career setbacks, their passion for their craft still burns much like their faith in their Creator.




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