Comments on: The Year of Country http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:34:22 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dixie Redmond http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15884 Dixie Redmond Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:30:39 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15884 <p>Hmmmmm.  Very interesting.  I’m gonna be honest.  I’m a 45 year old worship leader who had heard your name, but not a lot of your music.  Tonight one of the guys on our worship team asked me to sing back-up to his lead on your song “Your Renown”.  I love the song, btw.  I love singing it.  I love singing backup.  So here I am searching your site out. </p> <p> Anyway, I’m an artist in another venue - I make folk art.  I spent years not making art because it had to be the “right kind” of art.  Serious.  Deep.  I went to art school to learn this.  Long, long story, but life got in the way of making “serious art.” Last year I started making folk art dolls and painting portraits of tomato people and actually selling them and making money for my family.  I’m sure my art teachers would drink their turpentine if they saw what I’m doing.  But I’m having a lot of fun, I’m learning a lot about art-making.  <img src="http://www.shaungroves.com/images/smileys/wink.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="wink" style="border:0;" /> Go figure.  And it helps me to continue being able to be a worship leader at my church.  </p> <p> Dixie aka Northdixie Designs </p> Hmmmmm.  Very interesting.  I’m gonna be honest.  I’m a 45 year old worship leader who had heard your name, but not a lot of your music.  Tonight one of the guys on our worship team asked me to sing back-up to his lead on your song “Your Renown”.  I love the song, btw.  I love singing it.  I love singing backup.  So here I am searching your site out.

Anyway, I’m an artist in another venue – I make folk art.  I spent years not making art because it had to be the “right kind” of art.  Serious.  Deep.  I went to art school to learn this.  Long, long story, but life got in the way of making “serious art.” Last year I started making folk art dolls and painting portraits of tomato people and actually selling them and making money for my family.  I’m sure my art teachers would drink their turpentine if they saw what I’m doing.  But I’m having a lot of fun, I’m learning a lot about art-making.  wink Go figure.  And it helps me to continue being able to be a worship leader at my church. 

Dixie aka Northdixie Designs

]]> By: Cali Amy http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15883 Cali Amy Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:01:22 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15883 <p>Ugh.  I don’t like country music.  But I get why you’re doing it.  Country music is hot right now.  maybe you can get Carrie Underwood to record one of your songs?  Girl is on fire. </p> Ugh.  I don’t like country music.  But I get why you’re doing it.  Country music is hot right now.  maybe you can get Carrie Underwood to record one of your songs?  Girl is on fire.

]]> By: Tony G http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15882 Tony G Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:14:30 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15882 <p>Music is a fuel that feeds the sould. Music is a Passion written from the spirit. <br /> If you write in country music, you choose to take these gifts that God has given you and make money with them… i say that loosely… then go for it… You’re a well known Christian artist… ok so some of your stuff hasn’t crossed over and made you this huge million that Amy Grant or Mercy Me got but they didn’t sell themselves out either, it just happened. if you choose to go the writing route and write for country. Go for it. It is still music, it is still love, it is still passion. Just now your making more money<img src="http://www.shaungroves.com/images/smileys/grin.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="grin" style="border:0;" /> Which, doesn’t God always want us to be happy<img src="http://www.shaungroves.com/images/smileys/grin.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="grin" style="border:0;" /> </p> <p> I think i said this right, but if i offened you haha then i didn’t. </p> Music is a fuel that feeds the sould. Music is a Passion written from the spirit.

If you write in country music, you choose to take these gifts that God has given you and make money with them… i say that loosely… then go for it… You’re a well known Christian artist… ok so some of your stuff hasn’t crossed over and made you this huge million that Amy Grant or Mercy Me got but they didn’t sell themselves out either, it just happened. if you choose to go the writing route and write for country. Go for it. It is still music, it is still love, it is still passion. Just now your making more moneygrin Which, doesn’t God always want us to be happygrin

I think i said this right, but if i offened you haha then i didn’t.

]]> By: Brenda http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15881 Brenda Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:21:59 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15881 <p>Chances are, no one would even know you wrote the songs.  Most folks (I know, it’s hard to believe) don’t really pay attention to the names of the songwriters.  Take Wayne Kirkpatrick, for instance.  He’s had his name all over Christian music songs for all kinds of artists.  But he also has written and produced for lots of country artists.  His work for Little Big Town probably made him a pretty nickel or two.  Anyway, all that to say....do it.  If you’re not the singer, no one will even notice anyway.  And if they do, big whoop! </p> Chances are, no one would even know you wrote the songs.  Most folks (I know, it’s hard to believe) don’t really pay attention to the names of the songwriters.  Take Wayne Kirkpatrick, for instance.  He’s had his name all over Christian music songs for all kinds of artists.  But he also has written and produced for lots of country artists.  His work for Little Big Town probably made him a pretty nickel or two.  Anyway, all that to say….do it.  If you’re not the singer, no one will even notice anyway.  And if they do, big whoop!

]]> By: shaunfan http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15880 shaunfan Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:24:18 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15880 <p>Stephen, thanks for your points, I’d love to know some of the other songs Matthew West has written for other artists as well.  This topic naturally ties in to Shaun’s post on Shlog about selling out for children as Matthew West also had the number 1 Christian song of 2004 with “More” which is the style of song I could totally hear coming from Shaun on his next CD.  I’m all about supporting talented singer-songwriters, especially people like Shaun, Matthew West, Aaron Shust, etc. </p> Stephen, thanks for your points, I’d love to know some of the other songs Matthew West has written for other artists as well.  This topic naturally ties in to Shaun’s post on Shlog about selling out for children as Matthew West also had the number 1 Christian song of 2004 with “More” which is the style of song I could totally hear coming from Shaun on his next CD.  I’m all about supporting talented singer-songwriters, especially people like Shaun, Matthew West, Aaron Shust, etc.

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15879 Shaun Groves Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:45:29 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15879 <p>No.  If I did it got lost in a pile of them.  But, no, I don’t see it.  Not searching by your name anyway. </p> No.  If I did it got lost in a pile of them.  But, no, I don’t see it.  Not searching by your name anyway.

]]> By: Stephen @ Rebelling Against Indifference http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15878 Stephen @ Rebelling Against Indifference Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:18:20 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15878 <p>BTW, Shaun, did you get my e-mail last week? </p> BTW, Shaun, did you get my e-mail last week?

]]> By: Stephen @ Rebelling Against Indifference http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15877 Stephen @ Rebelling Against Indifference Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:13:38 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15877 <p>Right.  And that’s on top of the album sales. </p> Right.  And that’s on top of the album sales.

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15876 Shaun Groves Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:07:43 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15876 <p>And a number one country song will make you a minimum of 250K - a rich writer friend of mine swears. </p> And a number one country song will make you a minimum of 250K – a rich writer friend of mine swears.

]]> By: Stephen @ Rebelling Against Indifference http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15875 Stephen @ Rebelling Against Indifference Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:26:46 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/06/the-year-of-country/#comment-15875 <p>Shaunfan, </p> <p> Just a note about your numbers.  Matthew has had a lot more success as a songwriter than as an artist, and has had cuts in several genres.  I don’t know what his solo albums sell, but I’d be really surprised if his recording of “The Day Before You” sold 50,000.  That Rascal Flatts CD is 4x Platinum, meaning that if he wrote the song by himself and owns his own publishing, he did quite well with it (maybe a couple hundered grand). </p> Shaunfan,

Just a note about your numbers.  Matthew has had a lot more success as a songwriter than as an artist, and has had cuts in several genres.  I don’t know what his solo albums sell, but I’d be really surprised if his recording of “The Day Before You” sold 50,000.  That Rascal Flatts CD is 4x Platinum, meaning that if he wrote the song by himself and owns his own publishing, he did quite well with it (maybe a couple hundered grand).

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