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My wife and I were discussing how to bring our music to the public without selling out to the promotion of the genera. How do you write and produce a Gospel CD that gets the message you want to talk about without losing your ethics in the battle to be heard? Our thought is to do it ourselves and focus on the message not the illusive super exposure that the Gospel Music industry may have.
I have seen too many people lose themselves in the industry they thought to master.



Right, you get to have your stuff heard by exactly 9 people. Maybe 11 if you're daughter manages to give a couple of cd's away with her Girl Scout cookies.

"...Lose themselves in the industry they thought to master".
"...bring our music to the public without selling out to the promotion.."

This sounds like the eternal mantra of the consummate wannabe. We all naively talked like that in the coffeeshops across from the college while a wide eyed coed was ernestly reading her poetry.

"focus on the message and not on the illusive super exposure..."

What are you talking about??
You don't want super exposure because you're afraid of losing your ethics and/or losing yourself in the industry? That's the name of the game and you just learn to deal with it if you want your music to go anywhere.
Strictly speaking someone somewhere has produced a legitimate hit that was done using a $1000 home studio setup but it's realistically impossible. About like the odds of winning the Super Lotto. Mathematically sure, someone wins it every month but your odds? About 5 million to one. Personally, I think the odds of winning the lotto are higher than getting a hit out of your basement. Matter of fact my best advice, seriously, is to by lotto tickets then when you win you can promote yourself.

Bob

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