September 2001
Be sure to have your television tuned to MTV tonight (a suggestion that wouldn't be made
unless POD was involved), because Sonny and Wuv of San Diego boys P.O.D.
will be guests on TRL. Also, they have rescheduled their Tonight Show with Jay Leno
performance, and that will be on Friday, October 5th! Be sure to check out the guys on tour starting
in October. The Youth of the Nation Tour is almost upon us and features such bands as Blindside opening for
P.O.D. Also secular punk act, Fenix TX will be on the tour. Also, congrats to the band for their
latest video, "Alive" becoming the #1 most played MTV & MTV2 video at the moment,
and still holds the #1 spot on TRL! Shine bright on a dark station, guys!
On Thursday, September 27, during coordinated recording sessions in Miami, Los Angeles, New York,
Mexico City and Puerto Rico, Jaci Velasquez will join
artists Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Gloria Estafan,
Shakira, Alejandro Fernadez, Thalia, Celia Cruz, Carlos Vives to perform "El Ultimo Adios."
Emilio Estefan, along with Gian Marco and Jon Secada, wrote and will produce the song
specifically as a tribute for the recent tragedy in New York city, D.C. and Pennsylvania.
Univision will be filming the sessions at each location so that video footage can be made
available of this landmark recording. The video company is fully committed to this project
and will be donating airtime to advertise the sale of the CD single.
Wal Mart is joining in the celebration of Steven Curtis Chapman's
new album Declaration which released Tuesday. If you purchase the CD at Wal Mart,
it will include an exclusive bonus DVD only available through this store. The DVD contains
3 music videos ("Dive," "Lord of the Dance," and "Not Home Yet") with an option for commentary
by Steven himself.
In celebration of the first full-length studio album from Third Day
in two years, Essential Records will launch a major presale retail campaign that includes a special
bonus offer for consumers: fans who pre-purchase Come Together between Sept. 25 and Nov. 5
will receive The Offerings Experience - live preview video free as an incentive.
The preview video will feature excerpts from the DVD and VHS project, including concert
performances, behind the scenes interviews and outtakes, plus a sneak peek of the first LIVE
performance of the title track "Come Together."
Gotee recording artist Jennifer Knapp recently performed
four songs from her forthcoming CD [the way I am] at the recent Southeast Region
of Handleman convention (Kmart, WalMart, etc.) in Nashville, TN.
Truly connecting with attendees, Doug Truex from EMI-CMG stated,
"you could hear a pin drop" in the room as virtually everyone sat mesmerized
by her performance. After closing with title track "The Way I Am," Knapp left the stage to a standing ovation.
Following the performance and response from the crowd, Knapp sat for an
impromptu CD signing, in which scores of Handleman reps came through the
line, expressing their enjoyment of the music and posing for pictures.
Still to come for Knapp this fall are scheduled performances for the Best
Buy national marketing team and at the Musicland Group's annual convention.
[the way I am] releases worldwide on November 20, 2001.
Who said good looks get you nowhere? ArdentEnthusiast.com reports that Kevin Max
was voted one of the most beautiful people in Tennessee. The Tennessean says that in Nashville Lifestyles
magazine, Titans running back Eddie George is the most beautiful person and many
musicians and actors are in the category. Most notable for us would surely have to be K Max. Congrats!
On October 9th comes a little something to tide fans over for awhile.
Delirious? will be releasing Deeper: The D:finitive Worship Experience.
This includes 25 songs on double discs featuring their worship classic hits. Also, a new song written by
lead singer Martin Smith, "Not Forgotten," will also be on the album. Look for the release of the band's newest
album, Audio Lessonover? to hit American shelves next spring. However, it is currently available in
the UK. Look for an exclusive JfH review of the album very soon!
Steven Curtis Chapman is making his Declaration tomorrow with his highly anticipated
new album hitting shelves. You can check out www.WindowsMedia.com
music homepage today and Tuesday
for their world premiere of Chapman's new video of "Live Out Loud" from
Declaration. This Friday, Steven will visit on air with Dr. James Dobson on Focus On
The Family's Radio Broadcast talking at length about the topic of
adoption. This exclusive interview is scheduled to air on October 29th on
over 2,000 Focus On The Family radio affiliates in the U.S. and Canada as
well as 98 other countries. More air date information will follow.
Chapman will also be a special guest at Focus On The Family's Chapel
service to lead them in worship and talk about adoption. For the JfH review of Declaration, including sound clips,
please click here.
Congrats to P.O.D. for going Gold in their first
week of sales of their brand new album, Satellite. Although
only 166,000 units were sold, over 600,000 had been shipped prior to its release, certifying the album
as Gold even before its release. Also, they smashed through on the
Billboard Top 200 charts and landed at #6, outselling Mariah Carey's new album
which also debuted last week. The band's really cool new video, "Alive," is also still going strong at Number 1
on MTV's TRL. In distantly related news, Lifehouse's No Name Face
has gone double platinum.
Gotee Records has followed in the footsteps of many artists responding to last week's terrorist
attack on America. Here's what they said: "This past week has been incredibly tough for many people across the country.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to all the families that lost loved ones last Tuesday.
Our own office has felt the impact of this tragedy, and at times like this, working at a record label seems
insignificant. But we want to assure you that Christ is the ultimate healer and provider of strength, and
we should all look to Him and realize that we are blessed and that He will bring us through this tragedy.
We all know that music has a way of helping us cope with pain and grief. It is the storeis of how a song
impacted you that makes what we do so important. Please feel free to download these 2 songs
below as we pray they will minister to your heart during this difficult time."
In response to the catastrophic events on Tuesday,
Delirious? sent out the following message:
"In light of what happened on 11 September 2001 in America, with the tragic
deaths of thousands of innocent people we feel we have needed to make a
response. Many of you have emailed us to ask if the song "White Ribbon Day" could also
be made available as a free MP3 download, due to the poignancy of the
lyrical content. The day after the atrocities we made the song America available, but feel it
only right to also add this song.
"White Ribbon Day" was the first ever single to be released by Delirious? back
in 1997. This song captured the mood of the time and was written due to
peace negotiations in Ireland. It still seems to have a potency that can
relate to recent events in the US and other tragedies around the world.
This is not an attempt at self-promotion, but more an offering to
anyone that can find comfort in a piece of music that is so personal to us.
So please download these two songs and pray for "White Ribbon
Day."
The city of Nashville held a memorial vigil last night supporting the survivors of the attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and mourn the people
lost with the symbolic lighting of memorial candles.
The ceremony was open to the public and was held at the Centennial Park Main Lawn, September 12th
at 6pm. Guest speakers were currently being invited to participate at time of the press release,
and RCA Recording Artist Martina McBride sung The National Anthem.
Dr. Warren Thompson, Director of Clinical Psychology for Metro Schools spoke on how
to tell your children about this tragedy. Dr. Jerry Sutton from Two River¹s Baptist Church
and Bishop Edward Kmiec also spoke. Gotee recording artists The Katinas,
along with Leigh Nash from Sixpence None The Richer,
Michael W. Smith, and others, helped lead the gathering
in the singing of "Amazing Grace."
The Katinas were on the air live with radio morning show host Matt Stockman of FM 101.1 (WZTO)
when the first announcement of the New York City disaster came over the newswire Tuesday morning.
The group were guests on the station to promote their upcoming in-store event with Tower Records
at Opry Mills and their new single "You Are." The promotional concert at Tower Records,
originally scheduled to take place last night, was postponed indefinitely due to the
day's tragic events. Due to the American tragedy, all of P.O.D.'s
upcoming events have also been cancelled. That means that the upcoming Tonight Show performance
will not go on. Please continue to pray for all Americans across the country. For those who may still possibly
be unaware of what took place, New York City's World Trade Center was attacked when two hijacked American airliners
were driven into the towers. It wasn't long before the entire building collapsed. Thousands are missing with
many of those presumed to be dead. The Pentagon was also hit with a hijacked airliner and yet another crash-landed
outside Pittsburgh. Both are said to have been targets for Washington D.C. but thankfully didn't make it.
Those responsible for these unbelievable acts of detestable violence are unknown. Please pray for America
and the families and friends of the victims of this surreal tragedy. Thank you. (The image above is from
a special September 13th Time Magazine issue dedicated to this disaster).
According to reports from our friends at dcTalk.net, Toby McKeehan
has been working hardcore on finishing his new solo album, Momentum. Apparently he said he
had 22 tracks for the album, and is narrowing it down to 12. He said he will be working hard
right up to the start of the Solo tour this fall, and he should be finishing up
the production a day or two before the tour starts. He said he was "99 percent" sure the record
would be out as schedueled on November 6th. dcTalk.net also reported on the latest for the band dc Talk
as a whole. Toby also informed dcTalk.net that their current plans are to continue to promote
the solo records next spring (individual solo tours, press, etc.) and then hopefully take a
short break next summer. He stated that it would probably be the Fall of 2002 before they would be
able to start writing/recording/working on a new album as a group, but he said coming up with
some great songs would be a breeze because they were all on a "creative high." Toby also said that
the way he sees it, it will probably be 2 years when the next album comes out as a group.
Ardent Records' top rock band Skillet claims No. 1
on SoundScan's Rock sales chart with its critically acclaimed fifth studio recording, Alien Youth.
Released August 28, more than 10,000 units of the album sold in its debut week at retail.
Fans' response to the project also landed Alien Youth at #4 on the coveted Billboard's
Heatseekers Album Chart. Furthermore, the album set an all time record on FamilyChristian.com
for Internet pre-orders for a CD. The band is certainly going places, but they aren't out of surprises,
that's for sure! If you like Skillet, but more specifically comic books, you might be surprised when
the unexpected happens, and the two meet! Now you can have your Skillet and read it too.
The band is in the process of being in their first comic book. Information is slim as of yet but
here is a picture, and yes, that's Skillet in the background. The characters in the front are unknown.
(Click on the image for a bigger version)
The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) will
honor Rosie O'Donnell, Steven Curtis Chapman, and Wendy's
founder Dave Thomas at the annual Angels In Adoption awards banquet on September 11th
at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, it was
announced today. The recipients are selected by Members of the Congress for their outstanding
commitment to promoting adoption and making a difference in the lives of
children and families. Four-time Grammy winner, Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth who
adopted their daughter Shaohannah from China are being recognized for their
strong personal commitment to adoption. The couple created a foundation
called Shaohannah's Hope, which according to Chapman, "was created to help
aid families who want to adopt and have a place at their table and a place
in their heart, but don¹t have a place in their bank account for it."
Included in Chapman's new album, Declaration, is a song written about
adoption entitled "When Love Takes You In." The touching video for the song
will have its World Premiere at the event. The album hits shelves September 25th.
Do you stay up all hours to watch the many odd items on QVC sold to cure your insomnia?
I didn't think so, but tonight QVC isn't just selling something good, they're going to entertain
you as well! Be sure to tap into your cable tonight, Thursday, Sept. 6th, to see
Avalon live on QVC at 8-9 pm EST as they perform three of their hits from their latest album,
Oxygen. Avalon will also join QVC during this hour to help promote Christian products such as music, videos, books and more!
Essential Records' pop group True Vibe has teamed with top teen brands Cover Girl
and Alloy.com to perform at major shopping malls in conjunction with The CoverGirl Model Experience Contest.
Among the upcoming mall concerts, tagged "CoverGirl Rocks The House!" are True Vibe performances
in Atlanta at Lenox Square (10/27) and Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL, at Tyrone Center (11/10).
Relient K also experienced a nice debut last week with their new release, The Anatomy of the Tongue
in Cheek. 8,696 albums were sold in total, with the album debuting at #5 on the Top Christian Albums chart
and #8 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. The album was also #1 on the Virgin Megastore Columbus
coveted Top 30 wall at this store (#2 was Aaliyah , #3 Alicia Keys)!
1,821 copies were scanned in the general market (21% of total) as well.
Relient played the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, PA over the weekend and sold
530+ units in one night! In addition, Relient K has been chosen as the featured recording
in the Tower Records Developing Artist Program for the Washington D.C. region
from Oct 25 - Nov 29, which will include mandatory in-store play, listening stations,
and more in 12 Tower Records locations including Washington D.C., Annapolis, MD.,
Philadelphia, Richmond, VA., Cherry Hill, NJ. and Fairfax, VA. Way to go, guys!
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