Been wanting to switch from Sirius to XM for the longest. I know they are trying to merge, but that deal is probably going to take forever, if it even happens at all. I have been subscribing to satellite radio since a couple of months after Sirius launched, probably around early 2002. I'm a sucker for new tech (Is the iPhone really coming next month? My dear wife, if you are reading, think Father's Day. Think real hard.), plus I was self-employed at the time, so I could write off the expense.
I have two units - one in the car and one at home (anyone interested? Let me know.) Since I have been in outside sales for several years, I sometimes feel like I live in my vehicle. The variety made the travel more bearable.
The biggest reason I wanted to make the switch was XM's Enlighten channel. Now, 24/7 Southern Gospel music could possibly be hazardous to your health (DISCLAIMER - that was a JOKE...but some SoGo does have serious quality issues. Gouge your eyes out with a banjo-type quality issues. I'll let Doug Harrison @ averyfineline tackle that issue), but there are exactly ZERO full time Southern Gospel stations in St. Louis. There is something wrong with that. Kentucky, Kansas, the south - they all have SoGo radio. Not here. Maybe that should be my next big project. We'll see.
For the most part I love Southern Gospel. Of course, I like a lot of different types of music (as you'll see in the sidebar for current tracks playing in my iPod), but I was raised on a lot of Southern Gospel. I'm not that old, but I fondly remember the Kingsmen singing "The Judgment" with their tenor's vocal chords a blazin', Gold City's "Windows of Home" project that I virtually memorized, and Heirloom's first album with Sheri Easter's unmistakably smooth vocals (sorely missed in future projects, I might add.) I absolutely loved the Speer Family singing "He's Still in the Fire" and I do believe that the Cathedrals "Symphony of Praise" is possibly the best Southern Gospel album EVER.
I said all of that to say this - Southern Gospel greatly affected me in my growing up years, even high school. I intend to write much more of it...soon. I am taking a (very) short break from those types of songs. Trying to write outside of myself and try styles I have never attempted before. I found my writing was becoming trite and cliched, much like what I seem to be hearing on Enlighten right now. Thank God for the Write About Jesus clinicians that are still writing SoGo. They are the exception, not the rule. I wanna be like them when I grow up. It needs to happen fast, because my wife tells me it is time to grow up.
I'll let you know how the switch works out.
Now back to my corner...
I have two units - one in the car and one at home (anyone interested? Let me know.) Since I have been in outside sales for several years, I sometimes feel like I live in my vehicle. The variety made the travel more bearable.
The biggest reason I wanted to make the switch was XM's Enlighten channel. Now, 24/7 Southern Gospel music could possibly be hazardous to your health (DISCLAIMER - that was a JOKE...but some SoGo does have serious quality issues. Gouge your eyes out with a banjo-type quality issues. I'll let Doug Harrison @ averyfineline tackle that issue), but there are exactly ZERO full time Southern Gospel stations in St. Louis. There is something wrong with that. Kentucky, Kansas, the south - they all have SoGo radio. Not here. Maybe that should be my next big project. We'll see.
For the most part I love Southern Gospel. Of course, I like a lot of different types of music (as you'll see in the sidebar for current tracks playing in my iPod), but I was raised on a lot of Southern Gospel. I'm not that old, but I fondly remember the Kingsmen singing "The Judgment" with their tenor's vocal chords a blazin', Gold City's "Windows of Home" project that I virtually memorized, and Heirloom's first album with Sheri Easter's unmistakably smooth vocals (sorely missed in future projects, I might add.) I absolutely loved the Speer Family singing "He's Still in the Fire" and I do believe that the Cathedrals "Symphony of Praise" is possibly the best Southern Gospel album EVER.
I said all of that to say this - Southern Gospel greatly affected me in my growing up years, even high school. I intend to write much more of it...soon. I am taking a (very) short break from those types of songs. Trying to write outside of myself and try styles I have never attempted before. I found my writing was becoming trite and cliched, much like what I seem to be hearing on Enlighten right now. Thank God for the Write About Jesus clinicians that are still writing SoGo. They are the exception, not the rule. I wanna be like them when I grow up. It needs to happen fast, because my wife tells me it is time to grow up.
I'll let you know how the switch works out.
Now back to my corner...
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