Gospel Artist Liabilities

Four teenage males accused Bishop Eddie Long of sexual misconduct. Artist, actors, and politicians have held the Bishop to high standards, and his 25,000-member church located in Atlanta has also put him on a pedestal. Harlem Gospel Choir had legal issues in 2006. Kirk Franklin also had legal issues in the late 1990s during a revolution in the gospel industry. Bishop Eddie Long, The Harlem Gospel Choir, and Kirk Franklin all had recent court issues.

Bishop Long has been a mogul to the gospel industry for years. His current legal issue has brought some devastation to the gospel market. Long left room for the press and people to criticize the gospel market. Long enter mediation with the four young men last year, and now they have finally reached a settlement. This hurts new gospel artist trying to establish because of the bad press. The Harlem Gospel Choir has face different legal issues.

Organizers of a Harlem Gospel Choir concert sold more tickets than the venue could hold. This led to a problem of people wanting their money back, and they stood outside the venue only able to hear a distorted sound. This would be a potential lawsuit for any venue if tickets were oversold. Other great gospel names have had legal issues.

Kirk Franklin had legal issues in 1998 with his album “Gods Property.” Some artist who actually performed on the project felt they didn’t receive proper royalties after album sold well. “The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that Franklin induced God's Property founder Linda Searight into signing an "onerous and one-sided" contract with B-Rite Music.”

In Conclusion, legal issues were and still are present in the gospel industry. Many legal issues have played a significant role in the gospel music industry. Bishop Eddie Long, The Gospel Harlem Choir, and Kirk Franklin has given artist reason to consider the legal liabilities of the industry.

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Fred Hammond Highlights

Many gospel artist strides for excellence throughout their career, and only a few actually succeed on a national level. Ones name is at the top of gospel billboard charts, and it has crossed over to the R&B charts. This feels like verification to an artist that his career is a success. Fred Hammond is an artist who has his name at the top; almost every single he create has position itself with the best. Fred Hammond is known for his chart history, singles, and awards.

Hammond began a part of hit productions in the 1980s as part of Marvin Winans gospel group. In 1994, his first album reached the charts; he was the lead singer in a group called commissioned. Some of the members in this group have very successful careers in the gospel industry today. According to the billboard charts Hammond became one of the best over the years because his name or group continuously stayed on the chart. He has many songs that are famous, and this is the reason his group was able to stay charted.

Singles are important in an artist career, and sometimes all it takes is an artist to have a hit single for his career to skyrocket. Let the praise begin was one his first notable singles in his career with a group called Radicals For Christ. Later on he produce another hit single called Power. Every other year it seems Hammond had created a song that not only have hit potential, but also became a hit. Hammond career consists of many hit songs, and many of the songs and albums would lead to him receiving awards.

Not all gospel artist get the level where can receive an award, but Hammond had became a familiar when it came to winning awards. He began winning awards back in 1992 where he won his first Dove Award. The Dove Award follow many more Dove Awards, and he would continue to win multiple Stellar Awards and a Grammy.

In conclusion, Fred Hammond elevated on the charts, made gospel hits, and won awards for them. He continues to perform gospel music today, and still is producing hits of the same quality. In the future Hammond will continue to be great creating a guideline for other gospel artist.

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http://christianmusiccentral.wikispot.org/Fred_Hammond

Tax Form Schedule C

Businesses all have some things in common, but they have many interchangeable parts including the entertainment business. The Internal Revenue Service is a section of the government that most individuals and all American business must report too. All of the different types of business including: sole proprietorship, limited liability companies, partnerships, and corporations. Today I will explain a common tax for known as a Schedule C or a Profit or Loss From Business Form.

The Schedule C is broken down into five parts Income, Expenses, Cost of Goods Sold, Information on your Vehicle, and Other. Each individual part is just as important as the other. The income is calculated from 1099s, W-2s, and other tax forms. This is income that people use to keep their doors open. This form is used for Sole Proprietorships, Limited Liability Companies, and some partnerships.

Part two in my opinion is the part because this is a company gets its most tax write-offs. The expenses for some companies is more than the income, and these companies often times have different income sources from business profits, or these business tend to dissolve if this process continues.

Part Three is the cost of goods sold, and this sections as well as section two may have many other forms connected to them. Cost of goods is a track record of what you have purchase on goods for ones to gain a profit.

Part Four is the section which tracks ones vehicles and automobiles used for work purposes. This includes mileages and dates the automobile was put to use. It also has if your automobile was use for personal use, or for any other reason other than work. They would like for business to keep a hand written mileage log in case of an audit the company can have proof of their mileages.

Part Five is the other sections many times in this anything such as donations and other miscellaneous items that cost money were placed in this section. All sections are used. This form is a common form in business, and this form is very important in the entertainment business. It can make or break your company by itself, so remember Schedule C or a Profit or Loss From Business Form is very important.

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Branding Blog

Many organizations are created for artist to network with artist, promoters, managers, and radio personalities. The National Gospel Radio Announcers Guild is an organization that does just that. The organization is broken down from state to state, and it has several regions located within the state. As a gospel entertainment company one should take advantage of what the guild has to offer.

Majority of the gospel radio announcers are part of this organization. The entertainment industry is developed around networking, and by knowing many of the radio announcers means a better chance of your music being played. The Guild has conferences all over the country with many of them being during the summer. As a company one can travel from conference to conference-developing relationships. One can set up booths for people to buy music; they also have the opportunity to put their press kit directly in the radio personalities hands.

DBC Entertainment group has a direct relationship with the radio personalities is a bonus. This makes it easier for radio interviews and radio promotions to take place from city to city. The radio is the number one way people get exposure for their music, and the guild doesn’t just give exposure everyday people, but to many promoters and distributors.

With the guild giving all the opportunities for networking it creates a community. This community is called the industry, and once you are part of that community things become easier. Opportunities like finding other artist for the record label is one benefit. One can develop partnership with some of the sponsors throughout the network.

In conclusion, The National Gospel Radio Announcers Guild allows opportunity for any gospel entertainment company. One should take advantage of all the opportunities that the guild has to offer. In the end it will benefit us all.

Gospel Artist Highlights

Marvin Sapp leads the nation with his inspirational songs spreading the word of God across the nation. Hit song “The Best In Me” touches lives of the young and the old, and prior to this his song “Never Could Have Made It” swept the nation off its feet. Marvin Sapp has release eight albums either as a solo artist or with a group. Marvin Sapp leads the Lighthouse Full Gospel Center Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sapp goes through trials and tribulations with his church as well as his family.

Melinda Sapp recently died after shortly after Marvin Sapp released “Here I Am” Album leaving him with three children. Through the heartache and pain surrounding Sapp he is still able to keep his composer. He still leads his church family and makes beautiful music. Trials and tribulations make us who we are, and Sapp trials and tribulations have placed him in a position to lead and win many awards.

Leader Marvin Sapp has won many awards as a gospel artist. He has recently won seven stellar awards for his “Here I Am” album and songs. Sapp has the highest gospel song ever rated on the R&B and Hip/Hop charts with “The Best In Me” reaching number fourteen. With gospel rap and gospel comedy having an affect on the gospel industry Sapp is creating a different path. Sapp is laying a new foundation for gospel music in the 21^st century.

In the future, I think the path that Sapp has created will be followed. I think other artist will make a similar style of music, and his foundation will be normal for gospel artist. The reason I think artist will follow this path is because he is making consistent hit songs. He is not going to be able to sing forever, but he has a laid the foundation.

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