Make Gospel Music Derest Craig

Maybe you've thought to yourself how awesome it would be to travel to other places in your state, country or beyond while having the chance to use your gifts - sounds like a great opportunity right?



Here are some things I learned when I began to get more opportunities to travel while playing for artists and doing production work, which is being shared to help others avoid falling into any unnecessary drama or stress on the road!

For Episode 3 of the Perfecting Your Craft Podcast, now that we've covered all of the aspects of creating the music and preparing it to be released, we will now dive into how to release your music and promote it once it's out.

We cover distribution, copyright, branding yourself, and even a little about finding your identity as an artist. The key is to find what makes you unique to help you make your mark in the gospel industry!

In Episode 2 of the Make Gospel Music Podcast, we delve into Post-Production, which comes after recording is complete and where the project undergoes editing, mixing and mastering as it's being prepared for the final release.

It's very crucial to have good audio engineers and / or producers who not only specialize in recording, but can also assist with editing. Also the mixing and mastering engineers are very vital to the shaping of the final sound for being able to compete in today's music market. Choose wisely!

On this episode of the Make Gospel Music Podcast we lay out the different steps that go into the Pre-Production phase (before you record) and the Production phase (when you start recording).

This includes finding people for your team such as producers, songwriters, topliners, background vocalists (BGVs), musicians and even featured vocalists.