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2005 WORSHIP HYMN SONG SEARCH LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE
CAMPAIGN
12 Winners Will Be Chosen For
Upcoming 'Worship Hymn Series' CD Project
NASHVILLE, TENN - April 28, 2005 - Devotion Music has announced the launch of the 2005 Worship Hymn Song Search. A team of industry professionals led by songwriter/producer and former Whiteheart member Billy Smiley is searching for new versions of old hymns to be recorded for the nationally released album Worship Hymn - Around the World.
In addition to the CD release, the songs selected for the recording will be published by Mission Group Music, and four charts will be created for the song, as well as mp3 tracks for placement in the CCLI catalog. The top song of the twelve final entries will be put on a Song DISCovery CD, in partnership with Worship Leader Magazine.
There are two categories of competition: Rewritten hymns and rearranged hymns. The hymn text or melody must be in a current hymnal, and all entries must be in the public domain. Entries will be evaluated by a panel of industry professionals including record producers, worship leaders, A&R directors and professional musicians, and judged on the basis of overall quality. From this evaluation, the top twelve songs (6 rewritten hymns and 6 rearranged hymns) will be chosen for the Worship Hymn - Around the World CD.
Worship Hymn - Around the World is part of the new Worship Hymn Series which debuted this month with Kristina's Hymns: The Old Made New and Worship Hymns, Volume 1. For the past three years, Smiley has been developing, rewriting, and rearranging hymns in a worshipful new setting for a new generation, with a group of "hymnboys" comprising of 15 worship leaders and songwriters from around the country. The result is 150 new versions of the hymns coming to the church on various Worship Hymn albums over the next 12-18 months.
Devotion Music is a division of the Scottsdale, Arizona based Cul De Sac Records, and is distributed to Christian Bookstores through New Day Christian Distribution, Central South, Spring Arbor/Ingram, MPI International, and CMC Canada.
For additional information on the Worship Hymn Song Search, visit www.worshiphymns.com.
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