JACKIE PATILLO
PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
GOSPEL MUSIC ASSOCIATION
ment. We have them all right here in Nashville. We’re able
to get the presidents of these record companies as well as
the marketing department. We speak on everything from
vocal coaching to social media and merchandising. This
is a great opportunity for anyone who wants to go on the
road and have a successful ... just want to birth a music
ministry. We will equip you at Immerse.
Seneca:
Okay, all right. Now, I’ve got this one
question then. If I was an indie artist and I want my music
to be submitted for the Dove Awards, what is the process
I need to have in place so that I could accept or have my
project considered?
Jackie: Well, there’s a couple of ways that that happens
when we’re talking about the Dove Awards. The Dove
Awards is really a stage for those who are on the very
front lines impacting our culture today. You’d see the Kirk
Franklins and the Toby Macs on the Dove Awards, whereas Immerse is really more of a place for our emerging and
independent artists.
Seneca:
I know that he has Immerse coming up
this year. What are we to expect from this Immerse project?
Jackie: Well, here at the Gospel Music Association we are
responsible for all styles of gospel music, CCM, gospel,
southern gospel. We cover all genres, hip hop as well as
... We’re multigenerational. We work from a past/present/
future concept in that the Gospel Music Association is not
only over our Gospel Music Archives, we also index more
people into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame every year,
which this year we’ll be doing it on the 10th here in Nashville. We’ll be inducting Hezekiah Walker, which I’m very
excited about.
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