Personally, I think this is one of the smartest moves for the fan awards that the Singing News could have made.? Putting a voting system in place that no longer requires tearing out (and usually messing up) one of those thick paper ballots, finding a pen, finding an envelope and having to go buy a stamp is awesome.? I hated filling out those paper ballots.? To be honest, sometimes I didn’t bother with them at all, especially when I first started subscribing many years ago.? But that’s not a problem anymore.? I’m glad to see that the Singing News is really listening to it’s subscribers.? ? Oh yeah, you do have to actually be a subscriber to vote.? Subscribe today.

FWIW, here’s my ballot:

I’ve uploaded the telecast from Trinity Baptist that I mentioned in this post to YouTube in 3 parts.? Click HERE or use the link “Adam’s YouTube Videos” on the right under my blogroll to access them.

….is more work and more fun than I remember.? Lining up a producer, musicians, photographer and a production company is not as simple as I thought it would be.? Let alone getting the “right songs”? selected for the project and then? rehearsing them.? Even though this process is a ton of work, I am having a blast!?

The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for my family, but God has been blessing us more than we ever imagined.? We were televised regionally on Trinity Baptist’s? (Pastor Ralph Sexton, Jr.) weekly telecast at 9 AM on ABC-WLOS this past Sunday (which was cool!).? I would have told you guys about this, but I didn’t know when (or if) it would be televised.

I’ll try to post more as we continue the recording process.? We are scheduled to be with our photographer on Saturday and then (hopefully) get in the studio next week to start the recording process.? It’s been over 10 years since I’ve been in a studio, so it’s going to be like going in for the first time.

I lined up the CD replication today, so that has been taken care of (which was much easier and less expensive? than I thought it would be).? I can’t wait to start on the artwork for this.? I’ve got some cool ideas in mind, but I’ll wait to see how our photo shoot goes and then how these ideas are translated in Photoshop before I elaborate more.?

Keep us in your prayers in the coming weeks as we start on a new leg of our ministry!!!

The Cane River Revival (Crusade) of 2008 is coming up soon.? Many of my friends from the Singing News forums may remember some lengthy discussions about the revival meeting we had in 2006.? Over 600 people were saved in this revival meeting that lasting for 6 weeks under the big tent.? If you are remotely close (2-3 hours from Burnsville, NC), you may want to put this on your schedule.? We are expecting great things and for God to move in a powerful way.? Who knows, you might even get to see me on stage playing the bass or out front one night for the special singing.? Be sure to come up and meet me if you are able to attend!

If you are unable to attend, please put this meeting on your prayer list.? Even though we had a tremendous meeting 2 years ago, it doesn’t take long for things to slip back into the gutter.? WE NEED THIS REVIVAL!!!? So if you are not able to attend, please pray for us.

For more information about the 2006 revival meeting and about the upcoming meeting in May, click here: www.caneriverrevival.com

Thank You to all who take the time to read.? I’m still surprised and honored by the number of hits I receive.? Although I’m sure they are nothing like the ‘bigger’ blogs (www.averyfineline.com, www.musicscribe.com, www.southerngospelblog.com), to me it’s always shocking to see the actual results.?

For all of you number crunchers, here are the statistics for my first year:

Looking back on the year, it has been quite eventful and wonderful for me personally. I hope the coming year is even better. When I started this site, I seemed to have much more free time to post than I do now. I am grateful and thankful that I have plenty of work to keep me busy, but I miss being able to post on an almost daily basis. God has blessed me with 2 kids, 2 businesses, traveling part-time with 2 different Southern Gospel groups, plus a full-time job on top of that, so it’s hard to find the time to be able to actually sit down and write something.? I’m not complaining at all, but I sure miss quiet time.?

Again, thank you for a great first year and for taking your precious time to read what I have to say!

In Him,
Adam Edwards

From the ‘teaser’ clips on Dan Keeton’s site, I’m looking forward to getting my hands on their debut project.? Take a listen here:

http://www.keetonsong.com/index.cfm

(the clips should play automatically and the player controls are on the bottom of the web page)

….for her portrait of Kyla Rowland that was published in the March, 2008? edition of the Singing News.?

Although she didn’t get credit by the Singing News for the photo in the article, it was taken in a photo session with Kyla on November 4, 2005.?

Way to go, Baby!!!