WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC?
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIAN MUSIC? My name’s Sam Chappell. I’m a record executive in Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve been in Christian music for over 30 years. I’ve run several management companies. I’ve also been President of Integrity Music and 40 Records that were worship labels, and have a great passion and a belief in […]
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH IN AN ARTIST OR WORSHIP LEADERS MUSIC CAREER?
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL CHURCH IN AN ARTIST OR WORSHIP LEADERS MUSIC CAREER? Hi, my name’s Sam Chappell from Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve been in Christian music for over 30 years. During that time I’ve worked as a manager, and as a President of a couple labels. In the process, a lot of […]
WHAT BIBLICAL LESSONS APPLY TO THE MUSIC BUSINESS?
Hi. My name is Sam Chappell. I’m a music business executive from Nashville, Tennessee. My background has been in Christian music for over 30 years. I’ve ran two record labels, Integrity Music and 40 Records, and I’ve managed multiple artists, and two different management companies. During my years of experience, in those capacities, I’ve learned […]
WHAT CHANGES IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS HAVE YOU SEEN IN THE PAST 20-30 YEARS?
Hi. My name’s Sam Chappell from Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve been in Christian music for over 30 years. I’ve been a President of a couple of labels- Integrity Music and 40 Records during that time, and have been the CEO of several management companies. During that time I’ve seen many changes in the music industry. Over […]
What Do You Think About Churches Being Music Labels?
For a few years I was president of Integrity music in Mobile, Alabama. I was President of 40 Records, which was a division of Gotee Records, which was their worship label. I have a lot of experience in worship music. What we’ve seen over the last 10-20 years and even longer than that, is that […]
How to get a Record Deal or Publishing Deal
Hi, my name’s Sam Chappell. I’m a music business executive that’s worked primarily in Christian music for over 30 years. A common question that I often get is “How do I get a record deal, or how do I get signed to a publisher as a writer?” Let me deal with the first one- How […]
HOW DO I GET INTO THE MUSIC BUSINESS? – BECOME A PRODUCER OR MUSIC ARTIST
Hi, my name’s Sam Chappell. I live in Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve been in the Christian music industry for over 30 years of my life. A common question I get from young people primarily is ‘How do I get into the music business?’. There’s really two aspects of that. There’s the business side and then there’s […]
How I Got Into The Music Business
Hi, my name is Sam Chappell. I’m a music business executive from Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve been in primarily Christian music for over 30 years. I share my story with a lot of college students, a lot of universities, and young people that are trying to get in the music business. The common question I’m often […]
Sam Chappell with Rapper Propaganda
This is me with Propaganda, a poet rapper. I met him when I was managing Lecrae. I believe this photo was taken backstage in a green room in Nashville at a concert for Lecrae. Propaganda is a very unique artist and a very interesting guy. Lecrae took him out on tour which is how I […]
Sam Chappell with Matt Redman
I heard of Matt Redman when I was President of Integrity Music. Integrity was a worship label and I got to know a lot of worship artists. Matt is somebody I always wanted to work with but he was signed to another label. A few years ago, a producer by the name of Rob Marvin, […]
