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 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 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 […]
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 Jason Upton
Jason Upton is a dear friend of mine. I was at Regent University speaking to one of the business classes about the music industry. While I was out there, they asked me to go to chapel with them. Jason was a seminary student. He had a year or two to go and he led worship […]
Sam Chappell with Phil Driscoll
This is me with Phil Driscoll. He is a singer, recording artist, and a well known trumpet player in Christian music. I believe he played trumpet at Bill Clinton’s inauguration. He’s played before massive audiences all around the world as a trumpet player and a singer. I’ve known Phil for probably 20-25 years. I met […]
GMA Dove Awards Nominations Press Conference
In This Photo: Flame, KB, Sam Chappell Flame, KB and Sam Chappell attend the nominees during the 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations Press Conference at Allen Arena on Lipscomb University campus, August 13, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.(Aug. 12, 2014 – Source: Rick Diamond/Getty Images North America)
Sam Chappell Nashville with Producer Ted T.
Ted T. is a well known producer in Christian music. He has worked with a number of artists and produced people like Rebecca St James and Britt Nicole. Recently he worked with For King and Country. Ironically, Ted and I had not worked together all these years even though we are both in the Christian […]
Sam Chappell with Tauren Wells
This is me with Tauren Wells. When I was managing Andy Mineo, we needed a male vocalist for one of Andy’s projects and Andy loved Tauren’s voice. Tauren actually knew of me because we had some mutual artist friends, but we didn’t meet each other until this project with Andy. Tauren used to be in […]
