Rod has established himself as one of the top producers/musician/songwriter in the Gospel music industry. As CEO of the Your Move Music record label he has guided the successful careers of artists such as Ablaize, Gospel jazz artist John Taylor, and 1999 Excellence Award nominee Odis Richmond. In another of the many hats that he wears, Rod also acts as Gospel Music Director for Alpine Records, where he works closely with legendary record executive Al Bell, the man who almost single-handedly molded Stax Records of Memphis, Tennessee, into an international R&B powerhouse, giving most of the world their first listen of Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Richard Pryor and others.
An accomplished drummer and percussionist, Rod has worked with many of the great of artists of our time, including, Jennifer Holiday, Kirk Franklin, Rance Allen, Yolanda Adams, Dr. Vernard Johnson, V. Michael McKay, Benjamin Cone & Worhsip, Joel McCray, Gerald Albright, Pat Franklin, Chuck Smith, Myron Williams of MD and Voices, Charles Woolfork, along with Bert Cross appeared in the movie TRUE STORIES and on the sound track with David Byrne of The Talking Heads and many more musical accomplishments to his credit.
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Kenneth W. Smith was a sergeant in the Marine Corp. where he severed in Desert Storm. He has developed a no nonsense approach in business. After the Marine Corp. he worked, attended Chapman University and began Special Touch Enterprises; the only minority owned janitorial business serving the Palm Springs, CA area. He has also served as a chair person at Faith In the Word Ministries in California. He has since relocated to the DFW area to serve in his current capacity.
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Brad Cox grew up in a musical family in Baltimore, Maryland. His grandfather was a trombonist for the Naval Academy Marching Band and owned a music store in Annapolis, Maryland. Mom taught piano lessons at home and gave dance lessons at the community center and was the church organist.
Brad moved to Dallas to go to the University of North Texas as a Trumpet performance major. Changed majors to keyboards and followed his teacher into his retirement to UT El Paso, graduating cum laude with a Bachelors in Music Performance.
In the mid 1980s when computers became common place Brad got involved in the music production and the dynamics that the power of computers brought to the creative process. He trained as a certified operator of the Synclavier music and post production systems.
Brad moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as an independent sound editor for fourteen years, working on a variety of television shows. He was Foley and Dialogue editor for "Ren & Stimpy", Music editor for "Weird Science" & "Worlds Wildest Police Videos" and Sound Effects editor "She Spies" and Sound Editor for "Eraser" with Arnold Schwarzenegger, "The Shadow" with Alec Baldwin and animated feature "The Ant Bully". He also worked on various projects for ABC, HBO, ShowTime, Sony, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Universal Studios & MGM.
2005 Brad moved back to Dallas where he taught the Mixing, Mastering and Post Production class for another school here in town, obtaining his Pro Tools Certifications: Pro Tools Expert, Pro Tools Certified Instructor, Pro Tools Certified Operator - all in Music and Post Production.
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Joel McCray grew up in Riesel , TX , just outside of Waco, TX . He started playing the piano when he was 18-months old. He studied piano from his mother, Ruby H. McCray, from 1976 - 1988. Joel moved to Arlington , TX in 1988 on a track scholarship from the University of Texas at Arlington , where he graduated with a BBA in Finance in 1992.
He has 5 personal projects that he has completed: New Beginnings (2000), Worship 2001 - "He Reigns", Song For You (2003), Merry Christmas to You (2003), and Christmas Joy (2008) Most of these projects are of an instrumental, smooth-jazz flavor.
Joel has produced over 25 projects. The Lord has been really good to him and has allowed him to play alongside some really awesome artist and musicians. They include, Yolanda Adams, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Vernard Johnson, Angella Christie, Beau Williams, bassist - Chuck Smith, drummer - J.T., guitarist - Todd Parsnow, & producer/organist/ keyboardist - Bobby Sparks, etc. The list goes on.
Joel currently serves as the Minister of Worship at Cornerstone Baptist Church, and the founder of J & B Music Ministries. J & B Music Ministries exists for music production and musician/ministers training.
Joel lives in Arlington with his wife, business partner, and best friend, Bridget McCray. They have two children, Nicholas and Jada.
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