Comments on: Canaan Confusion

By: KEG

KEG — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 04:39:37 +0000

Montanaman,(if I may call you that)what you have to say is simply YOUR oppinion,and since this is a free country i value that…however the whole thing about the “children” is somthing that really makes no sense. Word has been working on this project for almost two years,and yes people who are working in the Word offices haven’t really been exposed to the world of SOUTHERN gospel music and are unaware of its abilitys. Therefor those employees of Word aren’t quite ready for the “all out” Canaan deal and they are preparing themselves to get involved in this music. And this goes to everyone not just “STATEMAN”,Canaan is NOT a stepchild,it is somthing that is starting over…and just like anything else in life starting over needs some getting use to………………….oh and leave the Hoppers out of this,just wait you’ll see.

By: quartet-man

quartet-man — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 14:16:36 +0000

Well, I wonder if any of this is related to Spring Hill. Duane Allen of the Oak Ridge Boys reported yesterday that the entire staff at Spring Hill has been fired. The label will resume operations on Monday. He is doing a great job of keeping us informed on their message board at www.oakridgeboys.com

By: thom

thom — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:48:55 +0000

Judy Nelon is normally accurate and “in the know” before reporting anything. this is confusing. what does Hopper have to say about the matter?

By: JP

JP — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:15:56 +0000

It’s obvious that “The Ride” is not a Canaan project, as the Hoppers have been selling it at concerts and on the internet for months now. I’m happy to see that it will get distribution, and look forward to their next album with input from the Canaan connection. In the meantime, I’d like to hear about what other artists are being pursued in this grand resurrection of the mighty Canaan label.
I’m wondering if the Booth Brothers recent signing with Daywind has any connection to the underwhelming Canaan rollout.
Let the speculation begin!! (or continue … or fizzle ….. or die completely)

By: Montana Man

Montana Man — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:59:37 +0000

Some families have full-relationship children, some have half-brothers and half-sisters and some have step-children. If all you have is a “distribution deal” for one CD, maybe your role in the Canaan family is as a step-child, and not necessarily a full-blown recording child.

By: Leebob

Leebob — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:21:00 +0000

I cannot imagine all of the intricate details that must come along with the development of a new venture. Add to that the rumormill that is the internet on any subject you choose and I can certainly understand the hesitation of Mr. Clark to only add to the firestorm of information.

That having been said, for crying out loud are we not talking about a multi-million dollar publishing machine in Word? If this is the kind of backing that Dave Clark can expect from Word then he has got an uphill battle ahead of him. If Word/Canaan cannot get their ducks in a row soon, I predict that in about 2010 we will be blogging about this being one of the biggest non-undertaking and most underwhelming blunders in SG history.

They have EVERYTHING in place(i.e. big name group The Hoppers, big name producer Dave Clark, and a big name publishing company in Word). When you do the math, something doesn’t add up as to why things aren’t a little smoother.

By: David Bruce Murray

David Bruce Murray — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:29:10 +0000

It’s pretty obvious that Word/Canaan hasn’t quite got their website or their whole PR “act” (no pun intended) together yet.

It really makes no sense, either, because you’d assume the huge machine that is already employed by Word could throw together a simple photo shoot and get Word’s website updated to let people know Canaan is back.

At the rate they’re going, I’ll be happy for some re-issues of old Canaaan recordings on CD and seeing _The Ride_ appear in a Family Christian Store ad.