And for most of the history of NQC, people couldn’t find large multi-artist events several times per year, like they have seen at Gaither Homecoming concerts the last several years, the Gatlinburg Gathering, et al.

That synergy doesn’t exist any longer with NQC. So, the opinion of some is that NQC doesn’t hold the “power” they used to have. That may be a correct assumption. Even if attendance numbers look good, that doesn’t mean it’s still the driving force it used to be. Personally, I still enjoy going. With all it’s faults, you still get great entertainment for your dollar.

The largest sg organizations today with any kind of synergy would be Gaither and Salem. And they do business together to create even more synergy. They’ve both also received a lot of negative attention here, and probably because they have achieved some level of success in our market, even if some of that success may be on the decline.

That’s just some of my thoughts, anyway.

Now groups leave in the middle of the week and REALLY used to empty out when the awards were held on Thursday Night.

You do not even have to go and you can still be viable the way things are booked now.

So while there were many ppl there it is not mandatory to be @ the SGM Flea Market. Especially when groups started loosing money to be there because they did not take a Fri or Sat date or the NQC did not book a major group for what ever reason but would instead put some regional NOBODY group on the line up.

That was when I quit going. Early in the evening on the front part of the week looked that that pay for play thing that used to be in chattanooga that is now in gatlinburg.

You probably aren’t aware that he’s one of the most hard working young people in SG. He successfully promotes several major concerts during the year, promotes a cruise and does a heck of a lot more than people see. OR, maybe you are aware of those things and you’ve got some sort of personal problem??

Whatever the case may be, if you think you can do the job better… buy him out. Rake up some money, buy SV out of his stock and see if you can do better. Don’t just talk trash without being able to back it up.

IMHO, the group has one of the tightest blends out there.

I know there was some skepticism in the blogosphere when Canaan signed MLQ; they were an OK group with very little under their belt to speak of, save for the LeFevre name. I think the “Nothin’ But Good” release really surprised everybody with those sentiments.

The group is well on their way to the top of SG if they can keep going in the direction they’re headed.

You will see that I did indeed post on the previous thread. In this thread, I did respond to another comment, as once again, conservative voters were portrayed in this blog by Dr. DH in what some might consider a negative light. In no way did I intend to hijack the comments, and don’t feel that I did. And with that, I’m done.

Digital downloads of individual songs rob the listener of hearing the entire body of work in order (if they are cherry picking songs for the download), looking at the liners and seeing when the songs were written, who published, etc. Basically, it comes down to a difference in taste….the crowd who just wants to grab the 99-cent song and download it to their computer and move on versus the traditionalist like you and I who want to see the full package.