Here’s a link to some MTQ….hope it hasn’t been posted yet.

I do maintain that it is possible to enjoy Mark… Mark’s singing, Mark’s preaching, Mark’s songwriting, Mark’s bass guitar playing, etc., all the while not enjoying the group he’s assembled or is assembling. And I don’t think any of Doug’s stated opinions were out of line (if that were even possible, given his understanding of the industry and his connections). There is an undeniable business element to putting a group on the road, and decisions made relative to this element are fair game for armchair quarterbacking. The subjective interpretive part of all this, of which I doubt either of us will convince the other, is the intent of the author.

A “ho-hum male quartet” arising from a “middle-tier male trio”, is essentially, saying that 3/4 of the first, has been spawned by the latter. It is an A=B=C scenario, and NONE of it is complementary in the least. And, at least one part of it is inherently untrue.

For anyone considered a SGM “expert” to state that the MTT of the past 5 years is “middle-tier”, and has “a chronic poverty of decent material”…not only are they totally mistaken, but they are making derogatory comments about the class act who owns the trio, who picks the songs, and who will manage the upcoming quartet.

It’s one thing to be wrong. It’s another thing to be unkindly wrong.

I remember a few decades back, the Speers felt they had done so many church gigs, revivals, and campmeetings, they had become known more as a “church” attraction than a “concert” attraction. That greatly affected their income. They found they were not ASKED to do the concert circuit as much. So they had to rethink their strategy in song selection, looking for more songs that were “concert doorbusters”, so to speak.

I don’t know if it worked for them, but I understand their thinking. I hope this made sense to the rest of you.

I don’t get your logic on that one.

RE: “ho-hum middle tier male trio”

Not so. The post actually reads:

“ho-hum male quartet,” i.e. the configuration we, admittedly, have not yet heard, and not the “middle-tier male trio,” as Doug opined.

Your credibility in discerning the blogger’s intent is compromised by your inability to quote him accurately.

http://www.youtube.com/user/goldcityqt#p/u/1/VAEdRR6JPms

You are both mistaken. Bluntly saying that Mark Trammell would leave arguably the best-ever Gold City lineup, to form a “ho-hum middle tier male trio”, is actually an attack on his credentials, his character, and his wisdom.

To accuse this trio of having a “chronic poverty of decent material”, says that either Mark has no clue what decent songs to sing, or else, that Doug has no clue what decent spiritual songs really are, and cannot recognize one when (if) he hears one.

To accuse the trio of also having a “chronic poverty of showmanship”, is to further display Doug’s character, and not Mark’s. The trio never, ever set out, to be “showmen”. I know every member he has had, and they are not in this business to be “showmen”. This comment reproaches Doug, and not Mark.

The entire commentary is off-the-wall.