Emerald City continues to bless thousands of gospel music fans with their Greatest Hits in 2011

Jan. 31, 2011 - PRLog -- Hollywood-Nashville-New  York - Emerald City continues to inspire thousands of gospel music fans worldwide with their Greatest Hits album project that was produced by veteran hitmaker Robert Metzgar in Nashville.  Gospel music had its biggest year in history during this past year showing growth everywhere.  Groups like Emerald City, the Blackwoods, and Gaithers took the top positions in awards, sales, touring and expansion into the country radio charts bringing in more income, fair and festival date commitments and theater appearances than any previous year in history.  2011 promises to be a banner year financially for gospel recording artists.
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When you listen to the music of Emerald City it reminds you of the Oak Ridge Boys, the Statler Brothers, the Cathedrals and the great days of four part harmony by the Stamps, Imperials or Blackwood Brothers.  Emerald City is one of those great Christian groups that make you celebrate, make you cry with the deepest of patriotic feelings and cause the hair on your arm to stand up as they hit those notes that few of us will ever hit vocally.

There is one unmistakable thing about Emerald City that can never be duplicated.  It’s the greatest gospel tenor voice to ever be captured in a studio.  Johnny Rogers sings notes on this album that just can’t be duplicated by others.  Rogers hits notes that are impossible to imagine.  You just have to hear them to believe his range on this album.

Of all the great gospel albums, this Greatest Hits album showcases 4 voices that will always ring true forever in our business.  On this particular album project  Johnny Rogers, Mel Evans, Darryl Dement and Johnny Dear combine for some of the biggest hit songs ever recorded on a single album project.  Off this album the songs “Gonna Go Higher, So Much Fun, I Am and Weep Through Me” have become hugely popular in churches all across the United States.  The single release “Gonna Go Higher” was featured on gospel radio for over two years after a tragic bus wreck took the lives of several of the members of the group on a fog enshrouded highway in Louisiana.

The album project was produced in Nashville by Legends Hall Of Fame producer Robert Metzgar.  Mr. Metzgar has produced over 10,000 sides of gospel music in his long distinguished 35 year history as a producer in Music City.  The Emerald City Greatest Hits album is available on http://www.platinumplusrecords.com

The challenge of putting together an incredible chart topping album in gospel music is of course the cost of production.  Mr. Metzgar's company is signatory to the "limited pressing" agreement at the musician's union in Nashville and has kept the cost of a 10 song album project within reason for most gospel groups that have original music to produce in a world class studio.  

Emerald City's album was nominated "Gospel Album Of The Year" by the AIRA (Academy Of International Recording Artists)  and Johnny Rogers was voted AIRA Male Vocalist of the Year in gospel music.  All the vocalists who participated in this Greatest Hits project were nominated Gospel Group Of The Year by the AIRA and the single broke about every record that existed for a gospel song on radio stations. You can purchase this album online at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/emeraldcityquartet

The single most talked about subject in the music business is how gospel music stays effective with fans and churches forever.  It's an investment for a life time.  Gospel music never grows old.  There doesn't seem to ever be a "time" issue with gospel music.  The longer the album is out, the more people buy it, listen to it, record the songs from the album and exploit the hymns of a Greatest Hits album.  

For further information about Emerald City contact:

Robert Metzgar
Capitol Management Group
330 Franklin Road
Brentwood, TN 37027-3282
800-767-4984 (toll free)
615-321-0600 (main)
615-338-4497 (fax)
www.capitolmanagement.com
info@capitolmanagement.com

Distribution By:
The Orchard
23 East 4th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10003
www.theorchard.com

*To contact Mr. Metzgar personally, send an email to robertmetzgar@aol.com and he will respond to your requests within 48 hours.

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Platinum Plus Records has been producing prestigious award winning music projects in Nashville for the past 40 years. Before you record with anyone else, check with our company first toll free at 800-767-4984