The Gospel Music Association’s wildly successful GMA Week has been set for April 18th through 21st in Nashville, TN.  The week will culminate, as always, with the 41st Annual Dove Awards.

Anybody planning to attend?  I’m soooooo gonna try to be there, especially if the quality of the awards show is ANYWHERE close to where it was this year… just sheer excellence.

In related news, the GMA held a mega fundraiser on Monday night here in Nashville, dubbed the “Concert Of The Decade,” in an attempt to save the non-profit organization from recent financial woes.  Tickets to attend were $1,000 apiece (yes… three zeros) and the benefit featured performances by Kirk Franklin, Natalie Grant, Amy Grant, Casting Crowns, Michael W. Smith and many more.  Did anyone watch it online… or attend in person???

The event is said to have sold 350 tix for a total of $350,000, but the venue’s capacity was about 800 seats… Hopefully, this will be a helpful start.  The GMA is an asset to the Christian music community.

Incredible video… I almost couldn’t decide between posting it as a Video Pick or including the group as part of the Across The Aisle series (cuz y’all need to be up on Casting Crowns anyway!), but I decided I’ma do the video today and the full Across The Aisle deal later.

The song, “Slow Fade,” brilliantly talks about how our biggest issues don’t just HAPPEN.  They start with something much smaller– one glance, one idea, one decision– until we slowly fade into HUGE issues.

The video concept is phenomenal, working backwards to show the progression of our sinful nature… how one “imprudent” decision often leads to major sin struggles in our lives.  And the production is just as spectacular.  In fact, they just won the Dove Award last week for Short Form Music Video.

What do you think???  Feel free to weigh-in on the video and the song!