BY Keri Pritchard
TIMES-REVIEW WRITER
The Coble Family of Cleburne has shared their musical ministry with people all over the state of Texas fro almost five years.
When Paul and Rhonda Coble and their daughters, Lucy 11 and ChristA 9, felt the Lord was leading their musical ministry endeavors outside of Texas, they followed his lead.
"this last year, we felt that we wanted God to lead us in a different area, so we took off and had a chance to go to Kentucky," said Paul.
That's where they met up with their destiny.
While attending the National Quartet Convention, they were spotted by Southern Gospel Music Hall of famer member and producer, Nick Bruno.
Bruno came to hear the Coble Family perform and liked what he heard so much that he kept in touch even after the Coble's returned to Texas.
"We would hear from him through e-mails and phone calls and eventually set up a contract, " said Paul.
They signed a contract with Song Garden Records, a division of Song Vineyard Music Group, out of Nashville, |
Tenn., late last October.
As soon as the contract was signed, the family began "screening" music to determine which songs they would perform for their upcoming project.
"We were sent four or five CD's containing new, original songs from our producer and received even more suggestions from family members and friends. We had been bogged down choosing music since early November until last week, "said Rhonda.
Last week, however, the family journeyed to Nashville to begin work on the music composition aspect of the album. |
"After the music was charted, we were able to sit in the studio with musicians and just listen, " said Paul. "At the end of the week we were given a CD of the music tracks and told to go home and practice the lyrics. We'll go back at the end of April to record the vocal tracks."
They will be performing 10 songs in all on the album and seven of those are originals --written and composed by Paul.
They expect the album's release date to written and composed by Paul.
They expect the album's release date to come at the end of May and radio releases to follow soon after.
In the meantime, they'll continue to tour and book live performance dates at churches, festivals and Gospel Operas.
"It's just amazing how this year has taken off for us," said Rhonda. "As of the first of last year, we only had three dates set. And as of the beginning of this year, we had 32 dates set - and we're not even calling them anymore, they're calling us. It's very encouraging.
"We're just tools in His hand and I want my family to do something that is not only worthwhile, but for His glory."
For more information about performance dates and locations, visit The Coble's website. |
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