#PlatVnyl6 The Nominations Begin: Rock Video of The Year

This is it. What you have all been waiting for. Rock Video of The Year. After this all that remains on the Video Front is in the General Field: Video by a Male Artist, Video by a Female Artist, Video by a New Artist, and Video of The Year. They will be following in due time. First we Rock. The nominees are: Afterall by +Children183VEVO ; Darkest Part by RED; Memories by XXI ; Prodigal by +Sidewalk Prophets ; and This is Not a Test feat Capital Kings (live) by +Toby Mac .

And the playlist of the nominated videos.

Since we are finished with the nominees, I think I shall continue with the General Field Videos. Until then, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Night Beat Rewind: August 2015

Eleven down, one to go. Once September is done we can put the cover on the #PlatVnyl6 pool and open the #PlatVnyl7 pool for entries. 7 Years. God Is Good. There was one song released in August, and that was the Title Track for Stryper's upcoming album Fallen. It wasn't as good as Yahweh, but you would be very rarely have two perfect songs, even on a perfect album. I give it 4.75 Emeralds.

We begin our album coverage with those releases which, while pretty good (I haven't found a real stinker in years), just aren't platinum.

Missing The Mark

• Between The Trees & Ryan Kirkland - Wanderer 3.75 Emeralds
• Rend Collective Experiment - As Family We Go 3.75 Emeralds
• Jim Sonefeld - Love EP 3.50 Emeralds
• United Pursuit Band - Simple Gospel 3.50 Emeralds
• Various Artists - Top 25 Hymns: The Old Rugged Cross 3.75 Emeralds
• Various Artists - War Room: Music From The Original Motion Picture 3.75 Emeralds
• Aaron Watkins - Chasing After You 3.75 Emeralds

I was very disappointed by Rend Collective, they sounded so ordinary. While I don't know much about United Pursuit, I do know that Michael Ketterer teamed up with Har Megiddo, so I had my expectations. The next group not only met my expectations, they smashed through them.

Pure Platinum Perfection

• JJ Heller - Sound of a Living Heart 5 Emeralds
• Toby Mac - This Is Not A Test 5 Emeralds
• P.O.D. - The Awakening 5 Emeralds
• Pillar - One Love Revolution 5 Emeralds
• Sidewalk Prophets - Something Different 5 Emeralds

All I can say to this quintet is WOW. JJ Heller burst out of her folk mold to be a certified Pop Star. Pillar reformed its original lineup and returned to the rap-core sound that I loved on Fireproof. P.O.D. likewise reached heights like a Satellite, and even Toby Mac has put out his best album in a while. I know, I didn't dote on the Sidewalk Prophets, but they were awesome as well. Now on to the ones in the middle

Semi-Precious Metal

• Brinson - Until We Meet Again 4.75 Emeralds
• Tasha Cobbs - One Place (Live) 4.50 Emeralds
• Disciple - The Best of 2005-2013 4.75 Emeralds
• Abigail Duhon - More Than Gold 4.50 Emeralds
• For A Season - I Will Wait 4.75 Emeralds
• Ghost Ship - Costly 4.50 Emeralds
• Geoffrey Golden - Kingdom Live 4.75 Emeralds
• Travis Greene - Intentional EP 4.50 Emeralds
• Gungor - One Wild Life: Soul 4.75 Emeralds
• Cheri Keaggy - No Longer My Own 4.75 Emeralds
• Bridgett Kern - No One Greater 4.75 Emeralds
• Nichole Nordeman - The Unmaking EP 4.75 Emeralds
• Natasha Owens - No One But You 4.75 Emeralds
• Jeremy Rosado - Heartbeat 4.50 Emeralds
• 7eventh Time Down - #GODISONTHEMOVE 4.75 Emeralds
• Aaron Shust - Doxology 4.75 Emeralds
• Thi'sl - Heavy Is The Head 4.25 Emeralds
• Tony Tillman - Camden 4.50 Emeralds
• Tony Tillman - Camden (Instrmentals) 4.50 Emeralds
• John Waller - Crazy Faith 4.50 Emeralds
• WARR Acres - Future 4.75 Emeralds

I am going to forgo links once again to get this out. I think I shall go back and do the old ones. If I don't they shall never get done. Until next time, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Music Video Monday: Run and Don't Stop

It's Monday, and that means that it is time for Music Video Monday, where we at The Night Beat Share the Best Christian and GRAC Music Videos out there. Before we begin today, I wish to give a shout out to all my friends on Triberr for bearing with me as the Platinum Vinyl Awards commenced. You all helped make it a big success. I guess I should also give a shout out to the google blogger team for fixing the scheduled post issue in time. Never mind last years marathon posting, even this could have been a disaster.

We're going to start out with a fresh video. Bryce Avery (aka The Rocket Summer), is coming out with a new album tomorrow entitled Life Will Write The Words. As a matter of full disclosure The WENC Night beat is an Amazon Associate, and if you click the highlighted link above and purchase the CD or downloads, a portion of the sale will come back to help The Night Beat. Thank You for your support. Here is the music video for Run and Don't Stop.

One More fresh video, though shorter. Write This Down releases Lost Weekend tomorrow, and this is the album teaser, just like in the movies.

You can listen to Lost Weekend in its entirety this week on AOL Music

Now onto the regularly scheduled videos. First up is Eisley, which recently released the Deep Space EP, which will be considered for a Platinum Vinyl Award next year. This is a live performance of Deep Space.

For King and Country is next. This is Joel & Luke Smallbone, RS James Brothers. This is the music video of Missing.

Sarah Macintosh came out with Current in March, and Oh what an album. Perfection. These are live studio videos. I would love to share them all, but I will chose Damaged.

And finally, we close it out with Sidewalk Prophets. This is the Video of the Title Cut of their new album, Live Like That.

That concludes this edition of Music Video Monday. Until next Monday, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Heating It Up: Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees - Alternative

Moving on with the Fourth Quarter Nominations. For those new on the scene, the year of eligibility for the Platinum Vinyl Awards is October 1-September 30. So the fourth quarter is the summer months of July, August and September, hence "heating it up".

2011 Platinum Vinyl Awards 4th Quarter Nominees

We come to the Alternative Rock genre. Again, the genre was well represented, with ten entries this quarter alone. Let's get to it.

Alternative Rock

• Daniel Bashta - The Sounds of Daniel Bashta
• DecembeRadio - Southern Attic Sessions
• Divided by Friday - Prove It
• Gungor - Ghosts Upon The Earth
• Kiros - Outlaws & Prodigals
• Mikeschair - A Beautiful Life
• Rush of Fools - We Once Were
• Sidewalk Prophets - These Simple Truths (Deluxe Edition)
• Southbound Fearing - Southbound Fearing
• Switchfoot - Vice Verses (5)

There are a few multiple entrants here. Daniel Bashta is here and in Modern Worship, and Switchfoot is here and in Rock. We'll keep things going, hopefully one a day, and get through the genre based nominations in a week. As Always, I am Awaiting Your Reply.

Night Beat Rewind: July 2011

We have completed the first third of the final quarter of entries for the 2011 Platinum Vinyl Award. Boy things have gone by quickly this summer. August looks to be a little quiet. I guess when you're out on the festival circuit you can't have a CD coming out.

Not Exactly Precious Metal

The following handful of entries just missed making the Platinum Vinyl Awards initial cut. We had a very good July. It should make up for having a pretty sparse August.

• Opposition, Altars, 3.5 Emeralds
• Volition, As Hell Retreats, 3 Emeralds
• Out for Blood, Farewell Flight, 3.75 Emeralds
• Turn up the Music: The Hits of Point of Grace, Point of Grace, 3.5 Emeralds
• Kingdom Days in an Evil Age, Sleeping Giant, 3.75 Emeralds

As I have said, four emeralds is my bar. While I think Sleeping Giant and Farewell Flight have some potential, there was just something lacking with their releases. Maybe next time.

July 2011 Platinum Vinyl Nominees

This month was pretty good. We had almost two dozen possible nominees. Now remember, this is the initial list, and things will get whittled down before the finals. This is the first step.

• Brokenness Aside, No. 1, All Sons & Daughters, 4 Emeralds
• Stop the Funeral, Ambassador, 4.5 Emeralds
• A Thousand Tongues, Jeff Anderson, 4.25 Emeralds
• American Dreams, Dominic Balli, 4 Emeralds
• Burlap to Cashmere, Burlap to Cashmere, 4.75 Emeralds
• Validation, Call to Preserve, 4.5 Emeralds
• The Best of, Ricky Dillard and New G, 4.25 Emeralds
• Heavy Worship, The Great Commission, 4.5 Emeralds
• Give Me Rest, Hands, 4.25 Emeralds
• God Is Able (Live), Hillsong Live, 4.25 Emeralds
• You Got My Attention, Dara Maclean, 4.5 Emeralds
• Time And Space, Miss Angie, 4.5 Emeralds
• Broken Voice, My Epic, 4.5 Emeralds
• Come Down O Love Divine, Fernando Ortega, 4.5 Emeralds
• To Those Perishing, A Past Unknown, 4.25 Emeralds
• The God Machine, Phinehas, 4.5 Emeralds
• I'm All In, Robert Pierre, 4.25 Emeralds
• Let it Rain: The Best of Pocket Full of Rocks, Pocket Full of Rocks, 4.25 Emeralds
• 10,000 Reasons, Matt Redman, 4.25 Emeralds
• These Simple Truths (Deluxe Edition), Sidewalk Prophets, 4.25 Emeralds
• Promises, Richard Smallwood, 4.25 Emeralds
• Beautiful Monster, This'l, 4 Emeralds
• Holy Hip Hop, Volume 11, Various Artists, 4.5 Emeralds

That's it for July. It's kind of hard to believe, but in just a few short months I will be beginning the process to pick the seven final nominees in each category for the 2nd Platinum Vinyl Awards. Wow. I hope you stay with me through it all, tell your friends, and as always, I am Awaiting Your Reply.