Motivational speaker and law student Raissa Laurel, who lost her legs at the infamous September 26 Taft Avenue bombing last year, delivered a message at the Ignite Lifebox Conference last Friday, May 27. GannsDeen.com had the privilege of remixing her message: for this one, we tried to it a Rihanna meets Nicki Minaj feel. Considering GarageBand was our audio software of choice, we’re very glad the autotune feel came across relatively...

Contemporary Christian hip-hop trio Group 1 Crew has released yet another radio single off its stellar 2010 CD, Outta Space Love. The big difference however is that Let’s Go is the most radio-friendly single off Outta Space Love. Fellow Contemporary Christian superstar tobyMac guests on Let’s Go, telling the listener Andale! Andale! with a bemused passion that belies his world-weary superstar status. While Walking on the Stars won...

While I work for a church in Greenhills for a living, I am Divo-ted to making music. I am a Christian songwriter. I wrote my first song when I was 12 years old, penning a cheesy little ditty called Fly Through Love, brought about by a prepubescent fascination with Deborah “Debbie” Gibson. Since then, I’ve written and arranged many songs, most of which were for God, but inspired by a wide range of secular artists, from R&B...

On my personal chart, Contemporary Christian star Mandisa holds onto #1 for a month with Good Morning, fending off a resurgent Royal Tailor’s Hold Me Together, as well as two new debuts, Let’s Go by Group 1 Crew and Hope of the Broken World by Selah. Over on the secular chart, Jessie J’s Price Tag is #1 for a second week, holding American Idol David Cook at bay for a second week with The Last Goodbye. Greatest Gainer is...

Casting Crowns’ Glorious Day (Living You Loved Me) remains atop the Billboard Christian Songs chart for a seventh week. No new songs in the Top 10. Greatest Gainer honors this week go to Sidewalk Prophets You Love Me Anyway, up 8-7 this week; the fastest mover is MercyMe Move. Debuts include Newsboys’ Save Your Life at #46, Owl City’s Galaxies at #48, and Luminate’s Healing in Your Arms at #49. 1. (1) Glorious Day (Living...